At the debut of Extreme Bikini Bowling at Tempe Village Lanes, Evil Ed is uncharacteristically nervous. Extreme Bikini Bowling is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. It's a few minutes past, yet there are only about 100 bowlers here. Many of them are Evil Ed's friends and did not have to pay at the door. If this were Los Angeles or Las Vegas, this place would be packed.
Phoenix has no sense of culture.
The lane lights are turned low, giving the alley a nightclub feel. The girls are huddled in bikini-thonged packs in the back of the alley and have yet to join the bowlers. Evil Ed explains he originally booked the Kiss Wear Bikini Team calendar girls to bowl. So Evil Ed also invited the Bud Girls and the Castle Boutique Girls. She sets up a table for her girls to sign calendars instead.