Jan's Bag - 2012 Edition

[nasty_khakis]

I hope she gets her Tony engraved with something like "Suck it, Bernie!"

[qolbinau]

Jan Maxwell is a professional. She will probably thank Bernadette in her speech.

[Playbilly]

Thank Bernadette for sucking so bad that all the FOLLIES votes will go to her!

[qolbinau]

If only Bernadette was driving that van a little faster...

[nasty_khakis]

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]

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]

Let's just move the ceremony from the Beacon to Jan's bag.

[adamgreer]

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]

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]

So it would be like Cash Cab, but for gay people.

[bwaylvsong]

Adamgreer, I actually didn't know that, which might be why I left it out

[AC126748]

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]

They might get sued by the discovery channel because they already had that episode when Seth Rudetsky was on it...

[henrikegerman]

Thanks for the explanations, Adam and Bwaylvsong. It's starting to make some sense now.

[f13overture]

Does Jan know about this running joke?