Al did songs from all but one of his albums (Polka Party, the one with "Addicted to Spuds" and "Christmas at Ground Zero"); It ranged from "Another One Rides the Bus" from the start of his career to his recent "Internet Leaks" online releases. "Skipper Dan," his song about the actor hating his job on the Disney Jungle Cruise, went over especially well. The middle chunk of the concert was almost a medley, with chunks of songs segueing into other songs quicker than originally so Al could get more songs into the show and so the audience would be less likely to know what songs coming next. His costume changes were accommodated by video clips from his Al TV comedy bits plus the many, many, many times Al's made appearances in pop culture (he was on Celebrity Deathmatch? Awesome!). When he sang his James Blunt parody "You're Pitiful," he did his costume changes on stage, stripping off shirt after shirt (and even pants, and no I won't say how THAT gag pays off).
As has been true for years, his final encore was his Star Wars set. Costumed stormtroopers plus a Darth Vader marched onto stage, and Al sang "The Saga Begins" (his very clever retelling of the plot of The Phantom Menace to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie" followed by "Yoda." And the stormtroopers? THEY DANCED. How often do stormtroopers dance? I've only ever seen them dance in that Family Guy episode...
Good times. Good times. I'm dragging this morning, but still: good times!
