A weird, Orbach-related thought...

Leviathan

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Jan 31, 2005, 5:05:13 PM1/31/05

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So when Jerry Orbach died, about a month ago, the media was full of
remembrances. All of them referred to his appearance in "The Fantasticks"
playing "El Gallo,"

Most of them pronounced that name like the wine-maker, NPR included. The
next day, they ran several e-mails from listeners pointing out that the
name was pronounced in the latin manner: "El Guy-Oh."

Now, El Gallo's "signature song" in :The Fantasticks" was that ooey-gooey
standard, "Try to Remember." And it just opccurred to me -- I'm quite ill
at the moment, BTW -- that, if he were to be consistant, that song would
be:

"Try To Remember
Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so meyyow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain so yeyyow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a young and a cayyow feyyow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then foyyow--foyyow, oh-oh

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the wiyyow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your piyyow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to biyyow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then foyyow--foyyow, oh-oh

Deep in December it’s nice to remember
Although you know the snow will foyyow
Deep in December it’s nice to remember
Without a hurt, the heart is hoyyow
Deep in December it’s nice to remember
The fire of September that made you meyyow
Deep in December our hearts should remember
Then foyyow--foyyow, oh-oh foyyow, oh-oh"

--

Jonathan Andrew Sheen

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ray o'hara

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Jan 31, 2005, 5:09:34 PM1/31/05

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What does the pronunciation of the characters name have to so with the
song. if he sang it in Spanish then you might have a point.

Leviathan

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Jan 31, 2005, 5:24:06 PM1/31/05

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On 31 Jan 2005 14:09:34 -0800, ray o'hara wrote:

> What does the pronunciation of the characters name have to so with the
> song. if he sang it in Spanish then you might have a point.

You're fearsomely literal-minded. Try, for a moment, being facetiously
literal-minded. It's fun.

Brett A. Pasternack

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Jan 31, 2005, 5:39:32 PM1/31/05

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Leviathan wrote:
>
> So when Jerry Orbach died, about a month ago, the media was full of
> remembrances. All of them referred to his appearance in "The Fantasticks"
> playing "El Gallo,"
>
> Most of them pronounced that name like the wine-maker, NPR included. The
> next day, they ran several e-mails from listeners pointing out that the
> name was pronounced in the latin manner: "El Guy-Oh."
>
> Now, El Gallo's "signature song" in :The Fantasticks" was that ooey-gooey
> standard, "Try to Remember." And it just opccurred to me -- I'm quite ill
> at the moment, BTW -- that, if he were to be consistant, that song would
> be:
>
> "Try To Remember
> Try to remember the kind of September
> When life was slow and oh so meyyow
> Try to remember the kind of September
> When grass was green and grain so yeyyow
> Try to remember the kind of September
> When you were a young and a cayyow feyyow
> Try to remember and if you remember
> Then foyyow--foyyow, oh-oh

Bwahahahahahaha!!!! ROFL!

Lennie would have approved!

Believe!

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Jan 31, 2005, 5:55:04 PM1/31/05

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"ray o'hara" <re...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1107209374.8...@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...

> What does the pronunciation of the characters name have to so with the
> song. if he sang it in Spanish then you might have a point.
>

well, he did say he wuz sic...

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theget

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Jan 31, 2005, 7:26:15 PM1/31/05

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Leviathan wrote:
> So when Jerry Orbach died, about a month ago, the media was full of
> remembrances. All of them referred to his appearance in "The
Fantasticks"
> playing "El Gallo,"
>
> Most of them pronounced that name like the wine-maker, NPR included.
The
> next day, they ran several e-mails from listeners pointing out that
the
> name was pronounced in the latin manner: "El Guy-Oh."
>
> Now, El Gallo's "signature song" in :The Fantasticks" was that
ooey-gooey
> standard, "Try to Remember." And it just opccurred to me -- I'm quite
ill

You're iyy? Too bad. Hope you feey better.

> at the moment, BTW -- that, if he were to be consistant, that song
would
> be:
>
> "Try To Remember
> Try to remember the kind of September
> When life was slow and oh so meyyow

When you do feey better, you'yy remember that you posted this. Then
you'yy reayyy feey sick. Heh. ;)

Theget

Chelsea Christenson

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Feb 1, 2005, 2:03:13 PM2/1/05

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Leviathan wrote:

> And it just opccurred to me -- I'm quite ill
> at the moment, BTW -- that, if he were to be consistant

An object lesson in posting while out of one's head....