1.0 star rating
8/21/2022
A comedy tour bus is fun idea, but the Burgh Bus wasn't successful in implementing the concept.
Alleged comedian Connie Dusak was ill-prepared to lead the tour. She was the last person on the bus, and she scrambled to sort a pile of papers on the podium as the bus took off from the bus stop. After some paper-shuffling, she landed on one yellow page of hand-written notes, and she read about a paragraph of content. This was the best few minutes of the tour, but she couldn't keep up with the pace of. the tour and the disorganized notes, so she abandoned the script.
Connie spoke from a podium facing the back of the bus, which further illustrated her lack of preparedness. She identified some landmarks when they came into her view, which meant they were often beyond the view of the forward-facing passengers. When she pointed out landmarks, she described seeing something "on the left" when they were on her left, but on the right side of the bus as viewed by the forward-facing passengers.
Connie wasn't particularly funny, either. She tried to make humor from holding up a photoshopped image of Fred Rogers holding up his middle finger, and when her first attempt didn't work she kept on trying without success.
As the trip progressed, the music got louder, and the muffled commentary became more difficult to comprehend. After the "potty stop" in a warehouse parking lot on the South Side, we just sort of gave up on listening to Connie. It wasn't worth the effort.
This is a BYOB bus ride, and it seems that arriving with an elevated blood alcohol level is an essential component of the ride. If you run out of alcohol, they sell more at the potty stop. However, the level of intoxication required to enjoy this ride wasn't advisable for our 1:00 p.m. departure.
It's a sad little bus ride. Travelers who don't need to travel with an open container of alcohol will find a good guide book and a $7 Pittsburgh Regional Transit day pass to be a better alternative. read more