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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

Scrabble, Episode 2, Part 2

By Paul Oyler / May 18, 2010 /

In which I make a dumb mistake and maybe blow 5 grand.  Of course, if you think it’s easy, you try it…

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Marian the Librarian

By Paul Oyler / May 13, 2010 /

Perhaps the most challenging number I had to do, mainly because of the difficulty of getting the timing of the first stanza down.  But my exceptionally-talented leading lady, Katrina Scoggins, pulled me through, and at least on this night, we hit it dead-on.  Sorry that you’ve probably got to crank your speakers full-blast, but we…

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The Sadder but Wiser Girl

By Paul Oyler / May 13, 2010 /

If I hadn’t butchered a couple of tiny moments on this one, it might be the funniest of the videos from The Music Man:

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76 Trombones

By Paul Oyler / May 13, 2010 /

This is the best-known and loved song from the musical, though I had a couple others I enjoyed performing more.  Nonetheless, for your viewing pleasure (or disdain, I guess, as the case may be), here’s 76 Trombones:

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It's Me, Again. On Scrabble, Again.

By Paul Oyler / May 12, 2010 /

Here’s Episode 2, Part 1, in which I should have been beaten in the first round.  A word of explanation for my poor performance: I’d just (right before lunch on day of filming) won $9500, and really, honestly was in a bit of a daze.  Thus, I just wasn’t sharp, but I’ll take the gift…

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