Comments on: The Great White Way?

The Great White Way?

houseofdanie — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:51:26 -0800

Other friends and family joined in, much to Amy's surprise, and the result, captured here on video, is pretty darned delightful.

By: houseofdanie

houseofdanie — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:58:39 -0800

Oops. Via Neatorama.

By: puckish

puckish — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:00:25 -0800

So happy! The best weddings are those where the guests spontaneously burst into song - thanks for posting.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:03:00 -0800

I clicked on the link knowing I would find something to snark about... I failed.... If this doesn't make you smile you have a heart of stone and should eat worms!

By: rokusan

rokusan — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:14:06 -0800

That is the gayest wedding ever. In a good way.

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:18:50 -0800

I guess my heart is made of stone.

By: norabarnacl3

norabarnacl3 — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:24:09 -0800

I guess they really like Amy

By: Justinian

Justinian — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:25:07 -0800

If this made everybody happy, well, good for them. But I think I'm with MaryDellamorte: ugh.

By: mewithoutyou

mewithoutyou — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:28:27 -0800

That was awesome!

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:30:49 -0800

Heh. Well that was no way spontaneous and a few people seemed to have been short a rehearsal or two, but the overall effect was quite heartwarming, and the knowledgeable quotes from Broadway made it interesting in a way that family photos and videos almost never are. I was worried it was going to be a lame rendition of Say a Little Prayer For Me, which is nicely done but set in Hollywoodland where everyone knows the lyrics, meter, and pitch, but given they actually had some community theater people involved, it wasn't that bad for a one-off.

By: salvia

salvia — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:31:23 -0800

I wish you could turn off all awkward wedding toasts the same way I could turn this one off. They can sing well, though.

By: Roman Graves

Roman Graves — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:31:26 -0800

how awesome a family full of failed theater majors!

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:33:27 -0800

I'm getting the worms for you scrooges!

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:37:54 -0800

that was pretty powerful and awesome. and I can snark with the best of them. huzzah for really celebrating.

By: Kwine

Kwine — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:38:27 -0800

Made my day. Nice post!

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:39:57 -0800

There are only 8 external javascripts on metacafe. Two more and they can level up to web 3.0.

By: dog food sugar

dog food sugar — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:49:48 -0800

I liked it! I don't know why I do this, but with some regularity I like to imagine people around me breaking out into some sort of show tune like song and dance about whatever is going on. It is seriously fun. Imagine - you're at work, the grocery store, on the public transit - and everyone starts to sing about it and dance step over the backs of chairs. I know in real life it would probably sound awful and be annoying, but in my imagination it's funny and incredibly entertaining.

By: slyrabbit

slyrabbit — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:49:49 -0800

Lots of people seem to break the convention with the first dance . Everyone fell in love in the 80's yo. Brides these days also want to flaunt it down the aisle.

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:51:13 -0800

Well, I'll be darned if that didn't bring a smile to my face. Does it matter if it wasn't perfect? Adds to the charm, I say. And it's bound to be a better memory than someone's second cousin Tina singing a slightly sharp version of "The Greatest Love of All" because she's the only one in the family who can sing except for cousin Barb, but Tina was on a telethon once, so she's like the family star, and Barb really only knows pop renditions of church hymns anyway. You know.

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:52:30 -0800

And then, then, there was this one time at drama camp ...

By: Mike D

Mike D — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:53:22 -0800

Well let's see, given that absolutely everybody could carry a tune and manage a not too bad bit of hoofing, I'm guessing Amy is someone with at least a couple dozen friends traditionally found among the "Extras" cast list on the playbills, who work the Broadway restaurant circuit by day, and the bar circuit when the theaters let out. That said, it was fun to watch. I've also been to weddings where spontaneous song eruptions might have made it onto You Tube, but fortunately they all predate mini camcorders, and fewer and fewer people are around who can still sing all 300 verses of "The North Atlantic Squadron" after drinking at least two bottles of the bride's father's home made wine. Whoops, I've said too much.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:00:20 -0800

Imagine - you're at work, the grocery store, on the public transit - and everyone starts to sing about it and dance step over the backs of chairs. I was in the supermarket once and did that thing where you try to pass someone coming towards you and you both keep stepping the same way. It was a man aged about 70, and after the third or fourth attempted pass, we both started laughing and I said "shall we dance?". To my astonishment, he took me into his arms and started singing "There may be trouble ahead, but while there's moonlight, and music and love and romance, let's face the music and dance ..." as he twirled me around the aisle. It was wonderful and other shoppers applauded when we stopped. So, yes, I got with the Amy thing, and even had a little weep at it.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:00:24 -0800

