The Book of Moron (No, not a typo)
@JamesHxstatic (29340)
Eugene, Oregon
February 19, 2018 4:30pm CST
We have a great performing arts center in town, a beautiful theater with amazing acoustics, along with smaller venue that works well too. Once a month, you are able to get half-price tickets to certain shows.
A tour company of the "The Book of Mormon" was coming to town, sure to be a sellout. We saw it three years ago and it is a hilarious musical that some find offensive, but many (even Mormons) love.
There was also a show booked at the same time in the smaller theater. Guess what? It is called "The Book of Moron".
You may recall that I live in a retirement community. Some of my ping pong friends and I am not sure how many others, saw the ad for half-price tickets and ordered them, reading the ad incorrectly and thinking they were getting great deals on tickets for "Book of Mormon."
Word got around the ping pong table. Someone who had read the ad correctly pointed out the apparent subterfuge. Jaws dropped, eyes widened.
Refunds were demanded and received by some. One friend who attended the "Moron" show was so annoyed that he did not enjoy it.
It is not well known. In fact, I had to google the comic/magician who wrote and performs the show to find out anything about it.
Well, it did get great reviews, but if I thought I had tickets to the other show and got herded into this one, I guess I would feel like a moron.
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@snowy22315 (170794)
• United States
19 Feb 18
Oh well, I guess the "morons" weren't so dumb. Just think of all the business they got from people thinking they were headed to the other show!
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@JamesHxstatic (29340)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Feb 18
I suppose so, but they had some unhappy patrons too.
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@TheHorse (207003)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic You mean they're not from Colorado?
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@JamesHxstatic (29340)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Feb 18
Yes, when I found it online the reviews were very good. I'm not sure it was reviewed locally. Book of Mormon is a great musical. One of the writers also did the book for Avenue Q. He is from little old Coos Bay, Oregon.
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@LadyDuck (459742)
• Switzerland
21 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic It was misleading, here it would be considered a scam.
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@JamesHxstatic (29340)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Feb 18
It certainly seemed as if they were deceptive.
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@sallypup (58208)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic I love that building.
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How dare they do such a thing.@JamesHxstatic (29340)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Feb 18
No kidding, fooling senior citizens like that!
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5 Jun 18
(continued from below) I DID find this entry tho: "The book of Moron is said to have been written by a group of well-known morons (rumored to include Martha Stewart) who had been relocated to Argentina after religious prosecution at the hands of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The book was originally bound in used paper napkins and each illustration was painstakingly drawn with Crayola crayons."
The Book Of Moron (Originally known as the Necronomicon) is one of the world’s most sacred, yet elusive, holy books. This somewhat porous work has spread across all six of the continents as well as Australia. Advocates state that the book contains the secr
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5 Jun 18
Do you think he even would've WRITTEN IT if "The Book of Mormon" hadn't been such a big deal? (I 'Bing'-d "The Book of Moron" and had to scroll down before I got to any results that weren't "The Book of MorMon")
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
19 Feb 18
yes this I know very well.@greatmartin always keep me informed.Sorry that he did not liked it.But hear that it was great.
martin gave it rave review.Not sure what the person was looking for in this/
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