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September 30, 1995
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Just look at all the people who
showed up for Lingerie Night!!! That long-
standing Midnight Insanity tradition of
wearing as little as possible and flaunting it
on stage. One couldn't ask for a nicer
birthday present. Oh yes, that's right,
tonight is *MY* birthday. The last time I
had a birthday ON an actual Rocky-
Saturday was waaaay back in 1989, my
first year in Rocky. Tonight, I share this
birthday weekend with TWO other cast
members, newly returned Props person,
"Jen" (who promises to show you 19-years
worth of, well, Jen, tonight), and Scenic-Tech
(and all around helpful-dude), Rio. All of us
were born on September 30th. To be fair, we
also celebrated birthdays for Leisa, John,
Chris, Vicki and Jennifer this month.
Midnight Insanity was not only turning clocks but flipping calendars. Decades passed between us as we rended Father Time to do our bidding. A largely successful "50's Night" transpired on September 9th, complete with poodle skirts, leather jackets, and a LOT of 50's Music. A short two weeks later we were treated to 80's night (wow, 30 years in 14 days!), featuring a special on-stage performance of, get this, "Johnny, are you Queer". Oddly |
enough, no disco this time
around, but that doesn't mean one won't
happen in the future. Be afraid, be very
afraid!
This time, however, we're only flipping
calendars by the year. Tonight we have the
very special treat of having Lance play Dr.
Frank-N-Furter for us. Lance has been
performing with Midnight Insanity since
before *my* time. He started as a
Transylvanian as well as doing "Eddie". He
later moved up the food chain to become
one of the most loved Dr. Frank-N-Furters
in Midnight Insanity history. Chris had to
take a few weeks off and will be back soon so
for tonight, enjoy a bit of the past from a
man you've likely only ever heard about. As
if that wasn't enough, there is a rumor that
Julie may be playing Magenta with us
sometime in the near future. Julie is well
known for being a dead-ringer for Patricial
Quinn, and is a favorite with audience
members, all the way up to Sal Piro, head of
the fan club. Look for her possible
performance on October 14th!
It's now on Laser! Yes, Dr. Scott, a laser capable of emitting a beam of pure anti-matter. That anti-matter is, of course, us. 20th Century |
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Fox, you may have heard, is re-releasing
Rocky on laserdisc for the 20th
Anniversary, this month! This new laser-
disc will feature a THX widescreen transfer,
an audience participation supplementary
audio track (featuring the World Famous,
Midnight Insanity!; and the cast, "Sins of
the Flesh", from the Nuart theatre in Santa
Monica), restored scenes, alternate credits
endings (don't get your hopes up, this is
likely just "Superheroes"), theatrical trailers
(YES!!!!!!), television spots, a special sing-a-
long section, documentary footage, a
special gold CD of the film soundtrack
(hopefully with ALL the songs on it!), and a
book on the RHPS phenomenon: "Creatures
of the Night, 2" (see below). You're better
off saving more than just pennies-- this
package is only for the true Rocky fanatics
coming in at a list price of $124.98!!!
*Ouch!* Special thanks to field reporter,
Diego.
With the 20th Anniversary upon us, Rocky will start showing up in print in a multitude of places. The 15th Anniversary brought us "Creatures of the Night", a book by Sal Piro. It also brought us the 15th Anniversary Box set, a Rocky Horror comic book set and rumored a Rocky Horror Saturday morning cartoon (yeah, right!) For the 20th, thus far, we have found an article on Rocky in Entertainment Weekly (9/22/95, Issue #293, pg. 96-back cover), occasional Rocky television commercials, a special 20th Anniversary edition of the Rocky Horror trading cards, a new Rocky Horror "Karaoke" CD (it's cool!), and "Creatures of the Night 2". "Creatures . . . " is |
a book series written by Sal Piro and it
documents the Rocky phenomenon from our
point of view. The casts, the costumes, the
props and the shows. We are told that
"Creatures 2" will have a special section
dedicated to YOUR home cast, Midnight
Insanity!!! In addition, VH-1 is presently
interviewing the Berkeley cast, "Indecent
Exposure" as many of the very long-
standing cast members will be retiring in
October. Watch VH-1 for the footage on
Berkeley and make me a tape of it!!! Last,
but not least, for all you mega-Rocky-I-
hafta-have-EVERYTHING-fanatics, there is
a veritable slew of new 20th Anniversary
stuff available from "Stabur", whose catalog
can be found on our Rocky Collectables
table, in the lobby.
We would also like to thank the Art
Theatre management and staff for letting
us perform here *every* week; 20th Century
Fox for putting together a package worthy
of Rocky's 20th Anniversary; KABC
television for playing "Times Square" for us
again (you DID tape it, didn't you???); Joe,
our major-ultra-cool Denny's waiter who
comes to our show *every* week!; Cara, for
her months of faithful service. We'll miss
you bounding through the room with all
that energy. Best of luck in Santa
Barbara.; Britt for being brave enough to
take on the Rocky crowd at Seal Beach.;
And, of course, all the people who make it
their business to infiltrate the depths of
Long Beach California and seek out the halls
where they can sing, and dance once more
to your dark refrains. Countdown to the
20th Anniversary is only 21 days!!!
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