Yesterday was our annual firm Christmas party. It's my seventh one. Each year it's a little bit of a bigger group, and this year it was very well attended. I mean, it usually is, but this year in particular. We did dinner and a show. Or rather, a show, then dinner.
The show was The Palm Springs Follies, which is a musical revue show whose cast members are between the ages of 56 and 81. Then we had dinner at an excellent Italian restaurant called Sammy G's Tuscan Grill.

Before I say anything else about the Follies, I will say this: GO SEE IT!! It is hilarious, and the performers are not only talented but also the spriest bunch of seniors you'll ever see. Actually, they're a lot more athletic and energetic than most poeple I know half their age. They are all very accomplished performers who have had illustrious careers on Broadway, Vegas and tv. The show was MC'd by Riff Markowitz, who was very Jewish and completely hilarious.
I loved the Chanukah Bear, one of the cast members in a white bear suit who pranced around during some of the Christmas numbers, and in particular during one of those carols that talk about how Christ is our savior and so on and so forth. Nevermind that Christ was not in fact born on Chrstmas at all, and that it was a pagan holiday taken over by the Christians, but that's a whole other story. Point is, the Chanukah bear rocked it.
You can go here for some short videos, though they do not do the show justice AT ALL. The costumes were incredible and very sparkly. In the first half hour or so, the cast members introduced themselves, and the women came out in increasingly gorgeous and elaborate costumes, with gigantic headdresses. I was really hoping for good photos of some of those amazing costumes on their website, but alas they are not. I can think of at least one photographer in my circle of friends who could do a fantastic job for this company and really spruce up the images on the website.
In other words, it irks the heck out of me that they do not have pictures worthy of their show. Arggh.
Ok, moving on.
The show is bright, colorful, a bit bawdy, and totally over the top. Lots of jokes, some of which are mildly offensive, and Markowitz picked some people in the front row and had his fun with them on and off throughout the show. They were excellent sports. One of the people he picked on briefly was a judge from Contra Costa county, who said she does not date, even though she's single. Frankly, I so get that. It's hard enough as an attorney because just the J.D., by itself, is a like giant pair of testicle shears for most men. I can't even imagine what it must be like for her as a judge.
The superfancy costumes showed off the performers' pretty impressive figures. But some of these costumes had a particular feature that was, well, a little awkward. And distracting. Like, I could not tear my eyes away no matter what. I think this is best explained with --
you guessed it --
A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION!
And I think with that there is really nothing left to say except go see the show, it's the closest you'll get to an acid trip without the actual acid.