First time in years I'd seen the term "cleffer" in a Variety article

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Bob F

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Dec 3, 2025, 10:18:49 PM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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The synonym for songwriter doesn't begin to signify the career of Steve Cropper, made famous by Memphis recording titan Stax, made visible by the various platforms of the Blue Brothers... early this morning (12/3) in Nashville; 84.

Mark Jeffries

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Dec 3, 2025, 11:24:33 PM (13 days ago) Dec 3
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I wonder if it was an obit that was already in the file.

Peter Bart during his stint pretty much cleared out the use of Varietyese in his publication (the subject of a song by Yakko, Wakko and Dot Warner on "Animaniacs"). So I assume that we will not be seeing anything about boffo B.O. in the nabes anytime soon.

Oh look, here's the Warner kids themselves:


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David Bruggeman

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Dec 4, 2025, 2:31:30 AM (12 days ago) Dec 4
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There's at least one other version of the song - 
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On Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 08:24:34 PM PST, Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh look, here's the Warner kids themselves:


Mark Jeffries
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On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
The synonym for songwriter doesn't begin to signify the career of Steve Cropper, made famous by Memphis recording titan Stax, made visible by the various platforms of the Blue Brothers... early this morning (12/3) in Nashville; 84.

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Bob F

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Dec 5, 2025, 8:09:03 AM (11 days ago) Dec 5
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Sh!t, I left out a letter in "Blues Brothers." Elwood can b!tch-slap me if he chooses.     B

Moi, Dec 3rd:

Joe Hass

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Dec 5, 2025, 11:54:41 AM (11 days ago) Dec 5
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Any thread that can work in an Animaniacs reference is a quality thread in my book.

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