Signs of the Apocalypse: Weird Al Tribute in Burlesque
I get it when burlesque troops put on nerd-themed shows…most of the time. A dancer cosplays as your favorite comic-book character, and it can be a turn-on. Sexy Stormtroopers, heroes who peel of their spandex – I get it.
But not EVERY nerd obsession needs to get this treatment…
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There’d be a good joke here if they’d done a Michael Jackson burlesque the previous week and this was a parody of it. But – and no offense to anybody who might have ever slept with Weird Al Yankovic – I don’t think “Sexy Female Weird Al Cosplayer” is high on anybody’s list of turn-ons.
I’m a little worried that if this succeeds, the next step is a Nerdist Podcast burlesque show, with Sexy Female Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira. Before you ask, I guarantee they’ve done shows that combine toplessness and robots before.
BONUS SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE: “Vanilla Ice Goes Amish” is an actual upcoming TV show. Which I found out about from the website Vanillaicerealestate.com.
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist