Last night was my parents last on their week-long visit to see me out here in Sunny California. Some highlights included 3 days in Napa, a day at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and some amazing restaurants (Le Garage in Sausalito, and Bleaux Magnolia in Napa being standouts). There should be pictures soon (I just need to figure out a good way to share them), as I just bought a swanky new digital SLR and managed to fill my 2GB card far too easily... what can I say, Cali is photogenic.
We decided to end the trip by having dinner at a classic California-style Pizzeria: Pizza Antica, and then head down to the "142 Throckmorton" theater for the weekly "Mark Pitta & Friends" comedy show.
I've been about three times to this Tuesday night event, one of the few exciting night-time activities in sleepy little Mill Valley.
The show was great, as always, showcasing five comics, four of whom were great and one, well...
So the show ends as it does some times with Mark Pitta singing popular songs with rewritten lyrics with one of the guitar-playing comics. During his second song however, he started a rhyme meant to end with the phrase "Robin Williams."
20 or so slightly awkward seconds pass before Mark leans back and says "that was your cue" to off-stage left, and for the shortest time possible the entire audience glimpses Robin Williams lean from behind the masking and immediately erupts into applause.
The 300 or so of us in the charming little theater in the middle of nowhere were then treated to about an hour of unedited, fresh material that Mr. Williams is trying out for his upcoming HBO special (as I understand it).
It was an incredibly special way to end my parents visit, and will be a story that I'll get to tell forever.
To pay $15 and expect some unknown, though highly talented comics makes a great night out. But to unexpectedly get to see one of this generation's kings of comedy, on the fly, was beyond incredible.
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