The Kids in the Hall in St. Louis

May 21st, 2008

Last night I went to see The Kids in the Hall at The Pageant and it was just as good as the TV show. I never saw the show before production stopped in 1995 but when Comedy Central picked it up in syndication in 2001 I used to watch it every day. I would get home from class (probably Accounting or something equally as asinine) and sit from 1-2pm drinking beer and watching KITH in the New Hall dorm at SMS. Ah college was great.

I was worried that the live show wouldn’t live up to the original series’s quirkiness. But it did and more. It was a cross-dressing good time. A few highlights:

• The show opened with a video of The Kids planning a new show. For the opening they decide to rape Kevin.
• A couple comes over to see a newborn baby but decides the child is pure evil. Quote: “It’s like Auschwitz in swaddling!”
• A Buddy Cole sketch in which he proposes that Jesus Christ was a homosexual
• Two salesmen promoting a device that can siphon fat from the gut to fuel American SUVs. Quote: “You mean those fat girls we finger-fucked in Texas held the key to the energy crisis?”
• Dave invents a time machine which he uses during last call so he can go back in time 3 minutes and drink forever
• Kathie and Cathy have lunch and Cathy explains how “tweaking” on meth can help you lose weight
• Dave receives a BJ on his B-Day from his wife. Asked if he’s ok with receiving his BJ only once a year he replies, “Oh of course anymore than that and it would cheapen it.” To which his wife replies, “Oh, you’re such a feminist!” Dave then goes back in time about 3 minutes with the aforementioned time machine.
• The Chicken Lady having phone sex. Instead of the exploding feathers she shot eggs as she climaxed.
• Dave goes back in time (the time machine played an important role in the show) to kill Hitler but then decides he’s not that bad of a guy. He inadvertently creates Hitler’s hatred of the Jews.
• Superdrunk! The man who becomes a superhero after getting drunk.
• The show closed with The Headcrusher crushing the heads of various audience members then crushing all the Kids (including his own) heads.

This really was a good show. I didn’t even notice I was standing for 2+ hours.

For a special treat here is the newest KITH skit (potentially NSFW unless you work at Quizno’s):