A couple weeks ago, Miss M and I checked out Spike & Mike's Blah Blah Blah at The Rio on Broadway and Commercial. Miss M had been in years past; me, never. It should have been a fun evening: start off with the best pizza in East Van at Uncle Fatih's across from the theatre, and then bring on the sick & twisted cartoons.Except....it wasn't. The cartoons appeared to be pretty much tired, the bottom of the barrel. It's not that I'm shocked or grossed out, just really disappointed, and you could feel the crowd's collective vibe of "meh". OK, there were some standouts, but in a hour-plus long show, they shouldn't have been so few and far between. A lot of them were around ten years old, or student portfolio pieces, and if you can't be technically amazing, at least be funny. Not asking for the world here.
The standouts were:
Fantaisie in Bubblewrap:
The Furious Little Cinnamon Bun: an angry little pastry totally loses its shit and incurs the wrath of the Great Dick In The Sky. Actually, anything at http://www.lonesausage.com/ is pretty good.
Washington: who knew George Washington was so badass?
I mean, DAMN. I have never known cartoons to suck the fun out of an evening, but Spike & Mike sure did.
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