History Funny / RushBand

As a band from CanadaEh, there's no doubt that living in Rush's limelight is pretty funny.

--> "All the previous inductees into this pantheon of rock are like a constellation of stars in the night sky. Among them, we're one tiny point of light. [[CanadaEh Shaped like a maple leaf.]]"

* Neil sprints offstage after the encore and blows past a security guard on his way to the exit. She exclaims, "Oh, my God, he was running faster than Music/BritneySpears, and she was running flat out!"
* One of the extras is called "Family Sawyer," with the band (in their gnome/troll personas) performing "Tom Sawyer" on banjo, upright bass, and drums. Jay Baruchel (in character as Mr. Birt the tax auditor) accompanies them on calliope, slowly getting more and more frenetic and even mashing his butt onto the keys. Once the song ends, he picks up his briefcase, straightens his hat, and calmly walks out while the others take a bow.

* At the end of the ''Clockwork Angels Tour'' video, Neil sprints offstage after the encore and blows past a security guard on his way to the exit. She exclaims, "Oh, my God, he was running faster than Music/BritneySpears, and she was running flat out!"

* The History of Rash, the videos that opened the two sets of the Time Machine tour, were given blooper reels when the Live in Cleveland b=Blu-ray was released. The RunningGag of Geddy/Gershon being unable to keep his monocle on while filming the Haus of Sausage segment gets pretty funny- especially since it seems to happen most often when they proclaim Slobovich/Alex to be a "musical genius".

** A tax collector (Creator/JayBaruchel) draws a number, waiting to see The Watchmaker, now serving #102. The number the taxman draws? 2112.

* The videos that introduced the two halves of the Time Machine shows. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0U_09XcJRI first video]], Rush appear as Gershon, Slobovich, and O'Malley, respectively a Polish-Jewish sausage maker, a fat Eastern European "musical scientist", and an Irish cop. Actors make up the polka band ''Rash'' that plays at Gershon's Haus of Sausage. They're a younger Rush that only get it right through the use of Slobovich's 'Gefilter' which changes them from polka to disco to country to prog rock. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTS4VmUVas second video]] (which begins at about 50 seconds in and ends at four minutes and 12 seconds in) is even better. Rush appear in their 1980 incarnation, attempting to film a video for Tom Sawyer. Geddy appears as Cecil, a snooty British filmmaker; Alex as Ray Danniels, Rush's manager, who is also fat like Slobovich and possesses an implacable (vaguely Russian) accent; and Neil as Percy, a cameraman who can't stand Cecil. One of the barmaids that is [[JustForPun moving pitchers]] pushes the time machine button on the Gefilter (but only after Danniels does it first), transporting Rush through time as they try to film the video. Behold, baby Rush, little kid Rush, caveman Rush, wizard Rush, current-day-but-the-instruments-are-all-mixed-up Rush, and possibly the best, chimpanzee Rush.

* The videos that introduced the two halves of the Time Machine shows. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0U_09XcJRI first video]], Rush appear as Gershon, Slobovich, and O'Malley, a Polish-Jewish sausage maker, a fat Eastern European "musical scientist", and an Irish cop. Actors make up the polka band ''Rash'' that plays at Gershon's Haus of Sausage. They're a younger Rush that only get it right through the use of Slobovich's 'Gefilter' which changes them from polka to disco to country to prog rock. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTS4VmUVas second video]] (which begins at about 50 seconds in and ends at four minutes and 12 seconds in) is even better. Rush appear in their 1980 incarnation, attempting to film a video for Tom Sawyer. Geddy appears as Cecil, a snooty British filmmaker, Alex as Ray Danniels, Rush's manager, who is also fat like Slobovich and possesses an implacable (vaguely Russian) accent. One of the barmaids that is [[JustForPun moving pitchers]] pushes the time machine button on the Gefilter (but only after Danniels does it first), transporting Rush through time as they try to film the video. Behold, baby Rush, little kid Rush, caveman Rush, wizard Rush, current-day-but-the-instruments-are-all-mixed-up Rush, and possibly the best, chimpanzee Rush.

* The History of Rash, the videos that opened the two sets of the Time Machine tour, were given blooper reels when the Live in Cleveland blu-ray was released. The RunningGag of Geddy/Gershon being unable to keep his monocle on while filming the Haus of Sausage segment gets pretty funny- especially since it seems to happen most often when they proclaim Slobovich/Alex to be a "musical genius".
** The best part? During some of the second segment's bloopers, with Geddy as the snotty director and Alex as Ray Danniels, if one looks in the background, they can see the actor who played a younger Neil turning several shades of purple [[{{Corpsing}} while trying not to laugh]]. He fails miserably.

