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Funny Car Stories - Just for fun :)

Thu, 2 July 2009, 11:15 am

DazzaB18 posts in thread

Okay, so in another forum thread someone mentioned saying lines in the car and getting some interesting reactions from fellow commuters. This reminded me of the time I was belting out one of my songs from a show while sat at the lights waiting for a train to pass, completely oblivious to the fact that my window was wide open. The applause that greeted me as my voice faded from the big finish note kind of jarred me back into reality and the girls in the car next to me disolved into fits of giggles as I sheepishly looked to my right and said thank you.

I'm sure we've all had moments like this - where something theatre related has lead to an "amusing anecdote" while on the road to or from the theatre. I thought it would be nice to share these little stories with each other - I'm sure we can all relate :)

DazzaB

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." Scott Adams

Not quite as Traumatic...

Thu, 2 July 2009, 04:43 pm

Skybe

Although not as traumatic as the posts above, one of my favourite 'catch in the act' moment was when I was rehearsing for We Will Rock You. I work a good hour away from home and the theatre but would use this time to rehearse my opening song Sombody to Love. During this song I would have 5 backup singers (Ga-ga girls). So one day I'm driving south down the freeway belting out my song (with my windows up) and I drive past another car and in my peripheral vision I see someone in the car next to me also singing. I turn, I look and, yep you guessed it...one of my backup singers practising the exact same song. Needless to say we both could hardly drive the last 25 mins of the journey for fits of laughter.

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Funny Car Stories - Just for fun :)— DazzaB2 July 2009

I remember— Lee Sheppard2 July 2009
Tales of a Thespian - Dead Extra Walking - Part 1 — Labrug2 July 2009
- Tales of a Thespian - Dead Extra Walking - Part 2— Labrug3 July 2009
Many years ago I was— Logos2 July 2009
Not quite as Traumatic...— Skybe2 July 2009
Way, way back in the days— Tim Prosser2 July 2009
OK here goes.My wife and I— Mutley3 July 2009
- Mutley's Story Part II— Paul Treasure7 July 2009
  - and a clean-shaven Mutley— Mutley10 July 2009
Absit invidia (and DFT— Labrug3 July 2009
Not a good ear for accents...— Rebecca Jo3 July 2009
- Rooski— Labrug3 July 2009
  - Accents— Lunamynx2213 July 2009
Great when you pull it off— Rebecca Jo3 July 2009
My advice: do not sing— Walter Plinge7 July 2009
- LOL— DazzaB8 July 2009
Coco had gas— ozzieparker28 Aug 2009

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