Courtesy of my good friend Bill - I was lucky enough to be about 15 feet from Billy Crystal yesterday afternoon for a delightful 2 1/2 hours. Billy Crystal's one-man show, "700 Sundays," lets us into the life of an American comedy icon. Every second of the show was amazing -- it's sounds trite -- but it really was. Not a single word/moment was wasted -- amazing jokes and story telling coupled with touchy moments from tough times in Billy Crystal's childhood. His timing is impeccable. Some highlights were:
- Comparing the first time he saw certain anatomy parts of his grandfather to a lava lamp.
- Going for a jump ball against someone 3 times his size. ("We looked like a human semi-colon!")
- Wise words from his family members, ("The glass is always half full...half filled with something that can kill you!")
The performance will go down as one of the best live events I've ever seen. It holds a spot with the 1st time I saw "The Producers" on Broadway, heard Billy Joel, and watched Michael Jordan (even though it was the game where Iverson crossed him over). It was an amazing performance and overall a wonderful Sunday :)
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