Hey Fred Schneider, What're You Doin'?

York99 · Post by **York99** » June 3rd, 2008, 7:43 am

I'm cameoin' on The Daily Show
And makin' Justin laugh

BEST WARM UP EVER!!!!

DollarBill · Post by **DollarBill** » June 3rd, 2008, 9:49 am

Weeeeeeird, I JUST learned this warmup last weekend at my playground auditions. Did you just hear of it too? What rat on which boat brought the Schneider warmup seed to Austin? Or is it indigenous?

Jastroch · Post by **Jastroch** » June 3rd, 2008, 10:52 am

ColdTowne got it in Phoenix.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » June 3rd, 2008, 10:53 am

The Austin version is "Hey Tom Booker, what name are you dropping?"

ChrisTrew.Com · Post by **ChrisTrew.Com** » June 3rd, 2008, 10:56 am

edit: i got it from Cog at iO West before a show during Christmas

York99 · Post by **York99** » June 4th, 2008, 12:40 am

ChrisTrew.Com wrote:edit: i got it from Cog at iO West before a show during Christmas

edit: I got it from Chris Trew in Janua.... oh, right.

Lants · Post by **Lants** » June 4th, 2008, 2:39 pm

Avoiding Salmonella
By cleaning this SPATULA!

it's a pretty sweet game, alright!

Lindsey · Post by **Lindsey** » June 4th, 2008, 3:58 pm

Okay true story: first time I did this game, I kept wondering what a french diner was (as in, "Hey french diner, what are you doin?")

TexasImprovMassacre · Post by **TexasImprovMassacre** » June 13th, 2008, 1:11 am

Oh shit guys...

http://www.spike.com/episode/27576/st/2988441

LisaJackson · Post by **LisaJackson** » June 13th, 2008, 8:46 am

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:Oh shit guys...

http://www.spike.com/episode/27576/st/2988441

So you're really excited about the 99 cent shakes at Sonic.
So I just learned that there is no cent symbol on the keyboard.

TexasImprovMassacre · Post by **TexasImprovMassacre** » June 13th, 2008, 1:19 pm

LisaJackson wrote:
TexasImprovMassacre wrote:Oh shit guys...

http://www.spike.com/episode/27576/st/2988441
So you're really excited about the 99 cent shakes at Sonic.
So I just learned that there is no cent symbol on the keyboard.

1.) lisa jackson, yes, I do like shakes!
2.) YES! I dooooo like deals!
3.) did you watch the clip after the ad?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » June 13th, 2008, 4:48 pm

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:
LisaJackson wrote:
TexasImprovMassacre wrote:Oh shit guys...

http://www.spike.com/episode/27576/st/2988441
So you're really excited about the 99 cent shakes at Sonic.
So I just learned that there is no cent symbol on the keyboard.

1.) lisa jackson, yes, I do like shakes!
2.) YES! I dooooo like deals!
3.) did you watch the clip after the ad?

I bet she did! Did you know that this thread starts with Justin saying (or implying) he had seen that clip?
Thanks for posting the link, by the way. I hadn't seen it before you did.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » June 13th, 2008, 5:10 pm

We've got our finger on the pulse of America here people.

York99 · Post by **York99** » June 14th, 2008, 12:19 pm

Jeff wrote:Did you know that this thread starts with Justin saying (or implying) he had seen that clip?

Indeed that was the point, but I reserve the right for me and for any of you to post about Fred Schneider apropos of nothing.

jose · Post by **jose** » June 18th, 2008, 10:35 am

Phoenix got it from Andrew Humphries, a friend of ours in Chicago, in December 2007 - he's in The Republic, a Harold team from IO. He was visiting for the holidays and brought it to Bingo Jam.

What's funny is that right off the bat, two (meaningless) variations of it sprung up immediately on accident.

Andrew, most of us remember, introduced it as "What's Fred Schneider doing?"

Jacque of Mail Order Bride couldn't remember Fred's last name, so she changed it to "Hey there, Fred, what are you doing?"

(Most people seem to play it as "Hey, Fred Schneider - what are you doing?")

Chris of Light Rail Pirates later purposely / purposefully combined it with the warmup game "What are you doing?" (a person does object work and is asked what they're doing, they reply with something they're not doing, the person who asked them starts doing what the other person said, etc.).

Fred Schneider spread like wildfire, though, for sure.

Here's a story on NPR about the Chicago's House Theater. At some point, the actors warm up by playing Fred Schneider.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=16380249