Eenie-meanie, chili-beanie, the spirits are about to speak
Coleen Sullivan-Baier
In <32f8b...@robby.oit.umass.edu> cla...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Rachel
L Smith) writes:
>
>Where's that 'eenie-meanie-spirits' quote from? It wasn't in an
>episode of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
This was the incantation spoken by Bullwinkle, over a crystal
ball , to which Rocky would reply "Are they friendly spirits??" and
Bullwinkle would say "Friendly?...just listen!!", and they'd cut to a
commercial ("we're having BEEFARONI!!!!")
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rachel L Smith
Where's that 'eenie-meanie-spirits' quote from? It wasn't in an episode
of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
(my roommate thinks it's from a movie she saw in the 80's on videotape,
but she couldn't narrow it down any further than that)
Thanks
Rachel @ UMASS
cla...@student.umass.edu
Michael K. Richmann
In article 32f8b...@robby.oit.umass.edu,
cla...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Rachel L Smith) said:
>
>Where's that 'eenie-meanie-spirits' quote from? It wasn't in an
>episode
>of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
Could be...
>(my roommate thinks it's from a movie she saw in the 80's on
>videotape,
>but she couldn't narrow it down any further than that)
I've seen it in a Stephen King novel (The Stand). It's been around.
Mike
david raoul derbes
In article <32f8b...@robby.oit.umass.edu>,
Rachel L Smith <cla...@wilde.oit.umass.edu> wrote:
>Where's that 'eenie-meanie-spirits' quote from? It wasn't in an episode
>of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
>
>but she couldn't narrow it down any further than that)
>
"Rocky & Bullwinkle" was a half-hour show, typically split up like this:
an episode of R & B, followed by a non-R & B short ("Fractured Fairy Tales",
"Sherman & Peabody", or other such... - there was a very dim Canadian
Mountie who escapes me..), followed by another short (same group), finished
by a second episode of R & B. Between the two shorts would be an ad or two.
And in that bit Bullwinkle would be a medium (as in "Eenie-meenie...) or a
stage magician ("Say Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat!") or some
such.
The classic words "Eenie-meenie..." are indeed R&B, or Moose&Squirrel (how
Boris, Natasha & Fearless Leader always referred to them).
"But Boris, is *dirty pool*!"
"But Natasha, is *other kind* pool?!!"
David Derbes [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
(y'know, I watched this stuff the *first* time it aired, back around 1962...)
laura capozzola
Michael K. Richmann wrote:
>
> In article 32f8b...@robby.oit.umass.edu,
> cla...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Rachel L Smith) said:
> >
> >episode
> >of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
>
>
> >(my roommate thinks it's from a movie she saw in the 80's on
> >videotape,
> >but she couldn't narrow it down any further than that)
>
>
> Mike
The Rocky and Friends Show (Rocky/Bullwinkle) used it way before any
1980's movie or Stephen King novel was published.
-Laura-
#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#
"The truth, the truth.....there is no truth.
These men just make it up as they go along."
- Alex Krycek (Tunguska) -
#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#***#
Alyssa Fernandez
david raoul derbes wrote:
> "Rocky & Bullwinkle" was a half-hour show, typically split up like this:
> an episode of R & B, followed by a non-R & B short ("Fractured Fairy Tales",
> "Sherman & Peabody", or other such... - there was a very dim Canadian
> Mountie who escapes me..)
Dudley Dooright!
Alyssa,
Who is now humming the trumpet part from the Dudley Dooright theme.
Steve Ferencik
david raoul derbes wrote:
>
> In article <32f8b...@robby.oit.umass.edu>,
> Rachel L Smith <cla...@wilde.oit.umass.edu> wrote:
> >of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
> >
> >but she couldn't narrow it down any further than that)
> >
> an episode of R & B, followed by a non-R & B short ("Fractured Fairy Tales",
> "Sherman & Peabody", or other such... - there was a very dim Canadian
(snip)
> David Derbes [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
> (y'know, I watched this stuff the *first* time it aired, back around 1962...)
