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Before you ask...

Yes, that was my ass on CBS Sunday Morning. (@ 2:06 on the clip below.)




Rah! Rah! (additionally, rah.)

Time to score! It's the bottom of the 4th down, and Pinchbottom is on the ropes with the bases loaded and the tally 40-love. Can the home team birdie the goal from the foul line to slam-dunk the match, or will they stumble into the net on the final lap? You've never seen sports action quite like the action you'll see in Pinchbottom's BALLS! Sporty Burlesque. It's a whole nude ballgame! It's not about whether you win. It's about how you lose... your clothes.

"A team of scandalous performers who promise to make you fall back in love with foul balls" -Time Out NY

coached by
Nasty Canasta
Jonny Porkpie
the home team
Anita Cookie
Bastard Keith
Clams Casino
Doc Wasabassco
GiGi La Femme
Julie Atlas Muz
Naughtia Nice
Neil O'Fortune
Scott Rayow
Tigger!
pinch hitters
Roja Rouge (Fri)
Little Brooklyn (Sat)



Who wants to Sleep Over?

10pm Friday Mar 21 & Sat 22
SLUMBER PARTY IN PINK

Advance tickets highly recommended. BUY NOW: 3/21 or 3/22

It's a SLUMBER PARTY IN PINK... and YOU'RE invited! All the most popular girls in school are gonna do LOTS of SUPER FUN sleepover activities -- paint our nails, gossip, pillow fight, perform burlesque acts, even practice kissing! Plus ALL the best party games, like "Truth Or Dare", "Piggly-Wiggly" & "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"! Wow! Bedtime never looked so good! (...and don't worry about that murderer who escaped from the asylum down the street -- I'm sure it will be fine!)
starring Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, Clams Casino, Clarke Westfield, Creamy Stevens, Delirium Tremens, Julie Atlas Muz, Naughtia Nice, Precious Little, World Famous *Bob*

SNEAK PREVIEW PHOTOS (nsfw, of course)



Will You Be Pinchbottom's Valentine?

10pm Friday Feb 15 & Sat 16
HOW to SEX (a do-it-yourself guide)

Advance tickets highly recommended. BUY NOW: 2/15 or 2/16

Love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is a grim inevitability for us all. But no matter what feelings you have for this annual celebration of the beheading of a Christian saint in the year 269BCE, Pinchbottom can improve your V-Day weekend (and the activities therein) with The Pinchbottom Institute's Groundbreaking Live Seminar: HOW to SEX (a do-it yourself guide.)

HOW to SEX (a do-it-yourself guide) covers every aspect of intercourse in a series of ten easy burlesque-based lessons, all presented live on stage. From choosing the best partner or equipment -- to accurately undressing -- to correctly putting the right thing in, around, or on the other thing -- to cleaning up afterwards, the ins and outs of this difficult and confusing task are examined in explicit detail. Each and every facet of sex will be exposed -- even the minor ones, like love and romance!

Let the sexy experts of The Pinchbottom Institute for the Sex gently guide you through the simple steps necessary to make you -- yes, you! -- a whiz at HOW to SEX. Led by "Doctor" NASTY CANASTA and "Professor" JONNY PORKPIE (who, as a married couple, have sexed together several times), the seminar also features sex-educational burlesque and variety acts from ANITA COOKIE, BASTARD KEITH, CLAMS CASINO, DELIRIUM TREMENS, JO BOOBS, LITTLE BROOKLYN, NAUGHTIA NICE, SCOTT RAYOW, SCHAFFER THE DARKLORD, and special guest from Seattle, WA, HEIDI VON HAUGHT of the Von Foxies, who will demonstrate the West Coast methods of sexing. Combined, our courteous and professional staff has over 180 years of training in both sex AND making other people want to sex.

Act now! This extraordinary offer is available for TWO NIGHTS ONLY, Friday February 15 and Saturday February 16 at 10pm. Whether you're flying solo and starting sex from scratch, or a committed couple that just wants to pick up a few pointers, Pinchbottom's HOW to SEX (a do-it-yourself guide) is the perfect addition to any Valentine's Day weekend plans!

