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Weebles - cat and TV jingle
When I posted my "final" list of Mooch's fans, I neglected to include
Weeble, one of Magic Mood Jeep's 11 kitties. I rectified that, but it put me in mind of something Oscar Brand, a long-time family friend, once told me. It may entertain you even though it's not about cats. Oscar is an award-winning, legendary folk song artist and composer with a weekly radio program, "Folk Song Festival" on WNYC New York that celebrated its 60th anniversary last December - the longest continuously running radio show with a single host. Oscar's achievement will be noted in the next Guinness Book of World Records. He's also a great guy to have as a friend. He was born in Canada, but he lives now on Long Island. He's concertized with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly and many other great folk artists, but like any musician he's had to pay the bills. So one time when his agent called him and said a New York ad agency wanted Oscar to record the musical jingle for a new Weebles TV commercial, he accepted - especially since the jingle was only a few words long - "Weebles wobble, but they won't fall down." Easy. A snap. Oscar arrived at the recording studio with his trusty guitar thinking this would only take a few minutes. Wrong. The director called for "take two". Then another take...and another...and another... Finally, exhausted, Oscar was told that they were satisfied. Oscar said that by this time the lyrics were meaningless. What's a weeble? what's a wobble? What does fall down mean? A few weeks later Oscar saw the new Weebles commercial come on TV, so he turned up the volume. Who was that singing? It couldn't be him! The engineers had doctored his voice beyond all recognition. Oh well, he thought, there are always the royalty cheques! So now I have two memories of Weebles: The cat I forgot. And the jingle lyrics whose meaning Oscar forgot! (You can hear Oscar Brand's long-running program "Folk Song Festival" on WNYC through your computer, live on Saturday evenings http://www.wnyc.org/shows/folksong/ |
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Weebles - cat and TV jingle
Weebles was named for that toy/jingle!!!
He was about 1 day old when I got him, eyes closed, no teeth, umbilical cord still attached. And he was tring to get up on all four legs and walk (instead of shuffle along on his belly, like a seal), and he was rather unsteady. He ended up doing a hand-stand, on his nose, back legs dangling, before he flopped over. Good thing he was so itty bitty and was low to the ground But upon seeing him get up on all fours, I said to DH, "Look, he's all weebly-wobbly!". And it stuck. His "official" name is Sir Weeble Wobblybottom LOL In ups.com, Bobcat purred: When I posted my "final" list of Mooch's fans, I neglected to include Weeble, one of Magic Mood Jeep's 11 kitties. I rectified that, but it put me in mind of something Oscar Brand, a long-time family friend, once told me. It may entertain you even though it's not about cats. Oscar is an award-winning, legendary folk song artist and composer with a weekly radio program, "Folk Song Festival" on WNYC New York that celebrated its 60th anniversary last December - the longest continuously running radio show with a single host. Oscar's achievement will be noted in the next Guinness Book of World Records. He's also a great guy to have as a friend. He was born in Canada, but he lives now on Long Island. He's concertized with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly and many other great folk artists, but like any musician he's had to pay the bills. So one time when his agent called him and said a New York ad agency wanted Oscar to record the musical jingle for a new Weebles TV commercial, he accepted - especially since the jingle was only a few words long - "Weebles wobble, but they won't fall down." Easy. A snap. Oscar arrived at the recording studio with his trusty guitar thinking this would only take a few minutes. Wrong. The director called for "take two". Then another take...and another...and another... Finally, exhausted, Oscar was told that they were satisfied. Oscar said that by this time the lyrics were meaningless. What's a weeble? what's a wobble? What does fall down mean? A few weeks later Oscar saw the new Weebles commercial come on TV, so he turned up the volume. Who was that singing? It couldn't be him! The engineers had doctored his voice beyond all recognition. Oh well, he thought, there are always the royalty cheques! So now I have two memories of Weebles: The cat I forgot. And the jingle lyrics whose meaning Oscar forgot! (You can hear Oscar Brand's long-running program "Folk Song Festival" on WNYC through your computer, live on Saturday evenings http://www.wnyc.org/shows/folksong/ |
