We're Going, Baby

UNDEFEATED 12-0, BIG XII Champs. yeee-uh.

UT is going to the national championship. finally, one of my teams is playing for the big one. the crown jewel of their sport. i can't get enough of the ut football team and i am proud to say it's not fairweather fanning cuz they're my alma mater. i will admit i lost interest in sports during college. i went to one game when i was at ut, i sat 2nd row with my friend jeff and ricky williams, who won the heisman that year, ran for something like three touchdowns. it was pretty cool, but i was entering a strange period of avoiding responsibility to engage in improv. which makes what i'm about to write really cool.
for those of you who have been following closely to the blog over the years, you may remember an idea i had after moving to chicago which was to show the live broadcast of a cubs game with no sound and do comedy commentating over it in a theatre. well, it occured to me not too long ago that i could do the same thing with the National Championship if the horns put themselves in the right position to be picked to play. and they have. and their going to play the team that everyone has wanted them to play all year. i'm more excited than i should be that the game is happening at all but getting more and more excited about the show that i'll be doing during the game. my two loves, ut football and improv all at once.
i'm going to do the play-byplay and my buddy and new longhorn fan mike d is going to do the color. we're going to have people improv dubbing new dialogue and music for commercials, sideline reports from matthew mcconaghey played by mike joplin, and live music at half time. there are rumblings of hotdog and beer vendors who will be in the theatre making it happen. it's gonna be huge. and i actually don't care if ut wins or loses cuz i know they're do their best against a damn good team. and hopefully, we'll squeeze some chuckles out of our audience.

won this doing my solo show in missouri in 2003. horns are bred to be champs.

b