Backstage with Riedel: Taylor Hicks

hs5sunny · Senior Member

Backstage with Riedel: Taylor Hicks

DogsandBirds · Guru

Great video! There is a certain irony to it as the Post gave Grease terrible reviews.

azure · Senior Member

I was wondering (when he made the remark about bad reviews,) what his had been like - or if he even did one at the time. He seemed much more personable than I ever thought he'd be. I always had the impression that he wasn't a very friendly type, but he certainly was on this video. (Taylor and his bedazzled harmonica! He's such a dork! I think that's a big part of his appeal - half charismatic entertainer and half "dork boy" (as Linda T. calls him.)

Tay4me · Veteran Member

That was great. I think this is the second interview with Riedel and Taylor.

BBS420 · Guru

that's my Taylor!!!

hs5sunny · Senior Member

azure wrote:

I was wondering (when he made the remark about bad reviews,) what his had been like - or if he even did one at the time. He seemed much more personable than I ever thought he'd be. I always had the impression that he wasn't a very friendly type, but he certainly was on this video. (Taylor and his bedazzled harmonica! He's such a dork! I think that's a big part of his appeal - half charismatic entertainer and half "dork boy" (as Linda T. calls him.)

LOL, I agree about the half-dorkiness. I think it's so cute when he screws up, when he said Barry Gibb "back from the dead" I thought...Barry isn't dead, is he???

LOL!!!

Remember on AI when Ryan asked him how he felt about being parodied on Saturday Night Live and he replied "Flattery is the greatest form of humor" or something like that....adorable!!

Oh, and I forgot to give credit to Ywehc for finding this video, thanks hon!!! smile

-- Edited by hs5sunny at 16:42, 2008-08-09

azure · Senior Member

Yes, Sunny, the "Taylorisms" are hysterical, and the list is growing all the time! Some of them are more "painful" than others though! Some are tiny, and not overly noticeable, and then others, like the "Flattery/form of humor" one you mentioned is predominant, and is seen repeatedly, when people watch the video of the show that night.

I was surprised with the whole "Barry Gibb" thing in the Post video, though. Beginning with Riedel, talking about their music being in the "Grease" era (the 50's/early 60's?) Aren't the Bee Gees most identified with disco and music from the 70's? I could understand Taylor's blank look when he mentioned Barry Gibb. He "recovered" well, though, except for saying that Barry was dead. LOL! But any confusion in that interview should be blamed on MR! I loved the video, though. Riedel was very friendly to TH, and Taylor is always friendly and nice to everybody, so it was fun to watch.

DogsandBirds · Guru

The BeeGees wrote some of the music that was used in the movie and not originally in the Broadway show, but is being used in this revival. Maurice is the brother that died, not Andy.

azure · Senior Member

D&B -

Well, good to know there is a connection between the Gibbs boys and "Grease." I figured that being on Broadway for as long as he has, he should know who wrote the music for what!

But now I'm confused again. I thought Andy died a long time ago - and Maurice just a couple of years ago? I thought Barry was the only one left. Maybe I'll google the BeeGees and get caught up on my pop culture trivia! It may come in handy, if I get lucky and catch the Cash Cab, on our next visit to NY!

Tay4me · Veteran Member

azure wrote:
D&B -

Well, good to know there is a connection between the Gibbs boys and "Grease." I figured that being on Broadway for as long as he has, he should know who wrote the music for what!

But now I'm confused again. I thought Andy died a long time ago - and Maurice just a couple of years ago? I thought Barry was the only one left. Maybe I'll google the BeeGees and get caught up on my pop culture trivia! It may come in handy, if I get lucky and catch the Cash Cab, on our next visit to NY!

I have always loved the Bee Gees and saw them in 1980 when they were on their tour after the Saturday Night Fever movie. Barry and Robin are still alive, and Maurice died several years ago during or right after surgery. Andy was never in the Bee Gees, but toured on his own and died from complications of drugs. He was a teenage idol back in those days.

azure · Senior Member

Tay4me -

Thanks. I did google the BeeGees, and actually got involved reading about them for about a half hour! Ask me anything! LOL! I didn't remember Andy as being that much younger than his brothers. He was never a BeeGee, but a solo artist. That's where my confusion began, I think. I thought he was part of the group, and I knew two brothers had died, so somewhere along the line, I thought there was only one left!

At any rate, Barry and Robin are still very much alive. Maurice died in 2003 from complications of surgery to repair a twisted intestines. Andy died back in 1988. Hard to believe it was that long ago, isn't it?

Have a nice weekend!

DogsandBirds · Guru

azure wrote:

D&B -

Well, good to know there is a connection between the Gibbs boys and "Grease." I figured that being on Broadway for as long as he has, he should know who wrote the music for what!

But now I'm confused again. I thought Andy died a long time ago - and Maurice just a couple of years ago? I thought Barry was the only one left. Maybe I'll google the BeeGees and get caught up on my pop culture trivia! It may come in handy, if I get lucky and catch the Cash Cab, on our next visit to NY!

You are correct. Both Andy and Maurice are both gone. I don't know what I was thinking!

Good luck in finding the Cash Cab!

hs5sunny · Senior Member

DogsandBirds wrote:

You are correct. Both Andy and Maurice are both gone. I don't know what I was thinking!

Good luck in finding the Cash Cab!

Color me ignorant; what is the Cash Cab? smile

StockardFan · Senior Member

Robin is left too. The Bee Gees were Robin, Barry and Maurice. Andy was their brother, but not a part of the Bee Gees.

BBS420 · Guru

if the cashcab is a nyc cab filled with cash, I'd like to find one while I'm there.

azure · Senior Member

sunny -

I thought everyone knew about the Cash Cab! LOL!

We (teen and I) watch it every week day from 6 - 7 p.m. est. on the Discovery Channel. It's sort of like a Jeopardy on Wheels!

The cab driver, Ben Bailey (who is also a stand-up comic in NY, but not very well-known) picks up unsuspecting passengers. Lights and sounds start going off in the cab, after they get settled, and he explains the game to them. He will drive them to their destination, while quizzing them with trivia questions of varying degrees of difficulty on the way. He begins with four $25 questions, moves to four $50 and then $100's. If they answer incorrectly three times, that's three strikes, and he kicks them out of the cab, wherever they happen to be at the time. They have two "shout outs" - one mobile (cell phone call) and one on the street to passersby.

If they reach their destination, without getting three strikes, they have the option of taking the money they've accumulated (which depending on the distance they've travelled is usually anywhere between a couple of hundred and $1500) or risking it all on a video bonus question. This means he shows them a video, and they have 20 seconds to come up with one answer. If they're right, they double their money, but if they're wrong, they leave with nothing except a free cab ride!

So, like I said we watch it every night and it's a hit around here. When I went to NY to see Grease, I told the teen to answer the phone, because if I was in the Cash Cab, I'd call him for my mobile shout out! Of course, the show is filmed at least a few months in advance (judging by the clothes they're wearing) so there wasn't any chance I'd be in the cab. We must have driven in 15 cabs that weekend, and I asked just about every driver if they were aware of the cash cab. They all said yes - even the one who acted like he'd never heard of our hotel, and certainly had no clue how to get to it! So, Ben Bailey's probably more famous for driving the CC than he is for his comedy routine!

-- Edited by azure at 19:22, 2008-08-09