TICKETS: 2/15 or 2/16

SNEAK PREVIEW PHOTOS (nsfw, of course)



THE PINCH BROTHERS return to THE BAWDY HOUSE

10pm Friday Jan 18 & Sat 19
THE PINCH BROTHERS in "THE BAWDY HOUSE"

Advance tickets highly recommended. BUY NOW: 1/18 or 1/19

Next Friday, January 18 & Sat Jan 19, Pinchbottom returns to the funniest, sexiest edifice in the world with "THE PINCH BROTHERS in THE BAWDY HOUSE", the show that put the double-entendres in double takes and brought a whole new meaning to the word "slapstick".

Pinchbottom's loving homage to the Marx Brothers brings you back to the glory days of black and white comedy, with a live action "movie" that would have been far too risque for the MPAA censors.

"Tantalizing ode to the Marx Brothers... deliciously perverse, glittering fantasy." -NEXT MAGAZINE

When THE PINCH BROTHERS (also sisters) are hired to save an ailing theater, they convert it into a BAWDY HOUSE, complete with ribald comedy, risque magic, and (of course) burlesque! But on opening night, everything goes wrong -- buttons keep popping, pants keep dropping, and the schtick keeps getting schtickier. Hosted by NASTY CANASTA & JONNY PORKPIE, starring ALBERT CADABRA, ANITA COOKIE, BASTARD KEITH, GIGI LA FEMME, LITTLE BROOKLYN, DR. LUKKI, NAUGHTIA NICE, PEEKABOO POINTE, PRECIOUS LITTLE, RUBY VALENTINE, SCOTT RAYOW, TIGGER and CLAMS CASINO & NEIL O'FORTUNE

TRAILER




TICKETS: 1/18 or 1/19



On live fish as a centerpiece at a wedding

If one is treading so far down the path of orthodoxy that one must have separate seating for men and women during your wedding ceremony, and similarly prejudiced dance floors, can one still have live goldfish as a centerpiece at one's (kosher) wedding dinner? No, one cannot: cruelty to animals, or Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim, is forbidden by Jewish law, according to jewfaq.org.

"In the Torah, humanity is given dominion over animals (Gen. 1:26), which gives us the right to use animals for legitimate needs. Animal flesh can be consumed for food; animal skins can be used for clothing... We are permitted to use animals in this way only when there is a genuine, legitimate need, and we must do so in the manner that causes the animal the least suffering."
Does decoration constitute a "legitimate need" under Jewish law? No. The only needs considered legit:
"Animal flesh can be consumed for food; animal skins can be used for clothing. The Torah itself must be written on parchment (animal hides), as must mezuzah scrolls, and tefillin must be made out of leather." -ibid.
The well-being of animals is so important that:
"We are permitted to violate Shabbat to a limited extent to rescue an animal in pain or at risk of death." -ibid.
Does this usage of the fish cause it suffering or risk of death? Incessantly. Transportation to the wedding is stressful, and potentially fatal, to the fish. At the wedding, the fish may not well treated by your guests, especially the younger ones. If the fish are -- as suggested by a card on the table -- taken home by a guest, transportation from the wedding is an additional stress. If the fish are not taken, as most were not, and you have made not other provision for their future welfare, they will likely be discarded as wedding detritus. "Risk of death" is in every moment of using a live animal as decoration.

"In the Talmud, the rabbis further dictated that a person may not purchase an animal unless he has made provisions to feed it, and a person must feed his animals before he feeds himself (interpreting Deut. 11:15)." -ibid.
A piece of paper on a table passing this responsibility on to your wedding guests in no way fulfills this requirement.

Rest in peace, Tesla the centerpiece (left). As for the married couple, I hope this ill omen can be overcome. And may your future decisions not be as ill-advised as this one. Or as trayf.

"Judaism has always recognized the link between the way a person treats animals and the way a person treats human beings." -ibid.
ADDENDUM: (The next day). Goodnight to you, as well, Edison (right).


photo: Tom Melone



A Poem for Pinchmas

Ah, the joy that we get from our holiday show!
With one night all done, and one night still to go
How was last night's performance? Well, in a word: "Wow!"
So click on the link, and you'll buy tickets now!



