From the Auditions of a Goose Who Never Made it as An Actor
by R.D. Ronstad
For the role of …
James Bond: HONK-Honk, Honk Honk
Mr. Miyagi: Honk HONK, HONK Honk
Mary Poppins: HONK Honk-Honk-Honk HONK Honk-Honk-Honk Honk HONK Honk-Honk
The Lone Ranger: Honk Honk HONK-Honk, Honk-HONNNNK!
Kato, Inspector Clouseau's houseboy: HOOONNNNNNNNNNK!!!
Taxi #1 in Taxi Driver: Honk Honk*
The Terminator: Honk Honk-HONK
Goose #3 (Fly Away Home): HONK…HONK…HONK…HONK…HONK…HONK...HONK…HONK…HONK…Honk…Ho...*
Replacement for Roger Ebert on At the Movies:

A bystander spotting Superman: Honk-Honk HONK, Honk-Honk HONK, Honk HONK Honk-Honk!
A member of the Wehrmacht (no dialogue):
Goose-step, goose-step, goose-step, goose-step, goose-step, etc.**
An extra in a crowd at a basketball game singing along with Gary Glitter‘s “Rock & Roll - Part II (The Hey Song)”:
...............HONK!..........
...............HONK!..........
...............HONK!..........
Jimmy Dugan (manager of the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League): HONK Honk Honk-Honk-Honk-Honk HONK!
*Couldn't capture the animus of a New York taxi
**Hired for the part, but showed up drunk the first day of shooting and was immediately released
***Very nervous that day and stumbled repeatedly

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