Bubble Machine - Which album?
Stu Dent
S. Reid (he...@olympus.net) wrote:
> I remember hearing an album, um, a couple of
> decades ago, in which a Lawrence Welk like band with
> an out-of-control bubble machine floated off a pier
> in one sketch only to reappear much later in another,
> unrelated sketch. I have always thought it was a
> Firesign Theatre album I was listening to.
>
> An internet search for Firesign Theatre and
> bubble machines has yielded some pretty entertaining
> stuff, but no references to my dimly remembered bubble
> machine. A search at Deja.com for the phrase "bubble
> machine" in this newsgroup brought up a message with
> this quote:
> "Ho-kay-a-boysss. Ah-one-an-a-two-an-a...
> (bubble machine kicks in)".
>
> Can my search be ending? Will I again be able
> to hear this recording? Can it live up to my gilded
> memories, or was I so stoned I'd have laughed at Nixon's
> state of the Union speech?
I have the strongest feeling you'll get an answer to your
question soon.
Please Cc followups to (he...@olympus.net) y'all.
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Chris P. Mezzolesta
As far as it reappearing in another sketch I couldn't tell ya, but I
believe you are referring to the great Stan Freberg's "Wunnerful
Wunnerful" (sides uh-one and uh-two), in which Alice Lean polkas on
Larry's accordion (Gee Dad, it WAS a Wurlitzer), and Larry Looper gets
thru one note of "The Funny Old Hills" before the bubble machine goes
haywire...and yes, at the end, two crusty ol sailors see a mirage in
the moonlight, all bubbly......
ZgyStardst
by the great Stan Freberg. This is on the currently available CD "The Very
Best of Stan Freberg", sold by Tower Records and no doubt other sellers.
You can get more info at the unofficial Stan Freberg web page,
http://freberg.8m.com/
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by the great Stan Freberg. This is on the currently available CD "The Very
Best of Stan Freberg", sold by Tower Records and no doubt other sellers.
More info is at the unofficial Stan Freberg web page, http://freberg.8m.com/
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By : zgyst...@aol.com (ZgyStardst)
>you are referring to "Wun'erful, Wun'erful!", a terrific Lawrence Welk parody
>by the great Stan Freberg. This is on the currently available CD "The Very
>Best of Stan Freberg", sold by Tower Records and no doubt other sellers.
Just a side-note... I work at KPCC FM 89.3 [Pasadena, CA.] which has a
show on Sunday nights - "Gee, Dad, It's A Wurlitzer" - hosted by Bob Ralston,
the former organist for Lawrence Welk's band. :)
David A. Roth
>
> Hi people,
>
> I remember hearing an album, um, a couple of
> decades ago, in which a Lawrence Welk like band with
> an out-of-control bubble machine floated off a pier
> in one sketch only to reappear much later in another,
> unrelated sketch. I have always thought it was a
> Firesign Theatre album I was listening to.
>
> An internet search for Firesign Theatre and
> bubble machines has yielded some pretty entertaining
> stuff, but no references to my dimly remembered bubble
> machine. A search at Deja.com for the phrase "bubble
> machine" in this newsgroup brought up a message with
> this quote:
> "Ho-kay-a-boysss. Ah-one-an-a-two-an-a...
> (bubble machine kicks in)".
>
> Can my search be ending? Will I again be able
> to hear this recording? Can it live up to my gilded
> memories, or was I so stoned I'd have laughed at Nixon's
> state of the Union speech?
>
I think the tune you are talking about is "Loving you has made me
bananas".
Other lyrics in this, I think were, "Your red scarf matches your eyes,
you [should] close the cover before striking. Your father had the
[something] blues, loving you has made me bananas." The announcer in the
recordings says it is from Hotel Sheets(sp?) from downtown plunketville.
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Tom & Darryl
Stu Dent <si...@well.com> wrote in article
<1999072120...@magnolia.pe.net>...
> In message <3796278C...@olympus.net>,
> S. Reid (he...@olympus.net) wrote:
>
> > I remember hearing an album, um, a couple of
> > decades ago, in which a Lawrence Welk like band with
> > an out-of-control bubble machine floated off a pier
> > in one sketch only to reappear much later in another,
> > unrelated sketch. I have always thought it was a
> > Firesign Theatre album I was listening to.
> >
> > An internet search for Firesign Theatre and
> > bubble machines has yielded some pretty entertaining
> > stuff, but no references to my dimly remembered bubble
> > machine. A search at Deja.com for the phrase "bubble
> > machine" in this newsgroup brought up a message with
> > this quote:
> > "Ho-kay-a-boysss. Ah-one-an-a-two-an-a...
> > (bubble machine kicks in)".
> >
> > Can my search be ending? Will I again be able
> > to hear this recording? Can it live up to my gilded
> > memories, or was I so stoned I'd have laughed at Nixon's
> > state of the Union speech?
>
Abrey Two
appeared on several compilations. I believe the title is called "Wunnerful,
Wunnerful". Stan recreates a mock performance of the Lawrence Welk show, with
several snippets of songs, the Bubble Machine runs amok, the soundstage
detaches from the mainland and floats off to sea, and is spied by a grizzly sea
captain and his mate (Stan Freberg and Daws Butler), while Lawrence Welk is
crying out for help. Bizarre Freberg satire.
Abrey Myers
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WEBBUM
"...and he was the biggest he had seen."
Teslacle the Deviant
R H Draney
Don't know what you've got in your ears, but that's
"shipfitter"...probably why a lot of people think it's
something else and can't bring themselves to type
it...(incidentally, anyone up for a list of songs under the
heading "I thought he was gonna say something else"?...I'll
rattle off a few)....
Polka Dot Undies
In My Country (by the Therapy Sisters)
I Want To Kiss Her...
A Clean Song (the one about the sailors and the mermaid)
Sweet Violets (this'd be a good alternate name for the list)
...and innumerable versions of "Shaving Cream"
A few others are bubbling around in my head but they're not
this concept all the way through...just an occasional line
that you think is going to rhyme with something
else...(spoken piece for this portion of the list is the
poem recited by Sister Mary Elephant...what did YOU think
was going to rhyme with "the dew kisses the morning grass",
eh?)....r
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While my back was turned.
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But I dined all alone."
Kevin B. O'Brien
said (on Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:46:26 -0700):
>...had the " PIPEFITTER blues"........
I thought it was "shipfitters' blues".
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WEBBUM <mij...@email.msn.com> wrote in article
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> ...had the " PIPEFITTER blues"........
>
WEBBUM
Juan, you've seen Amal....I stand corrected..............and I sit
mistakenly............who's on deck?
Teslacles Ingrediant
Matthew W. Miller
>> I remember hearing an album, um, a couple of
>> decades ago, in which a Lawrence Welk like band with
>> an out-of-control bubble machine floated off a pier
>> in one sketch only to reappear much later in another,
>> unrelated sketch.
Sounds like you're thinking of Stan Freberg's 'Wun'erful, Wun'erful',
parts one and two. It is available on his album _Greatest Hits_.
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