Ice ice bunny

For Alice’s birthday last month, I decided that it would be nice for her to tag along with Simon, Eva and I to see Bugs Bunny on Broadway at the Orpheum.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra was spectacular as usual and I found the guest conductor really entertaining.  Eva and I giggled as the conductor looked like he was jumping while he was conducting with Looney Toons and Bugs Bunny cartoons played on screen as the orchestra performed along.

The conductor talked to the audience a lot, sharing very interesting tidbits about the history of Bugs Bunny and other things related.  It’s sad to learn that of course not everything was recorded and archived properly when Bugs Bunny was starting out.  

Compare those times to today, where we’ve got everyone posting EVERYTHING imaginable on YouTube and all over the internet…

A lot of the material for this traveling show had to be dug deep out of unproper archives like closets and old storage units. (Which reminds me, I should keep digitally scanned copies of my ticket stubs to all the shows I’ve been to… darn Ticketmaster tickets fade out so fast!!!).

The conductor and his team tried to find the proper credits for the voice of the singing frog as part of “ONE FROGGY EVENING” (1955).  Everyone laughed as he asked the audience: “If you are related to the voice of the singing frog, would you please write to us and let us know.”

The first act was closed off with the hilarious performance of “The Rabbit of Seville” (1950).  Alice and I are still trying to remember what I was humming along as Bugs Bunny built a fruit and vegetable salad upon Elmer Fudd’s head.

The conductor then opened up the second act with a heart-warming story:

Because of the past few days of uncooperative cold weather, many flights across many airports of North America have been cancelled and of course people were stuck at these airports.  Also there are a lot of undelivered bags at the wrong airports because of these weather-related delays.

For the travelling team these bags contained their suites, vital instruments and musical equipment needed for the three performances at the Orpheum on Sunday and Monday.

The conductor was so worried that they might not be able to do the shows in Vancouver until one airline employee took action and went through the pile of a thousand un-delivered luggage at their connecting airport in Seattle.  The audience clapped as the conductor said thanks and shared his gratitude with Ms Taka, who helped the team recover their instruments.

The whole night was hilarious, and the performance went by so fast.

I can’t wait for “next” year.
Apparently this year was the last year for “Bugs Bunny on Broadway”.

The next one in the new future, which is currently being put together.
The conductor let us in the the next working title, “bugs bunny in cinema?

I think… something to do with film scoring….  

A bite at Red Robins was had and we all set off our way.
With the temperature dropping, the roads became ice rinks overnight…

I was waiting for my bus, but I took another route after waiting for half an hour because apparently the past 3 buses had not shown up yet.

Brr, let’s just hope New Year’s Eve and Day will have safer conditions so we can head out to celebrate.