PHILIP GOES FORTH==>B+

Saturday==>Your favorite blogger here in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, knows that today is going to be a busy day for many of his loyal and faithful readers and followers out there in the hinterlands, wastelands and boondocks ... 

So ... why don’t we get started with Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s entertainment event ...

PHILIP GOES FORTH, a satire about a young man who rebels against his father and a career in the family business and ventures to New York to write plays==>B+

Well, things don’t quite work out as Philip had hoped they would.

The story line is set in 1931 and by the end it isn’t about the shattered dreams of aspiring writers, but about knowing who you are, what you’re not and what really matters in a meaningful life.

There is an excellent cast, headed by Bernardo Cubria as Philip and Carole Healey as Mrs. Oliver, the mother of Philip’s love interest.

The sets are terrific for the small Mint Theatre space.

The house was full and the audience was very much into the show.

As I said above, it is playing at The Mint Theatre, whose mission is reviving shows that were once popular but are now largely forgotten/overlooked.

It has a running time of 2:05, with intermission, and runs through October 27th.

Billi Pod says==>this show is certainly worth seeing.

When the show was over I met up with my Lakeland, FL, friends Tammy Serebrin and Paul Hughes for a late bite at Angus Bistro on West 44th Street.

Tammy had seen Matilda and Paul had seen The Trip To Bountiful.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s posting, Tammy and Paul had put together a whirlwind tour for a group of 42 fellow Polk Countians and they are also the tour guides.

We had a great time and did a lot of much-needed catching up.

So ... Tammy and Paul==>it was great being with you guys.

Moving on ...

This is today’s entertainment schedule for your favorite blogger ...

3:00==>THE NORWEGIANS - “A new comedy  about a pair of nice Norwegian gangsters in Minnesota and a recently transplanted Texas woman who finds herself going to great extents to resolve the difficulties of her latest breakup.” (Off Broadway - complimentary ticket)

This show is playing at The Drilling Company Theatre on West 78th Street, has a running time of 1:30, with intermission, and runs through October 27th.

It had a very well received run earlier in the year and it sounds like a lot of fun.

Then, back to PHC for sports for the rest of the day/evening ...

5:30==>The Rays vs. The Boston FuckSox in game 2 of the ALDS from that fetid cesspool known as Fenway Park, carried on TBS,

Yesterday The Rays sucked and The FuckSox kicked butt, winning 12-2.

Then ...

7:00==>Florida Gators vs. Arkansas Razorbacks @ The Swamp, carried on ESPN2.

The Gators and The Razorbacks will play for the first time in 4 years. They have met 9 times and The Gators have won 8 consecutive games and we are favored by 13 points.

In closing ... in response to several internet inquiries about whether I plan to watch SNL tonight, hosted by Miley Cyrus ...

Billi Pod’s response==>he would rather have his eyes poked out with an ice-pick. No f**king way!!

So ... on this happy note ... 

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE.

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>1.13 miles (or, 2,475 steps)

Total mileage since 7/1/13==>331.33 miles (average 3.45 miles per day)

GO GATORS!! GO RAYS!!  

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”