23 odd birds later...

Yes, they are odd birds, but no, they are not the ones of the title.
Tonight was Odd Lot's "Christmas Eve Eve" show, one to eagerly anti-ci-pate every year!
I should know, as I've been to them from the very start!
(smile!)
Well, I may have missed a couple whilst soakin' up rays in Daytona...
but I caught the star-studded variety show last year, as well as the song-bejeweled show of 2015, marking their five-years of existence. Much fun!
The scene above involved all of the night's players, performing examples of the "World's Worst" in various occupations. From the left we have Justin, Darryl, Travis, Zach, Alex, Thomas, and Lynita, with Megan out front and Chris calling the shots from the side.

The show began with one of my favorites.
I call it "old men in hats"
(whether they are wearing them or not),
in which Chris Soucy and Justin Kent
do what they do best:
riff on each other.
You can tell they're best friends!

This skit was new to me and Sandy.
Titled "switch change", the four players
took turns in the middle two roles,
maintaining accents and demeanor
with whoever last occupied the positions.
In keeping with the season,
Justin, Chris, Zach, and Thomas
were constructing gingerbread houses,
with German personae and squeaky voices!

My very favorite skit from the first half, hands down, was with Thomas Houston and Travis Spangenburg!
Titled "film noir + alphabet", they began -
and eventually ended - with the letter "k",
to solve the crime of 'grandma
getting run over by a reindeer'.
Woohoo! That was my suggested topic!
That made the skit even sweeter for me!

The second half of the show was long-form improv,
a series of skits all wrapped around a central theme.
The two true loves are lynita Spivey and Justin,
working on the ultimate gifts for each other in
"The Twelve Days of Christmas".
Here, he has just presented her
with a partridge in a pear tree...
and now it's her turn to outdo his gift!

Well, she had brought home two turtledoves,
of course...
and he had then cooked them
for mock-turtle soup. Ack!
Now, he was back at The Bird Store,
run by a beleaguered, bespectacled Travis,
who suggested he purchase three French hens -
Jacques, Pierre, and 'the dirty one' -
to please the put-out and pouty true love.

Well, that did naught except up the ante!
She came home from The Bird Store with
four calling birds, each one having
their own little cell phone
and different service provider.
Ack! He was done with birds!
Off to the pawn shop to fetch home
some golden jewelry and one brass one -
but a total of five rings, of course!

His true love was still on a bird kick, though.
The man at The Bird Store sent her home with
six geese, all of an age to give fresh eggs.
Well, if it was birds she wanted,
birds she would get, he said to himself -
and having a nearby pond "too small for eight",
he gave to her seven lovely white swans.

Next thing they knew, their apartment for two
was taken over by fowl of all description,
not to mention the eight cows with their
accompanying milkmaids, and nine ladies
kickin' up their heels all the time!
She needed a little eye candy around, too -
so ten lords came leaping home with her -
a gift for her true love, of course!

What was he to do now?
Well, if he was going to have a houseful of folks
dancing and leaping about
then he would need to supply some music,
now wouldn't he?
Why not insert eleven bagpipers into the mix?
But of course!
Her twelve drummers even helped keep the rhythm!
(smile)
Merry Christmas, y'all!