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:
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> > 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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