street, in front of the Cat's Meow, an awful sore on Bourbon St, it's
loud God-awful music unavoidable. Now it's up on a balcony
overlooking the street. What do you see? A crowd. That's it. No
interviews. Very few close-ups. No humor. Not worth watching,
especially this year because I saw/there were VERY FEW costumes.
What's up with that? I have never seen a Mardi Gras (day or) night on
Bourbon St with so few costumes. There was a funny hat here and there
and beads but where are the costumed people? And I saw very few
people carrying around drinks. That just isn't right. Mardi Gras day
and people aren't drinking on Bourbon St? Why did people bother
coming? Just to see other people looking at each other? Pointless.
That said, I watched it from beginning to end, just to see if
something good happened. Very little did.
It came on at 6 pm NY time. It was supposed to come on at 5:30. OK.
We see some Jesus freak signs: The Wages of Sin is Death. I need to
check this but shouldn't it be "are"? Wages are plural... but this
may be one of those things that are weird about the English language.
It was fun listening to a Jesus freak taunting the crowd through his
bull horn. Towards the end of that episode, we heard some people
taunt him back which was pretty funny. Some of our hosts too. "You
throw like a girl." I swear to God (there I go to Hell) he said that!
And our hosts threw it back at him. The usual problems: masturbating
is sinful, homosexuals are sinful, go look at your Bible, you're all
going to burn in Hell... I gotta admire this guy for facing down a
HUGE crowd and challenging them on these things. He's so very wrong
but at least he believes he's right.
The audio goes out before 6:45 NY time. It comes back but then goes
away again. When it comes back for awhile, we can hear the hosts
remarking, "this mic is very sensitive, we'll have to watch what we
say."
6:52 (all time NY time) someone moves the camera around. Zooms in.
Then it is still again.
7:07 It's getting dark.
I wonder who all those people are in red. A marching band? We see
many people wearing red, many of them together. I've seen some bands
in red but why is that the prevalent color we're seeing?
The hosts come on. We get Jerrica again. Kate is mentioned but I
don't recognize her voice. Another woman and another man are on.
We see a Santa Claus. The hosts say they saw the Easter Bunny. If
it's the same guy I've seen over the years, I'm sorry I missed him.
He is perfect for the part. Very creepy and it's surprising he hasn't
been put behind bars for some sort of pedophile charge. Still, that's
what you want in a grown man with a pot belly wearing an Easter Bunny
costume, don't you?
Someone should shut Jerrica up. She is running at the mouth and
repeating things. If she mentions that "Mardi Gras is a marathon, not
a sprint
' one more time I'm going to.... I don't know what.
She did. That's it. I'm muting it.
Hopefully they'll zoom in on some good costumes. (They don't.) What's
the point of of pointing the camera into the crowd and not zooming
in? (And talking endlessly.)
We see a balcony's occupants throwing lit throws.
8 pm The hosts have stopped talking and are now zoomed in to nothing
in particular. Why not find interesting things to look at?
8:28 pm We lose the audio.
Damian yammers on... "a piece of King cake I enjoyed just shortly."
What is this affliction that strikes New Orleanians? I've seen it for
years. The mind takes shortcuts when speaking and jumbles things up.
Unfortunately those connections are needed to make sense.
The cam moves around a little.
8:44 pm. Very few are in costume. Cam is zoomed in, looking around. No hosts.
9:05 We see two girls drinking.Why isn't everyone drinking?
9:09 We see a woman in what looks like a cow costume. This is
pathetic! Saw a woman expose her breasts for some beads but she
wasn't facing the camera and it happened very quickly. (It's cold
down there...)
9:55 See a long line of people in white shirts 3 or 4 abreast heading
towards the far end of Bourbon St, away from Canal. What was that
about? Missionaries?
10:30 Someone with rabbit ears.
10:32 two guys with "I eat pussy" signs are seen holding them above
their heads. They put the "I" so close to the "pussy" that I thought
they said Eat Pussy. There is something written on the back of each
one but I can't read it. Is that some kind of a joke? Maybe they
wrote they eat cats? Did any woman take them seriously and take them
up on their offer? It's kinda sad. Why not just say I need to get
laid?
10:49 We see some of the people on the balcony where the cam is. A
pretty blond. The most exciting thing on the street are people with
lit up necklaces. Pathetic.
10:53 A conehead. Not the SNL version but more of a highway cone as a hat.
There ARE a lot of people on Bourbon St. We can see them from afar.
11:05 We see the blond from behind, from the waist up, looking out
into the crowd. It would make a nice still shot with her being dark
against the lights of the street and the ironwork.
11:16 A balcony, not too far away, has dangled what looks like a
clump of beads on a string, lowering it and then bring it back up,
teasing the crowd. Now they have a bright light focused on a smaller
group in the crowd below as they throw things (beads, lit things)to
particular people.Is there a TV crew filming this? Playboy? The
bright lights make that group stand out.
11:21 The guys carrying the "I eat pussy" sings are still out.
11:25 We see a fire down the street! The second floor of a building a
male host says. See a fire hose(s) spraying it. Don't see or hear any
fire trucks. The 1100 or 1200 block of Bourbon he says. Occasionally
we hear cheers. The crowd seems close to it. The host is very low
level.
11:35 We see blue lights flashing. The fire is almost out. Can see
smoke billowing above the rooftops, contrasting against the ambient
light. The male host says matter-of-factly: Back to Mardi Gras.
11:40 The cam is not looking at the fire anymore.
11:42 A Who Dat is heard.
11:44 Haven't seen any crosses in a long time. They may be in another
direction.
12:03 am We see, in the middle of the street, a guy feel up a girl's
breasts while another watches.
12:14 Haven't seen any fights yet. Good.
12:17 See the first cop on horseback. For that matter, the first cop
on the Bourbocam tonight.
12:26 See a nice beer glass hat.
12:40 Bourbon St is still full.
12:48 I see red flashing lights at the far end of the street. People
are heading towards the cam. This seems to be the beginning of the
sweep.
1:14 Headlights seen in the distance at the far end. They're coming!
Sirens heard. Unfortunately, the cam then changes position to a shot
that is nowhere near as encompassing, looking towards Canal. We see
people walking both ways and then the Jesus freaks coming towards the
cam with their signs held up. We see the first cop cars and then
legions of cops.
No lights at the far end when the cam turns to follow the cops. We
see cops on horses.
The host says it's time to go. says goodbye. (They've stayed on the
cleanup longer in the past.) Calls this the "blue light parade".
Cam goes off at 1:22 am NY time. I miss the old Bourbocam.
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