Farook from Accounting doesn’t subscribe to the whole notion of small talk. Or, it would appear, hard work.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen him working. He seems to be one of those people that put all of their effort into looking busy rather than actually working.
To me, that always seems like more effort that just doing your job.
Farook is good at acting busy. And as of today, I understand why.
Because today I “Googled” Farook.
And today I discovered that Farook from Accounting is active in community theatre.
And when I say “active” in community theatre, I mean “really” active.
I’ll admit it. I was surprised.
I watched a YouTube clip of him as Willy Loman and Biff in a no budget production of Death of a Salesman.
Farook has an unusual acting style. He mostly screams. And his hands never stop moving. He did a lot of mini karate chops.
It was very entertaining.
Farook also wrote, produced, directed, and starred in his one man musical show Pirates Of The Office Pen.
The video of him singing “I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major Accountant” has to be seen to be believed.
The most amazing thing is that he’s got to be the world’s only writer, actor, singer, producer and director who doesn’t talk about himself at the office.
And that’s a talent.
Alan,
We need more non-Google details here. Take Farook for instance:
How old is he?
Tall? Short? Fat? Thin? Nondescript looking? What?
Is he married?
Arranged marriage awaiting him in the, “Old country?”
His name would indicate a Mideast background – Iraq? Iran? Pakistan? From where does his name derive?
Does he too have the hot’s for Carlita?
He’s in the “amateur Theatre” – closet gay perhaps??
Come on, we expect some visuals from you Alan T!
Sally P 🙂
Only one response. I am shocked.
I, myself, did a very impressive “Jimmy” in Richard Nash’s Rainmaker.
Thank you gryphonscry, thank you…
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I’d loove to see it. Any YouTube clips you’d care to share?
It was waaaay back in the days when Bill G. was still in his basement trying to figure out DOS.
Ah. But, wait… We did have videotape then. I seem to recall using it. Videotape that is now easily transferred to disc… Then it’s just a hop, skip and upload to Youtube.
You sure you’re not holding out on us…?
😉
cheers!
Alan
nope, not sure. Besides videotape (beta) they also had some wild hallucinogenics back then which I sampled from time to time . . . so, nope not completely sure. 😐 😉 But I am sure that I was in that show, along with a smattering of others.
🙂
Reminds me of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company… Didn’t they once perform The Crucible on LSD?
Jimminy! The Crucible on acid?
That is such a heavy HEAVY drama that merely being in the audience while tripping would be unbearable. PERFORMING it would be a surefire soul-twister.
I saw an Broadway Road-Company production of Jesus Christ Superstar while stoned on pot back in the seventies. During the crucifixion scene I screamed in sympathetic agony when they pierced Jesus’ side with the spear. It didn’t endear me to the rest of the audience. If I had been tripping, I would have disintegrated.
Performing The Crucible on acid? Truly a hellish thought . . .
Ha. Wish I could have seen the look on the people sitting beside you. 🙂
Legend has it, (or this is what I was told, anyway) that the company did it as an experiment and videotaped it so they could see the choices they made while on a powerful hallucinogenic drug.
People have done some remarkable things on it. My favourite story is the baseball pitcher who threw the no hitter on LSD. In an interview, he said at points the ball was the size a melon and at others the size of a pea.
🙂
I heard that it was 1970 and was Vida Blue. Other sources seem to think it was some guy I’ve never heard of named Dock Ellis.
The guy I was thinking of was Dock Ellis!
Thanks!
http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/ellis.asp