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Staff ed: Titular Head 2009 was a great success

We were not impressed last year when Conor Mcgee ’08 downed an entire flask, took off his pants and made out with two different girls onstage while emceeing Tit Head, and we were far from delighted when he spent the entire night harassing the audience and failing to introduce even one video—his only real job. In addition to the drunken emcee, few movies were particularly noteworthy, and the campus seemed to forget about the event within just a few days.

Needless to say, those of us who experienced the misfortune of last year’s Tit Head were pleasantly surprised by this year’s show. Emcee Rachel Fields ’09 not only successfully introduced each video, but did so without antagonizing the entire room. Even though she was barely audible beneath the bellows of drunken viewers, her charm and humor managed to get her jumped by multiple horny audience members. All without removing any articles of clothing!

The event itself was well coordinated by Mark Sullivan ’10 and Dan Neely ’09. Each film was preceded by a transitional clip, which helped refine the evening. That sense of refinement was mirrored in the movies themselves, many of which utilized high quality effects and cinematic techniques not frequently seen in Tit Head films of the past. Still, Tit Head managed to retain an air of grunginess that seems to be its staple.

A combination of factors—a coherent and engaging emcee, entertaining films, and two, count them, two, phalli—made this year’s Tit Head an overwhelming success. We enjoyed it so much that we got three tickets of our own to make a lame movie, and as long as T-Pain doesn’t show up, we’re bringin’ you. Don’t forget your flippy floppies.

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    Conor McGeeJul 13, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    Let me stet that with an edit.

    What about that classy ballroom dancing episode–you weren’t impressed by my dancing skills? You also appear to have forgotten that it was Dan and Mark (also Titular Heads in 2008) who took off my pants. Not me. And for the record, I downed the whole fifth of Makers’ Mark (that flask was for my friends), and only made out with one of the girls on-stage. If bringing up the ballroom dancing episode failed to remind you of the evening’s high refinement and my prior extensive service to our student body in upholding a classy interpretation of the Harris factor (Winter Waltz ’06), then it probably won’t help to point out how classless it is to trash alumni in a student newspaper, nor to mention that I was duly propositioned immediately after the show. This is why the MC smokes cigarettes onstage. As for how that turned out, well, let’s just say I wouldn’t want to antagonize the entire room at this point. So if your precious Titular Head was so special in 2009, then I’m sure it had notoriety enough to be a successful event without pulling an elephant out of the closet.

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    Conor McGeeJul 13, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    What about that classy ballroom dancing episode–you weren’t impressed by my dancing skills? You also appear to have forgotten that it was Dan and Mark (also Titular Heads in 2008) who took off my pants. Not me. And for the record, I downed the whole fifth of Makers’ Mark (that flask was for my friends), and only made out with one of the girls on-stage. If bringing up the ballroom dancing episode failed to remind you of my extensive service to our student body in upholding a classy interpretation of the Harris factor in the years prior to this review (Winter Waltz ’06), then it probably won’t help to point out how classless it is to trash alumni in a student newspaper, nor to mention that I was duly propositioned immediately after the show. This is why the MC smokes cigarettes onstage. As for how that turned out, well, let’s just say I wouldn’t want to antagonize the entire room at this point. So if your precious Titular Head was so special in 2009, then I’m sure it had notoriety enough to be a successful event without pulling an elephant out of the closet.

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