On July 25, 1998, The Comedy Pigs presented their first "Miss Pig" pageant.
It involved women contestants fighting it out for the coveted first crown.
The event was a true beauty pageant with real categories and judges. Crazy
man Kip Koontz envisioned the idea and set it all up. He thought it would be funny
if a man dressed up like a women to enter, and of course, that man ended up being me.
He also had another guy, but that guy (Steve Lofts) dressed like a man and
protested the fact that he was barely allowed to compete because of the "just women
allowed" rule of pageants.
I was given the character name of "Miss Overlook" who, oddly enough, had
strong ties to the local police department (wink...wink). The name, of course, was a
play on words referencing the Frederick overlook and the fun and excitement that goes on
up there. If you don't know what goes on at the Frederick overlook, consider
yourself lucky.
We all competed ferociously in the evening gown, swimsuit, talent and question
categories. My evening gown and walking around gown was brilliantly acquired from
goodwill by my good friend Maud. My swimsuit was brilliantly acquired by cutting up
an old t-shirt & underwear. My talent was brilliantly making fart noises coming
from my hands. Commonly known as "The Amazing Magical Mystical Musical
Hands." I think my question was something like "If I were a food, what
kind of food would I be." I have no idea how I answered that one.