haines his way

05/20/2002:
"FLYING THINGS"

Well, dear readers, I have flying things in my hall bathroom. Now, if that isn’t a commanding sentence to open these here notes with, I don’t know what is. It has everything – drama, suspense, surrealism. I’m thinking I should open these here notes with that sentence every day from here on in. Did you know that “here on in” is really “there on in” with the “t” missing? In any case, I have flying things in my hall bathroom. These flying things have been making their presence known for about two weeks. Apparently, what these flying things do is fly and die, because I first noticed about five of them lying dead as doornails on the counter. I don’t happen to like dead doornails, and I don’t like flying things that do an impression of dead doornails, but there they were, dead flying things on the counter. I paid them no mind, swept them off the counter and disposed of them. Then a few days later I noticed there were dead as doornail flying things on the counter. Not only on the counter, but some were lying dead as doornails on the floor. I looked around the bathroom to see if I could find where they were coming from, and yet I could not find where they were coming from. Certainly they were coming from somewhere, because there they were, dead. In the next few days, more flying things met their maker – but, I also began to see living flying things, too. All these dead and living flying things confined themselves to the hall bathroom, which I thought was very considerate of them. In any case, to cut to the flying thing chase, I went into the hall bathroom yesterday, and there were quite a few dead flying things lying and/or laying about like so much fish, and there were also quite a few living flying things flitting about, having a grand time. I do believe one of the flying things was even dancing the Hora. Well, as Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer once said, Enough is Enough. I got out my large can of Raid Rodent Spray and I went into the hall bathroom and took out all the living flying things. I also sprayed the dead flying things just because. I then sprayed every nook and cranny and also every cranny and nook. I sprayed under the sink, I sprayed around the windows, I sprayed in the tub and down the various drains. Now, the one problem might be that I was using Raid Rodent Spray and I have no idea if these flying things are Rodents. I might have wasted a lot of Rodent Spray, although I must say when the Rodent Spray came into contact with the living flying thing, the flying thing instantly was not flying anymore and instead was doing an impression of a dead doornail. I do hope I have put an end to the flying thing problem – if not, I shall have to call a handy-dandy exterminator.
My heavens, look at the size of that paragraph, that is just totally unseemly in appearance. Anyway, my house reeks of Raid Rodent Spray, and I am nauseous because of the reeking Raid Rodent Spray.
Mr. Mark Bakalor has just about completed work on two of our brand spanking new sections – one for the DVD of The First Nudie Musical and one for my very own novel, Benjamin Kritzer. I’m going to give you a preview of the two sections and tell you how purchasing the items will work, but first I think we should all click on the Unseemly Button below because there it waits, like Godot, and the one thing we must never do is keep the Unseemly Button below waiting.

