tent-pissing follow-up

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Oct 14 23:38:16 UTC 2013


At 10/14/2013 03:07 PM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > On the other hand, in the Barnum and Bailey arrival parade through
> > the streets of New York City I've seen elephants.  Followed by
> > cleanup crews.  Like the sketch-ending (I think) bit in "The Rocky
> > and Bullwinkle Show".  Unfortunately I haven't found a Youtube video.
> >
> > Joel
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>Are you thinking of the sweeper at the end of the intro to "Peabody's
>Improbable History"?
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWXEM2Qo1c0

Absolutely.  I didn't find this "Peabody & Sherman ( 3 different
Intros )".  Only the first of these three has the circus-like parade,
and there is an elephant.  While the sweeper is ostensibly sweeping
up only scattered flower petals, I have my suspicions about the elephant.

Joel

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