SexyBassoon??

Yesterday during my drive to work, I turned on my customary morning radio show, the “Johnny B.” show on 97.9 FM, “The Loop.” While the humor is crude, the talk is low-grade intelligence, and the issues discussed are of little to no consequence to me, I turn this show on because it makes me laugh and it gets my blood going for the day.
Yesterday’s guest was Rainn Wilson, a Chicago native, who stars as “Dwight Schrute” on NBC’s hit comedy, “The Office.” Recently, he has played the lead role in a movie called “The Rocker,” where he stars as a lousy drummer in a slapstick humor movie akin to “School of Rock.” During his interview he made mention of the fact that he has learned how to play drums and that he had already known how to read music. When Johnny B(randmeier) asked him about reading music, Rainn replied that he had played in band in high school (a graduate of New Trier high school). When Johnny asked which instrument, Wilson promptly stated that he had played bassoon. Then he said something that made me smile for the rest of the day. He said that bassoons were “sexy.”
OH MY GOSH….
DID HE JUST SAY THAT!!!????
He went on to elaborate that the bassoon was a chick magnet. “Think about it,” he said, “you’ve got this long sexy thing coming out from in between your legs, it’s got a low smooth sound to it, what’s not to love about it? It’s totally hot to play bassoon. Any of you young teenage boys looking to get the hook-up, you should seriously think about playing bassoon!!”
It’s a miracle that I didn’t drive off into the barrier. I was laughing so hard I cried, and my abs hurt for an hour. I suppose I should thank Wilson for doing some recruiting for one of the toughest instruments to get kids to play. But still, does he realize what he was saying about the bassoon? The thing sounds like a duck, if a duck could sing. What is sexy about that? Given the liberal nature of New Trier (not my comment-just quoting an old friend), I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that the pervading way of thought could produce something as ridiculous as that.
Still, that gives low wind players like me hope. Maybe, just maybe, playing tuba is sexy too.

So move out of the way Justin Timberlake, look who’s bringing SexyBack now?