Have I mentioned there are flying things in my hall bathroom and that I have sprayed them with Raid Rodent Spray? Have I mentioned that I’m going to give you a preview of our new handy-dandy unseemly sections? First off, let’s all click on the link below and go to First Nudie Musicalland.
The First Nudie Musical
Wasn’t that fun? Wasn’t that just too too? Before I tell you how the purchasing works, let’s go to Benjamin Kritzerland, shall we?
Benjamin Kritzer
Wasn’t that fun? Wasn’t that just too too? Didn’t Mr. Mark Bakalor do a lovely job designing our new unseemly sections? As you can see, we will be selling signed copies of the DVD and signed copies of the hardcover of my novel, right here at haineshisway.com. I have tried to keep the prices close to what they are at amazon for the DVD and at the publishers for the novel. We are only going to be able to accept payment through paypal, for those signed copies. Paypal, for those of you who haven’t used it, is a free service, there is no charge for using it, all you have to do is register. Not only that, when you register they give you five dollars in your paypal account, so you are, in essence, saving five dollars off your order. The retail price of the novel at the publisher’s website will be $20.50 or thereabouts, which is what we’re charging here, plus a shipping charge for priority shipping. Signed copies of the Nudie Musical DVD are 18.98 or thereabouts plus the priority shipping charge. Amazon has the Nudie DVD for $18.75 or something, so we’re very close indeed, and of course the amazon copies are not signed by you-know-who.
For those who simply don’t want to use paypal, there are links which will take you directly to the publisher of the book (the book will also be available at amazon, barnesandnoble.com and other online retailers, but not for about six weeks after its initial release at 1stbooks.com. Also, if you’d rather have a softcover, those won’t be available here – however, they’re only three dollars cheaper at the publishers, so I recommend the hardcover, just because it’s ever so much nicer. You may preorder either book or DVD at any time from today on. Do know, however, that paypal processes the charge immediately, even though I won’t have books or DVD until the last week of June (if they arrive sooner, they will ship immediately). However, if possible, I would suggest preordering as soon as possible, because I have to order both book and DVD from the manufacturer, and I need to have an idea of how many to order. There is a note box on the paypal form, and if you’d like a personalized inscription on either book or DVD, be sure to put in the exact name you’d like it inscribed to. We are very excited about all this – many of you have told me you were waiting to preorder to see how this would work, and now you know, so preorder away to your heart’s content, or even your eyeball’s content. I assure you that no flying things will accompany your shipment unless you specifically request them. Mr. Mark Bakalor assures me he will have our brand spanking new sections on our handy-dandy splash page by mid-week. Until then, just use the links in today’s notes. Also added by mid-week will be our brand spanking new products for both Nudie Musical and Benjamin Kritzer, and said products are incredibly spiffy.
Well, today is the day when I have an annoying task to do. However, I will not let said annoying task get to me. I will not let it annoy me, and won’t that be annoying to those who created the annoying task? There is nothing more annoying than not being annoyed by that which is meant to annoy. I will have my handy-dandy laptop computer with me, and I will post during the day, giving you updates on how not annoyed I am.
By the way (or BTW as they say in internet lingo), if you missed any of this weekend’s notes, simply use the Unseemly Archive Button to access them – do catch up or you simply will not be in the loop, notes-wise, you will not be caught up, you will not be happening. Also, the handy-dandy Unseemly Trivia Contest will be finishing at midnight tonight, so get your unseemly guesses in – otherwise you can’t possibly win a sparkling prize. Oh, and don’t forget (or OADF as they say in internet lingo), there’s a brand spanking new The Broadway Radio Show starring Donald Feltham up right now and it’s a very fun show. Go listen and enjoy.
Well, dear readers, I must greet the day, I must do the things I do (and I will not be annoyed doing them, let me tell you that). Do check back frequently for my updates today. Today’s topic of discussion: Comedy songs in musicals are one of the hardest things to write. What musical comedy songs make you truly laugh out loud? I’ll start: You Must Meet my Wife from A Little Night Music, Ooh, My Feet from The Most Happy Fella, Please, Hello from Pacific Overtures, Dance: Ten, Looks: Three from A Chorus Line, Ed Sullivan from Bye Bye Birdie, The Country’s in the Very Best of Hands from Li’l Abner, Gee, Officer Krupke from West Side Story, and a few others which I can’t think of right now. Your turn.

Replies: 47 Unseemly Comments

I am proud to have Paypal-ed you first thing this morning. I have had pesky flying things in my bathroom, too, and my wife forbids the use of spray due to the horrible smell.
I don't have the cast CD in front of me right now, but a recent song that made me laugh out loud was the one from "Bat Boy" where they're talking about "another cow dead" or something like that, and they stop the phrase a little earlier each time they sing it.
Posted by JMK @ 05/20/2002 08:04 AM PST

I thought I would mention that those signing up for PAYPAL for the first time might want to go ahead and do that right away, because unless the process has changed (I signed up over a year ago) depending on what you use (checking account or credit card) it can take up to a week to get "validated". Now certainly, you can come here and get whatever validation you need from the hainsies and kimlets...but PAYPAL does a validation process so that no bad men can just use your account willy-nilly. If anyone has signed up more recently and can either confirm this, or refute it, please post.. I just wanted those who are going to sign up to know this information so you can plan ahead...
be back later for my musical comedy moments..
Posted by Craig @ 05/20/2002 08:12 AM PST

Adventure from Do Re Me
Posted by steveg @ 05/20/2002 08:57 AM PST

Just a few that come quickly to mind:
Buddy's Blues (from Follies)
An Elliot Garfield Grant (Goodbye Girl)
Franklin Shepherd, Inc. (Merrily We Roll Along)
Why Do The Wrong People Travel? (Sail Away)
It's A Fish (The Apple Tree)
A Trip To The Library (She Loves Me)
He Hasn't A Thing Except Me (Ziegfeld Follies of 1936)
Posted by Robert Armin @ 05/20/2002 09:36 AM PST

