<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">On Jul 15, 2009, at 4:57 AM, Peter Petto wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I would agree with Robin that Firesign Theatre is great prep for IV, and and for the literary-cultural-media dimensions of TRP.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I still wish they'd take a 90 degree turn and include more mathematical-scientific stuff, like he does.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(Thanks for all the enjoyable links.)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Peter++<br></blockquote><br>And as long as we're at it . . .<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7YTwYem9RE&feature=PlayList&p=0C8F02893DBDE45F&index=0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7YTwYem9RE&feature=PlayList&p=0C8F02893DBDE45F&index=0</a><br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Vato and Blood were slouched in folding chairs when Takeshi<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>and DL came in to open up shop, both humming back and forth<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>in a strange free-form antiphony, sometimes falling silent,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>picking up the tune two and a half bars later exactly together,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>latently menacing, like a bee swarm. It was the famous V & B<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Tow Company Theme, based on the Disney cartoon anthem "<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>'I'm Chip!' — 'I'm Dale!' " sung originally by a chipmunk act that<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>never quite achieved either the charisma or the recognition of<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Ross Bagdasarian's trio, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. In<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Vietnam, Vato and Blood had worked mostly in the motor pool<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>but now and then had to go out on convoys. In off of what was<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>supposed to be a routine spin through the forests and turned<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>instead into an outstandingly dark and death-laden time, having<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>wandered one afternoon into a cement lounge deep within the<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Long Binh complex, reeking with attitude, they opened beers<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>and settled in to watch the Tube. Some officer far away had<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>determined that Disney cartoons would be just the right kind of<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>entertainment for them, which was correct, if for the wrong<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>reasons. As other loungers edged nervously away from the<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>boys, suddenly on came Chip 'n' Dale, and an unmistakable<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>flash of recognition. After listening to the chipmunk duo's Theme<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>a couple of times, getting the lyric and tune down, Blood,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>turning to Vato during a commercial for re-enlistment, sang, "I'm<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Blood," and Vato immediately piped up, "I'm Vato!" Together,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>"We just some couple of mu-thuh-fuck-kers / Out—"whereupon<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>a disagreement arose, Vato going on with the straight Disney<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>lyric, "Out to have some fun," while Blood, continuing to depart<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>from it, preferred "Out to kick some ass," turning immediately to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Vato."What's 'is 'have some fun' shit?"<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>"OK, OK, we'll sing 'kick some ass,' no problem." Singing, "I'm<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Vato —"<div><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Still annoyed, "Uh, I'm Blood...."</div><div><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>"We just some couple of —" at which point Vato maliciously<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>sang "crazy bastards" instead of "motherfuckers." The two broke<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>off and glared at each other. . .<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Vineland, 180/181<br></div></div></body></html>