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Special Guest:

Local Raconteur

C.D. "Seedy" Hawkins

Favorite musical

The Sound of Music. – Pubert

Movie: Little Shop Of Horrors, Theater: Evita.

– Peter

Cats ( who thought a musical about pets

would last so long ) . – Seedy

Singin' in the Rain. – Andrew

Into the Woods. – Lisa

Hedwig and the Angry Inch. – Kirk

Song of the South. – graysong

Aida. – Lenox

Toss up between Chicago and Cabaret. –

Kathleen

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. – Amy

Spamalot. – Creaoke

LEAST favorite cartoon character

Scrappy Doo. – Pubert

Mickey Mouse. He needs to get his neck

snapped in a trap! – Kirk

Anything Pokemon. – Lisa

Foghorn Leghorn. – Peter

Little Bill. – Andrew

Road Runner ( couldn't Wily Coyote win once ) .

– Seedy

Jessica Simpson. – graysong

Bugs Bunny. – Lenox

Picachu or anything like that. – Creaoke

I HATE Tweety Bird. – Amy

Bugs 'Annoying' Bunny. – Kathleen

Politician you'd like to have dinner with

Gavin Newsom--simply cuz he's hot. –

Andrew

Oprah Winfrey. – Pubert

Hillary Clinton. – Lisa

Madeleine Albright. – Peter

The next democratic president of the United

States. – Seedy

Ralph Nader. – Amy

Judy Baar Topinka. She's crazy, but not in a

good way. – Lenox

No thanks. – Kathleen

George Bush. I'd serve pretzels... lots and lots of pretzels. – graysong

Jesus. How do you get that many votes and still end up crucified? – Creaoke

What have you stood in line the longest for?

I don't do lines. – Kirk

Iron Maiden tickets way back when. –

Creaoke

Sting Concert tickets. – Pubert

Cubs playoff tickets. – Seedy

12 hours, in the snow, for Ani Difranco. – Amy

Superman coaster at Six Flags. – Lisa

MTV's Wannabe a VJ! – Lenox

Tickets to see Dick Tracy. – Peter

Jimmy Buffett ( in college ) . – graysong

Concert tickets. – Andrew

When I think of September, I think of...

...getting away from the stifling heat of

August. – Andrew

...fall Weather... finally. – Kathleen

...my dad. – Lisa

...warm cozy sweaters. I love fall. – Lenox

...the end of summer. – Creaoke

...my birthday? – Jim

...Green Day's 'Wake Me Up When September

Ends.' – Amy

...a subpar Woody Allen movie from the late

'80s. – Kirk

...back to school. – Pubert

...colorful trees and Oktoberfests. – Peter


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