Now first things first ... Ruth Seaton James was absolutely packed on Saturday night! I mean every single seat was filled. I arrived at 8 p.m. with my fianc? and we had quite a bit of trouble finding two seats together ... it was that crowded. What a way to start a show! Bermuda loves these two exceedingly talented young men, and that fact can no longer be disputed. You see, there were even people who showed up without tickets who had to be turned away because the place was too full; announcements that the show could not start until all the attendees were seated; couples searching high and low for seats beside each other - I mean this auditorium was packed! This was the first of many delightful (and entertaining) proceedings I experienced at the '2 Fools 2' encore show that night.

This was a spectacular show. The only complaint that anyone could possibly have was that there were technical difficulties throughout it. But the fact that there would be technical difficulties was announced before the show started. The capacity crowd was very understanding, and let the young men know that they would enthusiastically support whatever could be mustered. I am getting all the setbacks out of the way now, so that by the time this review is finished, you'll only remember the good things ... these guys were very impressive.

The first skit was set in a dentist's office. The merriment began almost immediately, when the secretary became extremely irritated with a customer who had a bad tooth. He was summarily dismissed with a form to fill out, and showed a sign that said 'Be Back Latah'. Soon the poor old soul (played by Robert Somner) wandered into the dentist's office proper; just to find the dentist (Jah) and his assistant (Nadanja) sitting around a table playing Euchre. The pain in his mouth compels the man to interrupt the former barbers' card game, triggering off a barrage of outrageously amusing abuse. "More money, more bling bling" is the reason given for why the two men converted the shop into a dentists' office, and Seymour's (Nadanja) constant references to the customer as "sissy" made this perhaps the funniest scene of the night. Full cavity searches, halitosis, gas jokes and heaps and heaps of physical comedy rounded out the laughs, and the capacity crowd devoured every second of it.

Sharika Minors and Freddie Swan blessed us with a competent rendition of the Faith Evans and Carl Thomas hit 'So Emotional' next, but by now we just wanted the comedy.

The next skit was set in a local restaurant called Lavern's Place and featured an awfully aggressive waitress (think The Spot back in the day), played by Nadanja, a dazed and confused foreign customer (Jah) and a dizzy proprietor/chef (Laurel Burns). The laughs begin when the 'rude' customer snaps his fingers to get the waitress' attention (and we all know that will just not do), and receives the uninhibited ire of the very Bermudian woman (we know how that feels don't we fellas?), much to his bewilderment. The laughs continue when the man questions why there is no fish in his plate when he ordered the pan fried fish with lemon butter sauce, and is told that here at Lavern's Place: "You don't get no meat 'til ya finished ya veggies!". This becomes too much for the customer, so he leaves without paying, forgetting his jacket in the process. He returns a minute later with half the money for the food, since he received half the service he deserved, and to retrieve his jacket, which has been thoroughly searched by Bev (the waitress), and made somewhat lighter as well. The next customer is a woman who makes the mistake of being sarcastic to Bev, and is left standing at the entry having been told to "Knock yaself out!".

Next there's the 'Bad Boy Break Up' scene. Jah is the broken-hearted hard man who breaks down with extreme hilarity throughout the skit, and Nadanja is the standoffish ace-boy who calls the former girlfriend (of nine years) and does whatever else he can to comfort his hurting brethren (which really is not much at all). A memorable breakdown to the Boyz II Men hit 'End Of The Road' by Jah, and a poetic justice style break-up for Nadanja wrap this skit up quite nicely, and we rolled in the aisles.

'I Wish I Was A Singer' was a scene where the two superstars came out on stage to reveal the hardships of being comedians and their secret desires to be singers. They flexed their not insignificant vocal skills and gave the capacity crowd even more reasons to love them. 'Crazy Baldheads', 'Always & Forever', 'U Got It Bad' and 'I'll Make Love To You' were among the selections the guys blessed us with.

The remainder of the show was pretty straightforward: six more hilarious skits, two more songs (by Mallisa Furbert and 3J respectively) and a truly Fabulous Finale. I wish I had the kind of space to spell it all out for you, but I only have room for highlights from this point on ... here goes.

'PMS (Office Arc-Out)' found Jah entering stage right wearing wallabies, diamond socks, Bermuda shorts, an outrageously bright yellow sports jacket and what looked like a Beatles wig to play Mr. Dumas (which Nadanja's disgruntled new employee kept mispronouncing - she kinda added an S if you know what I mean). Loads of laughs ensued once the boss left the scene and the PMS-having administrative organiser's new colleagues began introducing themselves. Nadanja's performance was pure gold here, and the supporting cast (Laurel, Robert, Jah and Mitchel Trott) held the scene together with considerable precision.

'The Wedding Wench' poked fun at an old Grandma (Jah) who crashed weddings for the free food and did her darnedest to disrupt the proceedings in the process. 'Lil Kids (Detention)' found both comics back in primary school, poking fun at the teacher, scheming to avoid work and disobeying the teacher's instructions at every turn (very funny stuff - although it's definitely not that funny in real life!). 'Bum-uda Airways' is the story of what would happen if two 'bums' won a first class trip to New York via a raffle ... a lot of funny things (trust me!). 'Blind Date' illustrated the pitfalls of agreeing to go on dates with people you've never seen before (I'm sure you can imagine the laughs).

The last highlight was 'Clash Of The Soulman (Screaming Divas)', a 'sound clash' style event between Patti LaBelle (Jah) and Whitney Houston (Nadanja), with Laurel as the talk-show-host style mediator. This scene was just a knock down drag out laugh extravaganza! Both men were dynamic, but Jah's performance of Patti's 'Lady Marmalade' and 'When You've Been Blessed' were simply sublime. My jaw actually tensed up from laughing too much after this scene (no word a lie!).

If anyone in our entertainment industry has any sense at all, these guys will be on local television, doing a sitcom or a variety show or some sort of highly entertaining, highly popular weekly show sometime within the next few months. Host of 'Al & Criffs Original Video Show' (which Jah is lined up to become in the upcoming season) is really not enough people ... these guys need to be employed in the entertainment industry full time! Somebody please give these astronomically talented young men room to flex! It's their time.