1. The Man of Honor singing at the beginning is the exact kind of thing to which my daughter would respond with "I wish I had a gay best friend!!!!!" (1a: I have no idea if he is gay. But that's what my daughter's response would be.) 2. That was incredibly cute and moving for the bride, and anyone who was there, and will be a treasured memory for them forever. 3. I couldn't watch it passed when the 2nd person started to sing. I was afraid it would get too cringe-worthy for an outsider, and would rather have the experience of it being cute and fun. And since I don't know Amy, why should I be watching her wedding video? (3a: Unless someone gets hit in the balls, falls onto the cake, passes out, or all three, and it ends up on America's Funniest Home Videos.)

By: CarlRossi

CarlRossi — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:01:51 -0800

A: I love that the DJ plays a song about nameless casual sex at a wedding. B: If she thinks she's crying now, she will openly bawl at the video of this after the divorce.

By: freya_lamb

freya_lamb — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:02:44 -0800

Ah Bless. This so reminds me why I left 'showbiz'. In the way that getting repeatedly smacked in the head by golf balls reminds you why it's best not to loiter too long in the bunker.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:05:07 -0800

I guess my heart is made of stone. I think I'm with MaryDellamorte: ugh how awesome a family full of failed theater majors! You all are social failures who spend your lives snarking on the Internet because it allows you to ignore the lack of joyful things in your lives that involve normal people in the real world. We should all be happy that people do things like this for other people on their most important days.

By: mhectic

mhectic — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:06:12 -0800

I like to imagine people around me breaking out into some sort of show tune like song and dance about whatever is going on May I refer you to Improv Everywhere's Food Court Musical?

By: Justinian

Justinian — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:12:15 -0800

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:12:49 -0800

I have no idea if he is gay. As a gay man, may 'gaydar' says he is ... as are a few other of the performers!

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:13:02 -0800

And sometimes I like ice cream, too! Okay, okay, you're off the list. What kind of ice cream?

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:13:55 -0800

I cannot stand musical theater or musical films, but this was absolutely marvelous. I would name my first child after anyone who loved me enough to do something like this for me and my wife. How can anyone hate on something this caring?

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:15:27 -0800

Just wondering aloud: why was the Man of Honor barefoot?

By: dog food sugar

dog food sugar — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:19:24 -0800

Yes mhectic! Just like that! Similar old but good if you missed it: Lecture Musical.

By: houseofdanie

houseofdanie — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:23:02 -0800

slyrabbit! Those rock. Thank you.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:24:22 -0800

That was great fun. Thank you for linking it!

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:28:24 -0800

As a gay man, may 'gaydar' says he is Dude, do you really need your gaydar to determine that Amy's male maid of honor--who also sings Broadway tunes and has the organizational skills to get an entire cast singing and dancing without, apparently, the bride's knowledge--is gay?!? That's not gaydar. That's just deduction. Gaydar is that pinging sensation that goes off in your head when the guy sitting next to you in the movies puts your hand in his lap during a Mel Gibson movie.

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:30:04 -0800

That's not gaydar. That's just deduction. True, so true!

By: gummi

gummi — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:30:22 -0800

Oh great, here come the waterworks. Good stuff!

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:32:52 -0800

I'm beginning to think that this might be a viral ad for the new film Made of Honor, starring Dr. McDreamy. I keed, I keed.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:34:30 -0800

i think this is one of those things where you had to be there

By: Kibbutz

Kibbutz — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:37:16 -0800

What was the bride's name, again?

By: skepticallypleased

skepticallypleased — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:38:11 -0800

Thanks. Life SHOULD BE a song.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:38:13 -0800

Amy.

By: billybobtoo

billybobtoo — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:39:43 -0800

that was the gayest wedding ever. even the groom looked a bit light on his feet, if you get my drift. and i know you do.

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:40:10 -0800

Musical theater actors and choral singers are so painful to be around, yowza.

By: houseofdanie

houseofdanie — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:48:09 -0800

Nooo, it's one of those things where I wish I had been there.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:50:11 -0800

That was really cute and has certainly brightened my day.

