Captain Squishy’s Yeehaw Jamboree

Remaining performances: Saturday, July 25 (tonight!) at 5 p.m.

They say: From the writers of last year’s hit I Like Nuts! comes a ridiculous new musical about a comedy variety show, with a murderous ingenue, a WWI German spy, and of course, bacon!!! It’s Captain Squishy’s Yee Haw Jamboree!

Brian says: Hey Teddyo, you ever been to the American South?

Ted says: Nah man. It’s too silly down there for me.

Brian: That’s true. You are really serious. Well it’s a good thing you didn’t see Captain Squishy’s Yeehaw Jamboree then. It would’ve sillied your poor little brains out.

Ted: But I did see Captain Squishy’s Yeehaw Jamboree. In fact, you and I saw it together.

Brian: Wait a secorino—that’s right! You were that guy sitting behind me ticklin’ my earlobe all night.

Ted: If you say so.

Brian: Well listen, you were so good at ticklin’ that I forgot to ask what you thought of the show.

Ted: No time like the present….

Brian: So what’d you think of the show?

Ted: Ripping good fun.

Brian: More adjectives!

Ted: Tuneful. Cheeky.

Brian: More!

Ted: Hysterical. Zany. Occasionally flatulent.

Brian: And gimme a blurb that’d look good on a program!

Ted: Ah yes, let me see…Captain Squishy combines seat-of-the-pants Fringiness with flawless execution and enough wit to fell an elephant.

Brian: Amen. And how about “My Boyfriend Chad”—you know, that song about stealing your BFF’s BF? An ingenious comic number…even in a show that was less plain silly and absurd, it would’ve been side-splitting.

Ted: Seconded. Speaking of which, we gotta mention Susie Smalltown.

Brian: Whew! Hell yes. She was smokin! She may be the most supple actor I’ve seen at the Fringe.

Ted: Dude. That’s way inappropriate.

Brian: Um, no dude. Being supple is a good thing.

Ted: Yeah, but it’s the kind of good thing that…if a blogger points it out in a public forum…it gets that blogger either reprimanded or charged with misogyny.

Brian: Dude, whatever. Susie would love it. Susie, if you’re out there, I think your performance was supple. Supple!

Ted: I’m practically soiling myself in anticipation of what these folks will mount at next year’s Fringe.

Brian: Wait, Ted, weren’t we supposed to write this review like a week ago—when we actually saw the show? What’s our excuse?

Ted: There really is no good reason for not giving Captain Squishy’s Yeehaw Jamboree its due.

Brian: What would you say is its due?

Ted: Accolades! Great commercial success! And a good See it if and Skip it if.

Brian: I’d say, See it if you came to Fringe to have your socks knocked off. Or if you rarely wear socks in the first place. Or if your socks are riddled with holes.

Ted: And I’d say Skip it if you’ve a low threshold for topsy-turvydom. Or for funny accents.

Brian: Hey, stop tickling!

Remaining performances:
Saturday, July 26 @ 4:30 PM; Sunday, July 27 @ Noon

They say: “Horatio likes nuts. He really, really likes nuts. Join Horatio and a cast including a Robot, a Pirate, a Vampire, and two Squirrels on a musical quest for nuts, knowledge and Norwegian fish balls. Including the musical numbers ‘Girls Don’t Like Adventure,’ ‘Everyone I Know is a Moron,’ and many others!”

Brian: Hey Ted. I like I Like Nuts!! I like I Like Nuts! a lot!

Ted: I’m not surprised. Why did you like I Like Nuts! so much, Brian?

Brian: Well you see, Ted, the show was a true expression of itself. The players were as earnest in their mounting of this goofy spectacle as Horatio Hornbeam (played with plain-faced nut naïveté by Nick Greek) was in his quest to follow the sagely nut guru’s orders, help Rob the Angry Squirrel find his long-lost nut tree, bring a robot, vegan vampire, pirate, and a guy named Gary all the way to Norway, and then soak up enough nut-knowledge to get his dream job at the nut factory.

Ted: Wow. You used the word “nut” like forty times there. Way to go.

Brian: What did you like about the show, Ted?

Ted: I liked the old dude.

Brian: Oh, you mean Jeff Baker! Wasn’t he super?

Ted: Beyond super. That guy transformed from faux-Hindu guru to disaffected nightclub owner to doddering old codger to overenthusiastic, anaphylactic neighbor faster than you can say “anaphylactic neighbor.”

Brian: Did you know that I’m actually a prophylactic?

Ted: What? You’re a condom?

Brian: Nipples!

Ted: Excuse me?

Brian: Nipples! I loved the part with the nipples!

Ted: Oh, you mean the scene where they twisted and tweaked and titillated each other’s–

Brian: Shhh! You’re going to spoil it for everyone! Why don’t you tell us something you learned from the show.

Ted: Oh, well, yes, I Like Nuts! was very educational. I think the most important lesson I learned was about all the things that aren’t nuts, including (but by no means limited to) coconuts, polka dots, corn, and “very small rocks.”

Brian: Yeah, all that was news to me as well. To think I’ve spent all these years putting polka dots in my brownies.

Ted: I love your brownies.

Brian: Thanks dude.

Ted: What was the most important thing you learned from the show, Brian?

Brian: I learned that despite mediocre singing and lagging tempo (they did it faster at the preview a few weeks back to grander effect–you can check out the video below to see for yourself), a show can still be more fun than a barrel of freaking monkeys.

Ted: Yes. It was an exercise in taking one thematic joke and actually making it sustain an hour’s worth of entertainment. The SNL skit-to-movie formula in successful action.

Brian: So, what’s the take-home, Mr. Ted?

Ted: I’d say see it if you want to renew your faith in the non sequitur.

Brian: Touché. And I’d say skip it if you’ve misplaced your epipen. Or if your co-worker used it to get high last Tuesday night and still hasn’t gotten you a replacement like he promised.

Ted: Um, yeah. I’ll get on that.

After the jump: that video we were talking about.

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Cheers!

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