The Mountie was Dudley Do-right. Not sure if it's spelled right though.
(I had too much time on my hands as a kid.) :->
--
Steve
-------------------------------
what?... oh, is this thing on?...
Rufie710
In article <01bc1682$d7728f20$37d2...@netcom.ix.netcom.com>, "Nick
Pedicini" <jny...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
> Nell Fenwick, beautiful daughter of Inspector Fenwick
> Snidley Whiplash
> and of course, Dudley's Horse named Horse.
>
> NJP
" I'll save you , Nell!!!!"( well its better when you can *hear* me do it)
Ruth , who always was proud of her DD imitation.
--
rufie710
"I tried Reality once, I found it too confining"
Nick Pedicini
Alyssa Fernandez <zzz...@toolcity.net> wrote in article
<32FD07...@toolcity.net>...
> david raoul derbes wrote:
>
> > "Rocky & Bullwinkle" was a half-hour show, typically split up like
this:
> > an episode of R & B, followed by a non-R & B short ("Fractured Fairy
Tales",
> > "Sherman & Peabody", or other such... - there was a very dim Canadian
> > Mountie who escapes me..)
>
> Dudley Dooright!
>
> Alyssa,
> Who is now humming the trumpet part from the Dudley Dooright theme.
>
Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Barbara Ruef
On 9 Feb 1997, Nick Pedicini wrote:
> Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
> Nell Fenwick, beautiful daughter of Inspector Fenwick
> Snidley Whiplash
> and of course, Dudley's Horse named Horse.
I thought it was his faithful horse named Faithful
Horse. But my memory is a tenuous thing...
Barbara
************************************************************
[No offense intended.] "None comprehended." - The Tick -
<bjr...@unix.tamu.edu>
************************
Nick Pedicini
Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote in article
<E5CCt...@nonexistent.com>...
>
>
> > Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
> > Nell Fenwick, beautiful daughter of Inspector Fenwick
> > Snidley Whiplash
> > and of course, Dudley's Horse named Horse.
> >
>
> " I'll save you , Nell!!!!"( well its better when you can *hear* me do
it)
> Ruth , who always was proud of her DD imitation.
>
> --
Well, we should all remember when criticizing TXF and MM for presenting us
with strange and disturbing stories that in the wonderful world of Jay
Ward, Nell was in love with Dudley's HORSE.
NJP
Crunchy Frog
On 9 Feb 1997, Nick Pedicini wrote:
> Well, we should all remember when criticizing TXF and MM for presenting us
> with strange and disturbing stories that in the wonderful world of Jay
> Ward, Nell was in love with Dudley's HORSE.
>
> NJP
If memory serves me, so was *Dudley*...
-- Crunchy Frog <:8 )--
...lover of all things Mountiesque...
Merna/Michael Anderson
>Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote in article
><E5CCt...@nonexistent.com>...
>> In article <01bc1682$d7728f20$37d2...@netcom.ix.netcom.com>, "Nick
>> Pedicini" <jny...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
>> > Nell Fenwick, beautiful daughter of Inspector Fenwick
>> > Snidley Whiplash
>> > and of course, Dudley's Horse named Horse.
>> >
>> > NJP
>>
>> " I'll save you , Nell!!!!"( well its better when you can *hear* me
do
>it)
>> Ruth , who always was proud of her DD imitation.
>>
>> --
I loved "Rocky and Bullwinkle" -still do. Most of all, I love
"FRACTURED FAIRYTALES". Edward Everett Horton narrating is a joy, and
always got a kick out of the way the "Prince" in each fairy tale always
has the same "Prince voice", and the "Princess" has that high-pitched,
brassy voice.
laura capozzola
Merna/Michael Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >> " I'll save you , Nell!!!!"( well its better when you can *hear* me
> do
> >it)
> >> Ruth , who always was proud of her DD imitation.
