Bill Nye the Fire Guy

[spectralbovine]

So a few weeks ago, sophia_helix discovered that B.J. Novak was going to be at Cobb's Comedy Club. So we made plans! And after parallel parking arbitrarium's car, eating thin-crust pizza with tasty chicken and whole mushrooms with little cheese to cling to, and running four blocks to meet harriettheelf and her brother with tickets so we could get in and reserve good seats, it was

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[filmtx]

You do get to meet all the cool famous people. This sounds like you had fun.

My oldest son LOVED Bill Nye when he was three. I can still hear his little toddler voice singing "Biw Nye... Tience Guy. Biw! Biw! Biw!"

[spectralbovine]

Ha, that's adorable.

[wiscck]

I had no idea he was that young. Wow, that's only a few years older than I am.

[sophia_helix]

We'd been grousing about that until a few minutes into his act when we realized, OK, he actually is crazy-talented and deserves his fame. Damn him.

[harriettheelf]

The featured guest, Dan Mintz, was also hit-or-miss

It's possible to be hit-or-miss without hitting?

G-d, I couldn't stand him. I took out my book and read while he was on.

Thank goodness BJ was so awesome!

[spectralbovine]

Ha, I thought he had some good bits. The audience volunteer joke was pretty funny. But the good didn't really outweigh the bad. At least Kevin Hancock seemed to get better as he went along.

[maka2000]

You do win at meeting the famous people. *thumbs up*

[tallisen]

I'm really jealous, but happy for you too! It must have been amazing to meet B.J. and to hear his act. Thank you for sharing (your pictures look great!).