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Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition

nasty_khakis
Broadway Star
joined:3/15/07
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 07:11pm
I hope she gets her Tony engraved with something like "Suck it, Bernie!"
qolbinau
Broadway Legend
joined:6/29/08
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 07:13pm
Jan Maxwell is a professional. She will probably thank Bernadette in her speech.
Playbilly
Broadway Legend
joined:3/30/12
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 07:18pm
Thank Bernadette for sucking so bad that all the FOLLIES votes will go to her!
qolbinau
Broadway Legend
joined:6/29/08
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 07:20pm
If only Bernadette was driving that van a little faster...
nasty_khakis
Broadway Star
joined:3/15/07
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 07:24pm
There is no way Bernie was driving that van! Everybody knows Bernie arrives at the theater at 7am on show days. She has to feel the space and warm up for hours so she can not hit those soprano notes.

(ftr, that's a joke out of love. J'adore Bernadette but I WORSHIP Jan)
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend
joined:7/28/05
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 09:26pm
Henrik, the year Jan was nominated for more than one Tony, everyone said she "had it in the bag". She didn't win, and the next year she was nominated again, people started joking about putting the Tony in her bag.
wicked1492
Broadway Star
joined:6/18/08
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 09:34pm
Let's just move the ceremony from the Beacon to Jan's bag.
adamgreer
Broadway Legend
joined:3/18/05
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 09:54pm
Henrik, the year Jan was nominated for more than one Tony, everyone said she "had it in the bag". She didn't win, and the next year she was nominated again, people started joking about putting the Tony in her bag.

You're missing the best part of that story. The original thread had an unfortunate typo in the title- it asked, "Does Jan Maxwell already have the Tony in HER bag?" (emphasis mine)

The use of her instead of the is what prompted the joking to begin, and a legendary phrase to be coined.

And now here we are in 2012, and we've got Jan Maxwell driving around in a van with Tonys in her bag.

From the way she comes off in interviews, Maxwell seems to have a wicked sense of humor. I bet she'd find these threads about bags and vans quite amusing.
AC126748
Broadway Legend
joined:7/15/06
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 10:02pm
I think "Jan's Van" would make a great talk show. She picks someone up on the corner of 45th and Broadway, drives them around asking them questions, then unceremoniously pushes them out on the sidewalk on 12th Avenue.
Jordan Catalano
Broadway Legend
joined:10/9/05
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 10:11pm
So it would be like Cash Cab, but for gay people.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend
joined:7/28/05
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 10:14pm
Adamgreer, I actually didn't know that, which might be why I left it out
AC126748
Broadway Legend
joined:7/15/06
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 10:28pm
So it would be like Cash Cab, but for gay people.

Yeah, but the only prize is being abused by a 4-time Tony loser.
f13overture
Understudy
joined:3/9/10
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 10:44pm
They might get sued by the discovery channel because they already had that episode when Seth Rudetsky was on it...
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend
joined:4/29/05
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 10:45pm
Thanks for the explanations, Adam and Bwaylvsong. It's starting to make some sense now.
f13overture
Understudy
joined:3/9/10
Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition
Posted: 5/1/12 at 11:17pm
Does Jan know about this running joke?

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