Talk:Century Theatres
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[edit] The Clap
Does anyone remember 'the clap'? For many years (late 80's - early 90's?) right before the feature started at Century Theaters, there was a piece of music accompanying the theater rules. I don't know where or when it started, but a fair amount of the time people would clap in rhythm at key points of the music (clap-clap-clap - CLAP-CLAP-CLAP). There was an article written about it in the Merc (I think) and everything as it was a bit of a cultural phenomenon. Moviegoers in San Jose did this for years; it was pretty unique. Anyway, I have been trying to track down the article but not having any luck. It was a silly thing, but you knew if you went to a movie on the opening weekend, there would be a lot of people doing 'the clap'. I thought it might be something to be added to this entry, but perhaps only people from the Bay Area would appreciate it.
Danno49 18:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Funny, I was just writing about this very same thing for my LiveJournal. I used to go to the Century Theaters in Mountain View, near Shoreline Amphitheatre, and I remember the clapping phenomenon pretty well. It was during the "feature presentation" animation with the ticket flying around the lobby and into the theater. I remember that animation being used for years, but call the clapping didn't really start until around the early- to mid-90s. My friends and I used to do it all the time. However, not long after it reached its height of popularity, the theater was refurbished and a new animation was use that had brand new music that you couldn't clap along with. Michael24 13:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clappy trailer!
For those of you longing for the nostalgic "clapping trailer", here is the URL for a YouTube video of a reallllyyyy old one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-b69azot58
Anyone been able to get their hands on the "flying ticket" one from the '90s? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.164.95.212 (talk) 02:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC).
