That Guy

At some point everyone seems to have encountered the 'that guy' who makes you cringe and smirk all at the same time.

Recently the 'that guy' was highlighted in the sleeper hit The Hangover. Zach Galifianakis' character in this movie was an extreme version and he was the 'he was there because he was the to-be brother-in-law and if you've seen the movie you already know what his role in their Vegas trip was....

Anyhoo, enough about Zach!

On Friday I went to an 80's Retro concert where Berlin and ABC were the bands I was there to see ~ yes there were a couple more but I just won't mention them since we stayed at the bar and grill waiting for them to finish.

Because we waited for the 'opening acts' to end we only found our seats just before Berlin took the stage. Once settled we noticed that the row directly in front of us was four couples but interestingly the 4 women were huddled together and the men were together right in front of our seats. We took note of the separation and then once the band was ready to hit the stage we figured out why the women weren't sitting with "their" men -there was ONE 'that guy' in the bunch. He was loud, overly friendly with both his friends and those of us sitting around him, he definitely thought he was the life of the party.

I will admit that he was funny - but not in the way he thought. Judy and I tried to keep our laughs to ourselves but it was nearly impossible! As he jumped around, kissed the cheeks of his guy friends, sang loudly with everyone around him, he kept trying to high-five everyone, etc, etc....

At the end of the row was the one guy who wasn't actually participating with the 'that guy' in the group, he had a buffer of another man between him that 'TG' - he took the time to turn around and assure us that 'TG' was harmless and when he told us that 'TG' was his brother-in-law I laughed out loud because it meant that 'TG' really WAS the guy from The Hangover!! HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!

The show was wonderful. Berlin put on a PG-13 show, which though very unlike them, was really good. Teri made use of her wireless mic and made her way into to audience and even came up to the second tier where we were seated. (what was funny about Teri coming into the audience was that all four couples left to go to the bar and they missed her entirely - I can only imagine what 'TG' would have done if they had been there). ABC also put on a very good show. Judy and I would have preferred Berlin to have been the headliner but we both realized that ABC was more of a mainstream band with more crossover appeal.

Next concert on the calendar is Depeche Mode which will most likely have a different audience…. I just hope we don’t get seated next to another ‘That Guy’.