Volume VI, Issue 3 |
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March 29, 1997
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The date draws nearer . . . the days
count down. Midnight Insanity, your home
cast, is hosting the 22nd annual Rocky
Horror Picture Show Convention, right here
in Long Beach (and Anaheim)!!! You'll get to
see Special Performance after Special
Performance like "Transylvanian Paradise"
and "The Time Warp Zone" . . . and that's just
what Midnight Insanity is bringing! The
other casts have stuff up their sleeves, too!
We'll also have Sal Piro (head of the Rocky
Horror Fan Club), and a special showing (and
performance!!!) of "Shock Treatment", the
"Unofficial Sequel" to the Rocky Horror
Picture Show (aka "The Continuing
Adventures of Brad and Janet"). All of this
and much much (much!) more, is scheduled
for June 20th and 21st . . . just a few short
months away! Further details will be
available in the lobby. Save your pennies,
`cause you won't wanna miss this!!!
Just one week away is Midnight Insanity's traditional "Tacky Horror" Night! For you newcomers, this is "switch night". Several of your favorite Rocky Horror performers will take off their costumes . . . and put on someone else's. Guys play girl parts, and the ladies will be performing the |
men's roles. Lord knows what the Trannies
have planned!!! As a bit of a teaser, Kristine
(Trixie) will be playing Rocky, Fozzie (Spank
the Bald Man) will be playing Trixie, and
Becky (Pre-Show/Magenta) will be playing
Frank-N-Furter. There's more to Becky's
role, but well . . . ya gotta be here. The most
we can tell you is . . . it'll be colorful!!!
You know, some people *never* learn. Despite Midnight Insanity's long (and glorious) history of shutting down shows or blowing up hotels, the folks down at the Drew Carey Show (Wednesday, 9:00pm, on ABC) went ahead and hired us anyway. That's right, your cast, Midnight Insanity, will be on The Drew Carey Show. Now, this is a bit unlike anything we've ever done before. We arrived at the Warner Bros. lot around 6:591pm (a full hour late, I might add), and didn't finish till almost 5:591am! I know, I know, those are pretty standard Rocky- hours, but you have to understand, this was a *Tuesday*! It's not that we're complaining, mind you . . . those people sure know how to take care of their extras! We were scooping up the free food like . . . well, you *know* what we're like. :-) You ever *seen* a slice of pizza about two feet long (yes, a *slice*!) And while we weren't chomping hungrily on everything in sight, we |
were busy acting like Rocky people (kind of a
stretch, I know), and just filling in
background to a scene that took almost 10
hours to shoot. Drew Carey plays Brad
Majors in a t-shirt and boxers, Christa
Miller (Kate) made a *fabulous* looking
Janet, and Diedrich Bader . . . well, let's just
say his butt got quite a bit of attention in
that Frank outfit. Ask around, we might
even have pictures. :-) And as for the
curse? Well, The Drew Carey show was rated
#11 last week and #17 overall for the season,
so we doubt it's going away anytime soon.
However, according to sources, we are told
that the episode we're in is the Season
Finale (we'll post the air-date as soon as we
get it), so we'll just say we off'-ed them for
the summer and leave it at that, okay? Hey,
we have a reputation to keep up!!!
And speaking of folks who "never
learn", Rocky Horror is about to hit the
tube, *again*. This time, RHPS is scheduled
to be broadcast, *uncut*, on Cinemax . . . on
Saturday, April 19th. We're told it will be
broadcast with "Flash Gordon" and "A
Clockwork Orange", so at least we're in good
company. Maybe we should start taking
bets on when Cinemax will keel over. :-)
Just how much Tim Curry can you take in a week, anyway? Well, for starters, the long-rumored "McHale's Navy" is due out on April 18th (www.mchalesnavy.com). Tim plays "Major Vladikov". In addition, reports tell us that Tim recently did a voice-over for a Purina Dog-Chow commercial . . . don't ask, |
we don't know. Not enough? Well,
unconfirmed rumors tell us that there will be
a "Duckman" CD-ROM game, and that Tim
*might* be a part of it. Cool, eh? Well, all of
that, is nothing compared to this. What
would you say to a little Tim, every week (well
okay, a little *more* Tim, every week???)
Well, we are told that Tim Curry will be
starring in a new sitcom called "Over the
Top". The show is presently being developed
by ABC (who won't confirm a damn thing!)
However, we know the pilot has been shot,
and if we're lucky, they'll order a whole stack
of episodes. The most we know is that Tim
plays an out-of-work actor (think he can
relate? :-)), and that it appears to be set in
Pennsylvania. Hmmm, I wonder if *they'll*
have a Rocky Horror crossover.
Midnight insanity would like to thank
the Art Theatre Management and crew, for
allowing us to perform here *every fucking
week*; the Management and crew of the
Woodland Hills theatre (Topanga), same
reason; The Drew Carey Show cast and crew,
for being so nice and actually *paying* us to
do Rocky :-); the cookie lady, for bringing us
goodies every week *and*, for telling me
about the Bugaloos . . . my God, that was
cool!!!; Shorehouse Café, for the grub; and as
always, YOU, our audience, who come down
to see us perform *every fucking week*, and
can't wait till the Convention gets here!!!
"Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
minutus carborata descendum pantorum." (A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.) |