Jeopardy Teachers' Tournament

[malaise]

It's crunch time.

I'm rooting for Larry

[Brother Buzz]

1. Damn, I got suckered into going to a tuba concert

Yes, a tuba concert of sorts. Actually it's a tuba lecture and how the tuba makes the rest of the band sound good. The guest tuba player is on the musical staff at UCLA and Arizona State, and has worked with our Podunk high school band the last four days imparting all he knows about the tuba; it may prove to be entertaining.

I'll catch the final tomorrow.

Larry is good, but there's something I like about Steve, too.

[malaise]

2. Enjoy

See you tomorrow

I liked Larry from he said that his 2nd graders had interviewed President Obama for their newspaper/magazine. He's a super smart old time teacher.

[canetoad]

7. You deserve this

And so do I, cos I play the banjo.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Suddenly there was pounding on the door at the banjo club meeting

[canetoad]

9. Bwahahhhaaa

Great! Haven't seen that one before.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Painted by an accordion player...

who volunteered his accordion club actually did supermarket openings in southern California in the early sixties.

He later learned to play the saw and was the only saw player in Southern California under eighty years of age when Jack Nitzsche put out the word he needed a saw player:

[canetoad]

13. That's the kind of thing

An accordian player WOULD paint. But seriously, what an excellent piece of music. I would have picked it as a Theremin playing the introduction, having only heard the saw played once or twice.

Haven't seen the movie since the 80s but that brought back the triumphant moment the big Chief ripped out the cement block and threw it. Powerful.

[Brother Buzz]

16. The saw was featured in the opening and closing scenes of the film

He taught me how to play the saw so I can definitely differentiate it from a Theremin.

[Aristus]

12. I played tuba in my high school band.

The tuba gets a bad rap as a comical, oom-pah-pah instrument.

But with the right music and the right instrumentalist, the tuba can be a thing of beauty.

In the 'lai-la-lai' musical coda to Simon and Garfunkel's 'The Boxer', the tuba plays a heart-wrenching accompaniment to the strings and that metallic wham noise.

In 'The Launch' track from the James Horner soundtrack to Apollo 13, the tuba plays a gloriously noble-sounding melody to describe the grandeur of the coming moon mission.

[malaise]

14. I'm loving this sub-thread

being educated on the tuba and tuba art

[Brother Buzz]

17. Here's some serious tuba music, specifically written for Patrick Sheridan's tuba by Matt Bellamy

The video doesn't give the live performance justice (the yahoos yelling were not sitting near to me!)

[7wo7rees]

3. Me too!

Second grade teachers have the future in their hands! And he is a CLASS act!

[panader0]

4. "Plumbago"???

[malaise]

5. LOL

I sure didn't get it

[Brother Buzz]

6. Damn, it looks like Claire and Steve had a less then sterling day....

and it looks like Larry could skate home with his lead.

[malaise]

10. Hope so

[malaise]

18. Spoiler

He doesn't even have to wager in final Jeopardy

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah this is one hell of a victory

[Brother Buzz]

19. Appreciate the spoiler

I'll be missing Jeopardy! tonight, what with my suddenly busy social calendar.

[Greybnk48]

20. I was rooting for him to!

He killed it!

[malaise]

21. He sure did

My observation is that really intelligent folks are always modest about their knowledge.
His hometown newspaper isn't holding back
http://www.kansascity.com/living/article211435209.html

[rufus dog]

22. Great article

Double Jeopardy was the the difference.