#611 – Leafy

I never tried out for any school plays. In 4th or 5th grade I tried out for a solo singing part in a winter holiday show that our music class was putting on. I had to go into an empty classroom with just the music teacher and two other kids trying out for the part. We all stood next to each other and he had us each sing the same line from the song. I didn’t get the part and that was the last time I tried out for any school performances.

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31 thoughts on “#611 – Leafy”

  1. Lethal Interjection says:

    Wait… How old is Biff? I’m not one to question him, generally, but trying out for the school play seems… creepy.

  2. Speakerblast says:

    Tree #2, a manevolant part indeed.

    See, all I have to do to post in the top 5 is stay up till 1:25 in the morning.

    Simple.

  3. Drakey says:

    I once played the part of a caveman. I’m a fairly good actor, actually. I do evil pretty well.

  4. Vidja says:

    My drama teacher is evil, she cast me into a play without letting me know, then said I couldn’t back out, since it was my responsibility.
    I played a pair of twins

  5. The Dustin says:

    My most substantial role I was ever cast was our high school’s production of west side story, I was one of the main group of jet boys, and I was among 3 of the same type of role… In all of the Jet boys scenes and songs, had a name, people spoke my name and pointed at me, but had no actual lines of my own. I was “Tiger” and I was the redhead. XP

  6. RG says:

    Now THAT is dedication my friends. Researching for even such a lowly part as a tree…

  7. Kurast says:

    I was a jazz musician.

    I believe the only time I’ve ever been so blatantly put on the spot was a slow jazz ballad and I was the featured soloist at a national performance event. (read: I got to stand up an memorize 5 minutes worth of music and improvise it all to make it sound nice and cool and smooth while everyone else did stuff quitely behind me)

  8. Trevor says:

    I’d try out for any part involving acting crazy.

  9. Tia says:

    This made me lol. Beautiful. =)

  10. SEA says:

    Seeing biff preparing for the role of a rock would be most interesting.
    I was a tree once. I felt lame.

    And that said, i only got on stage to act once or twice. And i generally wished to leave (leaf?! Tree pun ftw!) as fast as i can.

  11. Micah says:

    In over his head week?

  12. i.half4 says:

    @ zeusandhera: Two of them, judging by your avatar.

    @ RG: Excuse me? Lowly? A tree?

    @ SEA: “Help, I’m a rock. Help, I’m a rock. Help, I’m a rock. Help I’m a rock. Help, I’m a rock…” — (Frank Zappa and) THE MOTHERS

    Regarding the theme: OK. So childhood then, but probably not by way of favorite books. Bummer. I was hoping to see Biff’s take on Harold and The Purple Crayon. He’s a real nowhere man, you see. Best of all, the world is still at his command.

  13. Titon says:

    Was I the only one to realize that there was already a comic titled “Leafy”?
    #585, if anyone cares… Little of a stretch, but maybe it’s repeated title comic week =)

  14. Micah says:

    @Titon, there’s only one comic entitled “Floppy” and that was the one from yesterday. Your theory doesn’t work.

  15. i.half4 says:

    @ Micah, 8:04: I like your thinking. It’s subtle, which lends itself to a world of possibilities. So it’s entirely possible I merely reworded your notion into this guess: Undergrowth. While most of the world is busy growing out of their childhoods, Biff seems to be busy undergrowing it.

  16. Bryce says:

    Man, I wish I could’ve been a tree in my elementary play….I was a sheep…we did the story of the birth of Christ….fun timez

  17. Cpt.Ziggy says:

    I played the part of a matador in my school production of carmen. I got gored by the bull it was awsome.I was in second grade it was the only thing I ever did in music class.

  18. Josh says:

    I’ve always been theatrical, right now I’m playing the role of Hugo Peabody in Bye Bye Birdie.

