You never know...

So last week, after Mary and I were married, we drove her new car to San Diego and boarded the ms Ooesterdam: a Holland America Cruise ship, and cruised our way down to Mexico. Besides the cruise being absolutely amazing, the were great food and entertainment on the ship... So we would stuff our faces, then sit down to watch a show... a great way to get in shape.

The first night was a comedian who we missed, not realizing that dinner was a 3 hour production... serisouly, 3 hours. It was really good though. Anyways, the 2nd night was a dance production, that was pretty lame, but Mary seemed to be having a good time, and what else were we gonna do... I won't answer that but I know what you are thinking, and you should see someone about that dirty mind. The music wasn't all that bad, a bunch of rock and roll songs from the 60s and 70s so I couldn't completely complain. Anyways, the 3rd night was an Elton John impersonator. Mary and I thought the same thing going in, give it a try, and when it sucks so bad we can't stand it, we'll go do the sing along in the piano bar. Boy were we wrong.

The entertainer was named Joel Mason, and he came out dressed like this. I couldn't believe it. The best part, that you can't really catch from the video was his giant shoes. GIANT. they were at least 8-12 inches tall. And he was playing the piano with them. and playing it well. He prefaced each songs by saying it was his absolute favorite song ever. Which was super funny. And his renditions were right on. He looked like Elton, right down to the glasses, which were actual Elton John glasses that he bought from an auction. He even left the stage to come back as Elton in the Black/White suite with one side white, one side black. He looked a ton like him and the show was super fun.

Later in the trip they did an American Idol type thing on the boat and Julie Barr, the comedian, and Joel Mason were 2 of the judges, along with Michelle the cruise director who liked her job entirely too much.

Anyways, we were both pleasently surprised. Neither of us could believe that his show was super funny, and extremely entertaining. A few gay jokes always spice up the comedy. So if you are ever asked if you want to see Joel Mason, Elton John impersonator... run, don't walk to his show, you won't regret it.