Many people remember Harry Anderson as the guy who played the judge in the 1980's sitcom called Night Court. And many people remember that he liked to do magic. Anderson now lives in New Orleans and operates a club in the French Quarter called "Oswald's - A Speakeasy".
Having seen Anderson perform at the recent Tech Revival I decided to go see his show at Oswalds. I was blown away. The humor and magic are completely offbeat, and the show is not like anything you would expect. He performs on Saturdays at 8 pm and the show lasts about 2 hours. Get there at 7 pm or shortly afterwards if you want to be assured of getting a good seat (or, more importantly, just getting in).
While I was waiting to get into the show, I managed to solve one unresolved mystery. I ran into the guy who had the parrot (named 'Valentine') at the Dave Matthews concert at this year's Jazz Fest. So I asked him how he manged to sneak the parrot into the Fest. "I just walked in like I owned the place," he said. Now that's an impressive magic trick.
The show and the club are closing July 1st, so if anyone's interested in checking it out, they should get over there soon.
Posted by: | May 29, 2006 at 12:43 PM
Too bad the club is closing! I remember Harry Anderson from my college days. He did the university circuit and was just great. I never thought his talent was well utilized on "Night Court."
Posted by: DD | May 30, 2006 at 08:22 AM
Man, I just visited and got a picture of the banner outside Harry's place (among others). Sad to hear it's closing.
Posted by: JP | June 01, 2006 at 08:38 AM