Comments | howardtayler: Mob Madness, 1996

howardtayler

Mob Madness, 1996

Oct 14, 2009 22:55

I ran sound for a comedy troupe called "The Garrens" back in the mid-90's, and one of their largest performances was to be held at a Brigham Young University freshman orientation event. There were about 2,000 kids (even then they looked like kids to me) in attendance ( Read more... )

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goodluckfox October 15 2009, 06:23:25 UTC

I absolutely *loved* the bit with the installer drones. Will Ennesby be keeping four or five of them as a back up singer/dancers?

That is, assuming they're not all destroyed in The Doom(tm) that is sure to follow. :)

gurgi October 15 2009, 07:51:13 UTC

Not everything ends in doom...

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Yeah, I don't believe I said that either...

seawasp October 15 2009, 13:36:19 UTC

What could possibly go wrong?

ladyfox7oaks October 15 2009, 16:38:42 UTC

OH, you WOULD have to use one of the Greater Summoning Trigger phrases... DIDN'T YOU!?!?

wulfbyu October 15 2009, 06:51:43 UTC

I personally was quite happy to see a reference back to Ennesby's origins as a holographic boy band. Sometimes it's easy to see his depth, logic, and intelligence and forget where he came from. Remembering it made me giggle a bit today. :-D

Also, I had no idea you ran sound for The Garrens. I was introduced to them in their twilight season but thoroughly enjoyed them through that season.

I DO remember the unholy power that the Macarena once held, however... *shudders*

That was YOU! metaweta January 6 2010, 06:42:38 UTC

There was an improv comedy bit I was at, and someone started swinging something around and quoting Star Wars. Then you made the speaker squelch for sound effects! You got a standing ovation for that.

balorn October 15 2009, 07:01:05 UTC

I've seen similar effects recently at anime conventions when someone plays "Caramelldansen", though admittedly they rarely all line up unless they see a video camera. Here are several examples.

petronivs October 15 2009, 11:29:10 UTC

It's sometimes amazing what people will do when they see a video camera.

seawasp October 15 2009, 13:35:39 UTC

At (I think) Katsucon 2, during the dance, Rob Lantz put on "X", from the X:1999 trailer (great trailer, great music, movie sucked), and the entire ROOM was screaming "X!" and making the X symbol with their arms for the whole thing, while dancing. This included me, and I normally don't dance.

becky_black October 15 2009, 08:10:26 UTC

I saw an episode of some TV show - can't recall which one - where the villain used the whole "call and response" thing, getting the crowd to repeat back to the singer on stage, for evil purposes, summoning demons or soemthing I think. Neat!

Crowds are weird things.

harper_knight October 15 2009, 09:14:52 UTC

One of the best, and excellently spine-tingling examples of this I know of is the version of Master of Puppets on the Symphony & Metallica album. A stadium full of people yelling "Master! Master!" at James Hetfield.. it's an excellent version of a good song.

johnridley October 15 2009, 12:34:58 UTC

Ingrained responses are fun.
http://mademelaugh.com/funny-pictures/dumb-dumberer-and-dumbest-marco-polo-thief/

ladyfox7oaks October 15 2009, 16:46:31 UTC

My brain wants to say they did something similar in "Hocus Pocus", that movie with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as witches?

klingonguy October 15 2009, 11:54:34 UTC

The horror! The horror!