03-24-2015, 08:39 AM
I am not GaryT, but I played one on (not) TV several times - so I second the birthday wishes.
[For years after The Play, everywhere the band went people wanted to "meet the trombone player", which strangely enough often got turned into wanting to "meet the tuba player". While GaryT was a mainstay at LSJUMB events, he didn't quite make everything. Given the odd transposition to "tuba player", and the amusing fact that so many couldn't seem to tell the difference between the two - I got drafted to "play" Gary at many a band rally. I might even have forged his autograph a few times (though it was likely a not-very legible "Edward M. Beaux" that was actually signed). ]
