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Florida musical finds comedy in aging, dentures and death
gainesville. ^ | September 2, 2009

Posted on 09/02/2009 8:25:13 AM PDT by JoeProBono

NAPLES, Fla. — So, a man and a woman walk into a strip-mall restaurant packed full of retirees, and start mouthing off about sagging breasts, lost dentures and how everyone there is standing at death's door.

What's the punchline? Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett implore you to find out with "Assisted Living: The Musical." The singer-songwriter duo dares to poke fun at the aged in ways often off-limits on stage and screen — and audiences are laughing so hard they cry...

...the topics include elderly romance, senior driving and Viagra. Among the song titles: "Help! I've Fallen for You and I Can't Get Up," ''Nobody Loves You When You Suffer Gout," ''I Got The Lost-My-Dentures-On-Steak-Night Blues" and "Goin' to the Chapel and I'm Gonna Get Buried."

In a song chronicling a love of walkers, they croon: "These halls are made for walkers.

(Excerpt) Read more at gainesville.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: aging

1 posted on 09/02/2009 8:25:14 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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They ought to do one on “Life with Government Health Care” ..


2 posted on 09/02/2009 8:25:55 AM PDT by Scythian
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There is a great British comedy called “Waiting for God”.
Funny, irreverent and sad all at the time.
3 posted on 09/02/2009 8:38:40 AM PDT by svcw (Legalism reinforces self-righteousness - it communicates to you the good news of your own goodness)
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To: JoeProBono
Hey. What happened to respect for the elderly in this culture?


4 posted on 09/02/2009 8:54:34 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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5 posted on 09/02/2009 9:03:33 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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http://moneyning.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/old-couple-shadow.jpg


6 posted on 09/02/2009 9:49:39 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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7 posted on 09/02/2009 10:45:06 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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