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 Saturday, February 20, 2010Indio Performing Arts Center
You know a comedy show is good when you’re in your car driving home from it and you start laughing about one of the sketches that just you saw. That was my experience after seeing “The Big Show Live/Talk Dirty to Me,” at the Indio Performing Arts Center, on Saturday, Feb. 20. The audience packed into the theater for the sold-out show ready for some hard-core laughs and “The Big Show” delivered. “The Big Show” made me think of what it would be like to see a live performance of “Saturday Night Live.” With its quirky comedic sketches and non-PC dialogue, the show certainly gives the Coachella Valley a much-needed jolt in its live-theater pulse, straying away from stagnant acceptability and into the much more vibrant world of risqué humor. At the heart of “The Big Show” are Tres Dean and his wife Noami, whose passion for what they do jets off the stage with infectious energy. But it would be just a comedy duo if it weren’t for their highly talented cast that includes Jennifer Bennett, Dan Graff, Nicole Willard, Kirk Geiger, Justin Brusca, Dani Jara, Katie Nelissen, Rodney T. and special appearances by Jerome Elliott, Paula Carranza, Marissa Escobar and Palm Springs Guide’s own, Elayna Garcia-Frieberg. The show started out with a hilarious albeit slightly gross skit on a parody of “The Ricki Lake Show” re-named “The Licky Rake Show “where the TV show host, played boldly by Jennifer Bennett, tests everyone’s gag reflexes involving her and a slice of pizza. Her panel of guests was a cream of the crop monster cluster with a gay, emotionally needy, Twinkie eating, Lifetime-loving Dracula, a cholo-like wolfman and an insecure Frankenstein’s monster, all making for some great comedy. Other highlights include, but were certainly not limited to, “Story Time” and “Big Ass News with the Deans,” which made some very funny references to the Date Festival, George Bush and Dick Cheney, the Muppets, and new revelations about Tiger Woods. The show also featured Jerome Elliott who performed songs with slightly twisted lyrics and one them very impressively a cappela.Creative sketches like “Be Italian (sort of)” and “Dickens Cider” continued after a brief intermission, keeping the audience in constant laughter. The show wrapped up with a closing sketch with “The Albrights,” played by the Deans who depict media personalities who assist troubled couples when all the while it is them who need counseling. “The Big Show Live” was absolute big fun and I look forward to their next performance. With their extremely talented cast and their inventive material, the future for “The Big Show Live” looks more than “Albright.” To see more Cathy Jardine Photos of “The Big Show Live/Talk Dirty to Me,” click here.
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