If you were a speller in the Bee...
If you were a speller in the Bee...
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#0If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:41pm
Quick question for those who were spellers in SPELLING BEE when they saw it (the lucky few) -- where do you keep your Finalist pin? I speak of this, the pin you get for being a speller:
I'm debating what to do with mine. It's different from a signed playbill, souvenir program, or t-shirt in that it doesn't really have much display value or practical purpose.
A friend of mine sent it back to the cast a few weeks later, along with pictures of himself and the cast (so they might remember him), and lucky him, they did, and he got the entire pin signed (thin Sharpie, mind you). What to do?
Updated On: 7/30/06 at 08:41 PM
#1re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:48pmI'm such a dope that I put mine on the front of a hat I bought.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
coolphantom919
Broadway Star Joined: 6/6/06
#2re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:48pmI liked what that person did!!!! VERY SMART!!!
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#3re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:03pmGee volleyballer, I wonder what NLS did with his...
"Have they come yet?"
#4re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:17pmCaterjunes!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#5re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:17pm
Every once in a while, someone says something that makes you literally laugh or snort out loud. Thanks for doing it today. 
#6re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:26pmi have all sorts of random theatre sh*t littered in my apartment. i wouldn't doubt that it would just stock pile itself along with everything else. though if i had ever gone on stage, i would probably take the back off and make it a magnet for my fridge. that'd be kind of cool...
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#7re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:31pmVolley, I assume that you were refering to my post. And to that I say thanks. I enjoy harassing the idiots... I mean...
"Have they come yet?"
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 9:59pm
Why don't you just keep it? It's a souvenir from the show...anything like that is worth keeping.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Updated On: 7/30/06 at 09:59 PM
#9re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:09pmOoh. This just makes me want to be a speller even more. I keep my pin, from winning lotto on my purse, along with my other broadway button pin things. I'm a dork.
#10re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:37pm
Mine is in my display cabinet, next to some of my autographed playbills, I did have my juice box in there too, but my mother informed me it would eventually melt and leak allover my cabinet...so THAT'S in the fridge,and after I drink it the empty carton will go next to the button...
I save everything musical related, it's sad.
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
matt schneider
Broadway Star Joined: 7/3/06
#11re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:40pmKeep it, and store in some place that you wont lose it too easly. Also, can someone fully explain what happens, I haven't seen it but I have a general jeist of it.
The bushes of Tex were nervous recks because their son was dim, But look what happened to him~Dirrty Rotten Scoundrels~all about Ruprecht
They say the thoughtful musicals dead on broadway~forbiden broadway : SVU~The crime scene
Never say never, there's always one more person you can hit up~avenue Q.~the money song
Life sucks, get a pacifyer~my own saying
#12re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:45pmFour of the spellers in the show are actually pulled from the audience. It makes every show fresh and exciting.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#13re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:47pmI keep all of my theatre stuff (programs, signed headshots, etc.) in a big plastic bin.
What the puck?!
#14re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:50pm
Four of the spellers in the show are actually pulled from the audience. It makes every show fresh and exciting.
Not exactly; they have to volunteer first, and the four are culled from the larger group. 
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
matt schneider
Broadway Star Joined: 7/3/06
#15re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:52pmI'm planning on seeing it, do you know any way to get up? Is it just voluntering, or is it a lot harder?
The bushes of Tex were nervous recks because their son was dim, But look what happened to him~Dirrty Rotten Scoundrels~all about Ruprecht
They say the thoughtful musicals dead on broadway~forbiden broadway : SVU~The crime scene
Never say never, there's always one more person you can hit up~avenue Q.~the money song
Life sucks, get a pacifyer~my own saying
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#16re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:54pmIf you get picked, matt, are you sure you're gonna be able to spell the words that are purposely really easy?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#17re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 10:58pm
I'm planning on seeing it, do you know any way to get up? Is it just voluntering, or is it a lot harder?
You'll find out when you get there.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#18re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/30/06 at 11:12pm
What helped in Chicago, was that I was really outgoing, and excited about teh show, I had never seen it (I think they like newbies) and the guy was kinda flirting with me....so yeah...lol
if you are a guy, hopefully it will be a girl picking, and vice-versa :)
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#19re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:00am
myManCape - I put mine on my shelf...got a problem with that?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#20re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:09am
I've currently misplaced mine.
But...really I have no idea what to do with it, I might just keep it in a drawer next to my empty box of apple juice
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#21re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:05am
Oh my God, during the interview, I lied out of my ASS.
- I said I wasn't going to pursue a major of musical theatre in college.
- I said I'd never seen the show, then followed that with a gawky, "Why, is it good?"
- I said I can laugh if they want me to and not if they don't.
- I said I've been in around three shows. I've been in almost twenty.
- I said I've got 2nd place in my 7th grade spelling bee. Please. I got, like, 8th.
- I said I had a big group coming and I came earlier with my friend. Only two of us all night. :)
Yeah, lying isn't good, but if it'll get me onstage, I'm all for it. :)
#22re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:12amDo they ever pick people who have seen the show before?
#23re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:24amOnly at adult night.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#24re: If you were a speller in the Bee...
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:25am
is there any talk about doing another adult show?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
