Teddy was in the high school marching band.
But instead of the slide trombone, he played the Slip n’ Slide trombone.
While everybody else marched around the football field and played their instruments, Teddy would get a running start and leap on to a wet orange plastic sheet while he played his trombone.
Everybody thought it was cool, and Teddy got cheers and shouts every time he slid.
Until he tripped.
Instead of sliding along the sheet, Teddy fell face-down into the dirt, and the trombone mouthpiece knocked his teeth out.
After that, he played the Slip ‘n Slide whistle.