Another Larry Zeiger story (6m) as told by Larry himself.
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OK, you know him as Larry King. CNN. All right. Take a good look at these boys. Memorize their faces, because you’re about to ’see’ all of them in a story that Larry will tell you himself. Make that two stories, because if you’ve never heard the ‘Moppo’ story… you’ll want to hear both that one and the ‘Carvel’ story. Larry gets kicked around in the press, and maybe he deserves the occasional criticism. But for me and, I suspect, lots of others, Larry earns his place in the heart for two stories he used to tell, and in fact still tells, about the bunch of kids seen in the photo. It doesn’t matter if the stories are somewhat, mostly, or completely true, as Larry swears they are. They are wonderful and hilarious and brilliantly told. If you’ve never heard them, you’re in for a treat. If you have heard them, you’re still in for a treat, because they’re worth listening to – and playing for friends and family – again and again. Don’t believe me? Click.
The place: 8218 Sunset Boulevard. The time: long, long ago. The Store: Dudley Do-Right’s Emporium. The purchase: the lovely production cel image of Snidely Whiplash (above), and The Jay Ward Music Cassette, (12m) with best excerpts presented here for your listening or downloading pleasure. There are two things you cannot help but do while listening: 1) mentally insert all missing sound effects, and 2) Do your best impression of the narrations that accompanied some of these tunes. [2021 note: Since we don't know which songs Don chose as highlights, the link leads to a zip file of the entire cassette. |
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