The Riverwind Casino
Kansas and Oklahoma, but mostly the latter, were and still are the final resting places for many Native American tribes. Their presence is touted for tourism purposes, but if i'm being blunt, there are not a lot of tribes who live in places that everyday rich white people would want to go and tour.
There's so much more commentary to be made on that score, but this is supposed to be a post about a very funny man, and if i go down that road it will absolutely set the wrong tone! Many tribes have done fairly (but not very) well by building and maintaining casinos on their land. One such is the Riverwind Casino just south of Norman, Oklahoma. Norman is a suburb of Oklahoma City and the home of the University of Oklahoma. So there's an awful lot of traffic in the area and the casino gets some big names. Two weeks ago, Jeff went to see Charlie Pride play. As he was getting ready to go, he asked me to look up the casino and write directions for him. In so doing, i came across and annoucement for the following week's performance: Frank Caliendo.
i immediately knew that i wanted to go see him, so i jumped up screeching, and told Jeff we WERE going to this show the following weekend. He didn't instantly know who i was talking about, so i explained... you know, they guy who does Bush? Gobble, gobble? Ohhh, yes, he says, I think I know who you're talking about. So i called and they only two seats they had next to each other were in the VIP section. i snagged them and began waiting until Friday.
For those of you who haven't heard of Frank Caliendo, here's a clip for you.
Over the course of the show, he did George W., Charles Barkley, Bill Clinton, Kermit the Frog, Dr. Phil, Jim Rome (my personal favorite), John Madden, Seinfeld, Al Pacino, and Robin Williams. i am certain that i'm missing some. On Jim Rome, i was maybe one of 35 people in the audience laughing, since not everybody knows who he is i guess, but in Frank's own words, "i was totally wetting myself." The guy was outstanding. So damn funny. And at the end i got a picture with him! Here he's doing "the Bush face."
There's so much more commentary to be made on that score, but this is supposed to be a post about a very funny man, and if i go down that road it will absolutely set the wrong tone! Many tribes have done fairly (but not very) well by building and maintaining casinos on their land. One such is the Riverwind Casino just south of Norman, Oklahoma. Norman is a suburb of Oklahoma City and the home of the University of Oklahoma. So there's an awful lot of traffic in the area and the casino gets some big names. Two weeks ago, Jeff went to see Charlie Pride play. As he was getting ready to go, he asked me to look up the casino and write directions for him. In so doing, i came across and annoucement for the following week's performance: Frank Caliendo.
i immediately knew that i wanted to go see him, so i jumped up screeching, and told Jeff we WERE going to this show the following weekend. He didn't instantly know who i was talking about, so i explained... you know, they guy who does Bush? Gobble, gobble? Ohhh, yes, he says, I think I know who you're talking about. So i called and they only two seats they had next to each other were in the VIP section. i snagged them and began waiting until Friday.
For those of you who haven't heard of Frank Caliendo, here's a clip for you.
Over the course of the show, he did George W., Charles Barkley, Bill Clinton, Kermit the Frog, Dr. Phil, Jim Rome (my personal favorite), John Madden, Seinfeld, Al Pacino, and Robin Williams. i am certain that i'm missing some. On Jim Rome, i was maybe one of 35 people in the audience laughing, since not everybody knows who he is i guess, but in Frank's own words, "i was totally wetting myself." The guy was outstanding. So damn funny. And at the end i got a picture with him! Here he's doing "the Bush face."
posted by ellie at 08:00
3 Comments:
Too funny! Great picture, and I love his stuff!
That was indeed one of the cooler nights of my life.... Best in a long time. We didn't get home until almost 2 AM because afterwards, we went to the best music and movie store EVER...
God, that was great..............
He is a funny guy, that is for sure. Great that you got a picture!
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