This topic is dedicated to the really fine minutiae that distinguish individual Billy and Michael performances. Things that no one except the most "detail oriented" (otherwise known as a*** retentive ) among us care about. I gotta think there's a few more folks besides me with too much time on our hands and can therefore occupy ourselves with such matters.
I figured it would be best to present this in something of a challenge format, posing a question and then listing the answer in invisible type. That way, you can read the question, say Who cares and skip the rest or read the question, think about it and check after or maybe even read the item and look for the answer at your next Billy-thon.
Ummm, invisible type? Yes. That would be text the same color as the background. Like >this<. But if you select the text by double clicking between the arrows there, you can then see what's written. The secret is using color=#DED0C2. So now that you know how to do this, please contribute any trivial details you can think of that may be interesting.
First item I'll toss out there is that when packing the suitcase in Once We Were Kings, each Billy does something unique with the final garment, a maroon sweatshirt or something like that.
Q: Which Tour Billy uses it to snap a few playful rat-tails at Dad?
A: Ben
Q: Which retired Tour Billy used it in some sort of Little Red Riding Hood gesture?
A: Kylend
Q: Which Tour Billy wears it as a grass skirt and does a few hula-hoop moves?
A: Noah
Q: Which Tour Billy uses it as a lariat?
A: Drew
Q: Which Tour Billy does a windmill with it?
A: Mitchell
What other arcane BETM details can you add?
Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
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Q: Which Tour Billy uses it to snap a few playful rat-tails at Dad?
A: Ben Cook
Q: Which retired Tour Billy used it in some sort of Little Red Riding Hood gesture?
A: Kylend Hetherington
Q: Which Tour Billy wears it as a grass skirt and does a few hula-hoop moves?
A: Noah Parets
Q: Which Tour Billy uses it as a lariat?
A: Drew Minard
A: Ben Cook
Q: Which retired Tour Billy used it in some sort of Little Red Riding Hood gesture?
A: Kylend Hetherington
Q: Which Tour Billy wears it as a grass skirt and does a few hula-hoop moves?
A: Noah Parets
Q: Which Tour Billy uses it as a lariat?
A: Drew Minard
Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
Here are my five:
-Name the first city on the present Tour where aerial wire flying was not allowed in 'Dream Ballet'.
-Which Michael had an important personal ceremony in his home town on Tour (which was attended by a number of other BETM cast)?
-Which two Tour Billys (past or present) have parents who own and operate dance schools?
-Name two former BETM cast who have studied, or are studying, under Peter Stark.
-Which former Billy is fluent in five languages; takes part in skiing, swimming, soccer, ice/roller skating, Scuba diving, rock climbing, martial arts, ping pong, acrobatics; and lists metal forging, cooking, Flying by Foy, Wave Boarding, and Jumping rope; and plays piano, guitar and 'cello?
-Name the first city on the present Tour where aerial wire flying was not allowed in 'Dream Ballet'.
-Which Michael had an important personal ceremony in his home town on Tour (which was attended by a number of other BETM cast)?
-Which two Tour Billys (past or present) have parents who own and operate dance schools?
-Name two former BETM cast who have studied, or are studying, under Peter Stark.
-Which former Billy is fluent in five languages; takes part in skiing, swimming, soccer, ice/roller skating, Scuba diving, rock climbing, martial arts, ping pong, acrobatics; and lists metal forging, cooking, Flying by Foy, Wave Boarding, and Jumping rope; and plays piano, guitar and 'cello?
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Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
My answers:
1. >Philadephia<
2. >Jacob Zelonky (but his Bar Mitzvah was not actually in his hometown of Memphis; it was in St. Louis, as I recall.)<
3. > Daniel Russell and Giuseppe Bausilio.<
4. > Landon Harris and Ethan Fuller.<
5. >Giuseppe Bausilio.<
My questions:
Q. Name two tour Billys, present or past, who are also trained Michaels.
A. Kylend and Ben
Q. Name the actor who joined the tour temporarily and played Mr. Braithwaite one time.
A. Thommie Retter
Q. Which current cast member is from England?
A. Tim Funnell
Q. Who has been the only "street" Billy on the tour?
A. Lex Ishimoto
1. >Philadephia<
2. >Jacob Zelonky (but his Bar Mitzvah was not actually in his hometown of Memphis; it was in St. Louis, as I recall.)<
3. > Daniel Russell and Giuseppe Bausilio.<
4. > Landon Harris and Ethan Fuller.<
5. >Giuseppe Bausilio.<
My questions:
Q. Name two tour Billys, present or past, who are also trained Michaels.
A. Kylend and Ben
Q. Name the actor who joined the tour temporarily and played Mr. Braithwaite one time.
A. Thommie Retter
Q. Which current cast member is from England?
A. Tim Funnell
Q. Who has been the only "street" Billy on the tour?
A. Lex Ishimoto
Ellen
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-George Balanchine 1904 -1983
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Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
Okay, for those who haven't already been driven mental by this thread, this should push you over. During "Angry Dance", Billy will throw two pieces of . . . debris at the police wall, one to the left, one to the right. Almost all Billys do all the throwing with their dominant hand. One Tour Billy, however, throws one piece with his right hand and one piece with his left hand. Have you seen this?
My answer: Drew, on two occasions
My answer: Drew, on two occasions
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Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
Hang on a minute! You haven't said whether my answers were right, and no one has answered my questions.
I think that this thread would probably work better if people had a chance to guess the answers and have their guesses confirmed, or not, before the next turn. That's just a suggestion, of course.
I think that this thread would probably work better if people had a chance to guess the answers and have their guesses confirmed, or not, before the next turn. That's just a suggestion, of course.
Ellen
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-George Balanchine 1904 -1983
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Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
Didn't know that! Read your answer too. Cool!atreyu wrote:One Tour Billy, however, throws one piece with his right hand and one piece with his left hand.
Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
ERinVA wrote:Hang on a minute! You haven't said whether my answers were right, and no one has answered my questions.
Ellen: I copied and pasted your questions and the answers were there! :::
Q. Name two tour Billys, present or past, who are also trained Michaels.
A. Kylend and Ben
Q. Name the actor who joined the tour temporarily and played Mr. Braithwaite one time.
A. Thommie Retter
Q. Which current cast member is from England?
A. Tim Funnell
Q. Who has been the only "street" Billy on the tour?
A. Lex
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Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
Yes, I did the invisible answer thing as the directions said.
Ellen
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-George Balanchine 1904 -1983
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Re: Trivial BETM Matters - International Tour
I wish my IRS 1040 Form had those invisible answer things.................!ERinVA wrote:Yes, I did the invisible answer thing as the directions said.