MISFITS Potato party starches Icon

It has been a while, but it was time to take the MISFITS show on the road again. Tim Wick, Perrin Klumpp, Jenny Grant, Lauren Lenzen and Chris Jones packed up and headed to Icon to ensure all the attendees at the convention had enough starch in their diet.

Two years ago, Ryan Alexander debuted the For the Love of God, Have a Potato party at Demicon. Now the other side of Iowa was destined to be buried under an avalanche of spuds.

It started innocently enough. Signs asked the members of Icon who they thought was a better actor - Keanu Reeves or a potato? Other signs wondered the same thing about William Shatner, Winona Ryder and Pamela Anderson.

We learned a valuable lesson when the party started. Many people see a sign that says "potato party" and assume the party has nothing whatsoever to do with potatoes. Many a party attendee was surprised to learn that we were baking potatoes like mad and we had the fixin's to go with the Idaho state plant. We wish to state loud and clear that when we call a party "The Potato Party", it means that we will be serving potatoes. Moreover, if we call a party "The Prime Rib Party", you can bet money it's because we will be having prime rib (don't think for one minute we are throwing a prime rib party - that was a joke).

Despite the confusion, many a potato was served. In addition, Tim Wick and Chris Jones entertained the crowds with sporadic renditions of Spudsterpiece Theatre. Classic reenactments included Potato and Juliet, Rocky the Potato and Saving Potato Ryan. These and other great theatrical performances were greeted with concerned looks (or greedy) by members of the mental health profession.

MISFITS would like to thank everyone who stopped in and ate a potato (because we had to take less home), everyone who told us they liked our signs (because we have a big ego and need to have it constantly fed like Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors) and everyone who helped set up or tear down the party. The potato party will surface once again. For the love of God, have a potato!