Melanie, Lauren and I were over at Dale and Rhonda’s for dinner. We always love going there for dinner since Dale can cook like nobody’s business. On the menu for the night was chicken and shrimp in cream marsala sauce over pasta. Needless to say, dinner was outstanding (as usual).
After dinner we were treated to a live comedy show put on by Ally and Lauren… with Jake assisting. The announcement came from the top of the stairs (Jake yelling on some toy microphone system)…. “The Ally & Lauren Show will be starting in 10 minutes… please purchase your tickets from Jake in the living room”. After rumaging Melanie’s purse for the 10 cents to cover our 2 tickets, We purchased our tickets from Jake “The Doorman” who was sitting at the entrance of the living room. The show consisted of Ally and Lauren doing some comedy bits that seemed somewhat incomprehensible… which was not helped by the wine that we had consumed up to this point. I remember something about a commercial for Hill Billy Deodorant, an old lady that kept asking for help crossing the street and then refusing help, and Lauren doing the knock-knock joke about the banana and the orange (the knock-knock link has the joke if you’ve never heard it). Every few minutes, Jake walked by selling bananas for 2 cents.
Several minutes later we’ve been moved outside to the backyard. This is where Ally and Lauren perform the highlight of the night… Ally says “I’m coffee”, Lauren says “and I’m creeeeeam”… Ally says “and together…. ” … I forget what she said because I’m already laughing so hard at their body language and delivery of the coffee and cream lines. Our laughter is fueled even further by both of them going into the “robot” dance, almost in synch. The both end it with their forearms dangling from their raised elbows.
Not to be outdone, Jake is sitting just inside of the kitchen with his microphone and speaker…. and goes into his own routine. He finished off with his own rendition of the banana/orange knock-knock joke… which went like this:
Jake: knock knock
Us: Who’s there?
Jake: Orange
Us: Orange who?
Jake: …. (long pause) … Banana!!!!
All adults present were on the verge of peeing our pants. This was so worth the 5 cent admission price!
