A quick story about my pal Terry. Im not exactly sure when I first met the man, but Im pretty sure it was at a Hellgate sporting event -- and there is definitely one instance that sticks out in my mind more than others. When I was a junior in high school, a group of friends and I formed an all-male support squad for our girls volleyball team. We called ourselves the Boom-Chicka Crew. Ill spare you the boring details, but our overall goal was to cheer on our team and harass the opposing team, all while hamming it up for the crowd. We were pretty damn funny, too, if I do say so myself. Like most teenagers we took our cues from the premier funnymen of the day, especially guys like Will Ferrell of SNL. Also in typical teenager fashion we generally did not think our parents were that cool. Except this one guy -- Terry Cromwell. One of the gags we liked to perform at the volleyball games was a scene from the popular SNL Spartan cheerleader skit where they did a roll call, which usually began with an introduction of My name is .... We, of course, would take turns ad-libbing our own lines while the rest of the crew clapped in cadence. In case you dont remember what this looks like Ive added a clip from SNL below... One night we thought it would be fun to throw it up to Terry, who was sitting in the Mezzanine above the court and had no idea that we were about to invite him into our inner circle of hooliganism. What can I say? Big Ter Cromwell did not skip a beat. In fact, he knocked it out of the park. Boom-Chicka Crew: Terrrr-ry! Terrrr-ry! Terrrr-ry! Terrrr-ry! TC: My name is Terry, BCC [yeah!] TC: and I pay the bills. BCC: [yeah!] TC: I come to Hellgate volleyball, BCC: [yeah!] TC: for all the thrills! Now, its totally possible he said kills -- my mind is a little hazy at this point -- but it didnt matter. He had everyone cracking up so hard. In my opinion, that cemented Terry Cromwell as one of the coolest guys ever. The guy was a hipster before the term hipster was even invented. ...One of the best parts of that story, while TC was screaming out his second line he reached into his pocked and pulled out a wad of money and began rubbing the bills between his fingertips. The guy is so tuned in. Now Id like to ask all of you a favor...please come to the Cromwell Benefit on May 8, and if you cant please reach into your pocket and pull out a wad of bills to donate to our friend Terry Cromwell on the following website: https://youcaring/Cromwell
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 21:46:50 +0000