By: vito90

vito90 — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:52:25 -0800

Poor groom. Amy will be insufferable after this.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:00:26 -0800

I guess my heart is made of stone. Mine's not, but I still hated it. And I mean that in the best possible way.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:03:32 -0800

Well, sure, it made it to YouTube and MetaFilter, but will it end up on Broadway?

By: lilac girl

lilac girl — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:06:14 -0800

I genuinely hope the best man gave his toast first. Poor guy.

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:07:22 -0800

I was okay until the Fiddler dancing, and then I knew that I hated them all.

By: HotPatatta

HotPatatta — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:18:18 -0800

This would never work with my tone deaf family and friends. Amy would promptly demand an annulment.

By: HotPatatta

HotPatatta — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:54 -0800

This wouldn't be such a novelty if gay marriage was legalized.

By: chillmost

chillmost — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:35:24 -0800

So, this Amy, she knows a lot of theater people?

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:35:50 -0800

I'm calling bullshit on those show folk.

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:45:15 -0800

that's some adorable right there.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:47:56 -0800

Something similar happened at my wedding, but my friends are not theater folks. They are porn actors. I posted the video, but YouTube made me take it down.

By: bwg

bwg — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:57:16 -0800

Hello, I'm Amy Walker ... Guess no one cared enough about her husband to sing about him too. But overall, it was cute.

By: Naberius

Naberius — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:12:26 -0800

Wow, no point in anyone getting married after that, is there? It's pretty much been done. And dog food sugar, there's a scrubs episode you should check out. (Not to mention the obvious Buffy episode.) Just to be clear, "episode" is a YouTube Link. I have no idea how to put the little symbol up there. Maybe it does that automatically in which case this is completely wasted. Perhaps not. We only know if we are useful in retrospect.

By: Naberius

Naberius — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:13:18 -0800

BWG - I was totally waiting for him to wrap that all up and go, "okay, now who wants to toast the groom?" :-)

By: subgear

subgear — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:14:54 -0800

I gotta get me some a them show biz kid frendz before my next wedding.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:15:32 -0800

I'm in the "if you hate this, there's something wrong with you" camp.

By: padraigin

padraigin — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:17:43 -0800

Poor groom. Amy will be insufferable after this. She's already a vegan theater dork, how much more insufferable could a person get?

By: vronsky

vronsky — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:20:28 -0800

I'm with MaryDellahottie on this one, but essexjan's story made me smile.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:27:44 -0800

I'm in the "if you hate this, there's something wrong with you" camp. I'm positive that there's plenty wrong with me, lupus. But not being moved by broadway-esque recitatives and gestures is not really among my more serious problems.

By: bunnytricks

bunnytricks — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:31:52 -0800

Something about that guy reminds me of Ben Linus, so much so that a part of me was expecting him to smash the caterer's face in with a spring baton and then pirouette and mincingly do jazz hands to shake the blood off himself.

By: tristeza

tristeza — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:44:51 -0800

My name is Amy, and now I have to go shoot myself in the face to get that goddamned tune out of my head.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:46:00 -0800

It looks as if everyone there was having a great time, so that's wonderful. Weddings are for those who are at them, so I'm glad all of Amy's friends and family pulled off this massive surprise. But I stopped watching after the dad chimed in (which was endearing, mind you), because I kind of knew where it was going but it didn't mean much to me as entertainment. I'm just not a showtunes kind of gal. But I'm pretty sure Amy's friends and family don't care one way or another what you or I think. So -- yay that they did this, that they made Amy happy, and that they made a permanent record for everyone who loved it to watch as many times as they like. I guess this means that I fail to meet the criteria for a heart of stone. But you know how freshly made custard develops a thickened skin as it cools and sets? I think I meet the heart of custard-wrapped-in-leather criteria. I can live with that.

By: kyrademon

kyrademon — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:46:30 -0800

Speaking as a fellow vegan theater dork, this warmed the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Seriously people. It was a thoughtful gesture by loving friends who clearly took an awful lot of time and effort to put together something they knew she would love and pulled it off well. We should all be lucky enough to have friends like that.

By: cachondeo45

cachondeo45 — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:51:11 -0800

I would do that for friends. I would hope friends would do that for me. But that's the musical freak inside, and honestly, who doesn't love THIS stuff? Spontaneous or rehearsed, the glass is half full, my heart is mushy, and heck yeah. (Although Bunnytricks is kind of right on. So I am just partly cynical about it. But it's a small, small part.)

