The Second Marvel Of Mars

That also got me thinking about just general habits that the twins have when sleeping. Stuff like Bill not falling asleep easily and Ben falling asleep the second he closes his eyes, bill sleepwalking and ben sleeptalking,,, stuff like that

Overall very funny detail in the show :>

AHAHAHA YESS, dude I love that little tidbit so much. xD By this point y'all know how much I love giving the bee twins their own lil quirks, so ofc this moment from TOTB really stood out to me and I latched onto it so fast. I LOVE that Ben's supposedly a sleep-talker. Personally I have thought that "puffing in his sleep" could also mean he just snores… like obnoxiously snores LMAO, but I can definitely see it as him being a sleep talker too! Bro's just a loud sleeper in general I think. xD

And like at first I'm sure Bill would be quite startled if his brother just started speaking hieroglyphics in his sleep (LOL), and it would definitely make getting any shut-eye himself a LOT harder. Especially since I totally see him as being a lighter sleeper too, more restless, has more trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. All that fun stuff.

So then you toss in Ben being a heavier sleeper and his lovely habit of rambling in his sleep, and Bill's probably one more sleepless night away from seriously considering killing him- xD /lh /silly

It's extra fun bc you know that their sleeping habits likely also feed into they way they behave too; Bill not being able to sleep as well as his brother would definitely help explain why he's often the much crankier twin! xD I also find it amusing to think that, based on how Ben reacted in TOTB, he's genuinely just in complete denial about the fact he "puffs in his sleep" LMAO like dude is out like a light, he doesn't remember any of this, so he just thinks Bill's complaining for the sake of complaining LOL (Albeit maybe his reaction that time was literally just bc he genuinely wasn't doing it that time, but I find the idea of Ben being in denial over it much, MUCH funnier xD poor Bill!) Although despite all that, thankfully, I do think Bill's definitely had the time to grow more accustomed to it. xD It still wakes him up every now and then for sure, and you bet he ALWAYS gives Ben grief over it, but I feel like he's at that point where he's getting better at tuning it out. And given the choice, I still think he'd choose to sleep next to Ben then anywhere else. Funnily enough, as much as he'll complain about it, I think hearing Ben's nightly ramblings is sort of... comforting? I personally HC that bc he's so used to it at this point, sleeping away from Ben (or Ben sleeping quietly) actually makes Bill MORE nervous. Hell, he might even think something was wrong if Ben isn't snoring obnoxiously or reciting every single letter of the alphabet in his sleep! Not to say that he appreciates being rudely awoken at 3 am by him though, bc he very much still does not! x'DD (Also as a semi-related note, love the idea of Ben not snoring/sleeptalking bc he's having a nightmare, and Bill immediately noticing it and realizing something's up. <3 Wholesome bee moments yes plz-) I hadn't considered Bill being a sleepwalker, though, but I find that very interesting! :O And I do like it! Given the restless type of sleeper he is I can definitely see it for him LOL

I just hope to god it's more of a human AU quirk of his and doesn't extend to his engine self as well, or, well… let's just hope his driver always remembers to dampen his fire down fully and set his brakes LMAOOO /lh /silly (Otherwise, well… I'm currently picturing a sort of "Thomas Comes to Breakfast" scenario but with a sleeping Bill; now THAT's a funny thought! xD Not so fun for the quarrymen though I bet!)

Jesus screamed “JESUS CHRIST YOU STABBED ME”.

Since that Jesus had to be taken down due to a bad case of stab-itis, the backup Jesus came in, but he weighed significantly less than the original Jesus- which would have been fine, except that at the end the cross was supposed to ascend upwards with Jesus on it, and the weights hadn’t been adjusted.

my first year doing this, our industry contacts were 1 actor, 1 casting director, and 1 producer to get different aspects of the business, and they all gave us amazing advice and told fantastic stories. the actor in question was Zazu on Broadway’s The Lion King for several years, and told the best story by far.

in The Lion King, there are only two pieces of pre-recorded noise in the whole show. one, when Pumbaa does a MASSIVE fart while fighting the hyenas, and the other being Mufasa saying REMEMBERRRRRR as Simba climbs Pride Rock. the actor told us while struggling not to laugh that, during one night’s performance, someone forgot to flip the tape of these pre-recorded noises.

so, at the end of the show, the great climax where Simba finally accepts his place in the Circle of Life, the heavens parted and-

PFFFFFFFFFRRRRRBTFTBTBFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

everyone froze. and then all ran off stage positively HOWLING with laughter.

