Other bands come to Saint Louis. Here is their banter:
“Hello, Saint Louis!”
“Go Cards”
“I love Budweiser. Really. It’s my favorite beer.”
“I remember playing the Kiel Opera House in this town.” (They are not playing the Opera House.)
“I went for a walk before the show and saw Blueberry Hill.” (They are playing the Pageant. They walked two blocks.)
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BNL comes to Saint Louis. Here is their banter:
“I went to the zoo [Friday] morning, and it was so hot all the animals were balled up by the doors of their enclosures, and all you could see was a snout. And the polar bears were lying on their backs, saying,”SHAVE ME.” And then I went to the Penguins and Puffins exhibit, where it’s like 40 degrees, and there were sixteen thousand people in there, none of whom cared about penguins. Or puffins.”- Ed
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YOU WERE RIGHT. My MEMORY was wrong.
It’s just “bears.” At 2:10 or so.
I misremembered.
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“I drank at the piano bar, then I had a Ted Drewes pumpkin pie concrete, then I shat myself.” – Tyler
“I was trying to get to the Chippewa Ted Drewes, and your traffic construction is seriously messed up. So I wound up at Killer Vintage guitars, and I bought this guitar.” – Ed (A personal aside, Killer Vintage guitars is two blocks behind my grandparent’s house.)
Oh, and Ed described his trip up into the arch, and like every tourist he was freaked out by the tram. Jim mentioned how pleasant the air conditioning is in the Arch museum. This actually was some pretty standard banter, as was the abuse of the sign language interpreter.
However, the security guys did deserve some abuse. They do look like throat punchers.
They also danced about and played music. But the banter is really what sets apart a BNL show, and this was one of the best I’ve seen.
9 responses to “UPDATED: Banter (Just BEARS. With documentation. SHEESH.)”
I didn’t know what Ted Drewes was, so I looked it up. It sounds like Carvel, only good.
I love the banter. I’m jealous that you got to hear it a week before I do.
I’m totally with you on the banter. It truly is what makes them special, and what keeps me going to see them over and over again. Love the songs too, but there’s great stuff inbetween. Also, Ed’s kind of easy on the eyes… (I feel the need for full disclosure this morning).
I’ve only seen them twice – I feel like worshipping at your feet, since clearly I’m too lazy to worship at theirs like you do. I’ll say hi to Spunky while I’m down there.
Ed lied. We haven’t had polar bears at the zoo for about 3 years.
Tami – Ted Drewes is frozen custard, like I think Carvels is. But it is all real. Kristie – Other bands just seem so shy in comparison.Allison – Twice is more often than many people.Hot Mom – Really? No polar bears in our zoo? They must be really endangered.
I feel so loved at a BNL show. People who love you share.
Wendy – I know. Remember when they did the podcasts before they came out with BLAM and BLAMEN? Steve’s vasectomy story? The strawberry story? Good times …
Hot Mom beat me to it. Our last two polar bears died fairly close together. One had been pregnant and died from miscarriage complications. The other ate a plastic bag that blew into its enclosure and had problems as a result of that.
Maybe he was hallucinating polar bears from the heat. I’d believe that.
Caroline – Okay! I was wrong! He never said “polar.” Check the clip on the post. And it was 42 degrees in the puffin house!