Steve Trevino at Chicago Improv tonight

Tonight, we were introduced to comedian Steve Trevino who performed at the Chicago Improv.  Not sure why they still call it Chicago Improv since the club is located in the basement of the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, about 45 min from Chicago, but never mind that.  

In short, Trevino was pretty decent.  Great personal style comedy with his wife shining as a main star. 

You want some lines?  How about his high school football coach yelling at his weed-stricken friend: You are higher then giraffe's pussy boy!

Fireball parody by Key of Awesome

If you haven't seen Barely Productions parodies on YouTube, there is still time, you know.  I find the Pitbull parodies to be the best.  Better than the original for sure.



The original.

Why food corporations feeding us garbage?

Everyone knows that the processed food is basically garbage.  Some families have better luck (and funds) to avoid it, some are not so lucky.  The obesity plague in America is partially our own fault.  Instead of slaving over the pots for an hour or two, we rather buy some fast food or throw in a frozen pizza in the oven.  Partially, food corporations are to blame with their sublime commercials and very effective advertisements.  Yes, they are good.

We all agree that something has to be done.  And little by little, Americans and the rest of the world, are realizing the unhealthy choices we make.  Not surprisingly, McDonald's is closing 700 stores worldwide amid plummeting sales.  If Ronald McDonald can't push those Big Macs and fries, who can?

But all that aside, let's think for a moment about what is being done to sell more healthy choices to us?  For last couple of months, I noticed all kinds of campaigns about new ingredients, better quality, and around goodness in food offerings.

Now, hold on a slice!  If a company is telling me that now they are using real cheese and less chemicals in the pizza, is that supposed to make me go crazy for their product?  What about all those years they fed us shit?  This, so-called positive campaign, sends an opposite message but I don't see any outrage in the mass media.  Will someone be held responsible for lying to American people all those years?

Another example: chewing gum.  All over the shelfs there are stacks of chewing gum with "now without aspartame" labels in large font.  The artificial sweetener, aspartame, has been suspected of all kinds of side effects in humans.  Just type aspartame in google.  So after all that time, our kids went through tons of this garbage to learn that today the chewing gum is finally safer to chew.

I wonder if someone collected all the receipts from the pizza places and connivence stores.  If eating that food led to a high cholesterol or a heart attack, they deserve a fatty settlement.  Pun absolutely intended.