Dear Walter
--
written by Allan
On
March 14, Jill and I caught a performance of Jeff
Dunham (one of my favorite comedians) at the Baltimore
Improv. Jeff does some stand up, but most of his act he does
with his puppets. He now has 4 puppets in his repitoir The
newest of these puppets is Melvin, the super hero guy. Some
of his older puppets are Peanut
and Jose
Jalapeno.
The
fourth of these puppets is an old cynical puppet named Walter,
and he is the "star" of this story. The Baltimore
Improv is a restaurant/comedy club, so Jill and I decided
that we'd make a night of it, and get dinner with our show.
Once we were seated, and had ordered, we noticed that there
was a form on the table to ask Walter a question, so Jill
and I figured we'd play along and filled out the form.
During
the act, Jeff and Walter started making fun of married life
in a big way, and Jill and I figured from this that we were
going to really get toasted on our question. So when they
got to the the "Dear
Walter" section of the show, suddenly we hear Jeff
ask where we are first. We both kind of raised our hands,
not knowing how this section of the show worked. So the first
thing he ripped on us for was not speaking up. Then Jeff read
our letter:
Dear Walter,
We were recently engaged, and we are currently planning
our wedding. Do you have any advice for us?
Allan & Jill
Walter
responded, "Nope. Too late now. You're stuck."
At
least we didn't take a $4.50 piss, but that's another story.
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