** A bit of backstory on that: From 1996 on, Geddy preferred to plug his bass into the venue's direct sound output, therefore only requiring one amp as opposed to a stack of them like Alex Lifeson. However, Geddy felt uncomfortable with such a big empty space behind him, so he put a fridge behind him. In 2002 he used a row of clothes dryers, which were miked and filled with T-shirts to be thrown out to the audience. On the 2004 R30 tour, he replaced one of the dryers with a fully operational vending machine, and in 2007-2008, a row of rotisserie ovens would be behind him, actually cooking chickens (at some points, a chicken suit dressed roadie would come out to baste the chickens). In 2010-2011 he used a sausage maker.

* Alex Lifeson's "speech" at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even considering that everyone expected Alex to do something funny. In spite of that, they certainly didn't expect him to do [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjQZJ1RLQA this.]] He manages to tell the whole story of Rush and the Rock Hall... without ever using more than one word. It's even funnier than it would be normally because of that beautiful [[{{Troll}} troll smile]] of Alex's as he steps up to the podium.

* The videos that introduced the two halves of the Time Machine shows. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0U_09XcJRI first video]], Rush appear as Gershon, Slobovich, and O'Malley, a Polish-Jewish sausage maker, a fat Eastern European "musical scientist", and an Irish cop. Actors make up the polka band ''Rash'' that plays at Gershon's Haus of Sausage. They're a younger Rush that only get it right through the use of Slobovich's 'Gefilter' which changes them from polka to disco to country to prog rock. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTS4VmUVas second video]] (which begins at about 50 seconds in and ends at four minutes and 12 seconds in) is even better. Rush appear in their 1980 incarnation, attempting to film a video for Tom Sawyer. Geddy appears as Cecil, a snooty British filmmaker, Alex as Ray Danniels, Rush's manager, who is also fat like Slobovich and possesses an implacable (vaguely Russian) accent. One of the barmaids that is [[JustForPun moving pitchers]] pushes the time machine button on the Gefilter (but only after Danniels does it first), transporting Rush through time as they try to film the video. Behold, baby Rush, little kid Rush, caveman Rush, wizard Rush, current-day-but-the-instruments-are-all-mixed-up Rush, and possibly the best, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys chimpanzee Rush]].

* The videos that introduced the two halves of the Time Machine shows. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0U_09XcJRI first video]], Rush appear as Gershon, Slobovich, and O'Malley, a Polish-Jewish sausage maker, a fat Eastern European "musical scientist", and an Irish cop. Actors make up the polka band ''Rash'' that plays at Gershon's Haus of Sausage. They're a younger Rush that only get it right through the use of Slobovich's 'Gefilter' which changes them from polka to disco to country to prog rock. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTS4VmUVas&feature=related second video]] (which begins at about 50 seconds in and ends at four minutes and 12 seconds in) is even better. Rush appear in their 1980 incarnation, attempting to film a video for Tom Sawyer. Geddy appears as Cecil, a snooty British filmmaker, Alex as Ray Danniels, Rush's manager, who is also fat like Slobovich and possesses an implacable (vaguely Russian) accent. One of the barmaids that is [[JustForPun moving pitchers]] pushes the time machine button on the Gefilter (but only after Danniels does it first), transporting Rush through time as they try to film the video. Behold, baby Rush, little kid Rush, caveman Rush, wizard Rush, current-day-but-the-instruments-are-all-mixed-up Rush, and possibly the best, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys chimpanzee Rush]].

* On the R30 tour, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHPD7DfXIcM Darn That Dragon]] Intermission video. It features ''bobblehead versions'' of the band trying to fight a dragon. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]].

As a band from CanadaEh, there's no doubt that living in Rush's limelight is pretty funny:

--> '''Neil''', flatly, in response to this: I gotta go now, it's time to play.

** When Paul and Jason argue with Neil over [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY how to pronounce Neil's last name]], Geddy deadpans "I think he would know."

** Earlier during the same song, Alex tosses a drumstick in the air after finishing a fill, catches it perfectly, and ''genuinely looks surprised at the fact that he caught it'', as if he was expecting to have dropped it.

* Behold the Blues talents of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mawt4YKNWQs Old Chokin' Alex Lifeson]].

* Neil's Yosemite Sam mustache from the '70s is a wonder to behold.