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Rice vs. Tulane
September 13, 1997
Superdome, 7pm

THEME:                 EtOH

MOB:                     GO RICE!

ACTION:                               MOB scatters onto field, into...

FORMATION:                 MOB

   *****SUPERDOME JUMBOTRON PLAYS 30-SECOND WINN-DIXIE COMMERCIAL*****

                                   *****(THE MEAT PEOPLE)*****

ANNOUNCER:                Hi! We're the Rice University Marching Owl Band, better known as the MOB!  We performed at halftime of last year's game.  You may remember our show.  If not, that's good!

 MUSIC:                 Dixie Rice

 ANNOUNCER:                The MOB is always sensitive to the desires of our audience, so this year we decided to do a show about a topic you actually might understand...

ACTION:                               MOB scatters to...

FORMATION:                99

MUSIC:                  99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (1st round)

ACTION:   Lederhosen-clad SAs with giant beer mugs consume heavily and dance about; music ends and MOB scatters to...

FORMATION:                98

ANNOUNCER:                Have you guessed it yet?

MUSIC:                  99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (2nd round, a little faster)

ACTION:     Lederhosen-clad SAs with giant beer mugs consume heavily and dance about, fighting with each other; music ends and MOB scatters to...

FORMATION:                97

ANNOUNCER:                You still don't know?

MUSIC:                  99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (3rd round, faster)

ACTION:   Lederhosen-clad SAs with giant beer mugs consume heavily and dance about, fighting with each other a lot; music ends and MOB scatters to...

FORMATION:                96

ANNOUNCER:                If you don't know by now, ask your neighbor!

MUSIC:                  99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (4th round, faster still)

ACTION:                               Lederhosen-clad SAs with giant beer mugs consume heavily and dance about, fighting with each other a lot, then fall down

ANNOUNCER:  Okay, we'll tell you!  It's cold, it's foamy, and it's not just for breakfast any more!  You can get lots of it in this town, if you're over twenty-one, of course.  When you've said it, you've said it all!

ACTION:                               MOB scatters to...

FORMATION:                 BEER

MUSIC:                 Beer Barrell Polka

ANNOUNCER:                Give me a B!

ACTION:                               people in the "B" scatter to tequila bottle

ANNOUNCER:                Give me an E!

ACTION:                               people in the E scatter to bottle

ANNOUNCER:                Give me another E!

ACTION:                               people in the second E scatter

ANNOUNCER:                Give me an R!

ACTION:                               R people scatter

ANNOUNCER:                What's that spell?

MOB:                     BEER!

ANNOUNCER:                What's that spell?

MOB:                     BEER!

ANNOUNCER:                What's that?

MOB:                     BEER!

ANNOUNCER:                I can't hear you?

MOB:                     BEER!

ANNOUNCER:                One more time:

MOB:                     BEER!

ANNOUNCER:                ...but, really, there's more to life than beer...

FORMATION:                TEQUILA BOTTLE (with SA worm)

MUSIC:                 Tequila

ACTION:  worm (labelled chinese dragon) goes through bottle; song ends and MOB scatters to...

FORMATION:                 Beer mug

ANNOUNCER:                blah blah blah Aggies blah blah blah penguins blah blah  blah Kerri Strug, America's sweetheart! blah blah blah thog blah blah blah Napoleonic Wars blah blah blah The streets will run with the blood of the unbelievers! blah blah blah This halftime show has been approved by Dick.

MUSIC:                 Bohemian Rhapsody

ACTION:                               SAs did something, but we won't know what until we look at the tape... (carried cardboard "bubbles" through the "beer" in the mug).

ANNOUNCER:                Alright, I think you guys need to take a sobriety test. Walk along a straight line

ACTION:                               MOB fails to walk down yard lines

ANNOUNCER:                Now touch your nose with your FINGER

ACTION:                               MOBsters try to do this and fail

ANNOUNCER:                Now stand on one foot and hop!

ACTION:                               everyone hops and falls down

ANNOUNCER:                So, how many drinks have you had?

COWBELL:                clank!-clank!-clank!-clank!

MOB:                     5!-6!-7!-8!

MUSIC:                  Louie^2

ANNOUNCER:                Ladies and gentlemen, the 1997 Rice University Marching Owl Band, under the direction of Mr. Sean Williams.  Drum Major for the MOB is Andy Hickly, and the Drum Minor is Allison Zumbro.  The Production Manager is Anita Anderson and this is your announcer... Foster Brooks.

ACTION:                               BAND EXEUNT

 
 

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