Great googily moogily

[Wendalyn Nichols]

It may well be, Michael, that your subscriber from Poland is asking about
that precise spelling of Great Googily Moogily because the Beast in the
preschooler cartoon Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (on Noggin--see
http://www.noggin.com/shows/maggie.php) says "Great Googily Moogily!" as
his catchphrase.

Yeah, you're laughing, but why would someone from Poland come up with that
all of a sudden? Does your subscriber  have access to international
children's TV programming? Or perhaps that person's got a child of school
age who's got friends who've spent time in the US? Catch phrases spread
like wildfire among children, and I've noticed that there are a lot of
Polish names in the credits for some of these animated series, which may
mean that the Nickelodeon/Noggin producers are outsourcing some of the
animation work.

Yes, I've got a toddler.

Wendalyn Nichols



>At 9:56 PM -0500 3/24/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>Poster:       "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
>>>Subject:      Re: Great googily moogily
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>>>
>>>         I would say it goes back to the song "Good Googa Mooga,"
>>>which I believe was by the Magic Tones in 1953.  It seems to be
>>>best-known for Frank Zappa's use in "Nanook Rubs It," There's a
>>>discussion of the term at
>>>http://www.1960sailors.net/05c1_googamooga.htm.
>>>
>>>John Baker