Comments on: Uncle Tom’s 80 Songs and Games http://www.unpleasant.org/2007/11/27/uncle-toms-80-songs-and-games/ Cool and crazy thrift store music. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lex10 http://www.unpleasant.org/2007/11/27/uncle-toms-80-songs-and-games/comment-page-1/#comment-22191 Lex10 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:19:21 +0000 http://www.unpleasant.org/2007/11/27/uncle-toms-80-songs-and-games/#comment-22191 Damn. I haven't heard "King of the cannibal island" since 5th grade. Damn. Also, hangery wangery WTF?!?! Damn. I haven’t heard “King of the cannibal island” since 5th grade. Damn.
Also, hangery wangery WTF?!?!

]]> By: Kip W http://www.unpleasant.org/2007/11/27/uncle-toms-80-songs-and-games/comment-page-1/#comment-20030 Kip W Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:15:14 +0000 http://www.unpleasant.org/2007/11/27/uncle-toms-80-songs-and-games/#comment-20030 He calls himself "Uncle Don" because that's who he was. I used to have a 45 with "There Was a Man from Our Town," which -- even at age ten or so -- I used to make fun of. And I reviled him as a fake, because I have an Uncle Don, and that wasn't him. This particular Uncle Don was a kiddie show host, and he's most famous for something he probably never said. "This is your old Uncle Don saying 'Goodnight' -- Goo-ood Ni-i-ight! We're off? Good. That oughta hold the little bastards." Demented 'Blooper' pixie Kermit Schafer thought this was a hilarious anecdote, so when he issued records of famous bloopers, he included a studio recreation of it by a soundalike. U.D. denied ever saying it, but thousands of people who bought the album (strenuously promoted on TV for what seemed like years) are convinced they heard him. I suppose he committed suicide by jumping into a bramble bush. He calls himself “Uncle Don” because that’s who he was. I used to have a 45 with “There Was a Man from Our Town,” which — even at age ten or so — I used to make fun of. And I reviled him as a fake, because I have an Uncle Don, and that wasn’t him.

This particular Uncle Don was a kiddie show host, and he’s most famous for something he probably never said. “This is your old Uncle Don saying ‘Goodnight’ — Goo-ood Ni-i-ight! We’re off? Good. That oughta hold the little bastards.” Demented ‘Blooper’ pixie Kermit Schafer thought this was a hilarious anecdote, so when he issued records of famous bloopers, he included a studio recreation of it by a soundalike. U.D. denied ever saying it, but thousands of people who bought the album (strenuously promoted on TV for what seemed like years) are convinced they heard him. I suppose he committed suicide by jumping into a bramble bush.

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