The Potential Farewell Tour
Comedy Dynamics · 2018 · 70 min
Broken Lizard veterans trade insults, movie memories, and chugged beers.
Released , on Comedy Dynamics.
The draw here is less about polished premises and more about two creative partners trading insults between chugged beers. Most of the energy comes from backstage friction, peaked by a blow-by-blow account of having to shoot a passionate make-out scene together in a snow bank for Super Troopers 2 immediately following a burrito lunch.
Released by Comedy Dynamics in late 2018, the 70-minute set caught the duo in a productive stretch. Broken Lizard had just pulled off an eight-million-dollar crowdfunding campaign to make their long-delayed cop sequel, and the pair was months away from premiering their firefighter sitcom Tacoma FD on truTV. The show was framed around a mock threat that they were finally sick of each other and calling it quits, though neither bothered to sell the premise with any real conviction.
After trading barbs as a pair, the show breaks into solo halves. Heffernan works through the tribal differences between beer drinkers and liquor drinkers, the performative swagger of shirtless joggers, and the awkward reality of having elementary school teachers recognize him from a lewd diner rant in Super Troopers. Lemme leans further into blue territory, recounting how he ordered a Playboy subscription at age eight and detailing an untimely walk-in on his octogenarian father during a private computer session.
Notable bits & set list
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Opening pop quiz and beer-chugging contest
The duo spends the first 10 minutes jabbing each other and quizzing the audience on who wears Spanx and who pees sitting down before having a beer-chugging competition.
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Kevin Heffernan's solo monologue on weight and parenting
Heffernan jokes about his weight and the realization that having children prevents him from showing them his own films due to questionable scene appropriateness.
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Steve Lemme's solo monologue on his father
Lemme recounts growing up with an older Argentinian father who allowed him to see adult movies and magazines, followed by stories of his father's stubbornness at breakfast.
How it plays
- Tone
- Not divisive or angry, relaxed, playful, and heavily geared toward fans of their film catalog.
- On stage
- An easy back-and-forth chemistry built on playful jabbing, self-deprecation, and their real-life dynamic of two friends putting up with each other.
- Pace
- Fast and furious comedic momentum, featuring beer chugging and competitive banter.
- About
- Broken Lizard films, behind-the-scenes stories, personal secrets, parenting and movie age-appropriateness, aging and family
What the critics said
Sean L. McCarthy of The Comic's Comic noted the special primarily succeeds for loyal Broken Lizard fans who appreciate behind-the-scenes film stories and troupe inside jokes.
In the room: A dedicated, rabid fan base that enjoys movie references, live audience participation, and onstage beer chugs.
Backstory
Billed with the premise that it could potentially be their final live standup performance together, coming off the release of Super Troopers 2.
Details
- Released
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Where
- Comedy Dynamics
- Director
- Brian Volk-Weiss, Samuel Brownfield
- Topics
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