Feetlebaum

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

I personally would like to see David C. and High S. get into an enormous scatological 
flame war over whether it's *Beetle* or *Feetle* baum.  This war could go on for days, 
weeks maybe, with each man insulting the other to high heaven and deepest hades.  Then 
after it's all over and nobody won, Steely could come in and call them both morons and 
explain that it was actually Orson Welles' routine, another pioneering technical 
masterpiece, except eveytime they tried to film it, Welles ate the horse!  But it doesn't stop 
him, or Steely.

john m


>Hugh Schulze sez
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>>I'm pretty sure on the spelling.  But gotta check the record jacket. 
>>Feetlebaum is the racehorse trailing a field of punned fillies ("Toupee
>>is pulling out ahead....") until the very last, when the winner is...
>>yes, it is... Fee-tle-baum.  This was the showcase for the talents of
>>Doodles Weaver who, if my information is correct, joined the City
>>Slickers in 1946.
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>Beetlebomb.  And I still think it was Stan Freberg, but not betting any 
>money....
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>Cheers,
>David
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