By: jamesonandwater

jamesonandwater — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:56:40 -0800

The amount of organization that must have required is hard to imagine. Good for the man of honour, and the bride will be talking about this when she's 95. But, yeah, for this random internet viewers it was pretty long and painful.

By: Forktine

Forktine — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:10:13 -0800

You all are social failures who spend your lives snarking on the Internet because it allows you to ignore the lack of joyful things in your lives that involve normal people in the real world. Color me a joyless social failure then, because that video made me gag. I lasted until the second person started singing, and that was it for me. I think it's cute if it involves you or your close friend, and otherwise it is somewhere in between watching someone else's vacation photos (on a slide projector) and hearing the sex through the motel walls. Nice for them, but not something that needs to be shared with me.

By: Project F

Project F — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:10:44 -0800

Now I know the real reason gay marriage is outlawed. And I agree!

By: salvia

salvia — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:13:15 -0800

Don't you guys feel mildly embarrassed for everyone? Like "the buttsweep" comment? And the groom looks so nervous! I could just barely handle that, but cracked when that next guy leeringly hinted that they'd shared a room (did that seem awkward to anyone else?) and started singing about how they'd almost died of the flu and survived on crackers and soda water. Hey, I've puked my guts out too, but I don't sing about it in public. Only in private. Look at the embarrassed laugh on her face right after that guy sang, oh, how painful! If I had a heart of stone, I'd have sailed right through that part to whatever heart-wrenching finale might ensue. So, I say the non-watchers are the more sensitive crew here. There are just too many opportunities to feel the pain of the participants and onlookers.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:32:56 -0800

Oh, I'm a cynical, mean, snarky ol' black wearing punk trapped in suburban hell, and even I thought this was adorable. (I do however agree that the potential for the "husband" to come out of the closet and be found in bed with the best man is pretty high though...)

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:59:21 -0800

You all are social failures who spend your lives snarking on the Internet because it allows you to ignore the lack of joyful things in your lives that involve normal people in the real world. Get over yourself, please. I think it was exceptionally well done. I can still hate it. If you care, the reason I hated it was because I have an involuntary revulsion to all things smacking of Broadway musical. I've seen several therapists and psychiatric physicians about this. They have mostly hypothesized that it is tied to some form of inert or subconscious homophobia, but I disagree. I think it was because my mother used to beat me with a wooden spoon while listening to Rodgers and Hart original cast recordings.

By: Biblio

Biblio — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:26:30 -0800

Wow. I'm an Amy too, and I grew up with a love-hate relationship with that song. At my wedding brunch we had a piano player playing mood music and I swear he played it every hour on the hour. No one sang to me though. It would have been awesome if my gay best friend had burst into one of the routines we made up in college but neither "Copa Cabana" nor Alan Sherman's "You Went the Wrong Way Old King Louie" are really appropriate for a wedding.

By: pearlybob

pearlybob — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:44:56 -0800

This was awesome. My music major "friends" were asked to sing at my wedding, practiced once and totally sucked. And yes, I'm bitter. And jealous of Amy.

By: Countess Elena

Countess Elena — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:52:28 -0800

Biblio, tristeza, I don't know about you, but as an Amy, that song with the bride made me feel like a terminal failure. A beautiful happy family and friend chorus all singing to a beautiful happy bride named Amy? Oh God, what a cruel mockery. It's the aural equivalent of my dad needling me about how he wants grandkids and I should get out more often. I promise I'd find it adorable and heartwarming under any other name!

By: Argyle

Argyle — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:55:08 -0800

Amazing stuff. Thanks for the post.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:07:49 -0800

I thought I would hate it, and I'm a musical theatre guy (a musical theatre guy in law school, even) and yet, that was awesome. I hated the song, but the effort put into it and the joy of everyone involved was infectious. My girlfriend's family and family friends are all involved in Broadway, and our friends are all almost competitively creative. I can only hope that we can pull off something this cool if (when?) we get married. Thanks for posting.

By: darkstar

darkstar — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:18:48 -0800

Great post!

By: ManInSuit

ManInSuit — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:38:20 -0800

I think if the Bride's *straight* best friend presented a musical number about how much he loves her, invoking a song that ends "trouble is the answer will be/that Amy'd rather stay in love with me", it might be a little awkward.

By: HotPatatta

HotPatatta — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:21:15 -0800

I don't think any man of honor would be caught dead doing that. I'd do it, but that's because I have no honor to defend.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:22:42 -0800

I expected Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal to be somehow involved

By: roomthreeseventeen

roomthreeseventeen — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:38:21 -0800

Another Amy here, and I work in musical theatre. That was amazing.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:52:13 -0800

Rarely do you see weddings where not a single straight man is in attendance.

