C'mon, Wild Thing!

[Henry M]

There was a recording of someone imitating a Kennedy (I think John). 
Oh, yeah. It was Bobby, with a "producer" asking the senator to bear down on 
the chorus. Ted was on the ocarina.

Could it be just something that was in the air? Did Jules think that 
TRP had created the lampoon on the spot? Did TRP lead him to think 
so? Does it matter?

Ahhh, I feel good! I feel the flames dying down. Whew!

DCNY - I'm ba-ack

On  1 Nov 96 at 13:38, LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:

> Date:          Fri, 01 Nov 1996 13:38:41 -0600 (CST)
> From:          LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
> Subject:       C'mon, Wild Thing!
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org

> 
> When Siegel and others aren't busy ranting at each other, an
> interesting point emerges from time to time:
> 
> " He used to do an imitation of Bobby Kennedy singing
> "Wild Thing" that had Chrissie and I literally rolling on the floor
> screaming with laughter. Then there were his different ethnic
> accents. Chrissie is right. Tom could have been an actor. Too bad he
> was so terrified to appear in public."
> 
> 
> Hmm.  We old-timers might recall the odd hit of someone imitating
> Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen doing a version of "Wild Thing"
> (which was sort of inspired by the odd hit record the *real* senator
> had in "Gallent Men").
> 
> Well, the B side of the same record featuring "Wild Thing" by
> "Senator Everett McKinley" was the same song done by "Senator Bobby"
> imitating Guess Who?
> 
> So--was TRP imitating the B side of the record?
> Was the record imitating TRP?
> D-did TRP record it *himself*?
> 
> I've forgotten the name of the original "artist" but I'll bet Dr.
> Demento fans will know.  Any takers?
> 
> Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
> 

Keep Cool, but care. -- TRP
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