He wore it for the encore at the Chicago Theatre in February 2000. It created some cognitive dissonance in the crowd, as he was singing Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. Here was one of the great ballads of his career, peppered with a not-unrobust wave of laughter. The people sat in front of me even had a "WTF was THAT about?" exchange as we left the theatre. "It totally ruined the song!" (To be fair, they were newer fans, as they also said they liked the "new song about the people planning your downfall" in reference to The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils.)
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