Overheard Stagehand Line #43: "When the time came, I locked eyes with him"

"When the time came, I locked eyes with him, grabbed him by the shirt and threw him under the bus."

Overheard Stagehand Conversation #42: "I'm an idea man"

Stagehand #1: "I'm an idea man."
Stagehand #2:  "Yeah, but you are a BAD idea man."

Term of the Day: wrap gift

wrap gift--a gift for the cast and crew at the wrap, the end, of production on a TV show or movie. Usually provided by the producer or the star.

Term of the Night: to poo poo

to poo poo-- to dismiss, to mock an idea. "The head carpenter poo poo-ed my fix for the rolling kitchen unit."

Term of the Day: two-card family

two-card family-- when your spouse or partner get his or her card in the same local.

Term of the Night: his chair, my chair

his chair/her chair--referring the seat at the automation console. By tradition, the stagehand who is the automation carpenter who set up a show can reclaim his or her seat when the new show they are on closes. "It's his chair at this show, so when he comes back, I'll have to find another job."

Term of the night: W.O.S.

W.O.S.--walk of shame, when someone shows up to work wearing yesterday's clothes, indicating a night of sexual congress with someone. I have heard that when a Rockette at the Radio City Christmas Show gets lucky, she has to buy doughnuts for the rest of the Rockettes the next morning.