Scam-a-Lot!
Article and Pictures by Brian Gilomen
Most of you guys missed it, but a few didn't.
Lucky them! Those who had the navigational fortitude to dare a trip to
Downtown Chicago after the FVFC Christmas Party were presented the
opportunity to watch yours truly, Brian Gilomen, and one of FVFC's newest
members, Regina Scannicchio, make fools of ourselves singing, dancing and acting
during the Chicago Bar Association's annual Christmas Spirits production.
This year's show, "Scamalot," was lovingly ripped-off from the Broadway hit "Spamalot."
Each December for the past 82
years, The Chicago Bar Association has produced "Christmas Spirits," a satirical
musical revue, parodying local and national legal, political, sports and showbiz
figures. In the grand "Christmas Spirits" tradition, the show this past December
delivered hilarious parodies of the usual fare: political peccadilloes,
governmental gaffes, legal lampooning, celebrity spoofs and election intrigue.
Regina and I are longtime members of the Entertainment Committee of the Chicago
Bar Association. I've now been doing this show for 27 years and Regina,
well, she's lot's younger than me but she still has a whole bunch of shows under
her trim belt.
Here are some cameo shots:
Me, playing George Bush, doing a fast two-step in the Oval Office of the White
House:
Can you spot your favorite FVFC member in this Choral Chain-Gang of felonious former City of
Chicago and State of Illinois officials, aptly named The
Co-Conspirators? (If you say you recognize the legs of the prison matron
guard on the right, I'm gonna want to know why!)
And, who is this newest member of the FVFC, and what infamous entertainer is she
portraying?
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