Bassball

[Minibass]

So the Cleveland Orchestra was going to perform Beethoven 9 one night, but the Bass section wanted to go to the bar instead. Before the concert, they took the Beethoven 9 score and tied some string around the 4th movement to buy some time during the symphony to go get some beers. Later that night, after the the string was removed, the Bass section comes back to the concert completely wasted. The conductor had notice but finally began the piece anyway. Afterwords, the conductor was confronted by a news reporter and asked the conductot what he thought of the concert. He replied, "Well, it was the bottom of the ninth, the score was tied, and the basses were loaded..."

[mcnaire2004]

Originally Posted by Minibass

So the Cleveland Orchestra was going to perform Beethoven 9 one night, but the Bass section wanted to go to the bar instead. Before the concert, they took the Beethoven 9 score and tied some string around the 4th movement to buy some time during the symphony to go get some beers. Later that night, after the the string was removed, the Bass section comes back to the concert completely wasted. The conductor had notice but finally began the piece anyway. Afterwords, the conductor was confronted by a news reporter and asked the conductot what he thought of the concert. He replied, "Well, it was the bottom of the ninth, the score was tied, and the basses were loaded..."

There is another thread somewhere around here with that exact same joke.

[Jeff Guevin]

Nonetheless, I chuckled. Don't worry, I don't think it's yet part of the site etiquette that you have to search for a joke before posting it.

[ClassicalBass]

This is one of those jokes that should be brought up once every few months in a new thread anyway.

[John Sprague]

Originally Posted by ClassicalBass

This is one of those jokes that should be brought up once every few months in a new thread anyway.

Really? I think we should stamp out and abolish redundancy.

[Marcus Johnson]

That's a job for the Department Of Redundancy Department.

[ClassicalBass]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

That's a job for the Department Of Redundancy Department.

Brilliant.