Posted by michael on April 12, 2002 at 10:51:00:
In Reply to: guitar player story posted by Craig Leerman on April 12, 2002 at 05:16:58:
Venue worker insists they have to put up signs in brail (OSHA required) at the production positions. Crew chief tells them to start at the spotlight booth.
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Similarly, a solid practical joke. Worker shows up for spot-op call wearing dark glasses and poking a cane around at the ground.
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Outdoor concert. Beertruck hurtling across parking lot toward snake. Persons wave arms yell Stop! Stop! Beer truck driver locks up tires, now skidding across parking lot and snake. Completely grinds three snake lines into broken mush.
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Fictional: teleprompter takeover. Insert tongue twisters into text. I suggested several multisyllable words in a row followed by strings of short choppy one syllable words and then back again...
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Real: Old guy soundman with hearing aid. Doesn't like what he hears? Reaches up and turns down the hearing aid.
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Now the stinger:
If you really really hate the engineer traveling with a play production, then deliver the wireless mics to the dressing room and dote on each performer and be real nice and doting and give each one individual attention and be certain and do it all the way through the show and in the dressing room away from the stage. Then at the next city/show when the techs try to do it the standard way - lining them up at the wireless racks backstage, they will bitch bitch bitch and claim the engineer is a jerk!!
(This was determined to be "psychological pre-loading")