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AWKWARD MOMENT IN TIME
I WAS WATCHING THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT PART TWO I THINK AND AT THE VERY END A MEMORY CAME TO ME THAT MADE ME LAUGH. I USED TO HOUSEMANAGE AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN CHICAGO ALONG WITH MANY OTHER THEATER JOBS THERE AND AT OTHER THEATERS AROUND CHICAGO. THIS PARTICULAR TIME I WAS HOUSEMANAGING AND IT WAS A FULL HOUSE AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY VOLUNTEER USHERS SO AT THE END OF THE SHOW I MADE A BEELINE TO THE CENTER OF THE STAGE CUZ I HAD TO WATCH BOTH SIDES OF IT BY MYSELF...SOON AS I GOT UP THERE THE AUDIENCE THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF LEAVING THEIR SEATS ALL STOPPED WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND GAVE ME THEIR FULL ATTENTION. I COULD FEEL THE ENERGY...I DIDN'T NOW WHAT TO DO. CHARLIE THE STAGE HAND CAME OUT TO REARRANGE THE PROPS ON STAGE AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND LOOKED AT THE AUDIENCE AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND SHRUGGED MY SHOULDERS AND HE SHRUGGED BACK. THE AUDIENCE BUSTED OUT LAUGHING. I SMILED AND THANKED THEM FOR COMING TO THE SHOW AND ASKED THEM IF THEY ENJOYED IT TO TELL THEIR FRIENDS. THEY STARTED FILTERING OUT. A LOT OF THEM STOPPED TO SAY YOU WENT UP THERE SO PURPOSEFULLY WE THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I TOLD THEM I JUST HAD TO WATCH THE STAGE BY MYSELF CUZ I HAD NO USHERS. IT IS A WEIRD FEELING TO HAVE ALL THAT ATTENTION FOCUSED ON YOU AND NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO...I WAS LIKE MAN I COULD HAVE RECITED A POEM OF MINE OR SOMETHING...WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY...HA HA I BLEW IT. I WAS LIKE THANKS FOR COMING, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, YOU CAN GO NOW...KINDA SHOOING THEM AWAY WITH MY HANDS....AT LEAST I MADE THEM LAUGH...
