Re: LSQG - Tuesday, 5/03/MMVIII #2917

"Crash Bandicoot" <NoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> King has already done that entire act on national television already;
> don't these people have anything new to offer when they do a guest
spot??


When acts like Mac King have a television spot they usually perform 
something from their regular show. Something they are very comfortable
with 
and something that plays as well on TV as it does live.  Understandably, 
they don't want to 'burn off' too much material from their live shows. 
While it is true that King has done the fish act on television before,
this 
may well have been the network debut of the piece.  I'd guess many more 
people who had never seen it before saw it last night.



There was one moment in the piece that showed how ingrained the patter 
becomes in a performer who does it twice a day for years. At one point he 
referred to something that belonged to his "grandma, too".  The "too"
refers 
to an earlier line in the act (but not used in his appearance here) where
he 
says his suit was made from what used to be his grandma's curtains. After 
years of repetition it must be hard to get your mouth to say it
differently 
for a TV appearance.



But at least King says the same lines to a different audience each showe. 
Dave can't seem to stop himself from repeating the same material to his 
regular viewers.  I've lost count of how many times he's repeated the 
business about the primaries moving to Canada, then to Europe, ect.  Last 
night was the premier of this former desk bit in the monologue. 
Conversely, 
I guess, the, "He looks like a guy..." schtick will move to the desk.