> >>
> >> --
> I loved "Rocky and Bullwinkle" -still do. Most of all, I love
> "FRACTURED FAIRYTALES". Edward Everett Horton narrating is a joy, and
> always got a kick out of the way the "Prince" in each fairy tale always
> has the same "Prince voice", and the "Princess" has that high-pitched,
> brassy voice.
After all of these Rocky and Bullwinkle posts I got nostalgic for the
show. I found a pretty good website for anyone who is interested:
http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~clapper/rb.html
I had forgotten about one of my old favorites: Fearless Leader.
In a totally unrelated news flash: I read in the magazine section of
today's Washington Post that David Duchovny's nickname in college was
Scruff. (The columnist went to college with him but apparently he
never asked her to touch his hair.) :-)
-Laura-
Who is only getting about 3 posts at a time from the bum news server
that only seems to act up every weekend.
david raoul derbes
In article <01bc16c1$b03fc640$39d2...@netcom.ix.netcom.com>,
Nick Pedicini <jny...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote in article
><E5CCt...@nonexistent.com>...
>> In article <01bc1682$d7728f20$37d2...@netcom.ix.netcom.com>, "Nick
>> Pedicini" <jny...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
>> > Nell Fenwick, beautiful daughter of Inspector Fenwick
>> > Snidley Whiplash
>> > and of course, Dudley's Horse named Horse.
>> >
>> > NJP
>>
>it)
>> Ruth , who always was proud of her DD imitation.
>>
>> --
>
>with strange and disturbing stories that in the wonderful world of Jay
>Ward, Nell was in love with Dudley's HORSE.
>
>NJP
I hereby renounce any and all interests, financial or otherwise, in any
possible use Chris Carter, 10-13, or anyone else might find in Dudley
Do-Right, Snidely Whiplash, etc etc.
But you gotta admit, Nell & the horse has *real* possibilities. Just
ask Catherine the Great!
David [hoping Gia gets her sushi] Derbes
[lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
david raoul derbes
In article <32FE2F...@erols.com>,
laura capozzola <laur...@erols.com> wrote:
>
>After all of these Rocky and Bullwinkle posts I got nostalgic for the
>show. I found a pretty good website for anyone who is interested:
>
>http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~clapper/rb.html
>
>I had forgotten about one of my old favorites: Fearless Leader.
Sheesh! About five minutes after I read Gia's M&S classic post, I
immediately suggested Fearless Leader := CSM.
Of course, I haven't a clue about Boris Badenov. Krycek?
Does that mean Marita C.:= Natasha Fatale?
BTW Nat'l Public Radio last Sunday had a nice interview with Sally
Ward, the daughter of Jay Ward, the creator of Moose & Squirrel.
You might be able to dredge up the RealAudio version at their web
site www.npr.org. I don't know that it is there, but one can hope.
David Derbes [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
(a proud graduate of Whatsammata U.)
Rufie710
In article <E5D0J...@midway.uchicago.edu>, lo...@midway.uchicago.edu
(david raoul derbes) wrote:
>
>
> But you gotta admit, Nell & the horse has *real* possibilities. Just
> ask Catherine the Great!
>
> David [hoping Gia gets her sushi] Derbes
> [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
Oh rats -you beat me to the Catherine the Great thang........ ruth , waiting.
Rufie710
> Merna/Michael Anderson wrote:
> > >>
> > >> " I'll save you , Nell!!!!"( well its better when you can *hear* me
> > do
> > >it)
> > >> Ruth , who always was proud of her DD imitation.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > I loved "Rocky and Bullwinkle" -still do. Most of all, I love
> > "FRACTURED FAIRYTALES". Edward Everett Horton narrating is a joy, and
> > always got a kick out of the way the "Prince" in each fairy tale always
> > has the same "Prince voice", and the "Princess" has that high-pitched,
> > brassy voice.
>
>
Do you all remember the Kirwood Derby and the Tequila Mockingbird??????
