Wednesday, December 27, 2006
A PUN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
The following was posted by The Old Geezer (a frequent contributor) on the Frank Zappa newsgroup (I edited for spelling and grammar):
A long time ago, back in the autumn of 1952, when Bing Crosby was
filming the movie "White Christmas" in New Hampshire, the mayor of
Nashua, NH thought it would be a great idea to have Bing visit their
fair town & present him with the key to the city on the steps of City
Hall. You know, a nice little photo op for the mayor's re-election and a
way for some of the town's dignitaries to meet the Great Bing Crosby.
Now, one has to remember, Bing Crosby at this time was at the peak of his
singing career. He was bigger than Elvis, the Beatles, Sinatra & the
Beach Boys all put together. He crossed generational lines, admired by
young & old as one of the "coolest cats" in the music world.
Well, word leaked out that Bing would be in town so hundreds of
teenagers skipped school to attend the little ceremony. The authorities
were not prepared for such a large crowd. There were only a few
policemen present, and things soon got out of hand. Pushing & shoving
began as the teenagers all wanted to get closer to see their hero. It
soon looked like the Mayor was going to a have a riot on his hands and
he was growing for frantic by the minute. All he wanted was a nice
little ceremony with Bing, and now he had a full fledged uprising
threatening to ruin everything.
Throughout all this Bing was seated in his chair, calmly observing what
was happening. When the crowd started to push through the barricades
that were set up, he had had enough. Bing got up, strolled to the
microphone & said in a commanding voice, "All right, everyone cool down
right now!" The rioting crowd immediately calmed down and the Mayor's
little ceremony went on without a hitch & everyone went home happy.
The next day the headline in the newspaper read: CROSBY STILLS NASHUA
YOUNG!!
------
Don't blame me, I'm merely the messenger...
-----
That reminds me of something: Some years ago, there were t-shirts available in "odd" gift shops that had drawings of famous couples -- except that the couple wasn't quite right. For example, one was a picture of "Ike and Tina Turner," except that "Ike" was...President Eisenhower.
"Blondie and Dagwood" was Dagwood Bumstead with Debby Harry from Blondie.
You could DO "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young" with Bing, couldn't you?
TT
The following was posted by The Old Geezer (a frequent contributor) on the Frank Zappa newsgroup (I edited for spelling and grammar):
A long time ago, back in the autumn of 1952, when Bing Crosby was
filming the movie "White Christmas" in New Hampshire, the mayor of
Nashua, NH thought it would be a great idea to have Bing visit their
fair town & present him with the key to the city on the steps of City
Hall. You know, a nice little photo op for the mayor's re-election and a
way for some of the town's dignitaries to meet the Great Bing Crosby.
Now, one has to remember, Bing Crosby at this time was at the peak of his
singing career. He was bigger than Elvis, the Beatles, Sinatra & the
Beach Boys all put together. He crossed generational lines, admired by
young & old as one of the "coolest cats" in the music world.
Well, word leaked out that Bing would be in town so hundreds of
teenagers skipped school to attend the little ceremony. The authorities
were not prepared for such a large crowd. There were only a few
policemen present, and things soon got out of hand. Pushing & shoving
began as the teenagers all wanted to get closer to see their hero. It
soon looked like the Mayor was going to a have a riot on his hands and
he was growing for frantic by the minute. All he wanted was a nice
little ceremony with Bing, and now he had a full fledged uprising
threatening to ruin everything.
Throughout all this Bing was seated in his chair, calmly observing what
was happening. When the crowd started to push through the barricades
that were set up, he had had enough. Bing got up, strolled to the
microphone & said in a commanding voice, "All right, everyone cool down
right now!" The rioting crowd immediately calmed down and the Mayor's
little ceremony went on without a hitch & everyone went home happy.
The next day the headline in the newspaper read: CROSBY STILLS NASHUA
YOUNG!!
------
Don't blame me, I'm merely the messenger...
-----
That reminds me of something: Some years ago, there were t-shirts available in "odd" gift shops that had drawings of famous couples -- except that the couple wasn't quite right. For example, one was a picture of "Ike and Tina Turner," except that "Ike" was...President Eisenhower.
"Blondie and Dagwood" was Dagwood Bumstead with Debby Harry from Blondie.
You could DO "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young" with Bing, couldn't you?
TT
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