By: tomble

tomble — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:10:54 -0800

Just wondering aloud: why was the Man of Honor barefoot? It's because he was killed and replaced with an exact double before the wedding, and this is a way of letting us know, you see, barefeet represent death and if you play the amy song backwards you can hear `the man of honor is dead' repeated, and he's wearing white which is the colour of death in some asian societies, and if you count the number of times that he blinks... well, I'll let you work that out. IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE.

By: gemmy

gemmy — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:19:49 -0800

I liked it, but then I like showtunes. What a great memory from a whirlwind day. Thanks for the post!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:30:16 -0800

"You all are social failures who spend your lives snarking on the Internet because it allows you to ignore the lack of joyful things in your lives that involve normal people in the real world." You say that like it's a bad thing. I wanted to hate it. I'm an ex-theater dork who now spends what I can of my life (that isn't spent working and doing things I hate) snarking on the Internet because I happen to enjoy it, and it allows me to further enjoy the lack of things in my life that other petty and judgmental 'normal' people think I'm suppose to want in my life. I wanted to hate it. I was smirking at the people as they stood up and was wondering to myself what's the soap opera here? How many of these guys have already had Amy? How many of these girls have had Amy? How much of a geek does her groom look like? How many of the people not singing are quietly thinking the same thing about the people who are making fools of themselves. I wanted to hate it. Then Bradley's dad stood up. Brad's dad stood up and welcomed Amy into his family by way of song. He wasn't great, but he carried a tune, and (for me anyway) his performance was the most genuine. That took balls, and it was sincere. I'm not a father. I don't wanna ever be a father, but if I ever were a father of a son who found the woman of his dreams, I'd wanna have balls like that, and break out into song and welcome her into the family. That was fucking cool. So yeah. Tears welled up in my eyes right there and by the end of the piece I was completely suckered into it. It didn't matter any more what the 'behind the scenes' bullshit was with these people. They obviously loved Amy enough to do for her something they thought would make her happy. Even and especially the guys who just stood up and said "WE DO!" They all showed her affection in the way that their little brood shows affection, and damn all the rest of us for judging them for that. Corny? Sappy? Stupid? Gay? Pull out your thesaurus and point blindly at randomly chosen pages twenty times. It's all those things and more. So? They love Amy. And tho I'll never meet her, I gotta admit now that I think I love her a little bit too. So do some of you. And that's completely okay. And those of you who don't? That's completely okay too.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:35:29 -0800

Cute, but a little long.

By: kozad

kozad — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:35:36 -0800

Heartwarming. I did a half-assed blues band set for my sister's wedding; but it was good cuz I was a relative. Also, I wrote a song about their courtship. Again, not a masterpiece, but it sure went over well. And that is what music is supposed to be about. It was about their love story. Do not hire a DJ. Hire a mediocre wedding band or, more cheaply, a great jazz band. It will make the affair more human. And the marriage thing is about being human (and maybe bringing together two flawed families with flawed musicians striving toward transcendence?). There is the marriage vows thing, too. And, having been in wedding bands in a couple of hundred weddings, I've seen it all. From the pathetic scrambling for the misthrown bouquet to the embarrassingly drunken toasts to the heart attack victim on the dance floor... Anyway, this was a nice demonstration of folks coming together to celebrate Amy and....umm...what's his name. I vote for celebration, over the alternative, like, families shooting each other.

By: hjo3

hjo3 — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:58:58 -0800

Like "the buttsweep" comment? I thought they said "mudsweep."

By: dersins

dersins — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:36:39 -0800

I thought they said "mudsweep." So i herd they liek mudsweeps.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:18:11 -0800

Gawd, I just lost two friends whose bridezilla-ing extended to giving me a dressing-down last night at my housewarming party over perceived crimes I committed at and around their wedding (like dyeing my hair pink without asking first, even though when they asked me to dye it back for them, I did so cheerfully), it's wonderful to see such outpourings of love, dorky as they may be, because taking things seriously and being uptight is not fun, and celebrations are supposed to be fun. Amy's friends will do whatever it takes to make her feel appreciated and happy, and that is quite a show in and of itself.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:39:27 -0800

Zachsmind, I got all chokey at Brad's Dad welcoming Amy by song too. There's a fatherinlaw I'd love to have!