Originally, the actors were going to stroll on stage with our Lefou hauling in the really neat (and real!) taxidermied deer head that we had found in a local thrift store. Now, two days before opening night, our director wants Lefou to run in from off stage and catch a stuffed duck that Gaston has just shot. This, of course, requires two things to work properly as a scene: a gunshot noise, and a stuffed duck.

The gunshot noise, we had covered. Blue-collar, redneck school? Guns a plenty to record. The stuffed duck? Harder than you might have thought to obtain.

Three hunting stores, two taxidermists, and one Pet Supply Store ™, I’d finally found a semi-realistic pheasant squeaky toy. What follows is an account of the ways this dog toy managed to be the nightmare prop of the six show run.

Opening Night: The stagehand, who was supposed to drop the bird from the ceiling catwalk, missed his cue and didn’t drop the it. Lefou’s actor rolls with it and does an excellent job of looking around foolishly before getting cuffed upside the head by Gaston. The stagehand then drops the bird squarely on Gaston’s head. Cue laughter.

Saturday Matinee: Different stagehand throws the bird instead of dropping it and beans Lefou directly in the face with the prop. Lefou falls over. Cue laughter.

Saturday Night: Bird is missing during curtain call. Director hauls the deer head down from it’s place on the tavern wall and tells Gaston and Lefou to revert to the old blocking i.e. no gunshot, no bird, just walk in with trophy. During Gaston and Lefou’s conversation, gun shot sound goes off and a stagehand throws the bird onto the stage…from the wrong side of the stage. Lefou and Gaston stare at it in awkward silence for a solid thirty seconds before Lefou makes off-script, subtle joke about Gaston’s gun going off late instead of early. Cue adults in the audience laughing.

Sunday Matinee: Director begs the stagehands to get the cue right at least once. Gunshot and bird prop go off without a hitch. Lefou accidentally catches the prop when it falls from the catwalk. He’s so startled that he caught it that Gaston runs right in to him. They drop both the gun and the bird props, and grab the wrong prop in their scramble. Gaston spends the rest of the scene gesturing dramatically with a stuffed pheasant, instead of a gun.

Sunday Night:  Director is fed up with bird prop, decides that Lefou should just carry bird prop in after gunshot happens off stage. Lefou accidentally squeezes the prop during the intro conversation, startling both actors into silence with the squeaky toy noise - apparently, neither of them realized it was a dog toy.

It was awesome because when people saw the play and didn’t know the girls were identical twins, it literally looked like it was one actor doing multiple, uber fast costume changes.

One of our first performances was for our peers and it was a big school so lots of people didn’t know the twins. This - for some reason - was also the performance they chose to record.

Listening to the confusion of the audience during the playback was fantastic and completely topped by the moment Viola walked off stage left just as Sebastian walked on stage right and someone right beside the camera goes “OH WHAT THE FUCK” so loudly it drowned out everything else.

It’s like our third show and everything has been going surprisingly well. Hook and Smee climb to the top of the “tree trunk”, supposedly looking for Peter and not knowing they’re standing above his hiding spot the whole time.

Turns out someone didn’t close the trapdoor properly, because the second Hook steps on it, he plunges through the thing. He’s able to catch himself, but he’s got his ass and one leg dangling through this hole where it’s like a ten foot drop to the ground. All of us stage crew are literally two feet away from him offstage, just gaping at him because???? Y'all this fall looked BAD. Looked like my dude did the splits in mid air. The whiplash caused his fucking wig to come off. The audience is dead silent, all of us backstage are dead silent, the director is like already looking up how to treat a broken groin.

So, it's since been adapted into an anime, and Tommy S. Gordon was cut.... but Willie Wanda wasn't.

R.I.P. Tommy S. Gordon

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Our voices matter!

Dude Ty has tried to reason with you for 3-5 seasons(my memory is rusty, I’m back on season one)and you are as obsessed as Megatron

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