Aesthet-O-Rama title
The year was 1985, and Ned Kelly had a problem. He and some of his little juggler friends had booked a weekend to perform at the Valencia Rose nightclub in San Francisco. But soon the others announced to Ned they had other plans, and he was left to wonder how he would ever pull off a full evening show by himself. I know what you're thinking--this story is already so charged with tension and high drama, someone should sell the treatment to Hollywood. But wait, it gets better. Ned made a quick call to his reliable friends. There was Jeff Walker, fine artist and juggler extraordinaire. And there were the gentlemen of Laughing Moon Theatre, Bob Venezia and Bliss Kolb. Of course Ned's true friends rose to the occasion, and the four quickly collaborated on an evening of circus skills, fine art, and comedy that has rarely been equalled. They called their first show (and their group) Aesthet-O-Rama and it was a tremendous hit. Over the next two years the men of Aesthet-O-Rama sent shockwaves through the entertainment world with two more hit shows: Art for the Millions and The Passion of Shecky.


Jeff as Michelangelo's Ned as Munch's
Bob as Picasso's 'The Guitar Player' Bliss as Van Gogh's
The members of the Aesthet-O-Rama cast offer proof that life imitates art.



Aesthet-O-Rama Fun Facts

The odds against any four random persons meeting and forming a new vaudeville troupe are more than ten billion to one.
If the cast of Aesthet-O-Rama had the same strength-to-weight ratio as an ant, they could easily lift the Sears Tower.
In her recap for 1985, San Francisco Examiner critic Barbara Schulgasser named Art For The Millions as one of the year's theatrical highlights.

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