By: mrmarley

mrmarley — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:36 -0800

totally fake methinks: too many camera angles too smooth not enough old people/kids in room for a wedding

By: Ber

Ber — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:33:38 -0800

I hate musical theater and show tunes with the heat of a thousand suns but by gawd that was amazing. And the guy who got the flu with Amy? C'mon, he obviously is more likely doing the man of honor or the groom than Amy.

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:17:37 -0800

I loved it. It was much better than "Cats." I'm going to see it again and again. Gaydar is that pinging sensation that goes off in your head when the guy sitting next to you in the movies puts your hand in his lap during a Mel Gibson movie. Hmmm. When that happened to me I didn't think of it as gay. I just considered it a perfectly normal moment that two straight men would share while watching "What Women Want."

By: thinkpiece

thinkpiece — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:34:10 -0800

I did feel it was odd to leave the groom out of tribute! On the topic of spontaneously breaking into song, mr. thinkpiece and I were recently on vacation in Belize and were walking along the beach. We saw a couple sitting on their veranda -- the guy was wearing a Columbia University t-shirt. mr t-p said, Hey, Columbia, me too, and the guy stood up, closed his eyes and sang the school song, at the top of his lungs. Same trip, a cab driver was extolling the virtues of BZE, and at the end of his little speech, sang the national anthem, beautifully. He had a gorgeous voice -- it brought tears to my eyes!

By: stifford

stifford — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:35:07 -0800

I can't even stand hearing/seeing the Electric Slide at a wedding, I'm not sure how many shots I would have to drink to make me sit through that. (my personal horrors aside, it was a nice thing for the bride).

By: rtha

rtha — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:02:33 -0800

not enough old people/kids in room for a wedding Looks like it was a destination wedding - it was at a resort on Sanibel/Captiva. People don't often bring kids to those, and not every great-aunt/uncle is going to travel for it either. And who's to say that they even know old people or people with kids. All you cranky people puzzle me. I laughed, I cried, it was a lovely performance.

By: bugmuncher

bugmuncher — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:22:38 -0800

totally fake methinks: too many camera angles too smooth not enough old people/kids in room for a wedding MrMarley: It was clear by how (agonizingly) long they sat on the reaction shots that this was a two-camera production. They knew that their only cutaway while camera 2 moved was the camera on the bride and groom. If they had three cameras, we would have seen singers sooner... But then you have to choreograph your camera operators' movements as well, to prevent spoiling the surprise. The wedding's location on an island could have something to do with why there are few elderly and children in attendance. I don't think having two DV cameras at a wedding reception is totally out-of-line.

By: heeeraldo

heeeraldo — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:58:31 -0800

late to the party, I know WolfDaddy: That's not gaydar. That's just deduction. Gaydar is that pinging sensation that goes off in your head when the guy sitting next to you in the movies puts your hand in his lap during a Mel Gibson movie. That seems more like "action stations" to be honest; everyone at attention and straining to clash. Gaydar (in my experience) is more about eye movement and body language; sonar or radar where you watch and infer intention from action (for more action, come to think of it.)

By: quin

quin — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:20:59 -0800

Best moment: almost exactly one minute in when they cut to Amy dabbing the tears at the corners of her eyes, and the second vocalist stands up singing, and you see the moment of pure surprise and shock on Amy's face. That was pretty fucking awesome.

By: storybored

storybored — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:21:48 -0800

Cool! But missing one crucial element. You all know what I'm talking about. That Flying French Guy on those six horses. Otherwise, A for effort.

By: bugmuncher

bugmuncher — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:33:39 -0800

Based on what I recall was the sense of humor of musical theatre types in college, I was totally waiting for something like this: Man of Honor: And who here has made it with Amy? CHORUS: WE HAVE! Man of Honor: Is there anyone who hasn't been with Amy? CHORUS: HER DAD! Man of Honor: Make a fist, and thump it If you've been with this strumpet Then Brad will know who else his bride knows... CHORUS: (thump, thump) SHE'S GOOD, BRAD!

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:57:53 -0800

So bad. I like musical theater and I sort of hated it. I only got halfway through (yes, the Fiddler dance sequence did it), but it was weirdly discomforting. A for effort, though.

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:54:57 -0800

Great toast. Great song. Would have worked (better) without the dancing. It's a good thing that Amy has such good friends, because she's going to need them when her husband runs off with her "man of honor."