# I sometimes imagine I could be...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 28, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546 "2008-06-28T04:20:10Z")
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### Author: ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546/1 "2008-06-28T04:20:10Z")

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a tenor in the '20s, singing songs that make audiences cry from Boston to Belfast, Kowloon to Kentucky.

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### Author: ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546/2 "2008-06-28T04:30:21Z")

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a standup comedian. But I would need to be part of a comedy team. I need a stimulous to respond to. I could be Tommy of the Smothers Brothers, or Lou Costello. I would need a straight man feeding me lines to get goofy with.

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### Author: ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546/3 "2008-06-28T06:10:29Z")

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…a rock star! It’s not too late, right? I love singing. Just ask my hairbru–er, microphone. And the neighbours.

Damn. I would have worn black leather pants, too, and duetted with Springsteen.

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### Author: ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546/4 "2008-06-29T17:20:13Z")

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It’s not too late. 🙂

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### Author: ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546/5 "2008-06-29T22:12:46Z")

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[QUOTE=An Gadaí]  
a tenor in the '20s, singing songs that make audiences cry from Boston to Belfast, Kowloon to Kentucky.  
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You should watch [this film](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102014/fullcredits#cast).  
It is so good on so many levels…

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### Author: ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sometimes-imagine-i-could-be/454546/6 "2008-06-30T11:14:20Z")

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Yep, I’ve seen it and IIRC it is great!