The Steve Martin/Bernadette Peters duet from The Jerk is superb. Musically, and as comedy. Even … maybe especially … to a trumpet player. Trumpets, or any brass instrument, have to be cleaned regularly to prevent unwanted “growth” from occurring. It’s true of any wind instrument, ultimately. Just a part of playing the thing a lot is caring for it.
BTW, it certainly looked to me as if that really WAS Ms. Peters playing the cornet in that scene. Just as I’m sure it was Mr. Martin playing the ukelele. Kudos to both of them for having the versatility and the nerve to perform on something for which you are not known.
Steve does play a mean banjo, though. See (listen to) his recordings with the Steep Canyon Rangers.
Liverlips McCracken
Guest
2 years ago
I have been fortunate in my life to see individual performers who could, and did, command a stage like Cleo. That she can do so while having no command whatsoever of the instrument on which she is performing is really a testament to her natural charisma.
I was too late to post this yesterday, but maybe it will inspire other lyricists to try. I’m envisioning it with a trombone solo from Liverlips.
Short and tan and young and stumpy
The basset from Ipanema goes waddling
And when she passes, each man she passes
Goes ah
When she moves it’s so hypnotic
Each ear that swings is so exotic
And when she passes, each man she passes
Goes ah
Oh, but he watches her sadly
She has a a home and an owner
He’d get a basset and gladly
But his apartment is really too small
They don’t allow pets not at all
Short and tan and young and stumpy
The basset from Ipanema goes waddling
And when she passes, he smiles, but
she isn’t free
Come here sweet and he would gladly
Scratch your ears and rub your belly
But when she passes, she sniffs, but
she isn’t free
So she sniffs at a tree
And waddles to the sea
And waddles to the sea
I am flattered. Your lyrics are wonderful. I feel compelled to point out that I do not play the trombone. I WAS a trumpeter. I’m fairly certain I could get a halfway decent sound out of a bone, but I don’t know where all the positions are, or the patterns to be used for different passages. I did, however, very much like Stan Getz’s fills in the clip above.
Sorry, I was winging it instead of looking back at all the archives to find your specialty. A thought a bone sounded more bassetish. Maybe even a sousaphone or a tuba.
Nicely done….I LOVE it!! The next time I rerun The Basset from Ipanema, it will have the new lyrics (and, I will rerun it yet again, since it ismy favorite poster!).
I make these.
They’re really easy to make, and they’re tasty! ! ! —
From:
“My Mother’s Cook Book”
BROWNIES Ingredients credited to: A copied recipe from somewhere ( instructions from Mother / see Notes from me:, too ).
Servings: “This number depends on how big the eater’s (s’) sweet tooth (eeth) is (are) / also your (their) chocolate addiction (s) level (s).”
1/2 cup shortening or butter
2 Squares of unsweetened chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or raisins or coconut
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease or line with waxed paper, an 8 inch square cake tin. Melt chocolate over
hot water. (I generally melt it over low heat, together with the butter or shortening.)
Then stir in the sugar and next the vanilla. Make sure it is cool enough, then stir in the eggs, (otherwise they will cook) one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Measure flour, without sifting, and stir in salt and nuts. Add to chocolate mixture and stir until well blended. Bake 45-50 minutes. (I find this usually cooks in about 25–30
minutes. Test about that time and go on from there.)
Notes from me:;
I always cool the chocolate/butter/sugar mix to luke-warm.
Bake on the second rack (top rack is first).
I always sift the flour regardless of instructions to the contrary. Over-fill the measuring cup with the sifted flour and tap the side with a knife to settle the flour to emulate unsifted, then scrape the measuring cup level.
Use butter and real vanilla.
I use both raisins (plump them by putting them in hot water for a few minutes then measure the 1/2 cup) AND 1/2 cup of shredded coconut.
Check at 25 minutes. (It’s done when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. [ If the knife is not clean it’s obvious.])
Don’t go longer than 5 minutes before checking again.
After removing the pan from the oven cover it with a tray or cookie sheet while cooling, it keeps the brownies moist.
I loved the thunderous applause Cleo is getting! She deserves it.
BTW our San Diego daughter has been here to decorate the house for Santa’s visit. Half the family will be up here for Christmas, and I can’t do these things anymore. So the little kids have sent their letters to Santa letting him know what fire place to use and the address. Everything looks so great! She’ll be leaving Friday, so life will be a lot less hectic for a few weeks.
Alligator caught in the Westfield River in Western Massachusetts yesterday morning….just in time, as it’s snowing right now! Wayward alligators are definitely NOT common in New England!
(photo provided by the West Springfield Police and WGGB, Western Massachusetts)
West Springfield Animal Control said that the gator, which had been seen periodically in the Westfield River over the last few months, was caught Tuesday morning.
Officials noted that the alligator seemed to be in good health and has since been taken by Mass. Environmental Police to a properly licensed reptile rescue.
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Love these pictures!
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What in the Sam Hill is this thing?
An endangered gray woolly monkey
or, LM may have been referring to the tail? Just guessing.
It has a mind of it’s own! 😀
The Steve Martin/Bernadette Peters duet from The Jerk is superb. Musically, and as comedy. Even … maybe especially … to a trumpet player. Trumpets, or any brass instrument, have to be cleaned regularly to prevent unwanted “growth” from occurring. It’s true of any wind instrument, ultimately. Just a part of playing the thing a lot is caring for it.
BTW, it certainly looked to me as if that really WAS Ms. Peters playing the cornet in that scene. Just as I’m sure it was Mr. Martin playing the ukelele. Kudos to both of them for having the versatility and the nerve to perform on something for which you are not known.
