Comments on: Friday Happy Hour: Fanatical Parents & School Assemblies

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:36:32 +0000

I just saw this and had to laugh at the post from ‘Jonny’ about the ‘Shoom Boogie’ pep rally song.

I was there when that happened. It was at one of the pep rallies in the ’91-92 school year.

Dr Karl Brungart (sp?) was our Principal at Mounds View and he proceeded to go to the front of the basketball court during a pep rally. He had an old school overhead projector with him, and when he turned on the power switch, the entire student body groaned in unison. On the screen were the lyrics for what has to be the absolute worst cheer EVER – “Shoom Boogie”.

Now just seeing the lyrics on the screen was demeaning enough, but we weren’t done yet – not by a long shot.

Dr B. proceeded to sing the ‘cheer’ in his old man’s voice. Imagine a -completely- silent auditorium other than a tall skinny bald late 50s guy with glasses poorly singing the lyrics to a REALLY BAD pep song. It had rhymes that didn’t rhyme, verses that didn’t go well back to back, and as was said by Jonny – sounded like it was pulled straight out of the 1950s.

It was surreal… people were pinching each other to make sure they weren’t dreaming it all up. Amazingly enough, they were not. Dr B. – forever became “Mr Shoom Boogie” after that day.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:39:03 +0000

2. I went to elementary school in Key West and a local theatre troupe came to perform “Cinderella”. The cast included very large drag queens as the Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters. Classic!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:11 +0000

4. Without a doubt, Facebook. I don’t think most people under the age of 30 could imagine a world without it. People pretty much seem to live their lives on it.

By: N

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:53:41 +0000

I think my favorite assembly in highschool (which I’m not done with yet) would be the assembly we had on the day of Obama’s inauguration. Some friends and I came in early to set up AV equipment so that the whole school could watch the inaugural speech. When Obama was done speaking, the entire student body stood up applauding him. It made me really happy to be a part of making that experience possible for everyone at our school. That was the first time I can remember the entire student body actually standing and singing when asked to sing the national anthem. I’ll always remember that day.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:19:14 +0000

not sports but obnoxious- my then-10-year-old grandson was a cast member in a short film (shooting in Wilmington Delaware)along with a then-6-year-old boy. The boy’s grandmother was his chaperone and, I guess, his agent. Several child actors and their parents were crammed into a short hallway two rooms away from the filming, waiting for the children’s cues. The boy’s grandmother would not allow him to play with any of the other children “because”, she snarled as she yanked him back to her side, “I didn’t bring you here to have fun.” If she had hair-sprayed that child’s perfect hair once more, the other parents were ready to jump her. I remember that they came to the screening (held at the University of Delaware-but only for the cast and their families) in a limo. The child wore a three-piece white suit (in August!) and still had perfect hair.
Worst school assmbly- high school: we had May Day -held on the football field. No one was excused. The students (2,400 plus)were divided into two teams (the Purple and the Gold) and competed in GROUP EXERCISES! Alternating columns of boys and girls were supposed to be mirror-images. The first time I was on the field practising, I realized that no one had told the boy on my left about proper support garments and the inadvisibility of boxers under loose shorts. I was at the at that school for 3 years and never again opened my eyes during May Day.

By: Brachinus

Brachinus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:48:34 +0000

2 favorites:
The athletic recognition assembly where the girls’ basketball coach praised his players by saying, “these girls really put out.”

The pep rally shortly after the school banned songs with dirty words from dances. The pom-pom squad did a dance routine to REO Speedwagon’s “Tough Boys,” which contains the lines “They think they’re full of fire/she thinks they’re full of shit.” Needless to say, every kid in the gym sang along with that second line. It was awesome.

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:22:50 +0000

1)In high school I was playing running back when I went down with a significant leg injury(basically I ripped my calf in half internally). So Im laying there and all you here is this crazy parent yelling GET UP! COME ON GET UP! So the lady standing in front of him says “how would you like it if that was your kid?” He says, “lady! mind your buisness that is my kid!” Now I realize I just painted a terrible picture of my dad, he really isnt like that, its just the game was tight and we lost by one, everybody was emotional on both sides….and I finished that game on one leg.
2)David Toma(New Jersey police officer who was the basis for the show barretta) came to my high school and told some pretty powerful stories.

By: mehmeh

mehmeh — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:25:03 +0000

One time one of the globetrotters went to my school. he went to advocate the whole not doing drugs thing. he had an hour long assembly. i still remember the entirety of his speech pertaining to drugs.

if my girlfriend wanted me to do drugs i’d be like nah! because i dont do that.

the end.
this phrase was mumbled half heartedly amidst basketball tricks. it was barely understandable. only reason i do remember is because i was shocked that my school had paid him to talk about drugs and thats all they got. i hope he didnt get paid
the rest was him showing us his awesome basketball moves and telling us how awesome he was. it was super super boring and in no way taught me anything about why i shouldnt do drugs.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:05:04 +0000

#2 Worst was local ballet company the guy went to do a leaping move and got tangled in back curtain and fell flat on the floor..we didn’t see him again..I think he really got hurt

Best..2 words…Ray Bradbury

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:16:18 +0000

The children’s group in my church would practice songs to sing to the congregation
for one of the meetings every year. It was just one of those cutesy things and since the audience was just friends/neighbors/parents it was just a way to get the kids involved, not win prizes. One year though, a mother ran up to her nine year old daughter, grabbed her face really hard and started yelling about how she had done a horrible job and ruined everything because she hadn’t smiled enough for the happy songs or looked serious enough for the sober ones, and how could she do that, etc etc. It instantly made a happy, simple thing into a super awkward situation. They moved soon after.