-- Critics rarely review a one-night run of anything, but luckily my Mom and Grandma don't discriminate. Here are some of their thoughts on "You're Just in Love." --
On "Vivian Leaves a Voicemail"
MOM: That was me.
GRANDMA: It was funny.
MOM: That was all me, and I didn't approve.
GRANDMA: It was very funny.
MOM: I'm never leaving you a voicemail again.
GRANDMA: I liked the shawl that girl was wearing. So pretty.
MOM: Everything I say now you're going to put into a show. I just know it.
GRANDMA: Do you know where she got that shawl?
On "When the Summer Loved the Winter"
MOM: He was tall!
GRANDMA: He was so tall.
MOM: Kissed his wife at the end.
GRANDMA: Went right into the audience and kissed her.
MOM: What a nice man.
GRANDMA: And so tall!
On "Conversational Italian"
MOM: That poor boy.
GRANDMA: His wife left him.
MOM: He was too young to be married anyway.
GRANDMA: Why would you leave that nice boy?
MOM: He's better off.
GRANDMA: You should have cast someone ugly then I would have believed that she would have left him.
MOM: Tell him he's better off.
On "If You Don't Love the Man"
MOM: You know who didn't fit in her wedding dress?
GRANDMA: Your cousin Stephanie.
MOM: My cousin Stephanie. That's all I could think about.
GRANDMA: Oh God, that dress.
MOM: Is that where you got that idea from? Did you see photos of Cousin Stephanie?
GRANDMA: It was like a tarp!
On "But I'm Not Gonna Cry"
MOM: That was about me.
GRANDMA: You cry all the time!
MOM: That's what it was about!
GRANDMA: No it wasn't! It was about not crying!
MOM: Ma, there were two meanings.
GRANDMA: What two meanings? There were no two meanings!
MOM: This is why you're not cultured.
On "People Don't Read Anymore"
MOM: I didn't like that one. Why are you writing about people who sleep with other people's husbands?
GRANDMA: He's a writer. He's being creative.
MOM: He doesn't need to write about tramps.
GRANDMA: What else is he going to write about?
On "The Mechanic"
GRANDMA: He was handsome.
MOM: Ma!
GRANDMA: He was, he was handsome.
MOM: He did a good job.
GRANDMA: Is he going to do more of your plays?
MOM: What do you care?
GRANDMA: He was handsome.
MOM: Oh Jesus, Ma...
On "The Problem with Daughters"
MOM: I'm glad I never had daughters.
GRANDMA: I knew exactly what she was talking about.
MOM: Oh, I wasn't bad!
GRANDMA: EXACTLY what she was talking about.
MOM: I was a good daughter!
GRANDMA: It was like my life story up on that stage.
On "The Chaperone"
MOM: That was sweet!
GRANDMA: Sexy fire leopard--where did you get that?
MOM: It was funny!
GRANDMA: I know it was! I want to tell the girls at bingo about it. How did it go?
MOM: The guy was saying a leopard came to the class.
GRANDMA: A real leopard?
MOM: No, that's the joke!
GRANDMA: I know it's a joke, but how did it go?
MOM: Just tell them it was about a leopard lighting matches.
GRANDMA: That doesn't make any sense!
MOM: There's a second meaning!
GRANDMA: Here we go with the second meanings again.
On "Play Always On My Mind"
MOM: I cried. Oh God, I cried almost the whole time. I was so embarrassed.
GRANDMA: And she thinks that not crying monologue is about her?
MOM: Ma!
GRANDMA: You're digging your own grave is all I'm saying.
On "The Accountant"
MOM: Now THAT ONE was funny.
GRANDMA: There were other funny ones!
MOM: That one I liked the best.
GRANDMA: That's because you weren't listening to the other ones.
MOM: I was too listening!
GRANDMA: Then you should have liked them all.
MOM: I did but I'm allowed to have a favorite!
GRANDMA: What kind of a mother are you having favorites?
MOM: He wrote them all! I can't like one more than the others?
GRANDMA: Honey, Grandma loved every one more than she can say.
MOM: He knows you're lying because your eyebrow's dancing.
GRANDMA: Don't listen to your mother. She doesn't appreciate your work.
On "The Ride from Syracuse"
MOM: That girl was in the Russian play you did too. I recognized her.
GRANDMA: She was good in that.
MOM: She was good in this too.
GRANDMA: She was, but I loved her in that.
MOM: This was better. It was like she was reading poetry.
GRANDMA: I don't like poetry.
MOM: Then how do you know how she did?
GRANDMA: It's just my opinion.
MOM: Your opinion is wrong.
GRANDMA: All I'm saying is I liked her in the other play better.
