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Author Topic: funny floor staff Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 06-12-2004 10:08 PM                     Our Electronic Marquees cut letters off and we have had a few funny ones recently... Harry Pott Runaway Ju Texas Chai  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-14-2004 02:57 AM                     Today I came down stairs on my way to lunch and a couple candy attendants were appearantly talking about "tea baggin'"...Quite frightening, I'd say.  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-20-2004 03:57 AM                     Not sure if I`v posted this b4 but some students in Oxford changed the tiles of Star Wars round......ARS WARTS  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-20-2004 09:06 AM                       Hoo-boy. Well, at least he didn't spell it sell.  |  IP: Logged Robert John Jeromson Master Film Handler Posts: 264 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Jul 2004 posted 07-22-2004 08:03 PM                     In an old complex I used to work in we had LED text signs above the door of each cinema that only had 15 spaces of text visible at any one time, so the film title had to be abbreviated so that we could also fit in the classification at the end of the title, if the text was longer than 15 spaces the sign would scroll (we used to use it for advertising quite a bit). Anyway, we were showing an Australian film called Occational Coarse Language, which was abrreviated to Coarse Lang. M for the sign, which had too many spaces so the sign would scroll leaving "arse lang. M" over the door.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-23-2004 10:03 AM                        I spilled Sprite there, I'd want to take a hose and wet down the entire pair of pants so it wouldn't look like I pissed myself.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-23-2004 11:30 AM                     I hate those stupid "digital" airport-style marquees that cut off the titles. How the hell do they get theaters to install these? "Digital is better, see?" When I was at ShowEast, I went to the silly little booth that had all of the different kinds of "digital" marquees. Even on their demo display, it was cutting off letters. I asked the rep how this was better than mylars, and the quick and cheerful answer was that I would never have to buy mylars again! Well, being the creative smartass that I am, I took all of the titles they had up on the board (20 or so) and "charged" them $0.25 for every letter missing that made the display look "ghetto" -- the cost added up to that of a couple mylars. And I'd still have to buy the display instead of just a box with a flourescent light. The rep saw I wasn't interested and didn't want to talk anymore. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Christian Volpi Master Film Handler Posts: 349 From: Arlington, NE Registered: Apr 2004 posted 07-23-2004 09:56 PM                        I showed up for work one day after it stormed all night and noticed that the wind blew a few letters off of the marquee. One of the movies that we had at the time was Spice World. The E fell off and it became... -SPIC WORLD-  |  IP: Logged Robb Johnston Expert Film Handler Posts: 147 From: St. Louis Suburbs Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-24-2004 01:28 PM                        I have 3 marquee stories, All from theatres that Mark has (does?) worked at. On the outside, reading across the titles it read "Freddy Got Fingered One Night at McCools" Inside the same theatre reading down the one column of 4 titles it read: Josie and The Pussycats Blow Pokemon At another building, they would split titles between the sign at the front of the hall and over the door. When a film strring Dolly Parton was in house 6 and another starring Wesley Snipes was in house 7, the hall sign read: Straight White Men  |  IP: Logged Robert L. Fischer Expert Film Handler Posts: 145 From: Montreal, Quebec Registered: May 2004 posted 07-26-2004 02:12 AM                    We've often had fun coming up with porno titles for the movies we have. My favorite is one that I created last summer -- Womb Raider: Robbing the Cradle of Life.  |  IP: Logged Andrew Jefferson Film Handler Posts: 23 From: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Registered: Jul 2004 posted 07-28-2004 11:34 AM                     One day we had a new guy putting up the letters up out front and he forgot to put the ratings in between the movies... it ended up looking like this: ONE PERFECT DAY UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 07-28-2004 11:56 AM                     Actual twin theatre marquee here in SF. The Power Puff Girls Like Mike Training Day From Hell Moulin Rouge Swordfish  |  IP: Logged Steven Jantzen Film Handler Posts: 30 From: goodwell, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 07-28-2004 10:47 PM                     alls i got to say is: lmfao.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-29-2004 01:52 AM                    the best one is My Dog Skip Screwed Erin Brokovich  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-29-2004 03:45 AM                     You have it a little backwards, Darryl. Here's another one, it's all about the left side Another one I remember seeing at the Century Greenback back in 1995 on the big marquee: SEVEN CLUELESS SHOWGIRLS -Aaron  |  IP: Logged

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