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'Throw Up' hurls comedy at Aggie audiences
By Dawn Heliums
The Battalion
Don't let the name fool you;
"Throw Up," a combination
comedy and juggling act per
formed by A&M students Lewis
Pillsworth and Matt Jones, is def
initely something you wouldn't
spew over. Juggling anything
from clubs, torches, machetes,
fruit, and bowling balls, the two-
man act is sure to provide an en
tertaining show.
"We're good showmen; we
relate well to the audience,"
Pillsworth said. "People always
seem to enjoy us and get into the
show, which is fun."
The two perform their show
in special events, talent shows,
parades, and birthday parties all
over the state. They made their
fourth appearance at the MSC
Variety Show Friday night and
placed second. Jones said this is
their favorite performance of the
year because they enjoy perform
ing in front of large audiences.
"We naturally like to goof
around, and we're not afraid of
performing in front of a large
crowd," said Jones, who is a se
nior Speech Communication ma
jor. "Being the center of attention
doesn't scare us at all; we're both
natural goof balls."
Pillsworth and Jones began
performing together four years
ago after they met at Fish Camp.
They both started juggling at the
age.of twelve, and made perfor
mances throughout their high
school careers.
Jones' first interest in jug
gling came after he saw a man
perform juggling tricks on televi
sion. He then started juggling or
anges around the house until he
improved enough to juggle clubs
and other items.
Pillsworth story was a little
different.
"In the 7th grade I was at
home sick with pneumonia and
a friend of mine bought me a
juggling kit," Pillsworth said. "I
liked it and kept doing it every
since."
Jones, 6' 4", and Pillsworth,
5' 3", agree that their size differ
ence is the vehicle of their show.
Merely standing next to one an
other, reading "throw" and "up"
across the front of their t-shirts
brings the crowd to a roar. In
their act, Jones crawls up on
Pillsworth shoulder and juggles
torches while eating an apple.
"A lot of our comedy comes
from our differences," said
Pillsworth, who has a degree in
Speech Communications. "Phys
ical size is good humor for us."
Pillsworth and Jones are both
self taught jugglers. They come
up with most of their tricks
themselves, or learn from watch
ing other jugglers. Pillsworth
said most of their acts they put
together just before they per
form.
"Pressure is a great motiva
tor for our stuff," Pillsworth
said. "We take what we can do
solidly and make the show
around that."
With busy schecdules, it's
difficult for them to find a time
to practice. When they do, it's be
tween 11 a.m. and 1pm in Rud
der Auditorium.
What makes their act unique
is the comedy they use along
with their tricks. They also write
their own comedy lines, which
they say isn't easy if they have to
sit down and think them up.
"Most of our comedy comes
to us right before we go to bed hr
in a dream," Jones said. "It's a
sudden inspiration, you can't
force it." They said they also find
comedy through improvisations
in their shows.
Juggling dangerous equip
ment such as machetes and
torches is a highlight of their
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outlaws." They made their fourth and final appearance at Friday’s
1992 Variety Show.
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torches, which they said is more
nerve racking for the audience
member than them.
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the air and try not to catch the
burning or sharp side," Jones
said. "It keeps us on our toes."
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The Battalion
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strong year with a delightful pro
duction of "P.S. Your Cat is
Dead."
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two unlikely companions who
slowly start to grow on each other.
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Zoole, an actor who's down on his
luck after losing his Broadway
and soap opera jobs on the same
day - New Year's Eve. On top of
this, he has been robbed twice in
the past three months, his girl
friend leaves him during the play
and, (you guessed it) his cat dies.
But things start to turn his
way. He finds a burglar in his
house and knocks him uncon
scious. So that he will have com
pany and a little fun on New
Year's Eve, he ties the burglar up
and holds him hostage.
It turns out that not only is this
the same guy who robbed Jimmy
twice before, he is also
bisexual and makes!
some suggestions to
both Jimmy and his
former
girlfriend,
Kate (Amy
Jimenez).
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night pro
gresses, the
two quit
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pasts, their
losses and
their lives.
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plays life too safe, and Vito, the
burglar, has had to deal with a lot
of problems Jimmy probably nev
er could have imagined before the
encounter.
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formed an awkward, if
tenuous, friendship, and
their two worlds come to
some sort of mutual meet
ing ground.
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refreshingly
original play
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grand, spec
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sages to be
drawn from
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humble and
unique
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small theater
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wonderful perfor
mance by Loveless
makes the show, and it is nearly
matched by that of Sam Levassar
as Vito. The two have a definite
rhythm and played well off each
other. This is one of the few non
professional plays where I really
believed in the plausibility of the
characters throughout the entire
production.
