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something's afoot technical

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Topic: something's afoot technical

Posted By: hanoverhattie
Subject: something's afoot technical
Date Posted: 7/01/12 at 2:11pm

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Marg

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Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 7/01/12 at 6:28pm

That happened to me, too. :)

Posted By: pdavis69
Date Posted: 7/03/12 at 9:12am

The technichal gags on Somethings Afoot have been my most enjoyable tech pieces in my CT career. I went fairly low tech using pulleys, strings and air hoses. My favorite was the phone gag. I had a old telephone we rigged on a telecoping arm so it came about five feet into the room through the secret pannel. The ear piece was connected through the phone body by a thin air hose painted black instead of telephone cable. The ear piece was preloaded with baby powder (sometimes way too much). When the actor answered the phone, I would shoot air through the other end of the air line causing a large cloud of powder to envelope the actor's head.

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Patrick L. Davis
Fort Findlay Playhouse