Josh's Van Helsing Shtick
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Van Helsing is an action horror movie that came out in 2004. Josh took note of a particular scene in a television commercial that seems to take place at a fancy party. Van Helsing swings from a chandelier onto a balcony while a finely dressed man stands in the center of the room reaching his right arm up in apparent fury. As the man extends his arm above him, he yells "Van HELSING!!". Josh enjoyed the rising tone of the man's unexplained rage. Taking this and running with it, any time the movie or even the character's name was mentioned, Josh would imitate the angry man, raising his arm and yelling "Van HELSING!" not usually concerned with where he was when doing so. Josh began applying the angry shout to anything that started with "Van". This included street names (Vanowen, Vanalden), the city of Van Nuys, and other various "van"s. The general favorite of anyone who had heard Josh do this was "Van ACCESSIBLE!"
Josh continued to do this for a good time after the premiere of the movie and realized it had begun to get old. Looking for a good way to retire the act, Josh took advantage of a trip with some friends to Universal Studios. It was around Halloween and the park had a Van Helsing themed haunted house. After going through it with his friends, Josh noticed a park worker dressed in a Van Helsing costume. Seizing his once in a lifetime opportunity, Josh raise his arm in the air in fury and screamed out "Van HELSING!". The man was slightly taken aback by the sudden outburst as were the surrounding people. Josh immediately took a friendly tone, waved, said "Hey!", and walked off with his friends stifling laughter.
Josh has never done his Van Helsing shtick since, feeling that "there was no better way to end it."
Josh continued to do this for a good time after the premiere of the movie and realized it had begun to get old. Looking for a good way to retire the act, Josh took advantage of a trip with some friends to Universal Studios. It was around Halloween and the park had a Van Helsing themed haunted house. After going through it with his friends, Josh noticed a park worker dressed in a Van Helsing costume. Seizing his once in a lifetime opportunity, Josh raise his arm in the air in fury and screamed out "Van HELSING!". The man was slightly taken aback by the sudden outburst as were the surrounding people. Josh immediately took a friendly tone, waved, said "Hey!", and walked off with his friends stifling laughter.
Josh has never done his Van Helsing shtick since, feeling that "there was no better way to end it."