I.T.U.R.I.P.
Last night was the last Invite Them Up ever. Rififi was packed like I’d never seen it before. The crowd spilled out into the bar and then that crowd spilled out into the street. It really did feel like a Great White concert was about to go down, as Leo Allen noted.
Invite Them Up was my favorite (and thus the best) comedy show in New York City. I’m definitely going to miss it. One of the first things I got to do when I moved to New York was “30 seconds of stand up” at Invite Them Up. That was the portion of the show when host Bobby Tisdale would get everyone to chant a “30 seconds” song, a comedian would perform 30 seconds of stand up, and then everyone would chant the song again. That was it. Yet, despite how retarded it was, I was fucking terrified the first time Bobby asked me to do it. I was seriously more nervous for those 30 seconds than at any other point in my long and storied comedy career.
Anyway, as one would expect, the last 30 seconds of stand up of all time was great. Craig Baldo and DJ Blue turned Bobby’s chant into an amazing hiphop/samba/techno song. And as it played, more and more people were jumping on stage to dance. By the end, it looked like some sort of East Village Senor Frogs up in that piece.
Here’s the song:
Also, just so everyone knows, Rififi isn’t closing…yet. So you should still all come to Totally JK every week until it does.
