Comments on: Video: Behind the Clapping http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2007/02/09/video-behind-the-clapping/ The blog by and for comedy nerds. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:14:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gabrielle Birchak http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2007/02/09/video-behind-the-clapping/comment-page-1/#comment-14200 Gabrielle Birchak Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:09:07 +0000 http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2007/02/09/video-behind-the-clapping/#comment-14200 When I saw this, I just cried. As a retired clapper, myself, I understand the ups and downs of the clapping world. Inspired by the song "Car Wash" I entered Clapping College 30 years ago and graduated Clappa Cum Laude. I worked my way up from children's albums ("Down by the Station" was my BIGGEST children's hit) all the way up to the height of my career when I clapped for Eddie Rabbit's "I Love a Rainy Night." But, the entertainment industry seduced me with the drugs and the night life, and I soon found myself unable to show up for clapping gigs. I knew I hit an all time low when I was hired with a group of other "retired" clappers to clap and yell "Move that Bus" for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I may never get a second chance in the clapping industry, but I have memories to pass on to my own grandchildren as I teach them the family trait of clapping. R.I.P. Derrick Wilson, and know that your claps will live on forever in my world. When I saw this, I just cried. As a retired clapper, myself, I understand the ups and downs of the clapping world. Inspired by the song "Car Wash" I entered Clapping College 30 years ago and graduated Clappa Cum Laude. I worked my way up from children's albums ("Down by the Station" was my BIGGEST children's hit) all the way up to the height of my career when I clapped for Eddie Rabbit's "I Love a Rainy Night."

But, the entertainment industry seduced me with the drugs and the night life, and I soon found myself unable to show up for clapping gigs. I knew I hit an all time low when I was hired with a group of other "retired" clappers to clap and yell "Move that Bus" for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

I may never get a second chance in the clapping industry, but I have memories to pass on to my own grandchildren as I teach them the family trait of clapping.

R.I.P. Derrick Wilson, and know that your claps will live on forever in my world.

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