text: Who has not heard of this group of gyrating dudes The name evokes overly tanned greased up muscular men in spandex with major stuffed bulge staring you in the face I never considered this to be fine entertainment yet when the opportunity arose to possibly embarrass my mom I took it nnMy mom got sucked in to one of those timeshare lectures but reaped some surprising benefits a few free nights at Excalibur buffet coupons and tickets to shows We looked at our choices which did not strike my fancy until I looked over the words Thunder From Down Under I wanted to see my mom blush so I urged nay begged that we get two tickets to see this show nnThe show takes place in a small dark room with long tables There is a small stage and a bar towards the back I expected an auditorium so was very surprised at this compact space Aside from my mom and myself there was a group of about fifteen drunk chicks doing the bachelorette party thing celebrating their friends few last nights of freedom The veil tipped me off nnWe are seated and then a screen comes down and a video collage of footage of the men from tv shows is shown Yawn After the optical assault the men I described in the first paragraph come strutting out doing the most simple dance moves known to man These are guys with no rhythm whatsoever Its almost painful to watch but I try to keep the mood light and clap alongside the rowdy drunk girls hooting and hollering nnThere are a few group dances and each dancer has an individual routine The formula for all of them is the same a somewhat serious attempt to dance well and then the clothes start coming off I assumed this would be full frontal nudity but had to settle for spandex briefs I fully understood what the long table was for Many dancers used it as a catwalk and one even did pelvic thrusts in my moms face as she sat cross armed and very bored looking I was yelling and clapping at that point Embarrass my mom Yeah nnAt one point one girl is taken up on stage and is given a lap dance The MC decided to pick the most shitfaced girl out of the bunch and it was hard to watch at some moments The poor girl could barely talk I am surprised her legs continued to support her nnAfter all my less that stellar descriptions of this event why three stars Because its a silly yet slightly entertaining totally ridiculous show for calendar men to extend their career before their looks start to fail them Unfortunately my mom was not embarrassed like I would hope she would be but at least I got to say I experienced the Thunder From Down Under no matter how unimpressed I was