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The Talent Show Review

If you had been following along, my son (4th grade, age "9 plus 1") was anxious and excited to enter the annual school Talent Show.

He finally got to perform in front of an audience of other students, parents, teachers, and the general public. He was the last act. He wore the gray haired wig we found, a suit coat, vest, white shirt and tie, jeans, and sneakers. I even got him a carnation to wear in the button hole.
We also found at a second hand store, a smaller cane more appropriate for his size, like a Tiny Tim crutch.

He wobbled on the stage, told his jokes in his "Old Man Jenkins" voice. He had great voice inflection and timing. The audience laughed at all the corny jokes. My daughter and I were at the back of the audience and we could hear the comments the people were making and laughing at the jokes saying this one or that one was pretty good.

He ended by saying he had to go catch a plane to Florida which everyone got a hoot out of and wobbled off the stage.

One of his jokes was "The good thing about getting old is that you can hide your own Easter eggs." A lot of people liked that one but when I told him this, he said he did not understand why it was so funny so I had to explain -- then he laughed at himself.

Within a few days, as I was on errands around town, lots of people complimented on him and said he was hilarious and entertaining.

He said next year he wants to do an Elvis impersonation as his talent.
I laughed.
Maybe he can do Elvis and tell jokes too?

The curtain closes.

Thank you -- Thank you very much.