I am in a quandry. (Hate to think what BK would do with that figure of speech.)
Last week I pre-ordered the DVD and VHS of FNM from amazon.com. But I want to treasure BK's signature. Shall I cancel my amazon order and order from haineshisway.com? As I understand it, you will only be selling the DVD, so I should still keep my order for the VHS. Right?
"A Little Priest"
"Barcelona"
"Officer Krupke"
Posted by William F. Orr @ 05/20/2002 09:37 AM PST

Ah, William, you jumped the gun. I, too, was tempted to pre-order through amazon, but I knew Bruce and Mark would come through and have the items available on this site. I had faith in them, and they did not let me down. I didn't even have to threaten to bitch-slap either one of them! And now I am on my way to receiving my very own handy-dandy autographed copies of the DVD and book! Hooray! Or even Hurrah!
Off the top of my head for the songs:
"Why Do the Wrong People Travel?"
from "Sail Away"
"A Patriotic Finale" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" from "When Pigs Fly"
"I Have A Moo Cow" from "Gypsy"
"Big Ass Rock" from "The Full Monty"
"Cell Block Tango" and "Class" from "Chicago"
"Nothing" from "Chorus Line"
"Ed Sullivan" from "Bye, Bye Birdie"
"Buddy's Blues" from "Follies"
"The Little Things You Do Together" from "Company"
Posted by Kerry @ 05/20/2002 10:09 AM PST

The songs that make me chuckle:
* Pretty much most of the songs in Bat Boy - especially Three Bedroom House and Apology to a Cow
* need to know / a man from Weird Romance
* A little priest from Sweeney Todd
* I'm past my prime and The country's in the very best of hands from Li'l Abner
* Bless Your Beautiful Hide/Sobbin Women from 7B 4 7B
* Mr. Goldstone from Gypsy
to name a few.. and I don't know if these count.. they are not from shows, but movies or are just musical comedy songs..
- How could you believe me when I said I loved ya when you know I've been a liar all my life
- Getting Nowhere Fast
- Steve Martin doing DENTIST! from Little Shop
Posted by Craig @ 05/20/2002 10:10 AM PST

Oh, and how could I forget "Gotta Have a Gimmick" which never fails to make me laugh.
Posted by Kerry @ 05/20/2002 10:11 AM PST

Oh.. and SOMETHING (arguably from more than one show as Bruce and I never resolved the fact that although it might not have originated in it, it was on a cd called Upstairs at O'Neals)
Posted by Craig @ 05/20/2002 10:14 AM PST

KUDOS to Mr. Mark Bakalor for two most entertaining sections to one of my favorite websites.
As for comedy songs:
"Agony" (Into the Woods)
"Adelaide's Lament" (Guys & Dolls)
"Feed Me" (Little Shop of Horrors)
among others.
Posted by Phil Crosby @ 05/20/2002 11:41 AM PST

For William F. Orr or anyone else who's already preordered the DVD from amazon. You can cancel the order and order direct from here - or, keep your order and when you get the DVD I'll tell you where to send the insert and I'll sign it right up for you. We won't be selling the VHS here.
Well, I have not allowed myself to get annoyed yet. Isn't that good? I have, in fact, laughed out loud a couple of times for reasons I won't go into. Hopefully, the task will be finished sooner than later. Did you know it was pouring rain here this morning? It was, it was pouring rain. It was a very hard drive over the hill, let me tell you that. Actually, I just found out I may get out of here shortly rather than longly, so that will be good, that will be great. What do you all think of Mr. Mark Bakalor's new handy work? It's quite spiffy, isn't it? And do you know that several of our dear readers have already preodered their DVD and book? They have. Join the throng, hainsies/kimlets.
Posted by bk @ 05/20/2002 11:45 AM PST

Well, I bought both the DVD and the book even though my name is nowhere to be found in the acknowledgements! But then, why the #@!#! should it be!?!
I actually had a Kimlet introduce himself to me last night at the York Theatre (where I directed a reading of a musical called A Glorious Day!) Boy, Kimlets sure get around!
Posted by Robert Armin @ 05/20/2002 12:26 PM PST

I felt the need to entertain those who did not check the notes yesterday. So.. this one is for you freedunit...
[Bitch slap.]
Posted by Craig @ 05/20/2002 12:41 PM PST

Robert Armin -- you met a Kimlet! How very exciting. Was it someone who posts here? Or a Lurker? And where did you see the acknowledgements for Benjamin Kritzer?
Posted by Laura @ 05/20/2002 01:56 PM PST

