Venerable Bede's Trout Farm and Rhinoplasty Clinic

I would say that in order to understand that title, you had to be there. I was there, and it seems every bit as ridiculous to me as it does to you.

Friday night I was surprised with tickets to see an improv comedy show. The show was "An Evening with Colin and Brad." The show surpassed my expectations. People who have seen "Whose Line" will be familiar with a lot of the elements of the show. We saw familiar games from television in considerably extended form. On "Whose Line," bits seldom last much longer than five minutes. Friday, each bit lasted at least twenty minutes.

Being a college venue, the audience participation came across as a bit more esoteric than the performers were used to. When asked to provide a foreign country, I'm sure the performers were expecting China, France, and the like. I heard suggestions of East Timor and Belgian Congo, in addition to the final decision of Djibouti. One game in particular provided some unusual suggestions.

Brad was the suspect in an unusual crime, the details of which he was not aware. Colin was the detective, dropping broad hints and clues in order to get Brad to confess. The crime in question was provided entirely by audience suggestions. While wearing wooden clogs and a plaid alpacca jumpsuit in Inchileum, at Venerable Bede's Trout Farm and Rhinoplasty Clinic, Brad Sherwood used a feather boa to clip the nose hairs of his neighbor's orangutan without a permit. Like I said, I was there and it doesn't make any sense to me.

It was incredibly funny, though. I will certainly keep an eye out for a return engagement.