Double Down Smack Down

Well Folks, it happened again.

Last night at 9:00 PM local time, a metric tonne of Chicago's funniest people started making a wild rumpus at Cole's bar. We raised a glass to our absent Irish friend, Adam Burke, and whiled away the evening with one out-of-control moment after another.

In tribute to Adam, today FozBlog features the fantastic promo poster he made for Cole's Comedy Open Mic. Great job, Adam. Come back soon.

Foz the Hook played what turned out to be a tight 2 1/2 song set, and here is why. We planned the Double Down Smack Down, a battle Royale between Leon "Rockfish" Strokes and Coleman Brice. Halfway through the set, Cole came up on stage, and we set up a table with two KFC Double Down Sandwiches (pictured in yesterday's post). While Patrick and Foz played Vibrating Chicken Stomp Leon and Cole raced to see who could finish their 1,000 calorie salt lick first. No napkins allowed!

At stake: If Leon won, Cole had to buy him a drink. If Cole won, Cole had to buy Foz a drink. Very sweet.

So Patrick started with the drums, I did the vibrating chicken, adding "Go" to the already inarticulate gobbling, and the boys were at it. It was a mess. The audience went crazy. KFC Special Heart Attack Sauce sprayed all over the audience. What a sight!

Coleman was winning handily when Old Leon pulled a fast one. With half a sandwich of his own left, Leon quickly reached over and grabbed the last bite from Coleman's hand, at the same time slyly slipping his own half-sand into Coleman's greasy fingers. Before Cole could react, Leon gobbled up the last bite of his "new" sammy, thus earning the win. Coleman accepted defeat gracefully, admitting that while Leon's victory might be a bit tainted, virtually everything about the KFC Double Down sandwich could be described as "tainted."

The crowd went wild! We finished up the set with Old Foz doing an improvised strip tease while singing Somebody Write Some Music. It was wrong. Thanks to Cameron Esposito for helping me undress.

Then, as I said, we passed it off to the comics, and I don't think the evening ever recovered. It was all just too beautiful for words.