Date: Jan 24, 2007 8:52 PM
Subject: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Sea Day 1 En route to St. Helena
I sent more pictures from Rio.
The entertainment tonight was Kenny Smiles. He is by far the very best entertainer I have ever seen on any cruise ship. He is a comedian and a very good singer.
He was on last year and they did about two weeks of shtick with him. At one point he was thrown off the ship with a toilet plunger on his head. Mid ocean they traded him to a passing freighter for a sack of fish. This year they kept him locked up so he wouldn’t disturb the passengers. They had a tape of him being forced to shine shoes, and scrub pots and dishes.
He was fantastic. Most of it was adlib with people in the audience. He picked on the captain and his Norwegian accent. (herdy, girdy, verdy,) Some of the best was when he started on two flaming alcoholic gays. He got two standing ovations.
He was selling CDs and DVDs. His wife was with him. We (Bobbi) bought some and we talked with them awhile, after the show.
For those who know him, he was a very sick boy last year. Almost went bye, bye. Had to have bypasses. He claims to be doing fine now.
He bought a ranch in Arkansas. That part is true. One day he is walking in some woods that are on the back end of his property when he comes upon a hillbilly caring a shot gun and a whisky jug. He says hello and the man says howdy back at chew. He then walks up and asks Kenny if he would like a drink from the jug. Kenny asks what it is. The man says Moonshine. Kenny says no he doesn’t want a drink. Then the hillbilly points the shot gun at Kenny and says now drink some. So Kenny does what he is told, he drinks a drop and then says that’s awful. The hillbilly says Yeah, I know. Now I’ll take the jug and you hold the gun on me. That was one I hadn’t heard before.
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