MOM: So you have...a favorite?
On "Everything She Sees"
MOM: I cried.
GRANDMA: That time we both cried.
MOM: Why didn't you tell me we were going to cry so much?
GRANDMA: I was a mess.
MOM: And your Aunt was drinking wine.
GRANDMA: Don't even tell him that.
MOM: It was only one glass.
GRANDMA: Drinking at a theater show. Is that how I raised you two?
On "Dear Darling"
MOM: The part about the model trains--that was my Cousin Fred.
GRANDMA: I don't think he ever met Fred.
MOM: He must have, because that was Fred.
GRANDMA: I think Fred died last year.
MOM: I don't care. That was Fred.
GRANDMA: Maybe there are two Cousin Fred's.
MOM: What a nice voice that girl had.
GRANDMA: Everyone on your father's side named their kid Fred. Who knows why?
MOM: I enjoyed that one.
On "Love Among the Covered Wagons"
GRANDMA: That was like Little House on the Prairie!
MOM: Ma, they weren't pioneers.
GRANDMA: Yes, they were!
MOM: They were settlers.
GRANDMA: It's the same thing!
MOM: No, it's not the same thing.
GRANDMA: You're crazy.
MOM: I'm crazy? You thought the Waltons were hippies!
GRANDMA: They were!
On "Dance with Me, Gorgeous"
MOM: That was a nice piece.
GRANDMA: You're such a good actor.
MOM: And that man in it with you was so good.
GRANDMA: You get that from me. I was always a good actress.
MOM: When did you act?
GRANDMA: In life, I acted.
MOM: You mean you lied a lot.
GRANDMA: Same thing.
On "Everything He Gave Me to Love"
GRANDMA: That girl did that in the last show, didn't she?
MOM: I didn't see it last time. I liked it.
GRANDMA: Why didn't you write something new for her?
MOM: That one was good--why write another one?
GRANDMA: I just feel bad. Everybody else got to do something new.
MOM: Maybe she likes that one.
GRANDMA: I'd want a new one.
MOM: That's why you don't do his shows! Because you're picky!
On "Why I Chose Your Father"
GRANDMA: Now that one was about you.
MOM: Why do you say that?
GRANDMA: It was about marrying an asshole. It was about you.
On the show as a whole:
MOM: I loved it. I was so proud.
GRANDMA: That mechanic is going to be in the next one, right?
-- I'd call that a rave. --
On "Vivian Leaves a Voicemail"
MOM: That was me.
GRANDMA: It was funny.
MOM: That was all me, and I didn't approve.
GRANDMA: It was very funny.
MOM: I'm never leaving you a voicemail again.
GRANDMA: I liked the shawl that girl was wearing. So pretty.
MOM: Everything I say now you're going to put into a show. I just know it.
GRANDMA: Do you know where she got that shawl?
On "When the Summer Loved the Winter"
MOM: He was tall!
GRANDMA: He was so tall.
MOM: Kissed his wife at the end.
GRANDMA: Went right into the audience and kissed her.
MOM: What a nice man.
GRANDMA: And so tall!
On "Conversational Italian"
MOM: That poor boy.
GRANDMA: His wife left him.
MOM: He was too young to be married anyway.
GRANDMA: Why would you leave that nice boy?
MOM: He's better off.
GRANDMA: You should have cast someone ugly then I would have believed that she would have left him.
MOM: Tell him he's better off.
On "If You Don't Love the Man"
MOM: You know who didn't fit in her wedding dress?
GRANDMA: Your cousin Stephanie.
MOM: My cousin Stephanie. That's all I could think about.
GRANDMA: Oh God, that dress.
MOM: Is that where you got that idea from? Did you see photos of Cousin Stephanie?
GRANDMA: It was like a tarp!
On "But I'm Not Gonna Cry"
MOM: That was about me.
GRANDMA: You cry all the time!
MOM: That's what it was about!
GRANDMA: No it wasn't! It was about not crying!
MOM: Ma, there were two meanings.
GRANDMA: What two meanings? There were no two meanings!
MOM: This is why you're not cultured.
On "People Don't Read Anymore"
MOM: I didn't like that one. Why are you writing about people who sleep with other people's husbands?
GRANDMA: He's a writer. He's being creative.
MOM: He doesn't need to write about tramps.
GRANDMA: What else is he going to write about?
On "The Mechanic"
GRANDMA: He was handsome.
MOM: Ma!
GRANDMA: He was, he was handsome.
MOM: He did a good job.
GRANDMA: Is he going to do more of your plays?
MOM: What do you care?
GRANDMA: He was handsome.
MOM: Oh Jesus, Ma...
