"Oh Fudge!" with GM and Dr. C (original version, before the only rehearsal revealed it to run far past its alloted 6 minutes, and that most of the visual jokes wouldn't be visible past the first row of the open air stage) (with yr hmbl typst and Dr. Richard Cooper of WMU)
GM comes on stage, with cart. Cart contains two stands, a wind up portable
phonograph, and art supplies – pastel sticks, four cardboard sheets (black on
one side, white on the other).
GM goes off stage to bring in Dr. C. Dr. C is apprehensive about being on
stage. He helps GM place the stands in
front and winds up the phonograph.
(Now this whole bit has been reduced to having the posts already on stage, and GM and Dr. C coming onstage at the same time. That saved 34 minutes alone.)
(Now this whole bit has been reduced to having the posts already on stage, and GM and Dr. C coming onstage at the same time. That saved 34 minutes alone.)
GM produces a record from the turntable, which quickly
reveals to be broken. Dr. C plays the
turntable, to the surprise of GM and Dr. C.
They take a Ta Daaaa! Credit for the trick.
Dr. C’s task will be to keep the phonograph running during
the presentation.
(The record was hardly visible, so we just went with the odd image of a wind up phonograph - a Birch portable from the 1940s - and a shellac record of a Hawaiian dance. Ironically, at the end of the performance it was this record that ended up breaking.)
(The record was hardly visible, so we just went with the odd image of a wind up phonograph - a Birch portable from the 1940s - and a shellac record of a Hawaiian dance. Ironically, at the end of the performance it was this record that ended up breaking.)
GM pulls up a cardboard sheet, and then a pastel stick. He hands Dr. C a sheet as well. They hand sheets back and forth to each other,
with increasing speed, making what seems to be random marks on the sheets.
(The sheets are pre-cut to a template. The first mark being made is along the
pre-cut area. Dr. C. will draw in the
blank portion, GM will draw upon the portion with the faintly sketched lines. We ended up with just GM doing the sketching, and Dr. C mounting the images on the poles.)
As they complete a color and move to another, they put the
used stick into a bag.
First time, it goes through the bottom to the ground.
Second time, it goes through, but they have a metal bowl to
catch it. Ta-daah!
Third time, they flip the bag upside down, and the stick
goes into the bag and stays there. Ta-daaaah!
(This whole bit was dropped, since nobody could tell what was going on past 10 feet from the stage, which turned out to be everyone)
(This whole bit was dropped, since nobody could tell what was going on past 10 feet from the stage, which turned out to be everyone)
GM uses the broken record as a knife to mime cutting the
drawings along the pre cut template.
(Nobody could see the record, so we went with an monstrously large orange cutter. People saw that!)
(Nobody could see the record, so we went with an monstrously large orange cutter. People saw that!)
The drawings are torn apart at the cut, and are mis-arranged
on the posts.
They are re-arranged to show Buster Bronco and the WMU logo
at the bottom.
Ta Daahhhh!
(And that, was that - 6 minutes!)
(And one more rehearsal would have been ideal, but live and learn! Maybe next time!)
After a considerable amount of editing.... it was trimmed to 6 minutes on stage, with this clip being the sole document, apparently! Whew! 92 degrees of fun! (note on "sole document" - cue the mysterious audio track to read out... there .... is.... one.... other.... )
(And that, was that - 6 minutes!)
(And one more rehearsal would have been ideal, but live and learn! Maybe next time!)
After a considerable amount of editing.... it was trimmed to 6 minutes on stage, with this clip being the sole document, apparently! Whew! 92 degrees of fun! (note on "sole document" - cue the mysterious audio track to read out... there .... is.... one.... other.... )
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