the cheese stands alone

Enlightening Eric

A joke for Eric, because he hasn't heard this one:

An understudy of a successful Broadway show is finally getting his big break. He's told one of the minor actors is ill, and while it's only one line, there was going to be lots of big producers and directors in the audience that night.
The understudy takes it to heart, and practices his line all day, in every way... "HARK! I hear the cannons roar!" "Hark! I hear the CANNONS roar!" "Hark, I hear the cannons ROAR!"
Finally the big night arrives. The understudy strides onstage and waits for his cue. Soon it comes, a deafening sound effect of cannons firing.
The understudy jumps in the air and screams "What the FUCK was that?"