Super Fountain Valley Bros.

photo credit: Claudia Cheffs

This year\’s Edison Assembly takes a hint from a couple of successful entertainers

By: Alex Chiang and Misael Galdamez, staff writers

Hostage football captains, Edison nerds, dancing Shy Guys, and Mario and Luigi live.  These characters could only mean one thing: the 2008 Edison Game assembly.

On November 7th, students gathered in the gym for the annual assembly dedicated to the elevation of Fountain Valley and the degradation of Edison. Playing on the Mario Brothers theme, ASB used a clever story plot to move a story line across. Peach (Kazlen Christy) and the Baron football captains are kidnapped by Bowser (Kevin Chen), and the Edison nerds. Mario and Luigi (Joe Nguyen and Matt Trujillo) embark upon a mission to rescue them.

There are levels and obstacles that Nguyen and Trujillo must cross to save Christy and the Baron football captains. There is dancing and cheering intersecting the rescue, but ultimately, the Fountain Valley Bros. team is successful.

“The Mario theme was tight,” says junior George Tran . From the creativity of the moving coin blocks to the ridiculousness of the Bowser costume, the assembly demonstrated a lot of effort from its producers. Although the humor seemed a bit forced at times, Nguyen and Trujillo dominated the auditorium, and Luigi\’s ongoing jealousy for Mario was an amusing touch.

The assembly was chock full of “Marioisms.” When the brothers claimed a star, the Super Mario 64 clip of “Here we gooo!” was played. In one instance in the 3B assembly when it was not broadcast, the two provided their own rendition.

“I like how the two guys playing Mario and Luigi improvised,” says junior Timmy Huynh, “but the assembly eventually became repetitive.”

There were two assemblies during 3^rd period that used both sides of the gym. Despite this effort to provide space for everyone, there were still people who had to sit on the bleacher steps. And although few could deny that the production wasn\’t entertaining, some had a few complaints or comparisons.

“[The assembly] was entertaining and funny,” says senior Paula Nguyen, “but I also felt that the assembly was pointless. I didn\’t feel any more inspired or excited.”

“No assembly has topped freshman year\’s [‘06],” says Senate member Carlos Xitumul, junior. “Everyone was hyped for that assembly, and it was more like a pep rally. It brought the school together, which is what [Fountain Valley] really needs.”