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This was a really fun format. I hope it returns at some point.
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It was a fun show. Every scene was edited with us getting up and moving the chairs (I think we had 10) into a new configuration, while our Chair Moving Song played. I had a secret goal of getting that song stuck in everyone's heads for days. I hope I succeeded.

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kbadr wrote:Every scene was edited with us getting up and moving the chairs (I think we had 10) into a new configuration, while our Chair Moving Song played.
What song?
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The Third Man theme

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kbadr wrote:The Third Man theme
Oh fucking hell yeah!! I was already sorry I had to miss the show before I knew there was fucking zither!
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We used a song from The Third Man in our first Hoover's Blanket show!!!
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HerrHerr wrote:We used a song from The Third Man in our first Hoover's Blanket show!!!
We did? Which scene?

I don't think I'd seen the film at that point so I didn't recognize it.

You really need to compile a mix CD for every show you/we have done. So many songs (particularly from that first show) are permanently bound to an insane Chris Allen Sketch in my mind.

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kbadr wrote:We did? Which scene?

I don't think I'd seen the film at that point so I didn't recognize it.

You really need to compile a mix CD for every show you/we have done. So many songs (particularly from that first show) are permanently bound to an insane Chris Allen Sketch in my mind.
Andy P. would know for certain, but wasn't it the Banjo Dan's Variety hour theme?
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HerrHerr wrote:
kbadr wrote:We did? Which scene?

I don't think I'd seen the film at that point so I didn't recognize it.

You really need to compile a mix CD for every show you/we have done. So many songs (particularly from that first show) are permanently bound to an insane Chris Allen Sketch in my mind.
Andy P. would know for certain, but wasn't it the Banjo Dan's Variety hour theme?
I rarely confirm or deny anything, but I'll make an exception. It was a game-show-sounding version of The Harry Lime Theme from The Third Man that was used in Banjo Dan's Variety Hour. It's hard to recognize it as coming from the original song.

Are you sure you would want THIS on a CD:

O Fortuna – Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
Meltdown – Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack - Kronos Quartet
Freddie Freeloader – Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
Nocturnes - No 1. in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 – Nocturnes - Frederic Chopin
Driving Me Backwards – Here Come the Warm Jets – Brian Eno
Summer Night – Love Songs – Miles Davis
Dave the Butcher – Swordfishtrombones – Tom Waits
All Out of Love – Ultimate Air Supply – Air Supply
Drugs – Fear of Music – Talking Heads
Give It All You Got – Greatest Hits – Chuck Mangione
Runnin’ Down a Dream – Full Moon Fever – Tom Petty
The Harry Lime Theme – Game show sounding version
Yellow – Parachutes – Coldplay
We Built This City – Starship (Instrumental lounge version by Pat Buchta)
Banana – Bandido Rock – Joe King Carasco & Las Coronas
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Post by Lindsey »

I am definitely sorry I missed this. I mean the sheer number of chairs promised in the title is compelling enough. That's alot of chairs.
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Asaf wrote:Are you performing this format more than just this once? I would be curious to see it when I get back.
kbadr wrote:We'll probably bust it out again at some point.
York99 wrote:This was a really fun format. I hope it returns at some point.
Lindsey wrote:I am definitely sorry I missed this. I mean the sheer number of chairs promised in the title is compelling enough. That's alot of chairs.
If you loved Chairs! or just missed it the first time, then you'll love the 2008 Hideout revival of Chairs!: http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?t=7483
PGraph plays every Thursday at 8pm! https://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/pgraph/
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