Re: RARA-AVIS: Westlake on Noir and Hard-Boiled

From: dave reeder (dave@cpidubai.com)
Date: 07 Jan 2009

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    probably nyaar!

    On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:22 PM, sonny wrote:

    > yeah, i heard it first from the stooges. now, is that bit hard-
    > boiled or noir?
    >
    > --- On Wed, 1/7/09, dave reeder <dave@cpidubai.com> wrote:
    >
    > > From: dave reeder <dave@cpidubai.com>
    > > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Westlake on Noir and Hard-Boiled
    > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 12:18 AM
    > > it was pokomoko for abbot and costello, but niagara falls
    > > for the
    > > three stooges...
    > >
    > > dave
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Jeff Vorzimmer wrote:
    > >
    > > > > This reminds me of the old vaudeville bit that
    > > Abbott & Costello
    > > > had a
    > > > > go at several times in both movies and
    > > television. The mention of a
    > > > > place would turn a character (often played by Sid
    > > Fields) into a
    > > > > maniac. There was a long shaggy dog story leading
    > > into it but then
    > > > > the mere mention of the key word or words would
    > > prompt an explosion.
    > > > > Usually it was a geographical location--Niagara
    > > Falls or
    > > > > Kookamonga--the mere mention of which would send
    > > Fields into a
    > > > > homicidal rage.
    > > >
    > > > It was Pokomoko--Pokomoko! Poookomoookoooo!!!! Slowly
    > > I turned, step
    > > > by step, inch by inch . . .
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
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