The Third Annual Menorah Horah

Your quizmaster is back on the variety-show tip, in December. Check this out…

Ah, yes, the Schlep Sisters. On the right that's burlesque performer Minnie Tonka, co-originator of the long-ago Big Jewish Quiz Thing, and one of my coperformers at last spring's "You Bet Your Ass: The Rock & Roll Variety Quiz Show." She's asked me to take part in this season's Menorah Horah, as part of an impressive roster. (I meant to go to see Kiki & Herb on Broadway, I swear.)
What will I be doing? A couple of brief guest spots, featuring some Hebraic trivia with audience volunteers. On Friday, December 11, we'll be taking it up to the Two Boots in Bridgeport, one of Connecticut's most trivially intriguing cities: Not only is it CT's most populous town, P.T. Barnum was once the mayor, and the Frisbee was invented there. Then on the 12th, it's to Brooklyn for a gig at Southpaw on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

And hey, a promo video!

Last-minute reminder…

Tonight is the last Big Quiz Thing for four whole weeks. June 8 we return. This is your chance to fill up your trivia hump, you quiz camels, you.

Although, if you truly can't live without your beloved quizmaster over that time, remember about You Bet Your Ass, this Saturday night at the good ol' Slipper Room. Plus, of course, we do private parties, I say again.

BTW, the people have spoken, adjustments have been made, and tonight's video round will definitely rock. And can you believe that creepy movie poster?

Betting your ass, New York style

Rock! As mentioned at last Monday's quiz, Saturday May 16 sees the NYC premiere of my rock & roll–themed traveling quiz-burlesque-variety show, You Bet Your Ass ("Where Q Gets You A"). I'll be digging up some of the old, fun rock-related BQT hits, like the Pop Music Thesaurus and Sloooow Songs, challenging both select members of the crowd (you, quite possibly) as well as my fellow scintillating performers, including…

* Shelly "The Singing Siren" Watson (rock star, used to be a Gorgeous Lady of Wrestling)
* The Lady Aye (awesome female sword swallower—don't joke or she will spit fire on you)
* And burlesque beauties Minnie Tonka (juicy Jewish gyration queen) and Fleur de Lys (hottest beignets in town), plus special guest Fem Appeal.

And hey! It's at the BQT's old home base, The Slipper Room, and DJ GB will be on the decks, so this'll be as comforting as coming back to Mom's house…provided Mom likes to gyrate half naked to Kiss songs (that used to be my mom, until the hip replacement).

The show gets going at 7:30pm, and will cost you a mere $5, hotshots. And be sure not to miss the wild post-show after-party, taking place in your deepest fantasies.

Super mega last-minute show announcements

All right, so, I've been busy…

But tonight, no joke, Quizmaster Noah is on stage. Another one of those "me doing a set in a cabaret-style lineup" routines, but this is an old favorite: the Ensemble Studio Theater's annual "Cabaret Scientifique," a variety show of science-related performers of all stripes. The blurb:

"Thursday, 1/29, 9pm : Cabaret Scientifique
First Light reaches its comedic climax with this annual variety show that spotlights the lighter side of science. Always unpredictable, never boring, a typical cabaret lineup can range from a live game show to a nine-piece rap band, from a lounge-singing Charles Darwin to a flea circus that reveals the biology of the flea. A night to change the way we think about science in our world today...with prizes! Free"

Yes, I'm the live game show. In fact, watch this video of me doing this exact show in 2008. It's always a party, there are usually cute girls there, and it's the one time in my life I actually saw a flea circus. Sorry for the late notice. 549 West 52nd St off Eleventh Avenue.


AND THEN… tomorrow: "You Bet Your Ass: The Rock & Roll Variety Quiz Show (Where Q Gets You A)" returns. This is the gig I did with burlesque dancers and a sword swallower in Washington, D.C., back in October, blogged about here. Now we're in Asbury Park, New Jersey, at a freakin' bowling alley! We're getting closer to NYC, friends, and when we do arrive, oh God, will I ever let you know. Details here, and a little press coverage here.