The Thrilling Adventure Hour closed their show on Friday, October 11, 2013 at The Bell House in Brooklyn with what is now a tradition (they’ve done it two shows in a row), by singing a song written in 1898 about the Gowanus Canal. The arrangement is by Paul & Storm. You can see the original song lyrics at Pardon Me For Asking.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Workjuice Players:
Mark Evan Jackson, Paul F Tompkins, Mark Gagliardi, Paget Brewster, Annie Savage, Hal Lublin, Craig Cackowski, John Hodgman (WJ East)
Special Guests:
Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm, Ira Glass, Scott Aukerman, Maria Thayer, Cecil Baldwin, Mara Wilson, Scott Adsit, Terry Kinney, Jackson Publick
Last-minute guest for the song:
Molly Quinn
Music:
Andy Paley and Jonathan Dinerstein
The Thrilling Adventure Hour can be found at http://thrillingadventurehour.com/. It is written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker.
Video: Simcha Gralla
We love this so much. Paul found the lyrics himself some time before our last Bell House show, and we love breaking it out when we’re there.