On "The Problem with Daughters"
MOM: I'm glad I never had daughters.
GRANDMA: I knew exactly what she was talking about.
MOM: Oh, I wasn't bad!
GRANDMA: EXACTLY what she was talking about.
MOM: I was a good daughter!
GRANDMA: It was like my life story up on that stage.
On "The Chaperone"
MOM: That was sweet!
GRANDMA: Sexy fire leopard--where did you get that?
MOM: It was funny!
GRANDMA: I know it was! I want to tell the girls at bingo about it. How did it go?
MOM: The guy was saying a leopard came to the class.
GRANDMA: A real leopard?
MOM: No, that's the joke!
GRANDMA: I know it's a joke, but how did it go?
MOM: Just tell them it was about a leopard lighting matches.
GRANDMA: That doesn't make any sense!
MOM: There's a second meaning!
GRANDMA: Here we go with the second meanings again.
On "Play Always On My Mind"
MOM: I cried. Oh God, I cried almost the whole time. I was so embarrassed.
GRANDMA: And she thinks that not crying monologue is about her?
MOM: Ma!
GRANDMA: You're digging your own grave is all I'm saying.
On "The Accountant"
MOM: Now THAT ONE was funny.
GRANDMA: There were other funny ones!
MOM: That one I liked the best.
GRANDMA: That's because you weren't listening to the other ones.
MOM: I was too listening!
GRANDMA: Then you should have liked them all.
MOM: I did but I'm allowed to have a favorite!
GRANDMA: What kind of a mother are you having favorites?
MOM: He wrote them all! I can't like one more than the others?
GRANDMA: Honey, Grandma loved every one more than she can say.
MOM: He knows you're lying because your eyebrow's dancing.
GRANDMA: Don't listen to your mother. She doesn't appreciate your work.
On "The Ride from Syracuse"
MOM: That girl was in the Russian play you did too. I recognized her.
GRANDMA: She was good in that.
MOM: She was good in this too.
GRANDMA: She was, but I loved her in that.
MOM: This was better. It was like she was reading poetry.
GRANDMA: I don't like poetry.
MOM: Then how do you know how she did?
GRANDMA: It's just my opinion.
MOM: Your opinion is wrong.
GRANDMA: All I'm saying is I liked her in the other play better.
MOM: So you have...a favorite?
On "Everything She Sees"
MOM: I cried.
GRANDMA: That time we both cried.
MOM: Why didn't you tell me we were going to cry so much?
GRANDMA: I was a mess.
MOM: And your Aunt was drinking wine.
GRANDMA: Don't even tell him that.
MOM: It was only one glass.
GRANDMA: Drinking at a theater show. Is that how I raised you two?
On "Dear Darling"
MOM: The part about the model trains--that was my Cousin Fred.
GRANDMA: I don't think he ever met Fred.
MOM: He must have, because that was Fred.
GRANDMA: I think Fred died last year.
MOM: I don't care. That was Fred.
GRANDMA: Maybe there are two Cousin Fred's.
MOM: What a nice voice that girl had.
GRANDMA: Everyone on your father's side named their kid Fred. Who knows why?
MOM: I enjoyed that one.
On "Love Among the Covered Wagons"
GRANDMA: That was like Little House on the Prairie!
MOM: Ma, they weren't pioneers.
GRANDMA: Yes, they were!
MOM: They were settlers.
GRANDMA: It's the same thing!
MOM: No, it's not the same thing.
GRANDMA: You're crazy.
MOM: I'm crazy? You thought the Waltons were hippies!
GRANDMA: They were!
On "Dance with Me, Gorgeous"
MOM: That was a nice piece.
GRANDMA: You're such a good actor.
MOM: And that man in it with you was so good.
GRANDMA: You get that from me. I was always a good actress.
MOM: When did you act?
GRANDMA: In life, I acted.
MOM: You mean you lied a lot.
GRANDMA: Same thing.
On "Everything He Gave Me to Love"
GRANDMA: That girl did that in the last show, didn't she?
MOM: I didn't see it last time. I liked it.
GRANDMA: Why didn't you write something new for her?
MOM: That one was good--why write another one?
GRANDMA: I just feel bad. Everybody else got to do something new.
MOM: Maybe she likes that one.
GRANDMA: I'd want a new one.
MOM: That's why you don't do his shows! Because you're picky!
On "Why I Chose Your Father"
GRANDMA: Now that one was about you.
MOM: Why do you say that?
GRANDMA: It was about marrying an asshole. It was about you.
On the show as a whole:
MOM: I loved it. I was so proud.
GRANDMA: That mechanic is going to be in the next one, right?
-- I'd call that a rave. --
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