Barbershop, as Steve mentions there, is almost assuredly Steve snarking and playing into the conflated ideas of the past he's probably still not sure how they happened. By now I'd think Steve has figured out about John-Boy and Mary Ellen.

It wasn't that it was a raked stage, it was a warped stage. And off they started drifting, iirc towards the rear.

I have performed dance on a concert stage. Turned my foot landing on the cover plate for the outlet.