Dear pen pal, I’m told where you live Is really quite far Would you please send directions On how I can get where you are? Your friend, Charlie Brown. - YGMCB soundtrack
I was telling some friends this story yesterday and thought I’d share. . .
Back when I was young and somewhat less ugly that I am today, I used to be involved pretty heavily in theatre in our part of the world. So I was about 17 and auditioning for the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”. I stood there under that one silly beam of light and read for Charlie Brown. My line was “Who is Socrates anyway?” Me being nervous and not recognizing the name in print pronounced it as it looked, “SOcrAtes”, long O, long A. It got a great laugh. Of course I didn’t understand the joke and went ahead stone faced with the rest of the dialogue.
I got the lead role!! I don’t know how many people since then have said to me, “of all the Charlie Browns in the world, YOU are the Charlie Browniest!”. Maybe that’s true.
After suckering into an April Fools post, irritating a friend while trying to do something nice, and wrapped up and worrying about more little daily things than I should. . . I was really feeling like I was back on that stage.
Is really quite far
Would you please send directions
On how I can get where you are?
Your friend, Charlie Brown.
- YGMCB soundtrack
Back when I was young and somewhat less ugly that I am today, I used to be involved pretty heavily in theatre in our part of the world. So I was about 17 and auditioning for the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”. I stood there under that one silly beam of light and read for Charlie Brown. My line was “Who is Socrates anyway?” Me being nervous and not recognizing the name in print pronounced it as it looked, “SOcrAtes”, long O, long A. It got a great laugh. Of course I didn’t understand the joke and went ahead stone faced with the rest of the dialogue.
I got the lead role!! I don’t know how many people since then have said to me, “of all the Charlie Browns in the world, YOU are the Charlie Browniest!”. Maybe that’s true.
After suckering into an April Fools post, irritating a friend while trying to do something nice, and wrapped up and worrying about more little daily things than I should. . . I was really feeling like I was back on that stage.