A bit of nonsense - Eric please delete this in a few days

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A bit of nonsense - Eric please delete this in a few days - way off topic.

2009-03-21 06:04 am

I loved this Sid Caesar/Nanette Fabray skit so much I thought I'd bring it to the attention of other musicians. However, I don't think it should remain on the forum more than a day or two since it really has nothing to do with NWC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhF-7suDsM

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Reply #1 – 2009-03-21 03:41 pm

Thank you David. This is delicious.

Bill

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Reply #2 – 2009-03-21 06:39 pm

Thanks, Bill.

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Reply #3 – 2009-03-21 09:15 pm

Wonderful, thanks - I have copied the link to show some choral friends.

Rich.

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Reply #4 – 2009-03-24 09:14 am

Must have been the hair of the dog that bit her. (Wow, a hair with teeth!)

srsly, I will send the link on to a few friends. Er, make that a score.

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Reply #5 – 2009-03-24 09:49 pm

Does anyone know when this clip was first recorded? I believe that the couple are Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray and that it comes from Caeser's Half Hour, around 1954.

Tony

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Reply #6 – 2009-03-25 04:17 am

The Beethoven sketch was recorded from a live broadcast (those were the days!), on December 27, 1954. Here's a reference:

http://www.time.com/time/sampler/article/0,8599,173494,00.html

(Once a librarian, always a librarian.....)

Cheers,

Bill

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Reply #7 – 2009-03-25 07:58 am

Quote

As you age, there are two things that begin to go. The memory is one, and I can't remember the other.

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Reply #8 – 2009-03-25 03:34 pm

Hey, Maurizio -

OK, OK. The memory isn't as bad as it might be. But I didn't remember the date of the Sid Caesar show - I looked it up. One thing I haven't forgotten is how to do reference work. I was a reference librarian for 18 years, and it stuck. Retired now for six years and loving every minute of it. But the skills are still there.

Cheers,

Bill

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Reply #9 – 2009-03-25 05:58 pm

Anyway, Bill, I'm really envious!
I can barely remember if today I had lunch or not... ;-)