Monogram Sweater: Funny. Personal. Stories.

This Thursday night, I'm performing in a show called Monogram Sweater, at The Second City Theatre in Hollywood.

It's a monologue show, in a very small intimate setting. I'm going to perform my short story The Trade.

Sadly, once I was home and on the kitchen floor, the reality of the trade did not meet the grand build up it had been given by my young imagination. That single push did not send my heros to quick safety. Rather, it sent them forward about 6 inches and to the left, coming to an anticlimactic rest against the front of the dishwasher. Only the constant presence of my grimy 8 year-old fist would give them adequate propulsion away from danger. And the foot-peg technology was quickly replaced by the more reliable scotch-tape-and-rubber band technology.

The novelty of rolling that Land Speeder around the floor quickly wore off, and I really missed my Death Star.

Tickets are just five bucks, which you can totally score in about thirty minutes on any freeway off ramp in Southern California, provided your cardboard sign is easy to read. Details, including address and showtimes are on the spiffy clickable flyer over there, but for those of you who like to cut-n-paste:

WHAT: Monogram Sweater (Funny. Personal. Stories.)
WHERE: Second City Theatre -8156 Melrose Avenue, next to the Improv
WHEN: Thursday, December 8, 2005. 8PM.
HOW MUCH: $5

Comments

[Bethany]

First I need to know where to get one of the sweaters! :-)

[oh--and a total thumbs up for Death Cab for Cutie]

[alan]

Doh.

I'll be on a plane to Vegas. :)

[love2all]

Dammit. I'm never anywhere near California to catch these things.

Oh, and Annie's blogpeople (yes, me included.. I make it sound like they're all podpeople) are asking questions. They are catching up to you and Shane, seriously. I'm catching up on my nerdspeak too.. we have Wikipedia'ed the terminology and have figured out your secret LEET code. HA!HA!!11!! PWNED!

[Clint V.]

LEGIBILITY!! OF COURSE!

No wonder my roadside begging act hasn't produced lucrative results...

[Mitch]

doh. I would come and see you but I live in the UK. :/
Come do some shows in the UK!

[Greg]

OOOh! Wil at Second City? Excuse me while I turn into a fanboy. Though I can't make it, considering I live in Arkansas, I wish I could. The Second City troupe out of Chicago came to my university campus earlier this semester, and I fell in love with them. To know that Wil is performing with Second City is awesome.

[Aviatrixt]

Ok, so for those of us not blessed to live in the Valley, might these monogrammed sweaters be available for purchase? Just a thought.

T.--Ponce Inlet, Florida

[Liz]

OK, the number of things happening on December 8 has just been raised to critical mass, even for Los Angeles.

I need the crying emoticon here.

Alas.

Hope it goes great. :)

[VeronicaRobinson]

I loved The Trade when I first read it. It's hysterical. I CAN NOT, *repeat* NOT, believe you traded a Death Star for ANYTHING.

[doog]

(Vader voice)
You have failed me for the last time Wheaton.

[Ericka]

Aaah why can't you come to Seattle??

[samfrimp]

Wil,

I could not find the text, but please listen to this. It's a brilliant piece of childhood of 1950's Quebec. When I saw your 'mongram sweater', I immediately thought of this story.

My best wishes. I hope you listen.

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1546-10372/sports/spirit_of_hockey/clip1

[Dave Westbay]

Break a leg!

[Tiltmom]

Such an opportunity...

If I knew which exit you took regularly, I would totally have someone standing at the ramp with a sign:

"Need $5 to see Monogram Sweater"