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By: Kaetlin Perna »
November 9, 2007
Kasper Hauser's SkyMaul @ Ars Nova - 11.8.7
San Francisco sketch icons Kasper Hauser performed the stage show to SkyMaul, their book which spoofs the zany homophoned in-flight shopping catalogue. It was part of Ars Nova's Thursdays at Ten series, a weekly slot dedicated to booking progressive and compelling voices in music and comedy.
NOTES
--PREMISE: A PowerPoint presentation at the top of the show reveals profits sinking and shareholder confidence crumbling at the SkyMaul Corporation. CEO Jerry Ponda steps down and four new candidates vie for his position with company-preserver invention pitches like the "Hummingbird Poisoner" and the "Baby Stroller Lawn Mower." Sketches and videos are interspersed between the stumping.
--We like that each of the people in Kasper Hauser incidentally look like specific rock stars. The Reichmuth twins are ditto machine duplicates of Flea, Dan Klein is a ringer for Wayne Coyne, and if you squint a little bit, you'll swear Rob Baedecker is really Rocker Jon Bon Jovi.
--SPOTTED: The group draws some serious fans. The crowd was spackled with POWERFUL COMEDY AND LITERARY CELEBRITIES like John Hodgman, Eric Slovin, Leo Allen, Sarah Vowell, & Assorted Daily Show Staffers. Did a secret meeting for THE CHURCH OF 826 take place later that night in the shadows?
--LOOKING BACK: An early Apiary interview with Kasper Hauser and a recent profile.
--Kasper Hauser jump kicks The Longest Sketch Show Ever TONIGHT at The UCBT. If you can't wait that long, here's one of the videos they showed. This will quench your thirst (for ballginas).
Posted by The Apiary at November 9, 2007 2:30 PM