Austin Stories 

Austin Stories

As perhaps only a very few of you know, one of my
favorite shows of all time was MTV's "Austin Stories",
which only aired for 1 season.

i loved that show long before i even loved austin.
seriously.
it was hilarious.

the show was created by, and starred 3 individuals:
Chip Pope, Howard Kremer, and Laura House.

on tuesday night Howard Kremer was performing standup
here in Austin, w/ another supposedly funny group
called Hard n Phirm. and it was only $4.

i had to go.
mary and i went.
it was hilarious.
i laughed out loud numerous times.
so so funny.

the place also had $2.50 well drinks, so i had several
drinks during the show. i was feeling mighty fine.
after the show Howard was just milling around. much
to mary's dismay, i had to go tell say hello and tell
him how much i enjoyed Austin Stories. (i figure
there were only about 10 other people in the world who
loved it, so he might not get to hear it that often).
so i went up and said hi.
i told him Austin Stories was one of the funniest
shows i'd ever seen.
he said "really? thanks. want a dvd copy of it?"
yes i do.
so he disappeared into the kitchen and left mary and i
standing talking to his lady friend.
he emerged several minutes later w/ an official
unofficial Austin Stories DVD!
holy crap.
i can't tell you how psyched i am about this.

i have 10 of 12 episodes on VHS. the quality is
pretty poor. a year or so ago i got the whole season
off of ebay. that quality was poorer than mine but
had the 2 missing episodes.

the one i got tuesday night...perfect. insanely good
quality.
hilarious stuff.

Austin is awesome.
i love it when things like that happen.
i feel silly being so psyched about it.
but it was awesome. Austin Stories was perhaps my
favorite show of all time. i loved it from the start.
and there i was, on a tuesday night, shooting the
shit w/ Howie, and then he gives me a free DVD--- a
DVD i've searched for forever.

life is grand.