Comments on: Shouting at a Box: Why Do We Cheer Out Loud?

By: Mary darcy

Mary darcy — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:56:39 +0000

Awww… Thanks Naomi. High praise, indeed. At my house, the Snoopy Happy Dance is reserved for things from Crisan :-)

By: Rob Madeo

Rob Madeo — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:36:04 +0000

How about people yelling at the movie screen?

By: Naomi Seldin

Naomi Seldin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:21:25 +0000

I do the Snoopy Happy Dance when Mary posts a status update.

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:54:44 +0000

Woo.

By: Jessica Marshall

Jessica Marshall — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:00:51 +0000

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Paul G.

Paul G. — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:28:32 +0000

Haha, I gave a victory arm pump when I read your bit about legalizing MMA! However I mostly just mumble to myself while I read your blog or nod my head in agreement.
Cro Cop is an amazing fighter, also my favorite fighter since I started watching him in pride in 2005ish. His sad performance in UFC will quickly be rectified soon enough.

By: Jackie77

Jackie77 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:09:20 +0000

I shout out the responses when watching Jeopardy and yell at the contestants when they get a wrong answer:)

By: Will King

Will King — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:32:58 +0000

Mary Darcy – I kept reading your name as Marcy Darcy and was having “Married… with Children” flashbacks!

By: Mary Darcy

Mary Darcy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:09:05 +0000

OK, so…umm … it’s totally out there now — so yes, Capital Region, I am totally aware of what a geek I am. Thanks for outing me Kevin:-)

Also, in my defense, I didn’t so much applaud and cheer as resist the sort of knee jerk instinct to applaud and cheer — that’s different. Well… maybe not. But I swear to God I have never seen an episode of Murder She Wrote! I just kind of felt it was nice to see a woman in her 80’s still doing the thing she loved with so much heart. Angela ( I call her Angela) has had an amazing career in film and Broadway and she’s kind of a class act … really. But somehow I feel I’m not really helping my my anti-geek cause here…

Anyway, I once went to a screening of the re-mastered “Gone With the Wind” and when Clark Gable first showed up on the screen, all the 20 something women in the theater gasped. At the end everyone was applauding. Almost everyone involved in the film was long dead, but people were still applauding. For what? The projectionist? Maybe it was for the experience, or just out of habit. Maybe it was out of happiness. From the time we are babies, we’re kind of trained to think we should applaud for things we love.

So, you see — maybe I’m not such a geek after all.

OK, I’m off to go to listen to my Stephen Sondheim collection now.

Kidding.

Sort of.

By: Em

Em — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:07:10 +0000

I only yell at bad acting.
I don’t cheer and definitely don’t applaud unless I’m at a live event.
Clapping, alone in your livingroom, should be left for those who live in group homes.
PS
Clapping to the beat of bad music while you dance in front of your bedroom mirror doesn’t count. (Technically that’s a live performance.)