# Doper Talent Show! Sign up here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754 "2004-04-29T22:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/161 "2004-05-07T19:04:18Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I would’ve expected some more concern that no _sequins_ are harmed in the application to the _ocelots_. 🙂 But you can’t hurt sequins! Can’t be done. They’re tough and resilient, and sparkly!! **twicks** , seems to me with all of our ads emphasizing the sequins, we can’t possibly be held liable for temporary sequin blindness. See if the light guy can get some filters that’ll give the sparkle without the glare. What are we paying him for, anyway?? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/162 "2004-05-07T19:18:21Z")
I’m not really talented but I do look _ **FAAAAAAAAAA-BU-LOUSSSSSSS** _ in sequins. So, I’m willing to help out as long as I get to wear sequins. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/163 "2004-05-07T19:31:17Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I’m not really talented but I do look _ **FAAAAAAAAAA-BU-LOUSSSSSSS** _ in sequins. So, I’m willing to help out as long as I get to wear sequins. **swampy** , honey, you look faaaaaaaaaaa-bu-lousssssss regardless – but here, take this sequined top hat and cumberbund and get ready – you’re going to be tossing the flaming armadillos to the jugglers. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/164 "2004-05-07T19:37:11Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **swampy** , honey, you look faaaaaaaaaaa-bu-lousssssss regardless – but here, take this sequined top hat and cumberbund and get ready – you’re going to be tossing the flaming armadillos to the jugglers. Are the armadillos on fire or are they just prancing around being real bitchy? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/165 "2004-05-07T19:44:28Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Are the armadillos on fire or are they just prancing around being real bitchy? 😃 Your call. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/166 "2004-05-07T20:08:48Z")
Hmmmmmmmmmm… let’s see, if they’re on fire, we could get marshmallows and toast em while the jugglers are juggling. If they’re prancing around being bitchy, perhaps they’d make mimosas for us while being juggled. What to do, What to do! ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/167 "2004-05-07T21:19:26Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Hot pink will work for me. Also purple. I do love me some purple! Maybe we can have hot pink spinning plates, and purple sticks, and wear gold sequinned vests, and maybe those silver tinsel-looking mullet wigs … you know, so no one knows it’s “us” coming back to perform again … I am picturing for the background a plain black curtain, covered in black sequins (the black-on-black look again). Probably we can work tap shoes into this somewhere too. I think our costumes will work wonderfuly, and the black on black is a stroke of pure genius. Silver tinsel-looking mullet wings? Aweessommee… I am not good with tap, I tried it when I was smaller, but I wasn’t a fan of it. I’m in ballet, and on Pointe. OH OH! _lightbulb_ I have the bestest idea. I think we could do a flame thing, but the flames are SEQUINS!!! I can hot glue sequins on my point shoes so it looks all firey. If we do blue flames, it will make us look extra cool! Oh and **FCM** , I think I have some sparkly eye shadow that I can give away. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/168 "2004-05-07T22:14:45Z")
I’ve decided the armadillos will be the swishy bitchy kind. That way, we get mimosas during the juggling and the armadillos can dispense fashion and interior design tips. It’ll be a showstopper for sure! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/169 "2004-05-07T22:45:10Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > I think we could do a flame thing, but the flames are SEQUINS!!! I can hot glue sequins on my point shoes so it looks all firey. If we do blue flames, it will make us look extra cool! Complete and utter awesomeness. We totally rock. Make me some flaming pointe shoes, too, even though I can’t do pointe - at least we’ll match, which is important! And I look wonderful in sparkly eye shadow, too. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/170 "2004-05-07T23:20:03Z")
If we make you up more, it wont matter you won’t be on Pointe. So I think blue flames would look really cool. It would go with the black backround.I am thinking of a dark purple top and a black velet skirt lined with sequins.We can have sparkley blue eyeshadow and fake eyelashes. We can also have our mullet wigs\> What color should the wig be? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/171 "2004-05-07T23:51:31Z")
The wigs should match the shoes, I think, so that when we are doing our trick “illusion spin” type moves, the audience won’t know which end is up. Or else, we should have golden, flowing, long tinsel wings down to our butts. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/172 "2004-05-07T23:55:09Z")
Oooo. I like the golden hair down to our butts idea. It will be a nice contrast, with our blue flames, and almost a sequiny gothic look. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/173 "2004-05-08T00:01:59Z")
_ **Exactly!** _ Although, in all fairness, we shouldn’t be _too_ terrific. I mean, we can’t help but be _ **terrific** _, of course, we just don’t want to be _too_ terrific, or the armadillos and the ocelots and the singing-and-dancing-and-guitar-playing hula dogs will never want to work with us again. We’ll end up in Vegas, and I can’t go back there right now. Not after all that unpleasantness with Celine Dion … But we will be _ **terrific** _, won’t we? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/174 "2004-05-08T00:11:43Z")
Oh yes. We will be extremley _terrific_. You are right. We can’t be up to our full potential of terrificness, because we don’t want to be gloaters do we? If we do well here, we can do our own gigs. If the heat dies down with you and Celine Dion, we can become Vegas Show Girls. We can’t go to Miami though, I got into a brawl with a model, because I was prettier then her. Some people just can’t stand perfect people. If we don’t do well in Vegas, we can always be won in poker games. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/175 "2004-05-08T12:50:51Z")
Yes, we can. In fact, I don’t even need to be _won_ in a poker game. I can just stand there with a sign: **Will Work For Sequins**. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/176 "2004-05-08T17:00:09Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Yes, we can. In fact, I don’t even need to be _won_ in a poker game. I can just stand there with a sign: **Will Work For Sequins**. That sounds like a dandy idea. We can get more for the show that way. ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/177 "2004-05-08T19:44:57Z")
I could be helpful on or off stage! I can do this weird thing with my index fingers where they look like they wiggle like a worm (saw Jane Curtain do it when she was still n Saturday Night Live and imitated). ALso, once a week I host an 80s music show called “The Spandex Years” at a college radio station (WRUW FM 91.1). I could spin disks while people are performing and “play them off” the stage. Stepping Up to the Mic, Patty ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/178 "2004-05-08T20:51:39Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > I think our costumes will work wonderfuly, and the black on black is a stroke of pure genius. Of _course_ it’s a stroke of pure genius! We did it _ages_ ago, **twickster** and I! And now you two are trying to take the credit! Just see if I ever share my sequins with you! ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/179 "2004-05-08T20:58:28Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > Of _course_ it’s a stroke of pure genius! We did it _ages_ ago, **twickster** and I! And now you two are trying to take the credit! Just see if I ever share my sequins with you! Oy! I forgot you guys said it first! Well I never said we made it up! Don’t be so rash! We are all sharing sequins! That isn’t FAIR! _pouts_ ---
**Author:** ![Papa\_Wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@Papa\_Wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papa_Wheelie)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754/180 "2004-05-10T22:22:06Z")
Oooh! A suggestion to Accentuate the Sparkle of the sequins. They have those glasses that make anything bright look like there is a starburst around it. They sell those at this place that makes 3D glasses (lightbulb) if only there were a way to work in 3D glasses. I know! The Molar CAM! IN 3D! 🆒 And for the plate spinners, can we use Neon Tubes? If technogeeks can put them in computers, we surely can put them under plates. I don’t make the Talent you Show, I make the Talent you Show Better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-talent-show-sign-up-here/242754.md?page=10)