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Ordered with pride.
Will wear to Knott's Berry Farm as soon as it arrives.

Where was Woot and Apelad when I was in school. I'd have worn this to school.

I've played trombone for 20 years, and the teacher's hands are in an odd position. The bell should be bigger and a bit farther from her head, the slide should be much longer, and the grip seems reversed, though it's tough to tell because of the silhouette (the slide is used with the thumb and middle and index fingers on the slide bar, not the edge of the slide). And the omission of the MUTE is almost too much. Without the mute, you don't get the "womp womp womp" sound, which is the whole point.

It's a cool design and concept... but trombonists will have a hard time not nitpicking it.

Assassin15 wrote:First place was available for exactly 26 minutes before this one was put up.

Good week to get fourth place then, no?

I showed this to my wife who is an elementary school teacher, and suggested that she buy some of these for her teacher friends.

She said, "That'd be great, if I was a band teacher."

Sigh....

As a teacher AND a trombone player, I definitely need this shirt!

This was my favorite from the derby. I'm glad it won!

joshualder wrote:...And the omission of the MUTE is almost too much. Without the mute, you don't get the "womp womp womp" sound, which is the whole point.

It's a cool design and concept... but trombonists will have a hard time not nitpicking it.

My husband and I agree with you. The MUTE is the "whole point". It is a deal-breaker for the 2 band geeks here. We just can't see past this being overlooked. :-( Rock on to those trombonists who can! :-)

Bummer. Otherwise, the design/shirt would have been an instabuy for him - a card carrying band geek and Peanuts fan. Sorry ApeLad. :-(

This is one of the cutest, most clever shirts I've seen in a long time on here. LOVE it!

LOVE IT! Bought shirts for us to wear the first day of Professional Development at school!! It's the perfect shirt for our First Grade Level team!!! The last one we bought as a group was the "SOME BBQ" shirt. Watching people's faces for that one was CLASSIC!

I can see it now. I order this shirt from Woot, and they send me a rock.

I'm allergic!!! ANAPHYLA... CHOKE SPUTTER.

Wah-wah-wah-wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *trombone sound*.

Lad is the new Spens.

I always thought they used the plunger type mute. (not the fixed ones like others posted)
Like this

or this

With these, you can manipulate the tone by moving the mute closer or further from the bell and get the "wha-wha" effect.

jamesbottomtooth wrote:picture is missing the mute piece for that 'wah wah' sound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TrumpetMutes.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trumpet_WahWahMute.jpg

You mean a plunger?

Because on a trombone, its generally just an (unused) plunger, which is what I believe they used for the tv show

Waaah wah waaah wah waaaaaaaaah.

(Translation: This is now my computer's background. In for one as a shirt, too :] )

Condition: Rusty

NitsuaKun wrote:Without using a mute, I don't think that sound could be produced very well. I should know, I was once a band geek.

Once a band geek always a band geek. Band geeks are for life....yo.

What makes this shirt even better is how its yellow with black through the middle haha, very nice addition.

mandren wrote:Condition: Rusty

I only recently was imparted the knowledge to understand what this means.


PS: EWWWW. >_<;

hockeyham wrote:If it had the zigzag lines across the bottom, I'd be in for 11

I think the zigzag line is copyrighted.

MathUhhhSaurus wrote:Once a band geek always a band geek. Band geeks are for life....yo.

I'll still respect you even though I was [and in somes ways, still am] a choir geek

bassanimation wrote:I only recently was imparted the knowledge to understand what this means.


PS: EWWWW. >_<;

Could be worse....

Am I seeing things, or does the teacher only have one foot?

grahamcrackercoyote wrote:I'll still respect you even though I was [and in somes ways, still am] a choir geek

Some of us were BOTH band and choir geeks. My class ring just has a treble clef on the side for "music!"

tgentry wrote:Just as a follow-up... Teacher Talks Funny was the 1st place shirt. For some reason there was an error in the initial write-up (if you notice the 1st Place badge was always on the Teacher sales image), but there's no error in the vote tally. Rest-assured, there was no phantom first place shirt.

Thanks, T! It was fun speculating though - always nice to entertain the idea of a minor conspiracy every once in a while Congrats Ape, you were truly numero uno!

