SUPER HAPPY FUN TIME REVUE BURLESQUE SHOW

"If Frank Zappa and Frederico Fellini had sex with John Waters, SHFB
would be the wet spot!"
Super Happy Funtime Burlesque is foraging a new path, and defying all the rules of entertainment and
good taste, as it embarks on its 5th national tour in 2 years, 'The Poorly Timed SHFB Xmas special'!
SHFB is one of a kind. 18 members, hellaciously tight live band
(which sounds exactly like the above quote), and a 350lb male
stripper-slash-sensitive poet. They are staging original musical
theater in dive bars and clubs, seeing them live is what it
must've been like to hang out at CBGB's on a Tuesday when it
was just Truman Capote squinting to pretend like Debbie Harry
was a man
Said 350lb stripper/poet, one Joe the Cabdriver (did we mention
he drives cab for a living?), takes center stage as the star of
their newest production. Dubbed 'Santa vs Satan', the tale is
told through song and dance of how Joe accidentally kills Santa
during a 3 day coke fueled orgy at the north pole only to be
burdened with the responsibility of taking his place so that all
the good upper middle class white children can get their Xmas
toys. Well, somewhere along the way he pisses off Satan and
picks up a real nasty candy cane addiction that forces him to
sell off his sleigh and whore out rudolph to earn a couple bucks.
I won't bother telling you any more except that it gets way worse
when he teams up with notorious roadside preacher Fred Phelps to turn the tides in the battle against
evil.
SHFB has had its share of notable collaborations. Director Richard Elfman flew to Michigan in 2009 to
perform musical numbers from his cult classic Forbidden Zone with SHFB at Wealthy Theatre in Grand
Rapids. SHFB has also collaborated with Just Larry (Ringling Bros. Circus’ head clown), World Famous
Brett (Cirque du Soleil), and film director and SPIN Magazine photographer Erik Voake. SHFB’s
characters have been featured on national TV and in B level films: our dancer and stuntwoman, Miss
Pussykatt, was a featured competitor and fan favorite on America’s Got Talent after judge David
Hasslehoff exclaimed “Pussykatt I love you!” upon seeing her perform. We’ve enjoyed sold out shows at
many 400+ capacity venues around the midwest like the Ritz in Detroit, Jackhammer in Chicago, Wealthy
Theatre, Acorn Theatre, Riviera Theatre, Park Theatre, Intersection, and many more.
SHFB is a great show, dude, and audiences are coming out to see them in droves. They are doing the
unthinkable, staging 100% original musical theater mixed with sexy and bawdy burlesque acts all over the
country. They live in a giant converted school bus! They come from Michigan, which is nothing but laid
off auto workers and tree dwelling militants! SHFB must be seen to be believed.
Some easily chalk it up as mere entertainment. But, at the end of the show, for every pair of hands that come
together as result of being satisfactorily entertained, there is another whose clap is a thank you for provoking
liberation of thought; a dissection of convention.”
-- Drew Storey, The Rapidian
Hi Res photos, References, Video and Audio can be found at website below
CONTACT: Corey Ruffin 616.881.3287