Welcome to a meandering, feel-good post, dedicated to fun and laughs and lots of links.
Are you a fan of NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me? I listen to the Saturday quiz show religiously either on radio or podcast, and one of my very, very favorite panelists is Paula Poundstone. She cracks me up. So, of course, when we found out that she was performing at the Haugh Performing Arts Center at Citrus College, we were there. Last night. Good times.
Paula's show involves some, I assume, scripted pieces ranging from gays in scouting to what our esteemed forefathers might have thought about the second amendment to her three children, 16 cats, 2 dogs and other assorted pets. However, Paula's comedic genius derives from her improvisatory conversations with audience members. She first spoke with a man who works in the dean of students office at UCLA and riffed throughout the evening about the tidbits he offered about students he dealt with who were cheating on tests. One man would not answer her questions, and when she asked his wife if he was going to talk, the wife said, "He says he's not going to bite." She has a great way of taking what someone says and totally misconstruing it, making me laugh so much that by the end of the 2 hours, my cheeks hurt.
This photo shows that we had fabulous seats - 3rd row.
Paula made some comment about a delicious strawberry donut she had been given backstage. She asked about this famous donut, and the audience tried to tell her where the store is located, and soon she was talking to a retired x-ray technician who had worked in a doctor's office where the Donut Man was a patient. Paula wanted to know if she could tell us about the inner workings of Donut Man and whether he had a hole in his body, etc. until soon she discovered that Mr. Donut Man (Jim Nakano) was in the audience and she started to riff with him.
So, if you are still with me, here is the meandering part. I have not yet been to the Donut Man on Alosta in Glendora, but I have seen the Huell Houser interview, and this place is famous in the Harvey Mudd community because the Gonzo Unicycle Madness Club rides the 8.7 miles once a year from Claremont to Glendora just to eat these strawberry donuts. Watch a great little youtube video about this adventure here.
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