I played trombone...and could care less about the mute. It would have looked silly with it, and gotten a little jumbled on the illustration. Thanks for keeping it simple! Obviously the highest percentage of voting individuals got the joke and appreciated it well enough even without the technical burden.

FWIW, I've been a professional trombonist for almost 20 years, and the lack of a mute and the minor inaccuracies in the drawing of the trombone don't bother me. Besides, the mute used isn't commonly known (as seen by the guesses above), so I can't really fault the artist for omitting it.

The teacher's voice was played by a trombonist named Dean Hubbard using a solotone mute, the same type that can be seen here (at 0:23).

Solotones have a particularly muffled sound, and Hubbard used that along with a few playing "tricks" to emulate a comically indistinct voice. He might have added some wah-wah effects from fanning his hand or a plunger over the end of the mute, but the basic sound is from the solotone.

Funny shirt, ApeLad... I'm in for one.

tomsman wrote:My husband and I agree with you. The MUTE is the "whole point". It is a deal-breaker for the 2 band geeks here. We just can't see past this being overlooked. :-( Rock on to those trombonists who can! :-)

Bummer. Otherwise, the design/shirt would have been an instabuy for him - a card carrying band geek and Peanuts fan. Sorry ApeLad. :-(

Too bad it's not a different color.

bsmith1 wrote:I always thought they used the plunger type mute. (not the fixed ones like others posted)
Like this

or this

With these, you can manipulate the tone by moving the mute closer or further from the bell and get the "wha-wha" effect.

I thought it was the plunger mute too, until I saw what bcm1 posted. I hadn't thought about the Solotone mute.

almsforoblivion wrote:Am I seeing things, or does the teacher only have one foot?

So do all the kids...

tcanning wrote:I showed this to my wife who is an elementary school teacher, and suggested that she buy some of these for her teacher friends.

She said, "That'd be great, if I was a band teacher."

Sigh....

That is just silly, it is an elementary classroom, she obviously didn't get the jok that it is charlie brown's teacher, and that is where her voice comes from. I am a teacher and I laughed my a@@ off and immediately voted for this, and now have one on it's way to my house!

bcm1 wrote:FWIW, I've been a professional trombonist for almost 20 years, and the lack of a mute and the minor inaccuracies in the drawing of the trombone don't bother me. Besides, the mute used isn't commonly known (as seen by the guesses above), so I can't really fault the artist for omitting it.

The teacher's voice was played by a trombonist named Dean Hubbard using a solotone mute, the same type that can be seen here (at 0:23).

Solotones have a particularly muffled sound, and Hubbard used that along with a few playing "tricks" to emulate a comically indistinct voice. He might have added some wah-wah effects from fanning his hand or a plunger over the end of the mute, but the basic sound is from the solotone.

Funny shirt, ApeLad... I'm in for one.

Now that I've slept on it... I'm starting to feel indifferent. Is it absolutely accurate? No. But, as a longtime trombonist, I'm beginning to think I absolutely MUST have this shirt regardless because it is pretty awesome.

Oh well... still 10 more hours to think about it...

joshualder wrote:Now that I've slept on it... I'm starting to feel indifferent. Is it absolutely accurate? No. But, as a longtime trombonist, I'm beginning to think I absolutely MUST have this shirt regardless because it is pretty awesome.

Oh well... still 10 more hours to think about it...

Unless it is close to selling out.

jml326 wrote:Unless it is close to selling out.

Woot increased the first day numbers to 5000. There won't be any "sellout" shirts soon.

chennai8 wrote:Woot increased the first day numbers to 5000. There won't be any "sellout" shirts soon.

I had a sellout last week. Not to toot my own trombone or anything. Just sayin'.

You guys do get that this is supposed to be Charlie Brown's teacher in Peanuts, right? I think only one person even referenced it...

My daughter is attending a fine arts magnet school this year, I'm a band geek, and husband loves everything Peanuts ... in for three!

ApeLad wrote:I had a sellout last week. Not to toot my own trombone or anything. Just sayin'.

Awkward!!!

Congratz Apelad, you're on a roll lately