tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post7798984227773567463..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Musical Interlude #3Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-69465767424483717272010-04-16T09:46:34.385-04:002010-04-16T09:46:34.385-04:00The "Sweet Adeline" bit in the barrel to...The "Sweet Adeline" bit in the barrel to open the movie is a great bit, duckthief -- and may contain the only funny line spoken by a non-Marx Brother in the entire canon:<br /><br />Gibson, First Mate: Sir, I have to report there are four stowaways in the forward hatch.<br /><br />Captain Corcoran: Stowaways? How do you know there are four of them?<br /><br />Gibson, First Mate: Why, they were singing "Sweet Adeline".Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-1161754991874049702010-04-13T23:47:35.935-04:002010-04-13T23:47:35.935-04:00I loved their whole 'I'm Maurice Chevalier...I loved their whole 'I'm Maurice Chevalier' skit but I think I liked their 'Sweet Adeline' barrel quartet better.theduckthiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255259957279220797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-25176517007977055062010-04-11T10:03:11.554-04:002010-04-11T10:03:11.554-04:00But I STILL prefer der Bingle!
This may be hard t...<i>But I STILL prefer der Bingle!</i><br /><br />This may be hard to believe for those readers who only remember Bing Crosby as a guy who sold orange juice and hosted Christmas specials every year, but in the 1930s and 1940s he was the biggest thing in music, bar none. Definitely worth digging up some of those old records ...<br /><br />Click here to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgVRwITAfY&feature=related" rel="nofollow"> Ac-cent-chu-ate the Positive</a>.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-80500719797944508902010-04-11T02:56:46.916-04:002010-04-11T02:56:46.916-04:00"If the nightingales could sing like you, the..."If the nightingales could sing like you, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=567auA7bQlc" rel="nofollow">they'd sing much sweeter than they do"</a>" ... thank god, that's nowhere near as frightening as The Great Frenchman's psychotic cover of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmMpSZ0j-s&feature=player_embedded#" rel="nofollow">ez-zhol-ly Olde Saint Neek-o-Lawsh</a>, none of that weesper-ink wot he breeng me to me, none of that rabid, mouth-foaming, John Gacy friendly lil' number <i>here</i> thank god.<br /><br />But I <i>STILL</i> prefer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMNzjrXUnm8&feature=related" rel="nofollow">der Bingle</a>!<br /><br />P.S. Great post as always, MythWho Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-1392351056126980882010-04-10T21:40:04.128-04:002010-04-10T21:40:04.128-04:00By the way, the essay on best picture is up to aro...By the way, the essay on best picture is up to around 1700 words and I haven't even finished typing up my notes, much less started filling in the blanks and adding the connective tissue. It's one of those kitchen sink sort of essays we here at the Monkey like to task your patience with from time to time.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.com