Comedy Songs and Their Lyricists, Chronology
1. “To Keep My Love Alive” (Lorenz Hart)
from A Connecticut Yankee (1943)
2. “Zip” (Lorenz Hart) from Pal Joey (1946)
3. “Anything You Can Do” (Irving Berlin)
from Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
4. “Gee, Officer Krupke” (Stephen Sondheim)
from West Side Story (1957)
5. “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” (Stephen Sondheim)
from Gypsy (1959)
6. “Happily Ever After” (Marshall Barer)
from Once Upon a Mattress (1959)
7. “Good-bye” (Carolyn Leigh) from Little Me (1962)
8. “Gooch’s Song” (Jerry Herman) from Mame (1966)
9. “Air,” “Initials” and “My Conviction”
(Gerome Ragni & James Rado) from Hair (1968)
10. “Dance: 10; Looks: 3” (Edward Kleban)
from A Chorus Line (1975)
11. “We Both Reached for the Gun” (Fred Ebb) from Chicago (1975)
12. “Repent” (Betty Comden & Adolph Green)
from On the Twentieth Century (1978)
13. “The Grass Is Always Greener” (Fred Ebb)
from Woman of the Year (1980)
14. “The Buddy System” (David Zippel)
from City of Angels (1989)
15. “Shiksa Goddess” (Jason Robert Brown)
from The Last Five Years (2001)
16. “Haben Sie Gehört das Deutsche Band?” (Mel Brooks) from The Producers (2001)
Craig: Ah! Refreshing. Thanks. I needed that.
Posted by freedunit @ 05/20/2002 02:05 PM PST

I feel terrible (I have a memory like a sieve), but the name of the young man whom I met last night has vanished from my brain... Let him please reintroduce himself here and I'll write it down this time.
I saw the acknowledgements in an early galley lent to me by someone who IS in the acknowledgements! Frequent readers here should have no problem figuring out who THAT is.
Posted by Robert Armin @ 05/20/2002 02:17 PM PST

Four acknowledgements, but not one acknowledgment of
acknowledgment. What—is everybody British all of a sudden?
Posted by freedunit @ 05/20/2002 03:14 PM PST

A "song lyric" for your flying dead things.
"Flying Dead Things"
Were those flying dead things gnats?
Gnats aren't rodents.
Were those flying dead things bats?
Bats are rodents.
Were those flying dead things ants?
Ants aren't rodents.
But sometimes -- oh! yes! -- sometimes,
Ants can be termites.
But you said flying dead things.
Oh, yes....flying dead things.
Flying dead things are peculiar.
Yes, flying dead things are peculiar...and odd.
Flying dead things are terribly odd!
Dead things are bad enough, but when they're flying, then you're squeamish.
When they're flying, then you're screamish.
When they're flying do they fly at night?
When they're flying do they try to bite?
When they're flying are they quite the fright?
If those flying dead things aren't gnats...or bats...or ants..
What are those flying dead things...what do they want of you?
What are those flying dead things...and why do they fly for you?
***
(Apologies to everyone whom I've made ill).
Funny songs I love from Broadway scores:
The Tea Party -- "Dear World"
The Egg -- "1776"
A Little Priest -- "Sweeney Todd"
I'm Going Back -- "Bells Are Ringing"
If Mama Was Married -- "Gypsy"
The Grass is Always Greener & Shut Up, Gerald -- "Woman of the Year"
Gooch's Song -- "Mame"
Tango Tragique, Where's My Shoe, Ice Cream, Trip to the Library -- "She Loves Me"
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/20/2002 03:24 PM PST

Oh! And, ummm....I'm Still Here -- "Follies"
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/20/2002 03:47 PM PST

I agree that “Shut Up, Gerald” (Fred Ebb) from Woman of the Year (1980) is a very funny song. I almost included it in my list, and I am not entirely sure why I did not.
Eight (8!) songs that inexplicably I neglected to include:
A. “Carrie,” “And Eve Was Weak,” “I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance,” “Out for Blood,” and
“The Destruction” (Dean Pitchford)
from Carrie the Musical (1988)
B. “Someone Like You” and “This Is the Anthem”
(Leslie Bricusse) from Jekyll & Hyde (1997)
But you probably meant deliberately comedic…
bk: Have you tried this on those flying things?
Posted by freedunit @ 05/20/2002 03:47 PM PST

Hey Bruce--and everybody else! Have we all forgotten what day it is? Break out the cham hunks and sleaze chices. Prepare to dance the Hora into the coprophiliac's favorite hours--the wee hours--of the morning!
'APPY LIZA DOLITTLE DYE!
Posted by William F. Orr @ 05/20/2002 03:57 PM PST

