JOE WILLIE ON THE SHRIMPBOX: THE PROBLEM WITH FIREWORKS

I HAVE TO SAY THIS EVERY YEAR ON THE DAY AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS DISPLAYS: THE SHOW IS TOO LONG! WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG BETWEEN FIREWORKS AT THESE HOLIDAY SHOWS? BOOM…LOT’S OF COLOR…PRETTY!…CROWD SAYS “AAH!”…PAUSE…BOOM…PRETTIER!…
CROWD SAYS “OOH!”…PAUSE…BOOM…NOT QUITE AS GOOD…CROWD SAYS
“HMMM!”….PAUSE…PAUSE…NO BOOM…IT’S A DUD…CROWD SAYS “HUH?”…
PAUSE…BOOM…PRETTY COOL…CROWD SAYS “AAH”…THIS SEQUENECE GETS REPEATED FOR ALMOST THIRTY MINUTES. NICE FIREWORKS, BUT TAKING A LONG TIME. AFTER A HALF HOUR OF THIS PYRO MONOTONY…THE FIREWORKS PEOPLE REALIZE, “HEY WE GOT ALL THESE LEFT TO GO AND WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME…LET’S FIRE ‘EM ALL AT THE SAME TIME!”….BOOM…BOOM…BOOM…BOOM…
BOOM…OH YEAH! NOW WE’RE TALKING…COOL!…PRETTY!…AWESOME!…CROWD
SAYS, “AAH! OOH! YEAH! MAN! KEEP IT COMING!” THE CROWD STARTS HOOTIN’ AND HOLLERIN’…CHEERING…AND GOING NUTS!…THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT! THEY CALL THAT LAST OUTBURST OF COLORS AND SOUND THE FINALE.
I SAY DO THE WHOLE SHOW AS A FINALE…GIVE THE FOLKS SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT!…I’D RATHER HAVE TEN MINUTES OF NON-STOP FIREWORKS COVERING THE SKY THAN WHAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. YOU EVER NOTICE THAT THEY JUST A FINALE TYPE SHOW AT BALL GAMES? DON’T DRAG OUT THE FIREWORKS…LIGHT ‘EM ALL UP AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE…IT’S NOT ABOUT A LONG TIME…IT’S ABOUT HAVING A LARGE TIME!