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Pee Wee and I...friends for 21 years and counting.

With mom in town, and Pee Wee in town...there was only one logical thing to do. Sunday morning mom and I took a trip down to Times Square (yuck!) to wait in line at the TKTS booth and see if there were any tickets to the "Pee Wee Herman Show". It was our good luck that there were (not so sure if it was good luck for Felipe too...but he was a good sport and came along!).


Mom and I in front of the theater.

We've been huge fans of Pee Wee for the longest time...of course as a kid I watched his show religiously every Saturday morning. And then of course you have Pee Wee's Big Adventure, classic awesomeness. So we were both stoked to see his broadway show, and we were not disappointed!

The set is just as the television show, as garish and bright, filled with shiny, colorful, and retro. Of course, all the favorite characters were there too...Chairy, Pterri, Jambi, Conky, Magic Screen, Clocky, Mr. Window, Globy,Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis and so on, and so on, and so on....hahahaha. I think one of my favorite moments (and man how I wish I could have gotten a photo) was when Pee Wee came on stage in a fully bedazzled suit. Just terrific! The big foil ball even made an appearance.

We had such a blast, I'm very glad we went and I think in the end, Felipe gained an appreciation for the crazy that is Pee Wee. The only room for improvement that I could see was if the theater could have had a little heat! It was freezing in there, I'm sure colder than it was outside! I highly recommend the show to anyone in NYC...it's running through December 31st. Can you imagine...New Year's Eve with Pee Wee?!

It's CONAN O'BRIEN!!! at Radio City Music Hall

Tonight Felipe and I went to see Conan O'Brien's show at Radio City Music Hall. I had a blast! I've never actually been to Radio City Music Hall before, so that was exciting as well to finally see the inside of such of a famous theater.


The Marquee


The stage before the show.


The opening act was Reggie Watts. I hadn't heard of him before, but really enjoyed his act. He's clever, has a fantastic voice and a great presence. I would definitely look forward to seeing him perform again! I recommend taking a look at his site, I think he has some clips on there.


After much waiting, the band finally took the stage - opening with La Bamba singing a song. It was fun to see the band back in action...I miss Conan and the gang being on television.

And then the Man came out

Surprisingly hard to photograph - he's so pale, combined with the spotlight, it was almost impossible not to overexpose his face! He did a long stand up routine, he showed videos, and then sang songs.


Here he is rocking out with the back up singers. Strobe lights and all. What a rock star!


A picture of him with the whole band. I think Andy Richter came out and joined them right after this, unfortunately I don't have any good pics with him in it.

Conan had several special guests join him towards the end of the show, including Eli Manning, Jon Krasinski, and my all time fave - Pee Wee!

Who even did the tequila dance off the stage! Man what a treat!


Doing his version of Cake's version of "I Will Survive"


And a special encore performance with Max Weinberg joining the band.

Overall it was a great show! Felipe was disappointed that the guests weren't as stellar as the night before (see this New York Times review), but it didn't bother me too much. Conan was the man I was there to see!