That Aquaman Has Some Mouth on Him

Last night, I caught the opening night of Chick & Boozy's Holiday Cruise, the midnight holiday show at Dad's Garage Theatre, featuring the return of Chick Starley (washed-up '70s action star) and Boozy the Imp (boozy imp).

The premise (as much as this cavalcade of chaos can be said to have a premise) is that we, the audience, are viewing Chick & Boozy's variety show on the cruise ship USS Tooter II, as our hosts bring us a motley assortment of acts. As a self-professed comic geek, the highlight for me was the presentation of Aquaman as an obscenity-spewing stand-up comic. Arthur, I never knew you had it in you...

There will be two more performances in the coming weeks (Dec. 13 and 20), and each one will be a little different, though I assume the basic acts will be more or less the same. In addition to the comedy stylings of Aquaman, other standout bits include the astounding magic act of Johnny Toast and his Lovely Assistant Eve (rockin' the Zatanna look), an audience-participation round of Match Game, a nauseating holiday recipe from Paula Dean, and Mike Schatz (of Aqua Teen Hunger Force) doing a musical number as John Denver, back from the dead to share an unspeakably filthy song.

Not for the faint-hearted or easily offended (as you might have guessed), but the laughs keep coming and the alcohol flows like eggnog.

Get Away from the Dynamite! It's Gonna Blow!

Saturday night, I went to the first show of Chick & Boozy Holiday Cruise, this year's edition of the more-or-less annual holiday extravaganza from Dad's Garage starring Chick Starley (star of Danger Cop, Danger Cop II, and Danger Cop 4: Gross Miscalculation) and Boozy the Imp (magical, whimsical imp from the 9th dimension).

As usual for Chick & Boozy, it was a hilarious, uncontrolled show, guaranteed to delight, amuse, and make you really uncomfortable. There will be two more shows (Dec. 15 and 22 at midnight), and they'll be different each time, with special surprise guests. The first show featured appearances by Rip Taylor and the late Jerry Clower...however, since Travis Sharp is going back home, they won't be making a return appearance in the remaining shows. As for the other celebrity guests (Ricardo Montalban, Bobcat Goldthwait, the ghost of Don Knotts, and the Vagina Power woman)--well, some may be back, or they might not. You never know with Chick & Boozy!

For those of you not in the Atlanta area who can't come to the show, enjoy the trailer for Danger Cop 4: Gross Miscalculation.