The Inner Circle Dinner
Mrs. Base10 and I went to the Inner Circle Annual Dinner show's dress rehearsal last night. I must say, while I was looking for an excuse to be a pissed-off republican, the show was very funny. For the uninitiated, the Inner Circle is an organization comprised of media people in and around NYC. Every year they put on a musical show spoofing the mayor and current political scene. This received some national notoriety a few years ago when Rudy Giuliani sang a song in drag. The actual dinner is something like $500 a plate, but we managed to get tickets for the rehearsal (no dinner but hey it's for free). We had an excellent time (many thanks to L.D.) A couple of favorite moments: The character playing Mayor Bloomberg singing "If I Were a Poor Man" to the tune of the similarly named fiddler on the Roof song. The Giuliani character (complete with outrageous comb-over) singing a duet with the Hillary character. Character playing School Chancellor Joel Klein singing "Don't Go Breakin' My B*lls" in a duet with character playing UFT head Randi Weingarten to the tune of the similarly named Elton John song. Last but not least, the Rush Limbaugh character singing a very special version of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." We had an absolutely great time and I hope I get invited next year.

- posted by Base10 @ 2:47 PM