AVE Q free debate today!!!

Don't forget, today at 1 pm at 46th & Bway!
Here's the link with more info!
AVE Q Debate

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*whines*
I want to go, but I have class!
Apparently they were on TV this morning, too.... doing the weather report or something.

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They were on ABC's Good Morning America.
They did the weather periodically throughout the show, and they did a debate during the final half hour that lasted maybe 5 minutes.
Rick Lyon did President Bush, and Jennifer Barnhart did John Kerry. The GMA anchor asked the questions, but at the 1:00 performance, the questioning will be handled by "Log Cabin" republican Rod.
I was really impressed with Jennifer Barnharts voice impersonization of Sen. Kerry.
Many of the jokes were as one might imagine, Sen. Kerry not being too sure, and President Bush just didn't want to face up to the fiasco that's occuring in Iraq. At one point Pres. Bush fell asleep during Sen. Kerry's comments.
I'm glad I got see them on tv, they were terrific!
And I'm sorry I didn't tape it.
Also, if there is a vidio of the full thing, I too would like to be PM'd.
I think lots of others would be interested too.

So did they make Bush and Kerry puppets for this? And if anyone tapes it, please PM me too.

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they did make bush and kerry puppets - i saw them on tv. i was really impressed w/ jennifer's kerry. at first i thought rick was talking but it was her! it's so cool to watch b/c you can't imagine how the voice is coming from her.

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very true

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maybe that means they'll reschedule.....on a day i can go hopefully.

after all, we don't want the puppets getting ruined in the rain!

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thanks so much for the report! im so jelous! it sounds really funny. did the "candidates" shake hands and kiss babies afterwards? who else from the cast was there?

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It was very cute, despite the rain. The only major trouble that caused was making it hard to see if you weren't right at the front, because all the umbrellas got in the way.

There were a several media cameras (both still and video), so I wouldn't be surprised if a tape shows up somewhere online.

The whole cast was involved with John (as Rod) as host (sans umbrella and getting wet...), Jen as Kerry, Rick as Bush (great puppets and voices! Cute idea of having secret service men to hold their umbrellas). The rest of the cast (including understudies) were there with questions from humans and puppets.

"Tear it Up" (cut from the show, but gets sung by Jeff and Robert a lot) was re-written about Bush getting rid of his duties as a National Guard as well as getting rid of the Constitution. (Earlier, he stumbled several times over the ability to prounounce said document.)

Most of the cast left soon afterwards, looking for someplace dry, but a few hing around to chat and shake hands.

All in all, a great publicity event for the show that has apparently gotten them a lot of national exposure. Good for them!

The debate was a fabulous and funny success. Rick Lyons' very creative and quick with creating the Kerry and Bush puppets. Kerry serenading Bush with "If You Were Gay" was so funny. Hilarious. I can't wait to see the photos from the debate.

Thanks for the reports.
I only got to see them on Good Morning America, and yes, the Bush and Kerry puppets were great!
Hopefully, some sites will do a photo-op so we all can see.

Forgot to mention that (I'm assuming) due to the rain, they had some sound glitches. Ultimately, towards the beginning of the last number, the music just went out. Mikes still worked, though, and they plowed ahead without missing a beat. Sounded quite nice a capella, actually.

Thanks for letting us know about the photos. I saw them on Playbill.com