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Originally Posted by Tala
BOOOOOOOOO! 
One of my best accomplishments was convincing the general manager of the enlisted club on NAS Whidbey to let us have a "props included" RHPS viewing.  The cleanup crew hated us, but damn that was fun. Projected it on the big screen on stage, and those who had seen it were having a ball, flinging stuff, singing along, audience participation, etc.
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The first time I saw Rocky it was in Chicago in 1979 in a huge old style movie house. They even had a ramp that their Eddie made his appearance by riding a motorcycle down it. I've never seen it with
that many people since
Silliest Rocky experience I had was a party in a bar. The building was laid out in rooms (bar area, pool table room, small gameroom and the hall to the bathroom) that were all open and interconnected. Nobody paid attention to the movie. It was a big water pistol/cannon fight throughout the whole building from the storm scene on. At one point I sat down at the bar to watch a bit of the movie and drink a beer and every few minutes a "sniper" sneaking around the corner would shoot me in the ear
My nastiest Rocky experience was when a particularly rowdy group sitting near us threw a ton of prunes, slung 3 - 20 pound bags of rice, put beer in the water pistols, BUTTERED toast, weiners instead of buns, a 16 pack of Scott Tissue, more playing cards than an average casino has, paper plates, (I'm sure I'm forgetting something)
My coolest Rocky experience (beyond that first time in Chicago, of course) was a show at a local playhouse that I was apprehensive about even going to, not because their Brad and Janet were black but because their Riff Raff was
13! I fully expected to find it silly, but they all 3 along with their Frank blew me away, especially that kid who was hilarious beyond words and literally stole the show. He
obviously had parents or older brother/sisters who were Rocky fans. He also hit some notes Richard O'Brien would have never been capable of
During "Don't Dream it, Be it, the cast went out in the audience and grabbed someone to dance with. I guess it must had been obvious that I was enjoying the show more than half the room because "Janet" worked her way through several sections to come get me.
I told her that they were fantastic and that I had never had more fun at a show.
