SKOKIE, Ill. – Local color blind entertainer Barry Gruden thoroughly ruined his one chance to join the Blue Man Group after accidentally painting himself green for the audition. Gruden, an avid fan and self-proclaimed "Blue Man Fanatic", was extremely excited to discover the performance group was holding Chicago auditions.
After meticulously planning his piece, Gruden rushed out the door to make the 25 mile trip to the audition site. “Barry’s a little forgetful about his color blindness. He didn’t check with me before he left,” said wife Martha.
“I wanted to impress them so much they’d offer me a contract, but I really ****ed up,” said a flustered Gruden after the audition. “
They were all behind a table painted in blue as usual. But halfway through my routine they broke with their characteristic unblinking stare and started cracking up uncontrollably.”
“It was ****ing hilarious. The idiot was in full green makeup.
He looked like Kermit the Frog’s lovechild,” said one of the Blue Men. “We’re professionals, sure. But showing up to an audition like that is priceless. What a dimwit.” Gruden had a similar problem last Halloween, when he dressed his 5 year old son Troy as a Lavender Smurf, leading to an entire night of wedgies and mockery from the neighborhood children.
That is sooo priceless..