We had our first 3 show Saturday in years. One, Five, and Nine. Krasher figured we couldn't sell a show on Superbowl night, but we could do very well the day before. That was the plan, and it worked, all three shows were sold out. But that meant a day of over 45 minutes in the Barrel. Very odd. But, man, I did everything right, I slept really well and I even had room service breakfast. Between shows I sat with my legs straight out and my feet up. I did everything I could.

It was bad. Robbie got really loopy after the first show, and did the first part of the second show as Don Corlioni. It's odd to be handed props by a man with cheeks full of tissue paper. I was also a little loopy. There's a secret part of the show where I forgot to do something fairly important. Robbie was off stage signaling to me. He was flashing a flashlight, pointing, and gesturing. I was thinking, "I don't know what joke Robbie's doing, but we have to talk about this. Because what if he were really trying to tell me something, I would think it was just a joke, like this. I wonder what joke he's doing. But, this could be a boy who cried wolf situation. Hmmm, we'll have to talk about this." I did that for the whole bit and never figured out that I was dropping the ball. But, we already know I'm the stupidest sober Atheist on the planet.

So, we were at the theater 12 hours (the crew longer), and just did shows. I didn't see outside for a second. The last Rubber Boy was tough, but I did fine. I got back to the room, propped my feet up and just rested. Now, it's just one show on SuperBowl Sunday.

Penn

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