May 24, 2007

Kiki and Herb's Fake Funeral

Yesterday I attended a publicity stunt for Kiki and Herb's upcoming shows at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (ACT-SF.org).

The invitation was billed as "Kiki and Herb's Funeral" and it was held at a real, old school funeral home at Sutter and Polk. Bruce Vilanch was there to deliver the eulogy in the chapel with his rapid fire pun-rific style, but was interrupted by Kiki and Herb walking in from the back with a megaphone. I wish I could remember some of the jokes, but it all came at me like a steamroller. I was just happy to enjoy it and snap these exclusive photos.

They're alive! They're alive! Oh, happy day!

They sang a couple songs and gave us a taste of what to expect at their big show at a legitimate thee-ah-tuh. Fortunately, Kiki (Justin Bond) is completely comfortable performing his "act" at the corner of Sutter and Polk after have spent many years as a resident of this fair city before making it big in New York.

I've known Justin Bond since he was just a club kid here in San Francisco. For while, he had a weekly column in the Bay Area Reporter, which can be regarded as one of the most memorable series of columns ever run in that paper.

I also have some video footage stashed away somewhere of Kiki and Justin's very earliest days. I have footage of him competing in the Miss Uranus Pageant. When I had my TV show, I hired him (as in PAID him) to perform two numbers while Kiki was still a solo act. And I have some really poor quality footage of Kiki and Herb's first long-running cabaret show at a restaraunt called Eichelbergers. I better dig through my tapes, get them up on YouTube, and exploit their celebrity - and fast!

In the meantime, go see the show.

Posted by lavenderlounge at 10:42 AM

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