Schadenfreudeian Blast From the Past at the Playground Theater
Nick Vatterott warmed up the crowd at the Playground Theater last Friday night before Schadenfreude took the stage to perform a sketch-for-sketch repeat of a show they did in 1999, appropriate soundtrack and cultural references included.
Schad pulled out old favorites like Alderman Ed Bus (pictured at right; "his" ridiculous blog found here), who is rumored to be the focus of the group's recent screenplay efforts.
Soon-to-be-departing troupe member Adam Witt reflects on his blog about the nostalgia that affected him as the show progressed. Maybe his friends can throw him a going-away party and perform a brilliant parody of the super slow-mo "relationship recap montage" they did to great effect at Friday's show.
Want to listen to something nicer than Muzak in the office this afternoon? There's a treasure trove of Schadenfreude's radio archives online, from the several years when they had their own show on NPR.
