Other Groups '89-'92

Good: Erasable Ink (Maryland)-- source of Mosh and Performance Art. Strong, cohesive players, lots of character, lots of funny women, if I remember.
On Thin Ice (Harvard) -- small, agile
Improvidence (Brown) -- slick, but good (save it, WB)
Vertigo-go (Swarthmore) -- sibling group for a year, felt like Za.

Eh: Purple Crayon (Yale) -- showoffy, but funny
Just Add Water (Yale) -- hit or miss ,though the illustrious Adam Stein was its mainstay. I liked them, others didn't -- our equals for a year, we eventually eclipsed them.
Viola Question (Yale) -- also-rans (what was the 4th yale group?)
Fools on the Hill (Kenyon) -- best sketch of Skidmore '90
Ad-Liberal Artists (Skidmore) -- who knew? Barely had to try for laughs on their home turf
Whistling Shrimp (Cornell) -- full of themselves -- got lotsa laughs, don't know why

Weak: IT (William & Mary)
The guys from UVA -- tried hard, though
Cheap Sox (Tufts)

Wrecking Ball liked Columbia's 6 Milks.

Absolute Za

Okay, Steve Ehrenberg definitely drew this Absolute poster (you'll have to download to appreciate the full glory) ...



As a parlor game, you can try to match the face to the correct member of Za.

A	B	C
D	E	F
G	H	I

Openings

Recently, there has been discussion of classic openings such as The Dancing Flower Coming Down from the Rafters in Brooks-Rogers and Julius Caesar, this is your life! A new thread seems in order for a topic as important as openings.

Two quick housekeeping points:
1) Tomorrow is the last day that Maple Terrace will hold rooms for us. You can probably book rooms afterwards, but since you know you are coming, why risk it? The contact info can be found here.

2) The blog is a month old today. One month of talking to each other and the reunion is still on. Nothing short of a miracle.

Calling Mach I

Hey, can whoever was at the '90-'91 first-line-a-thon recreate on this thread for me the story of Randy's extremely long first line that involved a talking tiki-head prop making a phone call or something like that? I remember it being truly legendary and am jonesin' to reacquiant myself with all the details. Thanks, Toby

Za and competence

Given my recent spelling errors, this poster seemed appropo appropos apropos:



I believe the poster is the brainchild of Mr. Ehrenberg Goose.

UPDATE: No one else laid claim to the poster idea, so I will credit Goose.

Road trips

Over the years, Za has taken a number of road trips. Road trip shows, for a variety of reasons, create a wealth of stories. The best one I recall is Randy walking home one snowy evening from Northhampton with no coat heavier than a blazer.

That story and others should be related in the comments section.