Master Pancake at the Alamo Ritz
I had my first trip to the Alamo Ritz on Friday (2/15) to see the Master Pancake version of Back to the Future. If you have never heard of Master Pancake, the premise is several comedians sit up front with mics and make fun of the movie. John Erler is the ringleader of this group and he was his typical intelligently funny self while still being dirty of course. Comedian/flim maker Ben Bartley and local author/comedian Owen Egerton are making a guest run during this movie. Two thirds of the way through the movie the guys stop it so they can perform a skit. Doc Brown (John) was trying to read Marty’s (Owen) mind to see if he was in lust with his mother when he was back in time. Marty was extra excited due to the all the Pepsi he drank, oh and the onset of early Parkinson’s (their joke not mine). Afterwards the characters took questions from the audience with hilarious results (mainly of Owen dancing around). The only down side of the evening was the audience missed many of the jokes during the movie due to sound from the film being too loud drowning out the guys commentary. If you haven’t made it down to the Ritz, you should it is a beautiful theater.