And thus to add to the comedy song list:
"Just You Wait"
"A Hymn to Him"
"Show Me"
and
"Not Getting Married" (Company)
"Bosom Buddies" (Mame)
"One Step" (Songs for a New World)
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare"
Posted by William F. Orr @ 05/20/2002 04:12 PM PST

The name of the song from my show is "Hymn For a Sunday Evening", not "Ed Sullivan". This way the joke is not given away in the Playbill.
Posted by Conrad Birdie @ 05/20/2002 04:34 PM PST

Robert Armin -- I am a frequent reader but haven't the foggiest who the 'THAT' is that you refer to. What am I missing here? Who is 'THAT'?
Posted by Adam @ 05/20/2002 05:15 PM PST

There is nothing I hate more than posting late in the day. But these past few days I have been running ALL AROUND, this way and that, and I've only gotten to these here notes late at night. Anyway.
I love You Must Meet My Wife, Sounds While Shoppping, Adelaide's Lament, and A Little Priest...
Also, I'm going to try and get tickets (I don't CARE how awful they are) to see Elaine Stritch on Sunday... Would I have a better chance calling the box office or doing the online thing? Anyone? Adivice? Cheers? Jeers?
Thanks ;)
Posted by Lolita @ 05/20/2002 08:20 PM PST

I listened to No Way To Treat a Lady today and the entire school left me with a smile on my face. I had to do some traveling today. The cd took me there and back and even the hidden track was very amusing
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/20/2002 08:30 PM PST

Lolita, Someone Else’s Love: Get thee to the box office! You will find decent seats and save money that would otherwise go to the much-dreaded TixDisaster.
Elaine Stritch: At Liberty—If you have not seen the show, you have only through next Sunday, 26 May 2002, to see her—only 5 more performances! Stritch’s is the best performance of this season and many others!
If you love musical theatre or theatre or show business and have not seen the show, run to the Neil Simon Theatre! [Click to be redirected to buy tickets.]
Posted by freedunit @ 05/20/2002 10:05 PM PST

Notice some of the comedy songs we've been listing, e.g. "You Must Meet My Wife" are very much character- and plot-driven; while others ("Brush Up Your Shakespeare") are entirely liftable with only a tenuous relationship to advancing the story. That said, these range from one extreme to another:
"The Real Love of My Life" (Brigadoon)
"Herod's Song" (Jesus Christ Superstar)
"Rape" (the original version of The Fantasticks). Yes, I know it is offensive to modern sensibilities, but it is also damn funny!
"Miss Marmelstein" (I can Get It for You Wholesale)
"Bewitched" (Pal Joey). Of course when most artists record the bowdlerized version it ceases to be a comedy song and sounds more like a Mel Brooks movie on The Family Channel with all the punch lines bleeped.
Almost anything by Noël Coward: "Mad Dogs & Englishmen"; "On the Piccolo Marina"; "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington". The shows are long forgotten, but the songs live on.
"He and She" (The Boys from Syracuse)
"The Sage of Jenny" (Lady in the Dark)
"It Ain't Necessarily So" (Porgy and Bess)
"I Cain't Say No" (Oklahoma!) When I saw Celeste Holme do her classic rendition on a VHS of the Ed Sullivan show, it was like hearing a totally new comedy song. And all she did was stand there motionless with a plaintive look and rolling eyes.
"The Picture Show" (Parade) Get the audience laughing and then throw cold water over them when unspeakable tragedy strikes.
And along those lines: "If You Could See Her Through My Eyes" (Cabaret). And then suddenly: "What the hell were we laughing at?"
"Dear Boy" (Candide). The lyric appears as "Pangloss's Song" in Richard Wilbur's Collected Poems. Who else has written a song about the joys of siphilis? And btw the song is taken almost directly from Voltaire.
Ah, so many reasons to laugh!
Posted by William F. Orr @ 05/21/2002 02:49 AM PST

And the winner for the longest post on haineshisway.com... May I have the envelope, please? The winner is...Michael Shayne!
btw, did you notice that your numbering goes from #75 to #51? So it appears that you have 94 entries, not 69.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 05/21/2002 04:51 AM PST