Rufie710
In article <01bc16c1$b03fc640$39d2...@netcom.ix.netcom.com>, "Nick
Pedicini" <jny...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > --
>
> Well, we should all remember when criticizing TXF and MM for presenting us
> with strange and disturbing stories that in the wonderful world of Jay
> Ward, Nell was in love with Dudley's HORSE.
>
> NJP
Does this have *anything* to do with Catherine the Great ( of Russia)???
Gia Gittleson
david raoul derbes wrote:
(funny stuff, but I snipped it anyway just to make my point)
> David [hoping Gia gets her sushi] Derbes
Thanks, David. 'Cause that's really all I want! (Hey: all you Fox lawyers, listen up and
read my bytes: I'm not the litigious type, I'm not interested in filing a suit, CC
doesn't have to buy me a new Mazda, I'd be happy if a nice character were named after
me, no I don't want a T-shirt, but a Truth is Out There Jacket would be fine tho' (size
XS), some feeble acknowledge from the halls of 1013 to show me that you guys aren't a
bunch of cavalier jerks would be appreciated, M&W and myself all sharing one combo plate
and medium diet coke at El Pollo Loco would sorta be okay too, a sassy cute e-mail
ghostwritten by an intern would suffice as well, so repeat after me:"we, the lawyers at
Fox, do not have to be afraid of Gia Gittleson, she means well, she really does.")
best,
Gia
Nick Pedicini
Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote in article
> In article <E5D0J...@midway.uchicago.edu>, lo...@midway.uchicago.edu
> (david raoul derbes) wrote:
>
>
> >
>
> >
> > But you gotta admit, Nell & the horse has *real* possibilities. Just
> > ask Catherine the Great!
> >
> > David [hoping Gia gets her sushi] Derbes
> > [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
>
> Oh rats -you beat me to the Catherine the Great thang........ ruth ,
waiting.
>
Well, before Cathy, there was a roman empress who had a hollow cast iron
cow made so that she might climb inside and "enjoy" the attentions of the
local stud bulls.....
NJP
Alyssa Fernandez
Nick Pedicini wrote:
>
> Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote:
> > Oh rats -you beat me to the Catherine the Great thang........ ruth ,
> waiting.
>
> Well, before Cathy, there was a roman empress who had a hollow cast iron
> cow made so that she might climb inside and "enjoy" the attentions of the
> local stud bulls.....
Is this true, or are you just referring to the conception of the
Minotaur? In the myth, King Minos of Crete refused to sacrifice a
promised bull to the god Poseidon. As punishment, Poseidon caused
Minos's wife, Queen Pasiphae, to fall madly in love with the bull. In a
fit of passion, she ordered the construction of a Trojan-Cow kind of
thing, climbed inside, and finally found a little satisfaction. (Okay,
a great big amount of satisfaction, but I'm trying to keep it clean.)
The result of this queen/bull liason was the Minotaur.
Of course, historically the Roman emperor Caligula had a horse who saw a
lot of action, Incitatus. Caligula gave Incitatus the rank of Consul
First Class and proposed that he be made a Roman Senator. I don't know
if Incitatus ever participated in Caligula's orgies, but I seem to
remember reading that he was invited.
Alyssa,
Amazed that this thread actually began as a discussion of Bullwinkle.
Nick Pedicini
I *knew* somebody would know the answer to this. God I love this group.....
NJP
Leigh A Vrabel
On 10 Feb 1997, Nick Pedicini wrote:
>
>
> Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote in article
> <E5D4z...@nonexistent.com>...
> > In article <E5D0J...@midway.uchicago.edu>, lo...@midway.uchicago.edu
> > (david raoul derbes) wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > But you gotta admit, Nell & the horse has *real* possibilities. Just
> > > ask Catherine the Great!
> > >
> > > David [hoping Gia gets her sushi] Derbes
> > > [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
> >
> > Oh rats -you beat me to the Catherine the Great thang........ ruth ,
> waiting.