There were some minor flaws,
such as some comedy that fell
short and a few lines that sounded
a little hackneyed. But these were
minor distractions of the script in
an otherwise solid show.
This play rounds out the Ag
gie Players' season and Loveless's
performances at Texas A&M.
Loveless, who is by far one of the
most talented actors at A&M, is
leaving to study drama at New
York University. Loveless will be
missed.
"P.S. Your Cat is Dead" runs
tonight through Saturday at 8
p.m. in the Fallout Theater, 144
Blocker, with a Saturday matinee.
Tickets, which are $4, can be pur
chased at 152 Blocker (862-2052).
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Musical, comedy talent
take tops at Variety Show
By Timm Doolen
T7re Battalion
The 1992 Variety Show of
fered a great diversity of enter
tainment and an interesting
singing group as the winner.
The barbershop quartet Night
'n Day, who took the top prize,
sang music more than 100 years
old.
The voices of Derrick Arel
lano, Kevin Kennedy, Clay Lip
scomb and Tommy Newsom
combined to make one beauti
fully harmonious sound on
"Ride the Chariot," an old black
Gospel dating back to slave
days. The group's other songs
were "I Wonder Why" from the
'50s and "Hello My Baby," a
turn-of-the-century barbershop
classic.
"I was confident that we did
a good job, especially after the
first song," Newsom said.
"When we hit that last chord, I
thought we had a good shot. It
was that intense of a song."
The group itself is about
four years old, and all of the
members except Newsom have
been singing together for the
past two years.
Newsom said When he
joined at the beginning of this
semester, the group set a lot of
goals, one of which was partici
pating in Variety Show. Little
did they know that a few
months later the group would
be walking away with the first
place trophy.
Although some of the mem
bers will be graduating in the
next few months, the group
plans to stay together and keep
singing competitively.
Taking second place in the
show was the perennial Variety
Show favorite. Throw Up, the
comedy juggling act of Matt
Jones and Lewis Pillsworth.
Head yell leader Ronnie Mc
Donald assisted the duo by
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standing in between flaming
torches which were being jug
gled around his body.
This is the fourth and last
appearance of Throw Up on the
stage of Variety Show because
both members are close to grad
uation.
"I'm sad that I can't do Vari
ety Show again, but I'm glad I
did it over the past few years,"
Jones said. "It's the biggest and
best crowd."
Coming in third was Kyle
Hutton, who performed two
country songs, "You Don't
Count the Cost" by Billy Dean
and his own "Center Stage
Someday." In the latter, he ex
tolled his dreams of someday
hitting the big time in country
music.
Rounding out the perfor
mances were a "variety" of acts
covering a broad spectrum of
artistic disciplines.
Christy Welch, Craig Smith
and the groups Bayou, Flash
back '40s and the Polkadets, of
fered a diversity of musical en
tertainment.
Welch and Bayou provided
mainstream pop and rock mu
sic with "It Always Comes Back
to You" and "Heart of the Mat
ter," respectively.
Craig Smith featured a med
ley of Jerry Lee Lewis songs
and even lit a half-circle of the
stage on fire during "Great
Balls of Fire."
Flashback '40s featured
World War II-era female har
monies from Joanna Spiars,
Margey Moore and Kim Turn
er.
The Polkadets displayed the
humor of 11 members of the
Aggie Band under the guise of
a German oompah band.
Drum Major and Student
Body President Steve Seller
provided most of the narration,
while freshmen Joel Lang and
See Variety Show/Page 6
In Advance
Latino Theatre Group
presents 7 La Mano'
tonight in Rudder
The Latino Theatre Group presents "La Mano," a locally
written play about life in the barrio tonight at 7 p.m. in Rudder
Theatre.
As the play opens, the main character, Johnny Pachuko, is in
prison, reflection on his life in the barrio.
In flashback, he remembers his life with his brother, a dis
abled Vietnam veteran. After being shot in the head in Vietnam,
he has spiritual visions.
Writer-director Robert Villareal, an A&M student, said the
play is about dealing with anger among Hispanics and Latinos,
along with a lot of spiritual symbolism.
Villareal said only a small portion of the play is in Spanish
and people who don't understand Spanish will have no prob
lem following the play.
An offshoot of the MSC Committee for the Awareness of
Mexican-American Culture, the Latino Theatre has been in exis
tence for more than three years.
For more information about tickets ($3), call 845-1234.
n'r 1 MSC CAMAC Latino Theatre Group presents:
La Mano
A two-act play focusing on the plight of two brothers
trapped in the struggle for survival in the barrio.
Tuesday, April 28,1992
7:00 p.m. Rudder Theatre
Tickets for $3 available through
MSC Box Office
For more information contact
CAMAC at 845-1515