  19. MaskedMan says:

    Only part I ever got was Napoleon Bonaparte in a school muscial assembly – age eight or nine, IIRC. All I had to do was walk around the stage a bit while the entire school butchered some French song, and try to look imposing. No doubt, even back then, I was already too tall for the role.

    Somehow, that didn’t exactly fill me with a burning desire to take to theater.

  20. Reynard says:

    My one shot at theatrical fame was as Turkey Lurkey in a second-grade Thanksgiving production of “Henny Penny”. Considering that my only line was “I’m too busy to help you plant your corn. I have to go fatten myself up for Thanksgiving!*”, I don’t think I’m exactly Broadway-bound…

    *Yes, *that* was indeed my line; and, yes, the audience did indeed laugh at it. (I was near tears of embarrassment for the rest of the play because I thought that I’d screwed it up.) The irony that I was playing a suicidal farm bird didn’t hit me until *MUCH* later…

  21. Gato says:

    In middle school, I was in the same grade as the director’s daughter. Who, of course, got all the best parts. In 8th grade, everyone in the production of Oliver! felt I should have been Nancy instead of her. 😀

  22. MadDavid says:

    I call “Working Hard For Something Silly” week.

    I’m fortunate enough to preserve my fragile ego by never getting on stage.

  23. Dustin says:

    I do believe I did the exact same thing.
    6th grade play, Johnny Appleseed, i tried out and got second for the lead role.
    I didn’t attempt to join a school play at any part afterwards.
    Considered it in 11th/12th, but didn’t feel deeply for musicals.

    Awesome comic 🙂

  24. Twilightfairy says:

    i always did props and painting for my school plays. Never onstage though far to frightened.

    At first i thought Bigg was being attacked by a giant green booger, before the rest of the tree image appeared.

    Clever Biff. I bet he made trees everywhere so proud.

  25. Doug says:

    yeah, never got into acting, but i did tech theater so i generally built trees rather than playing them. Its nice being able to play with power tools while under the supervision of someone ( the director) who doesn’t know what a miter saw is.

  26. speearr says:

    I was never a tree… I was a murderer, twice in fact.

  27. jykcor says:

    Trust me, I’m a good actor, but when they run out of parts, and make up stuff like “Shrub #4” and “(Insert Main Character here)’s packmule”, that kinda sucks. I’m lucky enough to have made (and got a decent part for) each show I’ve ever tried out for. I’ve even been the lead a few times. I’m in the Quartet and singing “There goes my baby” for our production of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” at Rahway High School this year.

  28. lulululu says:

    I was also a tree once. There were six of us. One of us actually audition for the school play, and they learnt their lines. We sorta joined in when we figured out what she was saying.

  29. D Jenky says:

    I got to be in school play once when my 6th grade class set one up. We did something on when the AZ D-Backs took the world series from the Yankees. I got to play an angry hobo and a random guy in the stadium crowd that ordered a Hot-dog with the works.

    The fun part is, I actually wasn’t given the part, I just decided I wanted the play an angry hobo. I got to throw a quarter at one of the lead characters.

  30. YukiSnowflake says:

    i remember a i’ve been in, when i was 9 or 10 (*can’t remember |:D my memory sucks*)
    It was a hilarious version of aladin, with a great part where everyone behind stage got to throw a giant cardboard washing machine at whoever was onstage.
    I was the genie of the lamp. (*there was also a genie of the ring*)
    what makes it worse is that i ahd to wear a sequin boob-tube and pants made of a sheet stapled together that (*obviously*) fell apart on the night.
    not as bad as my sister, she was jasmine, she had to sing a soppy solo song about love and it was HILARIOUS!
    also, when i was 11, i had to do a play on WWII.
    It was stupid, cos half the class was obsessed with doctor who, but didnt chose the guy who looked like the doctor to play the part!
    (*damn you time travel*)
    i ended up being a kid who he toom back to WWII and i had to do a crappy WWII era dance. luckily i was at the back of the stage behind people.

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