Lights come up slowly to reveal the
Lombardi living room where Michael and Lombardi are found.
Michael:
“An abnormal psychology professor stands in front of his classroom and lectures
about mental health symptoms to his class. Sensing a lack of engagement in the material
he tests the class with a question. A subject is pacing furiously back and
forth while screaming at their top of their lungs one minute and then sits stoically
and solemnly alone without muttering a sound the next. What is this person? A
few seconds past when a hand appears in the back and exclaims: A football
coach!”
A moment
passes with Michael and Lombardi frozen in anticipation when suddenly.
Lombardi:
“Hahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahah hahahahahahahahaha.”
The
entire playhouse erupts in laughter, it was the biggest and best punch line in
the entire play. Well I thought watching two fairly feminine actors play
football players that get in a brawl with each other in the locker-room was pretty
funny. I seriously just wanted them to kiss each other as they went toe-to-toe,
the sexual tension in the place was out of control.
Ok, that’s
a little harsh on my end, I’m just venting from the mental health joke. I mean
seriously we had to go to coaches being crazy to be funny? That’s not played
out or anything. The good thing is they didn’t try to go back to the well with
that joke or anything. Oh except the very next scene when Lombardi is
butchering the joke (I took liberties as well but the joke is still coherent)
while “retelling” it to his alcoholic wife. By the way Vince, if you were crazy
you would have probably remembered the joke, we tend to have higher intellects.
I know
that’s enough cheap shots at Lombardi, he can’t defend himself now and plus he
was a devout catholic that went to Mass every day and said God Damn only 40
times in the 96 minute play. That was the last one I promise. I actually did
enjoy the play of Lombardi and that’s not only because it’s the only one I’ve
ever been to. Unless you count that one high school play I attended but I was
only there because my buddy was dating a palm tree in it or something. Actually
I think it was Oklahoma so she was a
wagon wheel.
To be
honest I didn’t learn much about Lombardi because I had already seen a HBO
special over him and they usually bring the heat with those things. It doesn’t
matter how far into the “The Rivalry: Michigan vs. Ohio State” I still watch
that son of bitch to this day. There was a little bit of an evil side (I’m so
deep ya know) though to me during the play in that I kind of wanted see someone
screw up. I just wanted to see what would happened if one of the football
players like tackled the wrong person or better yet fell down. I just like to
watch people’s reactions to screwing up I guess, life ain’t perfect and it’s
fun to be there when people are reminded of that.
Don’t
worry no one dropped the ball and if they did they all covered so well I couldn’t
tell. Overall I really enjoyed the show though, I mean aside from the crazy
joke. I don’t why but it just pissed me off that they even included the joke in
the play, it really didn’t have anything to do with anything. Other than I
guess making me go off of this God Damn (shout out Lombardi) tangent right now and
it’s actually been kind of fun.
Since many of my manic experiences involve music I’ve decided to
add random music videos to the blog for my enjoyment and your inconvenience.
Enjoy!
Coming Correct,
d01roK
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