azure legs of the cock, etc.

[Wilson Gray]

Speaking of the William Tell Overture, does anyone else recall the punchline:

Titi-rump-titi-rump-titi-rump-rump-rump

The joke may predate Legman. Well, it goes back to the '40's, at
least, and was attributed to Bob Hope. He once had a reputation as a
teller of risqué - well, risqué for the '40's, anyroad* - jokes.

*Back in the '80's, there was Brit TV sitcom(?) called "Brass," in
which people used "anyroad" instead of "anyway."

-Wilson

On 7/1/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Disney has run into problems with stereotyping before, but a percussion solo in this case seems inevitable:  Tonto's Totally Tom-Tom Two-Ton Two-Tone Toon 'Toon Tune.
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>   JL
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> Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> OK! Calf rope! Uncle! I give up!
>
> (Unless, that is, we were to imagine the Lone Ranger
> abrupting upon the bustling barnyard scene; after a tense
> struggle, his sidekick takes possession of the fowl--
> gargantuan and colorful--whereupon we hear, perhaps to
> contrapunctal strains from the "William Tell Overture,"
> Tonto's Two-Ton Two-Tone Toon 'Toon Tune.)
>
> --Charlie
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> >Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 05:42:30 -0700
> >From: Jonathan Lighter
> >Subject: Re: azure legs of the cock, etc.
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> >
> >And a giant one would require a Two-Ton Two-Tone Toon Toon
> Tune.
> >
> > Over to you.
> >
> > JL
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> >And if the Disneyfied singing cock has one azure leg and one
> >turquoise, we will hear a Two-Tone Toon 'Toon Tune.
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> >--Charlie
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> >>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:38:28 -0700
> >>From: Jonathan Lighter
> >>Subject: Re: azure legs of the cock, etc.
> >>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> >>And if it's a musical, there'll surely be the "'Toon Toon
> >Tune." (A sequence variously pronounceable.)
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> >> JL
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> >>Yes, "toon" is the pl. of "toe." If an animated version of
> >>the "Nun's Priest's Tale" ever appears, we will see
> >>blue 'toon toon.
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