We Can Still Feel the Love and Hear the Laughter…Arizona

As we bid adeau to the Arizona Renaissance Festival, we leave you with one last update from illustrious our cart leader...Cindy Gray:

It is always with mixed emotions that we approach our final weekend.  On one hand, there are goodbyes to be said and extra work to be done closing things up for the season.  On the other hand, we always go out big!  It seemed like every show had that little "something extra" - especially on Sunday (which happened to be Easter Sunday).  Of course, there was the playful wolf, who tossed the squeaky toy off stage because no little weenie would do.  And the ever-playful Island Queen.  But it was (of course) the R-Rated show that went totally off the rails!

Remember, this was Easter Sunday.  The favorite guy in the crowd was dubbed "Big Blue Easter Egg" (he was bald and wearing a blue shirt).

    - There was the time Scaramouche told Big Blue Easter Egg:  "I'm gonna crack your shell & eat you - and spit out the yolk, cuz I don't swallow."

    - There was the guy in the audience who yelled "You'll poke your eye out, kid!" only to have Raphael tell him to shut up. "That's Christmas, this is Easter!

    - There was the time when the Subway/Jared-in-jail jokes went darker than usual with references to double meat, split buns and extra sauce.

And then, as they were about to begin the swordfighting portion of the show, D'Angelo suggested they put on protective headgear.  All the guys left the stage and reappeared wearing bunny ears, and it all went downhill from there!

    - As Raphael approached D'Angelo for the stare down, D said "wait - you're a little blurry.  Let me fix the reception." and adjusted R's rabbit ears.

    - There was the Warner Brothers classic "duck season/rabbit season" show down.

    - There was the time when D'Angelo started doing bunny impressions and Scaramouche asked him how he ever got laid.  D's response:  "Dude, I'm a rabbit!  I do it like 300 times a day!"  Raphael then asked how many of those were with a partner.  Oops!

    - There was the moment, just before "I am like a ninja", when Scaramouche declared he wanted to do the show like this (bunny ears) all the time "because right now, I'm the manly one!"

    - And then there was the moment when Big Blue Easter Egg came up to the stage to adjust Scaramouche's ears, saying "they were spread too far".  Raphael responded with "...if he had a dollar for every time he's heard that..."