I have a lot of regulars that come to my venue and from that has comes some fun silliness. I thought I'd share in case some of you have the same kind of crowd and like to interact with them.
Most of my regs have karaoke names and from that this happened -
One of them is Hanky Panky. When I call him up I say to the crowd, "I say Hanky, you say Panky". Then I yell Hanky and the whole bar yells back Panky. It sounds corny, but it works.
I have another singer that has always joked with everyone that they suck when they sing and from that came this - I yell, "Hey Kevin" and the whole bar yells "You suck!". Then he comes up and sings. Everyone likes this guy and his humor started the whole thing. He can't wait to sing just to here everyone do it.
New people are shy to do it, but when they realise it's a joke and he likes it they join in without hesitation. He actually makes me do it again if not enough people yell.
Another one is a guy named "Old Man River". For some reason I started saying his name using the "R" at the end of river to crow like a rooster. Don't ask me why, maybe bordem? But now the whole bar crows like a rooster when I call him up. To funny.
This one is a gal who fills in for me when I can't be there, Baby K. Again I don't why I started doing this, but when the bar starts doing it too, it sticks. I call her up and start singing - "Baby K Baby K does what ever a Baby K does" and the bar sings back "Can she swing from a web? No she can't, she's a Baby K! It's from the Spider Pig song from the simpson's movie if you don't recognize it. Wierd I know.
It sounds funny to put this to words, but we have so much fun doing it. I have others, but these are my favorite that get done almost nightly now.
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