We now have an all-time most useless, inane, and foolish post, courtesy of Michael Shayne. Thanks a lot, Mike! Great work! Duh!
If Mark Bakalor is watching, please delete Michael Shayne's post posthaste.
BTW, if you do opt to remove his post, you have my permission to remove my post that refers to his post. That way, this whole unfortunate incident can be forgotten.
Posted by The Annoyed Kimlet @ 05/21/2002 04:55 AM PST

Can that extraordinarily long post be reduced?
Posted by The 2d Annoyed Kimmlet @ 05/21/2002 07:32 AM PST

To the annoyed Kimlet:
While I agree, Michael'st could have been abreviated quite a bit.. I don't think we need to start censoring (deleting) messages off HHW.
I am, however, in HUGE favor of a [Bitch slapfest] upon his face :)
Posted by Craig @ 05/21/2002 07:32 AM PST

Ditto for deleting mine.
Posted by The 2d Annoyed Kimlet @ 05/21/2002 07:33 AM PST

Did you know there is nothing in the long post to suggest any dispute, but rather sixty-nine (69) distinct, if unoriginally named, songs?
Did you know that only the B.M.I. “Something” song list is posted, but not also the A.S.C.A.P. one?
Did you know that there are 4,452 B.M.I. titles that contain the word “Something”?
Did you know that a hyperlink may be posted for a very long thread of web-based data?
Posted by freedunit @ 05/21/2002 07:59 AM PST

Correction:
As WFO pointed out, although not precisely, there is a numbering error:
Did you know there is nothing in the long post to suggest a dispute, but rather seventy-five (75) distinct songs with the title “Something,” or a derivation thereof, and that items 51 through 69 are displayed twice?
Cut and paste in haste a waste.
Posted by freedunit @ 05/21/2002 08:05 AM PST

Freedunit..
for that matter,
"Do you know where you're going to
do you like the things that life's been showing you
where are you going to
do you know"
and
It's a well-known fact despite Lucy thinking that they are "Little Known Facts"
Posted by Craig @ 05/21/2002 08:12 AM PST

I seem to have missed the post in which the dispute about the song title "Something" was raised.
On which date did it appear?
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/21/2002 08:13 AM PST

Did you know that after Randy Taraborelli’s infamous unauthorized biography I took to calling her Miss ’Tross, as in albatross around the neck of anyone who crosses her path?
I wish I could post a cartoon…
I will send it.
Did you know I loved Roger Bart as Snoopy?
Posted by freedunit @ 05/21/2002 08:18 AM PST

HE AND SHE-A very funny relatively unknown song from Rodgers and Hart's THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE.
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 05/21/2002 08:20 AM PST

Ron Pulliam: Scroll up.
Posted by freedunit @ 05/21/2002 08:20 AM PST

to Ron:
here was the brief discussion on "something"
Incidently.. his writing partner, Martin Charnin wrote a VERY clever song called "Something" for a show called "Upstairs at O'Neils" in which he satirizes "Nothing" from A Chorus Line. The song, instead of being sung by Moralis, is sung by Mr. Karp. If you haven't heard this diddy -- it alone is worth the CD purchase...
Posted by Craig @ 03/13/2002 04:18 PM PST
Actually, unless there are two songs that parody "Nothing" from the point of view of Mr. Karp, it isn't by Charnin, it's by my very clever pals Denis Markell and Doug Bernstein and is from their revue, Showing Off.
Posted by bk @ 03/13/2002 04:48 PM PST
It is indeed by the two authors BK so informed. But which came first - Showing Off, or Upstairs at O'Neals?
Posted by Craig @ 05/21/2002 08:24 AM PST

Upstairs was 1983
Showing was 1989
Posted by Robert Armin @ 05/21/2002 08:38 AM PST

Thank you Mr. Armin! It's a great CD (Upstair) -- I highly suggest it...
Posted by Craig @ 05/21/2002 08:58 AM PST

To The Annoyed Kimlets:
Grow up. If you are indeed Kimlets, you should adhere with enthusiasm to the first commandment of Kimletdom:
Thou shalt not judge thy neighbors' posts.
Posted by Lolita @ 05/21/2002 09:11 AM PST

To Michael Shayne: That certainly is the longest post we have had, but I'm sure you're used to hearing about your long post!
Posted by Scott @ 05/21/2002 09:11 AM PST

Children, if you can't play nice, you're going to have go outside.
Posted by Kerry @ 05/21/2002 09:12 AM PST

Lolita, Someone Else’s Love, you do have a point.
Posted by freedunit @ 05/21/2002 08:47 PM PST

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