I went to see Mel&EL at Comix last night and it was amazing. They are an incredibly funny comic duo, with a deliciously bawdy sense of humor and since Mel& El have been friends since childhood there is a very endearing emotional center to their hilarious lifeshare. Last night they performed one of my favorite songs. If only I was 30 when I was 20.
Fav line: I could have spent 10 more years knowing I was friggin’ hot.
I have known the El of Mel& El since I was in college and watching her perform in front of this huge audience in a New York city comedy club, all I could think was, “Look at us! living in the future”
I can’t take credit for that line, it actually came from a childhood friend of mine who I knew only in first through third grade at a Catholic school in GA. She recently tracked me down via Facebook. I moved around a lot growing up and was shocked that this childhood pal found me. My biggest memory of that muggy Southern time was that the shriveled Nun who ‘taught’ art forced us to use only the yellow crayon to color people’s skin in our ALL SAINTS coloring book. So even if you owned a peach or flesh crayon, you ended up with a book of jaundiced Saints. To this day my sister won’t watch the Simpsons because they are Yellow. I was pleasantly surprised when this long ago classmate and Catholic school survivor wrote me and electronically extolled, Look at us! living in the future.
Watching El on stage last night, I flashed back to a time in college when I was frustrated by not getting cast in our theater department. My boyfriend, or ex-boyfriend? I can’t remember we flipped back and forth a lot, tried to make me feel better by pointing out that El and I were the only girls called back for all three shows that semester. I should be encouraged by the fact that I was even in the same category as her. I laughed to myself over the memory and couldn’t help but think, look at El! living in the future.
Maybe I’m overusing the phrase but I’m on a sleep deficiency right now. Thank you to everyone that came to the MEL& EL outing!
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I have to ask, why did she force you to only use yellow?
Ah, Catholic school – luckily I only had Sunday School, so it was five days of public school crazy and only one day of Catholic Crazy.
Ha! I honestly have no clue why it had to be yellow.
I’m not sure who started it. It’s a sort of victory cry for my group of friends. When something beautifully futuristic and unexpected happens, it’s living in the future! It’s the best way I know to express the wonder of living in this strange time we get to be in.
Eventually my mom took over art lessons at the Catholic school. She was not really more qualified, but we could use any crayon we wanted.
Thank you for coming out for the big day!! It was so great to see you!! You look amazing btw!!