Pinchbottom for the Holidays

10pm Friday Dec 7 & Sat 8
HOW THE PINCH STOLE XMAS

hosted by NASTY CANASTA & JONNY PORKPIE
starring BAMBI THE MERMAID, BASTARD KEITH, DELIRIUM TREMENS, GIGI LA FEMME, MISS SATURN, NAUGHTIA NICE, PEEKABOO POINTE, ROSE WOOD, TIGGER! and a special appearance by ANITA COOKIE & SCOTT RAYOW

BUY TIX: 12/7 or 12/8

When NASTY CANASTA takes charge of the Holiday Pageant, she decides to celebrate "the 12 Days of Xmas" with nudity, using burlesque stars for sexy tributes to each traditional "true love" present, from drummers drumming to ladies dancing to a partridge in a pear tree. But the grinch-like (but legally distinct) "Pinch" (JONNY PORKPIE) wants to keep Xmas clean and pure as the virgin snow, and so dresses up like a Burlesque Santa and sets out to kidnap each and every performer in Nasty's show.

Pinchbottom closes out its 2007 Season with a stocking-stuffer that takes on the holidays as only Pinchbottom can; from behind. Burlesque Santa's sack is full of goodies for all the bad boys and girls, including BAMBI THE MERMAID, BASTARD KEITH, DELIRIUM TREMENS, GIGI LA FEMME, MISS SATURN, NAUGHTIA NICE, PEEKABOO POINTE, ROSE WOOD, TIGGER and a special holiday visit from ANITA COOKIE & SCOTT RAYOW. And the best part is... these presents unwrap themselves!

Will The Pinch have a change of heart in time to save Nasty's pageant? Or will Xmas remain forever G-rated? The Holiday Season kicks off (its pants) on December 7 and 8 with Pinchbottom's HOW THE PINCH STOLE XMAS.

More show than The Burlesque Alliance has ever crammed into a single night before!

* Packed full of performances by a cornucopia of burlesque, variety, and sideshow superstars, including Albert Cadabra, Angie Pontani, Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, Cherry Bomb, Clams Casino, Creamy Stevens, Doc Wasabassco, GiGi La Femme, Harvest Moon, Helen Pontani, Jonny Porkpie, Maiiah, Nasty Canasta, Naughtia Nice, Peekaboo Pointe, Ruby Valentine, Veronika Sweet, The World Famous Pontani Sisters. 9:00pm to Midnight: 3 full hours of Striptease! Sideshow! Song! And sexiness!

* Tunes spun by DJ Fresh Prince of Darkness

* A Mode Merr fashion show full of fabulous fall couture

* The crowning of the first-ever SixPoint Beer Queen, "Miss Sweet Action", elected by the audience! Plus Sweet Action drink specials all night

* And to cap it all off at midnight, the dixie-fried garage rock of The Woggles.

Buy Tix



Pinchbottom returns to NAKED PLANET

10pm FRI NOV 16, 2007
10pm SAT NOV 17, 2007
NAKED PLANET
Sci-Fi Burlesque

hosted by NASTY CANASTA & JONNY PORKPIE of the FUTURE
ANITA COOKIE & SCOTT RAYOW do STAR TREK
CREAMY STEVENS (& NASTY) do DOCTOR WHO
DELIRIUM TREMENS does DEEP SPACE NINE
DEVILICIA does DARTH VADER
GIGI LA FEMME does STAR WARS
KOBAYASHI MARU does BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
MISS SATURN does SPACE
NAUGHTIA NICE does THE BRIDGE CREW
RUBY VALENTINE does TIME TRAVEL
ZERO BOY does ALIEN ABDUCTIONS


BUY TIX

Last presented in July 2006, NAKED PLANET was the audience pick for Pinchbottom's November re-run slot in a recent online poll, perhaps because (in the words of Time Out New York), "Your perverted genre fantasies have come shimmying to life", or because (in the words of NYTheater.com), "Comedy and partial nudity go remarkably well together. Where else can you hoot, whistle, and bust a gut laughing?"



Pinchbottom's Sports: One Night Only

10pm FRIDAY OCTOBER 19
BALLS! Sporty Burlesque
hosted by: Nasty Canasta, Jonny Porkpie, starring: Angie Pontani, Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, Clams Casino, Doc Wasabassco, Gigi La Femme, Julie Atlas Muz, Naughtia Nice, Neil O'Fortune, Peekaboo Pointe, Roja Rouge, Scott Rayow, Tigger!

BUY TIX

Time to score! It's the bottom of the 4th down, and Pinchbottom is on the ropes with the bases loaded and the tally 40-love. Can the home team birdie the goal from the foul line to slam-dunk the match, or will they stumble into the net on the final lap? You've never seen sports action quite like the action you'll see in Pinchbottom's BALLS! Sporty Burlesque.




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