Mat said:
> My favourite version is the 1967 spoof, written by
Barry Took and Marty
> Feldman in the BBC radio series 'Round the Horne'.
"Young Horne With a
Man"
> is the story of Bix Spiderthurst, told by trumpeter
Jelly Roll Pank
Stukely.
> "I wanna play the blues on one of those big shiny
things that man's got."
> "You aint never gonna play the blues on one of
them." Why not?" "Dat's a
> horse...
************ Hey! Quit making fun of the book I'm getting
ready to read! I got Erskine Caldwell's TOBACCO ROAD today in
the mail. Now there is a title for a spoof.
Then Mat said:
> Sorry; did you know that the fillum of YMWAH was
retitled for UK release
> "Young Man of Music," to avoid unseemly
sniggering?
************* Hahaha! I understand Lansdale's THE BOTTOMS
spawned a few UK smiles, too. Really common to rename em when
they cross the sea, isn't it? I just got Greene's ORIENT
EXPRESS and A GUN FOR HIRE, and they both saw title changes
when they made the trip.
miker
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