That statement caused Basil quite a bit of inner turmoil, but he decided to squash it for the moment and let Colette watch. Sooner or later the music would get loud enough proper conversation wasn't going to be possible anyways.
He did this by finishing his pint and handing the glass to the waitress as she came around with his next one.
As Basil had stated, the show was consistently themed to cartoons now considered nostalgic and often times characterised as 'sexy', mostly of the female variety but a few men, all portrayed by 'The Captain'. There was an act for Ms Bellum, Gadget (also by Louie) Betty Boop, Velma, Princess Jasmine, Betty Rubble, Tinkerbell, Red from the Tex Avery shorts, Ursula, Hello Nurse, Tuxedo Mask, Harley Quinn, Emeralda, and a dual act between the Captain and Louie portraying Penelope Pussycat and Pepe Le Pew set to 'Bad Romance'.
There was only one modern entry on the roster of characters portrayed,
Sapphire and Ruby from Stephen Universe.
The acts were mostly strip teases as had become common place in burlesques, but a few of the girls weren't dancers but singers. On the occasions they were singers, the girls weren't taking off their clothes which caused catcalls encouraging the women to 'take it off', but Basil did not engage in such lewd behavior. Actually, Basil remained silent for most of the show (only applauding at the end of acts as was the standard for performances or laughing at obvious jokes) partially out of respect for the performers, and partially because he was watching Colette like a hawk out of fear she was going to storm out at any moment and with the last thing she said to him still wandering around in his think box.
There was an obvious entry missing from this list of characters, but just after 'Louie' announced the last act, the Captain returned to perform the one that seemed missing. He was wearing a matching sequined suit, again with the impossibly tight pants and a purple bowtie and gloves without a dress shirt underneath. It was like the Joker had a baby with Jessica, but on one level it did work.
The Captain was a ginger.
"You have plenty money and you're handsome too
But you let all those women make a fool of you
Why don't you do right? Like some other men do
Get outta here, and get me some money too."
His act seemed to mimic Jessica's too, flirting with the men in the crowd. The assembled group and chosen individuals both seemed to be taking it just fine, one of them flirted back with 'The Captain' to his amusement.
"Now if you had been better a few years ago
You wouldn't be wandering now from door to door
Why don't you do right? Like some other men do
Get outta here, and get me some money too."
He was sidling up on them now, and if Colette were frightened she'd be made a center of attention, she wasn't. But Basil was. Grabbing his hat off the table where it'd been laid for safety and leaning across it, The Captain reached out and grabbed Basil by the tie, pulling him towards him as if things were about to get saucy.
"Why don't you do right? Like some other men do." As he elongated his last note, he shoved Basil's hat into his face, blinding him temporarily as he walked away.
"Goodnight everyone!" He stated as the crowd cheered him out, The light went out on the Captain and he disappeared.
Now into this third pint, Basil was still fighting his own hat off his face.