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Weebles - cat and TV jingle
Bobcat wrote:
When I posted my "final" list of Mooch's fans, I neglected to include Weeble, one of Magic Mood Jeep's 11 kitties. I rectified that, but it put me in mind of something Oscar Brand, a long-time family friend, once told me. It may entertain you even though it's not about cats. I was cleaning out my bookmarks the other day (I have to do this once in a while, or else my "Favorites" menu is a total mess), and I found a link to an album by Oscar Brand called "I Love Cats". Were you the person who posted that link? Anyway, I went to the site and listened to the music. Cute songs, all about kitties! Joyce - I'd repost that link, but it's on my home computer and I'm not at home at the moment. |
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Weebles - cat and TV jingle
Bobcat wrote:
Something Oscar Brand, a long-time family friend, once told me: his agent called him and said a New York ad agency wanted Oscar to record the musical jingle for a new Weebles TV commercial. He accepted - especially since the jingle was only a few words long - "Weebles wobble, but they won't fall down." Easy. A snap. I forwarded some of these posts about Oscar to him. He corrected me on those lyrics, saying he'd had to sing two lines, not just one. They we "What do you know about a Weeble? Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!" Thanks, Oscar. I stand (sit, actually) corrected! |
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Weebles - cat and TV jingle
Dats my boyfurrend you're talking about!
Persia (who is happy Weebles likes older cats!) Magic Mood JeepŠ wrote: Weebles was named for that toy/jingle!!! He was about 1 day old when I got him, eyes closed, no teeth, umbilical cord still attached. And he was tring to get up on all four legs and walk (instead of shuffle along on his belly, like a seal), and he was rather unsteady. He ended up doing a hand-stand, on his nose, back legs dangling, before he flopped over. Good thing he was so itty bitty and was low to the ground But upon seeing him get up on all fours, I said to DH, "Look, he's all weebly-wobbly!". And it stuck. His "official" name is Sir Weeble Wobblybottom LOL In ups.com, Bobcat purred: When I posted my "final" list of Mooch's fans, I neglected to include Weeble, one of Magic Mood Jeep's 11 kitties. I rectified that, but it put me in mind of something Oscar Brand, a long-time family friend, once told me. It may entertain you even though it's not about cats. Oscar is an award-winning, legendary folk song artist and composer with a weekly radio program, "Folk Song Festival" on WNYC New York that celebrated its 60th anniversary last December - the longest continuously running radio show with a single host. Oscar's achievement will be noted in the next Guinness Book of World Records. He's also a great guy to have as a friend. He was born in Canada, but he lives now on Long Island. He's concertized with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly and many other great folk artists, but like any musician he's had to pay the bills. So one time when his agent called him and said a New York ad agency wanted Oscar to record the musical jingle for a new Weebles TV commercial, he accepted - especially since the jingle was only a few words long - "Weebles wobble, but they won't fall down." Easy. A snap. Oscar arrived at the recording studio with his trusty guitar thinking this would only take a few minutes. Wrong. The director called for "take two". Then another take...and another...and another... Finally, exhausted, Oscar was told that they were satisfied. Oscar said that by this time the lyrics were meaningless. What's a weeble? what's a wobble? What does fall down mean? A few weeks later Oscar saw the new Weebles commercial come on TV, so he turned up the volume. Who was that singing? It couldn't be him! The engineers had doctored his voice beyond all recognition. Oh well, he thought, there are always the royalty cheques! So now I have two memories of Weebles: The cat I forgot. And the jingle lyrics whose meaning Oscar forgot! (You can hear Oscar Brand's long-running program "Folk Song Festival" on WNYC through your computer, live on Saturday evenings http://www.wnyc.org/shows/folksong/ |
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