Steve does play a mean banjo, though. See (listen to) his recordings with the Steep Canyon Rangers.
I have been fortunate in my life to see individual performers who could, and did, command a stage like Cleo. That she can do so while having no command whatsoever of the instrument on which she is performing is really a testament to her natural charisma.
I was too late to post this yesterday, but maybe it will inspire other lyricists to try. I’m envisioning it with a trombone solo from Liverlips.
Short and tan and young and stumpy
The basset from Ipanema goes waddling
And when she passes, each man she passes
Goes ah
When she moves it’s so hypnotic
Each ear that swings is so exotic
And when she passes, each man she passes
Goes ah
Oh, but he watches her sadly
She has a a home and an owner
He’d get a basset and gladly
But his apartment is really too small
They don’t allow pets not at all
Short and tan and young and stumpy
The basset from Ipanema goes waddling
And when she passes, he smiles, but
she isn’t free
Come here sweet and he would gladly
Scratch your ears and rub your belly
But when she passes, she sniffs, but
she isn’t free
So she sniffs at a tree
And waddles to the sea
And waddles to the sea
I am flattered. Your lyrics are wonderful. I feel compelled to point out that I do not play the trombone. I WAS a trumpeter. I’m fairly certain I could get a halfway decent sound out of a bone, but I don’t know where all the positions are, or the patterns to be used for different passages. I did, however, very much like Stan Getz’s fills in the clip above.
Sorry, I was winging it instead of looking back at all the archives to find your specialty. A thought a bone sounded more bassetish. Maybe even a sousaphone or a tuba.
KAZOO SOLO!
🎵 Humming along. 🎶
Bravo, Arfside!!!
Nicely done….I LOVE it!! The next time I rerun The Basset from Ipanema, it will have the new lyrics (and, I will rerun it yet again, since it is my favorite poster!).
Thanks for working on the lyrics! Excellent job!
I think the “floop” is likely to be the best part of this concert.
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Nice
brownies!
I make these.
They’re really easy to make, and they’re tasty! ! ! —
From:
“My Mother’s Cook Book”
BROWNIES Ingredients credited to: A copied recipe from somewhere ( instructions from Mother / see Notes from me:, too ).
Servings: “This number depends on how big the eater’s (s’) sweet tooth (eeth) is (are) / also your (their) chocolate addiction (s) level (s).”
1/2 cup shortening or butter
2 Squares of unsweetened chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or raisins or coconut
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease or line with waxed paper, an 8 inch square cake tin. Melt chocolate over
hot water. (I generally melt it over low heat, together with the butter or shortening.)
Then stir in the sugar and next the vanilla. Make sure it is cool enough, then stir in the eggs, (otherwise they will cook) one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Measure flour, without sifting, and stir in salt and nuts. Add to chocolate mixture and stir until well blended. Bake 45-50 minutes. (I find this usually cooks in about 25–30
minutes. Test about that time and go on from there.)
Notes from me:;
I always cool the chocolate/butter/sugar mix to luke-warm.
Bake on the second rack (top rack is first).
I always sift the flour regardless of instructions to the contrary. Over-fill the measuring cup with the sifted flour and tap the side with a knife to settle the flour to emulate unsifted, then scrape the measuring cup level.
Use butter and real vanilla.
I use both raisins (plump them by putting them in hot water for a few minutes then measure the 1/2 cup) AND 1/2 cup of shredded coconut.
Check at 25 minutes. (It’s done when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. [ If the knife is not clean it’s obvious.])
Don’t go longer than 5 minutes before checking again.
After removing the pan from the oven cover it with a tray or cookie sheet while cooling, it keeps the brownies moist.
I didn’t get ‘Mom’s cookbook’ idea until our youngest (of 4) went away to college. He still has it, and they use it for all kinds of recipes.
Soloist on the short cello…. I like it.
IT’S HUMP DAY, Cleophans!
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PRETEND TO BE A TIME TRAVELER DAY.
Y’all have a great day. (((((HuGz!))))
Got them in HD quality completely legal and free of charge from ARD-mediathek here in Germany. Yes; the undubbed versions, too.
“Humpday is HERE!” Hah! One of my very favorite commercials! LOVE the camel!!
I loved the thunderous applause Cleo is getting! She deserves it.
BTW our San Diego daughter has been here to decorate the house for Santa’s visit. Half the family will be up here for Christmas, and I can’t do these things anymore. So the little kids have sent their letters to Santa letting him know what fire place to use and the address. Everything looks so great! She’ll be leaving Friday, so life will be a lot less hectic for a few weeks.
Enjoy. Christmas is always the most fun with little kids around.
the ‘veins’ look like capillaries in the human body .
Yes. Very fractal like.
Dec 8th, of course, was when FDR asked “that congress declare that a state of war
has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire”
Alligator caught in the Westfield River in Western Massachusetts yesterday morning….just in time, as it’s snowing right now! Wayward alligators are definitely NOT common in New England!
(photo provided by the West Springfield Police and WGGB, Western Massachusetts)
West Springfield Animal Control said that the gator, which had been seen periodically in the Westfield River over the last few months, was caught Tuesday morning.
Officials noted that the alligator seemed to be in good health and has since been taken by Mass. Environmental Police to a properly licensed reptile rescue.
we sure wouldn’t want this gator to be taken in by an improperly licensed reptile rescue.
the little bugger would wind up shoes and suitcases !
OMG!! ……just spit out my drink!!!!! LOL LOL
(btw, I copied and pasted that last paragraph from the news release. “Properly licensed reptile rescue” were their words, not mine.)
…or in a gumbo…
Simpsons reference dead ahead: Is the gator’s name “Flushie?”