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• I can think of few people luckier than Jonny Cigar to have the misfortune of receiving a free case of wine, and I can think of few places worse than my apartment for that wine to be brought, but on Tuesday night I hosted a small gathering of a dozen people vs. a dozen bottles. One of the guests was my friend Solsky, who brought three things: even stronger recommendations for a film he’s previously recommended, a book he’d bought that day that I’ve reread every year for the past decade, and… a bottle of wine? To a party with 12 bottles of free wine?
  
  After the crowd thinned out a bit, Brian, Danielle, Amelia, Jonny, Nick and I crowded around the laptop to watch Danielle’s brilliant video of Jonny Cigar arriving at Morgan’s loft to his own roast on August 9, 2009.
  
  A backstory, briefly: Jonny asked his best man (brother, Steven) not to throw him a bachelor party. Steven decided to organize a surprise “Roast” instead, in the format of classic “Dean Martin Presents…” style roasts of yesteryear. Steven graciously allowed me to play host for the evening. We all met at Morgan’s an hour before to rehearse and get suited up, soused, and positioned for Jonny’s entrance. Jonny, meanwhile, was under the impression he was celebrating Morgan’s birthday. Feeling dragged along by his fiancee, Jonny polished off a full bottle of red before he even left the house. Knowing Morgan wouldn’t have whiskey, he brought along two Jameson miniatures, stuffed in his suit pockets. When this video starts, he is under the impression he’s seeing photographs of Morgan’s recent skydiving trip in the other room.

  Jonny’s exclamation, when he realizes his mother is in attendance, is priceless.

  17 Sep 2009 / 3 notes