♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK!
GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN," EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I FEEL THE
SAME WAY, 100%.
FOLKS, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN SO GREAT DOING SHOWS
IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE ON BROADWAY AGAIN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NEW YORK CITY IS BACK.
BUT LONGTIME VIEWERS OF THE LATE SHOW KNOW THAT THERE ARE CITIES
OTHER THAN NEW YORK.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I HOPE THEY'RE BACK TOO.
BECAUSE I LOVE THE SMALL TOWNS OF AMERICA.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SEGMENT CALLED COMMUNITY CALENDAR WHERE
A GUEST AND I TALK ABOUT ACTUAL EVENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY
HAPPENING IN THAT GUEST'S ACTUAL HOMETOWN.
WE'RE TALKING PLACES LIKE PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS OR
STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA OR-- DID SOMEBODY SAY CHESTERTON,
-- >> DID SOMEBODY SAY CHESTERTON,
INDIANA?
>> Stephen: JIM GAFFIGAN?
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Stephen: JIM GAFFIGAN?
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JIM GAFFIGAN, ARE YOU TELLING ME, ARE YOU HERE TO TELL ME THAT
YOU'RE FROM CHESTERTON, INDIANA?
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE THE COINCIDENCE?
I'M FROM CHESTERTON, INDIANA.
>> Stephen: IT'S MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE, IT'S A HAPPY
ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR CHESTERTON, INDIANA'S COMMUNITY
CALENDAR.
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WELCOME TO COMMUNITY CALENDAR, YOUR SOURCE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN AND AROUND CHESTERTON, INDIANA AND THE GREATER DUNELAND
AREA.
JOINING ME IS NATIVE CHESTERTON-IAN, JIM GAFFIGAN.
WELCOME JIM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANKS, STEPHEN.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE SAY IN CHESTERTON: IT'S A CHESTER-TON
OF FUN.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: SO TRUE.
NOW, LET'S GET TO SOME ACTUAL UPCOMING EVENTS GOING ON IN AND
AROUND CHESTERTON.
>> THIS WEDNESDAY, HEAD TO NEARBY PORTAGE LAKEFRONT
PAVILION FOR SUNSET YOGA.
PRO-TIP: IF YOU DON'T LOOK GOOD IN YOGA PANTS, SHOW UP LATE,
IT'LL BE DARK.
( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: FROM NOW THROUGH
SUNDAY AT THE MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE, IT'S THE CLOSING WEEKEND
FOR "CLUE: THE MUSICAL."
IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY "RISK: THE MUSICAL," WHICH LASTS TWELVE
STRAIGHT HOURS AND ENDS WHEN THE CAST GETS SICK OF IT AND STOPS
PLAYING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> ON JULY 25TH AT THE PORTER
COUNTY FAIR, IT'S THE NIGHT OF -- BY THE WAY, I WENT TO THAT
AND IT'S AN AMAZING FAIR -- BUT ON THE NIGHT OF THE 25th, IT'S
A NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION, A DEMOLITION DERBY
FOR CARS, TRUCKS, AND VANS, AS WELL AS KIDS POWER WHEELS.
( LAUGHTER ) SO COME ON AND SMASH EM UP IF
YOU'VE GOT A SPARE CAR OR A SPARE KID.
THAT'S WHITE RAGE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: EVERY SATURDAY THIS
SUMMER, IT'S CHESTERTON'S FAMOUS EUROPEAN MARKET, FEATURING OVER
EIGHTY VENDORS FROM INDIANA, MICHIGAN, AND ILLINOIS.
SO STOP BY FOR A TASTE OF EUROPE ALL THE WAY FROM MILAN
ILLINOIS, PARIS MICHIGAN, AND FRENCH LICK INDIANA.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
JIM, WHY DO THEY CALL IT FRENCH LICK?
>> WELL, SOME PEOPLE THINK IT REFERS TO EARLY FRENCH SETTLERS
WHO DISCOVERED NEARBY SALT LICKS.
BUT I LIKE TO THINK IT WAS TWO HORNY SETTLERS JUST TONGUING
DOWN ON EACH OTHER.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S HOW WE DO IT INDIANA
STYLE.
( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S A FUN ONE.
ON JULY 15TH, HEAD TO INDIANA DUNES -- BY THE WAY, I SET AN
ENTIRE DO YOU KNOW ON FIRE WHEN I WAS 15.
BUT HEAD TO THE DUNES STATE PARK FOR
FAMILY-FRIENDLY IMPROV COMEDY ON THE BEACH.
PERFECT FOR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN AT AN IMPROV SHOW AND THOUGHT, THIS
IS GREAT, BUT COULD I ALSO HAVE SAND IN MY ASSCRACK.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> STEPHEN: NEXT THURSDAY AT ANDERSON'S WINERY AND VINEYARDS
IT'S SPEED NETWORKING AFTER HOURS.
WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LATE, LATE HOUR OF
4:00 PM.
SO STOP ON BY TO MAKE VITAL BUSINESS CONTACTS WITH
GO-GETTERS WHO LEAVE WORK EARLY TO START DRINKING.
>> ON JULY 29TH, HEAD TO THE CHESTERTON AMPHITHEATER FOR A
MUSIC SERIES CALLED "COFFEE AND A CONCERT."
ORIGINALLY TITLED "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO POOP IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCERT."
( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: OF COURSE THIS
SUNDAY IS THE FOURTH OF JULY, SO HEAD ON OVER TO THE HOBART
LAKEFRONT FIREWORKS, FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM THE BAND CHRONIC
FLANNEL.
( LAUGHTER ) NAMED FOR THE TWO THINGS WILLIE
NELSON ALWAYS HAS ON HIM.
>> NEXT FRIDAY IN MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR A
COMBINATION BOAT TOUR AND BACHELORETTE PARTY CALLED
THE CRUISE BEFORE THE I-DO'S ( LAUGHTER )
WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE MEN OF
MICHIGAN CITY STRIPPERS.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT CAN'T BE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BY THE WAY -- ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT, THE MALE STRIPPERS FROM INDIANA THAT ARE SOMEHOW
NOT CALLED "HOOSIER DADDY."
( LAUGHTER ) >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW I PAID
FOR COLLEGE.
AND, ACTUALLY, STRIPPING WAS MY MAJOR IN COLLEGE.
>> STEPHEN: REALLY?
OH, YEAH, AND -- >> Stephen: GO ON, JIM.
IS THERE MORE TO THIS STORY, JIM?
>> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE.
I EVEN HAD A SPECIAL MOVE AND IT WAS CALLED THE FRENCH LICK.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: WELL, THAT DOES IT
FOR CHESTERTON INDIANA'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.
>> AS WE LIKE TO SAY IN INDIANA: I'D ALWAYS RATHER BE IN-DEANNA
THAN OUT-DEANNA.
( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: STICK AROUND, I'LL
BE BACK WITH JIM GAFFIGAN.
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