> >
>
> Well, before Cathy, there was a roman empress who had a hollow cast iron
> cow made so that she might climb inside and "enjoy" the attentions of the
> local stud bulls.....
>
> NJP
>
Way to go Nick! I love how you "Pasiphae" the ng's
intellectuals...:)
Leigh Anne
elizabeth
My newsreader has been kinda off-tempered lately, so I've missed most of
this thread. Someone asked about the phrase "Eenie-meanie, chili-beanie,
the spirits are about to speak" but so far, I've only seen a discussion
on Rocky and Bullwinkle (and Catherine the Great).
Would someone be kind enough to pontificate instead on the beanie phrase?
Thanks!
-elizabeth
BTW - I love R&B as one of the best cartoons ever made. Not for the
animation, however! Did no one else notice that Scully merged TWO
storylines together when discussing the Russian fake-spy? Hush-a-boom
was not part of the Upsadasium story.
--
NOTE: To avoid getting junk email, I have altered
my return address. Just remove the xx's.
Mike or Peggy Byers
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 17:02:22 -0500 (EST)
From: "Ms. Thing" <be8...@binghamton.edu>
X-Sender: be82473@bingsun3
To: Peggy Byers <bye...@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Eenie-meanie, chili-beanie, the spirits are about to
speak
posting for Ms. Thing, please email her at be8...@binghamton.edu to
reply.
peg
cog123
On 10 Feb 1997, Nick Pedicini wrote:
> Rufie710 <gen...@blast.net> wrote in article
> > > But you gotta admit, Nell & the horse has *real* possibilities. Just
> > > ask Catherine the Great!
> > >
> > > David [hoping Gia gets her sushi] Derbes
> > > [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
> >
> > Oh rats -you beat me to the Catherine the Great thang........ ruth ,
> waiting.
>
> Well, before Cathy, there was a roman empress who had a hollow cast iron
> cow made so that she might climb inside and "enjoy" the attentions of the
> local stud bulls.....
>
> NJP
Roman? I know of Pasiphae, the Queen of Crete. Her story is that her
hubby King Minos pissed off the god Poseidon, who as retribution
caused
Pasiphae to fall in love with a beatiful white bull. She had Daedalus
build her a (wooden?) cow she could hide in and do "the wild thang"
with
the bull. I guess neither of them used protection, because P. gave
birth
to the Minotaur.
I must stress in her defense that she was *caused* by divine
intervention
to fall for this bull. It's not like she was strange or anything. ;)
-C. (Now Nell is another story ... you just go, girl!)
Nick Pedicini
Mike or Peggy Byers <bye...@erols.com> wrote in article
<5dop37$5...@boursy.news.erols.com>...
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 17:02:22 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Ms. Thing" <be8...@binghamton.edu>
> X-Sender: be82473@bingsun3
> To: Peggy Byers <bye...@erols.com>
> Subject: Re: Eenie-meanie, chili-beanie, the spirits are about to
>
> Roman? I know of Pasiphae, the Queen of Crete. Her story is that her
> hubby King Minos pissed off the god Poseidon, who as retribution
> caused
hohohoho. I love it. In the worlds of the missing Yakov Smirnov "whadda
country!"
(noff said?) Where else would so many know about a mythological queen with
the hots for a bull?
From Bullwinkle to Bull Screwing. And they said the net would never ammount
to anything...
NJP
xsuga...@gmail.com
> In <32f8b...@robby.oit.umass.edu> cla...@wilde.oit.umass.edu (Rachel
> >
> >Where's that 'eenie-meanie-spirits' quote from? It wasn't in an
> >episode of Rocky&Bullwinkle, was it?
>
> ball , to which Rocky would reply "Are they friendly spirits??" and
> Bullwinkle would say "Friendly?...just listen!!", and they'd cut to a
> commercial ("we're having BEEFARONI!!!!")
>
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgizzieXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
It's from Rocky and Bullwinkle.