I love Vashon Island. So close and yet so far. This was our third year at the
Vashon Theatre, and the second Thanksgiving Eve show - and it was a joyous
experience. The Vashon Theatre is a '40's vintage movie theater that is being
lovingly restored (and beyond) by owners Eileen and Gordon Wolcott. It is
gorgeous, and its beauty was enhanced last night by flowers on the stage and
live pre-show piano music by Dan Brown (I don't think he's the Da Vinci Code guy,
but around here you never know).
They do a fair business at the bar on
comedy night - in '06 we actually had to kick out a drunk guy - probably the
only time ever in the history of the theater. Fortunately, history did not repeat itself.
For the 2nd night in a row, we were honored to have this year's San Francisco
Comedy Competition winner Paul Ogata hosting the show. Paul has a great
casual manner combined with broad appeal, which means it doesn't take him
'bout a minute to warm up the crowd. It's been a pleasure working with him.
It was our night for celebrity judges, too. Helping us out in that department
were part-time Vashon Islanders Alex Borstein - she's the voice of Lois on "Family Guy,"
and MAD-TV's "Ms. Swan" - and hubby Jackson Douglas ("Jackson" on "The Gilmore Girls").
The packed house seemed to have a great time, giving all 5 finalists their full attention. And how did the judges see it? Like this:

(L-R): Tony Boswell (2nd Place), Leif Skyving (3rd Place), Key Lewis (4th Place), Paul Ogata (Host), Marcus (1st Place), Geoff Lott (5th Place).

Photo by Peter Greyy. For all Peter's Comedy Competition pix on Flickr, click here:
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