MACC - Episode VII: The Funny Wake Up Liao

I thought I was early in getting my ticket to MACC's latest show, EPISODE VII: THE FUNNY WAKE UP LIAO, only to be (relieved) that other people were more kiasu than me and had gotten plum seats. Anyway, stuck to my buying of the cheap seat up in the balcony because I had never been up there before. 

(I usually get these out the same night, but by the time I got home - what with the outgoing congestion, road closure around Midvalley and having to take a more erm, scenic route home - it was about midnight and I rather sleep... but not before catching up on @midnight)

By the time I made my way to the theatre, they were giving out free Tiger Radler (who's a sponsor) - not full sized cans or anything, but just enough to wet the throat (as someone who doesn't like beer, yay!) 

Did the show start at 9 pm on the dot? Of course not, this is Malaysia. But while waiting, I did manage to watch the preshow promo videos that I know they put out weeks beforehand online which I never watch then cos I know I'll be watching them at the show. 

Now I know what the view from the balcony is like: this is all I see had I sat up straight... 

As usual, Dr Jason went up first and did about 15, 20 minutes. Some about his wife and their compatibility, some about...damnit, this is why I put these out quickly, I kinda forgot. Good for them, I suppose. 

Chi Ho did something different this time and brought huge pictures of his two adorable kids... and a picture of the gahmen-sponsored pedo that people jokingly say look like him. All that, and he talked about the corporal punishment we all got as kids that we wouldn't do to our own nowadays. 

Jenhan's set was about aging and how at 29 he's getting to be more like an uncle (if he's feeling it at 29, then I'm as ancient as Yoda liao). And he was getting the crowd to help him spot his car's clone (which BTW is WNJ 2262, little red 2-seater Toyota).

Douglas's set was not as political this time, but he did still poke some fun at the gahmen. This year's song was to the tune of Lukas Graham's 7 Years. Damn drama the way he sang the song. 

Anyway, after final bows, they played a last video that (they say) is not available online. 

Because they were sponsored by both INTI College and Tiger Radler this time, the show posters were free... and I deigned to finally get both the poster and my ticket signed. 

This is why I usually cabut right after the show...

Tickets for tonight (Thursday) are still available (as Douglas keeps mentioning and telling us to spread the word), but not Friday and Saturday (obviously). 

If you can make it and get tickets (if not KL, then other places they're gonna be performing all around the country), you should. Still laugh die me hilarious.

MACC Presents I Want to Touch A Douglas

Instead of having it at PJ Live Arts, this year's MACC show was at The Gardens Theatre in the eponymous mall. Been needing an excuse to check out The Gardens Theatre for a while now, so yay. This year's title - I Want to Touch a Douglas -  was (I'm guessing) inspired by last year's "I Want to Touch a Dog" event brouhaha (a Malay guy organised a dog petting event for his fellow Muslims and other people who also wants in on that action, only got to get major flack for organising it in the form of death threats and criticism from the erm, religious authorities).

Having parked in Zone B these last few years, I was a little rusty getting to Zone U on the other side and ended up having to go around before I finally got to the entrance. Parking wasn't too bad: parked as close as I got to to the theatre in Zone U, just kept driving all the way up to Level 6, but not before driving to the other end around the 5th floor. Stone's throw away from the entrance.

What you see after opening the glass doors from inside the mall

Tunnel from the garden

This was right outside the entrance.

Cheap seat view

One of the first things I noticed was that it was a little cosier than PJ Live Arts (fewer seats), and the air con was really working its best to freeze everyone. The only major improvement was the cushier seats, haha, which I appreciated massively.

In PJLA, even when you buy cheap seats the view (in general) is still not too bad; here, cheap seats means you don't get to see the video warmup act.

After 20 minutes of the pre-show trailers (which I never watch until I come to the show), funny clips from other shows (notably Comedy Central's Key and Peele) to warm the audience up, Dr Jason started his 10 minute set with how women are the bigger liars with the technology that is "no makeup" makeup. He also announced that he (finally) quit medicine to pursue comedy full time. Jason was the only one who made a reference to the show title in his set.

Chi Ho's 15 minutes started with the 50 Shades of Grey craze, and about gender differences when it comes to shopping, comparing it to military missions ("The point of shopping is in the Malay word for it - "membeli-belah"- you beli already, then you belah!" ROFL).

Jenhan's set was (for the most part) about his mother and her erm, support with regards to his life and career choice. When he started his bit about being a short time alcoholic after a breakup, I knew his poison of choice was gonna be Shandy. Just because.

Douglas's set (also the longest, natch) was so much about local politics, news and politicians that for everyone's sake, I can't repeat any of it. And his animal rescuing wife. He did take a minute or two to make fun of people in the cheap seats this time, but not before asking those in the cheap seats to buy a RM10 poster. Already bought cheap seat, some more expect us to buy poster meh?

Instead of a Douglas Lim original parody song, this year everyone came on stage to sing a song about not jumping to conclusions, macam the Hoe Down and/or Irish Drinking Song on Whose Line? Douglas was right about how it wasn't going to work - please do not make it a permanent thing. That was the only downer of the night for me.

As much as I found this year's show to be mostly amusing, I had to repress and laugh on the inside because I don't want to scare the people in my vicinity with my laugh-coughing (or is it cough-laughing?). If anyone heard loud coughing, it was probably me :P

Show finished before 11 p.m. Luckily I got home before the heavy rain pour.

If you managed to get tickets - have fun! To those who didn't... there's always the siaran ulangan later in the year?