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Evan Kirshenbaum
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:11 am
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"John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes:
| Quote: | Well a hush fell over the pool room
When Jimmy come boppin' in off the street
And when the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody
Was the soles of the big man's feet
He was cut in 'bout a hundred places
And he was shot in a couple more
And you better believe they sung a different kind of story
When Big Jim hit the floor
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I considered that, but it doesn't specifically specify a knife. From
the same authorial source
He got a custom Continental.
He got a El Dorado, too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.
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Sara Lorimer
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:11 am
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Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | If we're going to mention songs we like that involve knives...
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Oh, are we? Then I'll have to mention the excellent "This is England" by
the Clash. "This is England, this knife of Sheffield steel..."
It's on "Cut the Crap," though, which isn't _really_ the Clash.
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John Dean
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:58 pm
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Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
| Quote: | "John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes:
And when the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody
Was the soles of the big man's feet
I considered that, but it doesn't specifically specify a knife. From
the same authorial source
He got a custom Continental.
He got a El Dorado, too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.
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By a stretch of imagination, anything by Kris Kristofferson would do ...
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Salvatore Volatile
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:29 pm
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Ross Howard wrote:
| Quote: | 1. Clinton once played "Help Me Make It Through the Night" on the sax
on *Saturday Night Live* or Leno or some such?
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Bill Clinton did, in (presumably) 1992, play the sax on _The Arsenio Hall
Show_, an extremely culturally-influential TV show of the day that is now
all but forgotten. I'm not sure what he played, but I didn't think he
was very good. Very poor tone; maybe acceptable by Post-Suez standards.
It was enough to get him a Rhodes Scholarship, anyway.
Erk or someone similarly resourceful can look up the dates, but I suspect
that _The Tonight Show_ was still officially being hosted by Johnny Carson
at the time of Clinton's appearance on _Arsenio Hall_. Of course Leno was
a frequent guest host. The famous _Carsenio_ sketch on _Saturday Night
Live_, in my opinion one of the highest points in the history of
television comedy, occurred some years earlier, I believe. |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:42 pm
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John Dean spake thusly:
| Quote: | Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
"John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes:
And when the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody
Was the soles of the big man's feet
I considered that, but it doesn't specifically specify a knife. From
the same authorial source
He got a custom Continental.
He got a El Dorado, too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.
By a stretch of imagination, anything by Kris Kristofferson would do ...
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So what's the connection between Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
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David
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Ross Howard
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:54 pm
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:42:46 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
wrought:
| Quote: | John Dean spake thusly:
Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
"John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes:
And when the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody
Was the soles of the big man's feet
I considered that, but it doesn't specifically specify a knife. From
the same authorial source
He got a custom Continental.
He got a El Dorado, too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.
By a stretch of imagination, anything by Kris Kristofferson would do ...
So what's the connection between Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
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(Guessing, promise:)
1. Clinton once played "Help Me Make It Through the Night" on the sax
on *Saturday Night Live* or Leno or some such?
2. Middle name is Jefferson in both cases?
3. Born on the same day, same year?
4. Something to do with the Chelsea Hotel?
5. Something to do with Little Rock, Arkansas?
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:01 pm
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Ross Howard spake thusly:
| Quote: | On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:42:46 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com
wrought:
So what's the connection between Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
(Guessing, promise:)
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I fully believe that you are guessing, as you are nowhere near.
| Quote: | 1. Clinton once played "Help Me Make It Through the Night" on the sax
on *Saturday Night Live* or Leno or some such?
2. Middle name is Jefferson in both cases?
3. Born on the same day, same year?
4. Something to do with the Chelsea Hotel?
5. Something to do with Little Rock, Arkansas?
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'Fraid not. Keep at it.
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David
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nancy13g
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:01 pm
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the Omrud wrote:
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So what's the connection between
Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
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No Googling necessary for me. I know this one, but I won't spoil it for
others.
(Proof that I know what I'm talking about: It involves something
starting with the letter R.) |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:11 pm
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:13:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:
| Quote: | On 12 Oct 2005 07:01:57 -0700, the renowned "nancy13g"
nancy13g@verizon.net> wrote:
the Omrud wrote:
So what's the connection between
Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
No Googling necessary for me. I know this one, but I won't spoil it for
others.
(Proof that I know what I'm talking about: It involves something
starting with the letter R.)
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I didn't know that Krisofferson was always randy.
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Spehro Pefhany
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:13 pm
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On 12 Oct 2005 07:01:57 -0700, the renowned "nancy13g"
<nancy13g@verizon.net> wrote:
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the Omrud wrote:
So what's the connection between
Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
No Googling necessary for me. I know this one, but I won't spoil it for
others.
(Proof that I know what I'm talking about: It involves something
starting with the letter R.)
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Ditto. I only know because I read a Playboy article many years ago
concerning Kristofferson (an interview, perhaps). Finally, it comes in
handy.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:24 pm
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Tony Cooper spake thusly:
| Quote: | On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:13:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:
On 12 Oct 2005 07:01:57 -0700, the renowned "nancy13g"
nancy13g@verizon.net> wrote:
the Omrud wrote:
So what's the connection between
Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
No Googling necessary for me. I know this one, but I won't spoil it for
others.
(Proof that I know what I'm talking about: It involves something
starting with the letter R.)
I didn't know that Krisofferson was always randy.
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I think he's played many different cowboys, some of them with other
names.
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John Dean
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:22 pm
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the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | John Dean spake thusly:
Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
"John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes:
And when the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody
Was the soles of the big man's feet
I considered that, but it doesn't specifically specify a knife.
From the same authorial source
He got a custom Continental.
He got a El Dorado, too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.
By a stretch of imagination, anything by Kris Kristofferson would do
...
So what's the connection between Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
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You could describe either man as a Colossus ...
Or ascribe each man's Independence to a Unilateral Declaration ...
Or just say they were well educated and rumours of getting high on the
High are ill-founded.
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John Dean
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:26 pm
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On 12 Oct 2005, nancy13g wrote
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the Omrud wrote:
So what's the connection between
Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
No Googling necessary for me. I know this one, but I won't spoil
it for others.
(Proof that I know what I'm talking about: It involves something
starting with the letter R.)
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I knew that (second letter starts with S) about Kristofferson, and
assumed it was the link that David meant.
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Cheers, Harvey
Canadian (30 years) and British (23 years)
For e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van |
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John Dawkins
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:43 pm
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In article <MPG.1db723d7f50aca7298a12b@news.ntlworld.com>,
the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | John Dean spake thusly:
Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
"John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes:
And when the cuttin' was done, the only part that wasn't bloody
Was the soles of the big man's feet
I considered that, but it doesn't specifically specify a knife. From
the same authorial source
He got a custom Continental.
He got a El Dorado, too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.
By a stretch of imagination, anything by Kris Kristofferson would do ...
So what's the connection between Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton?
No Googling.
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Both were Rhodes Scholars.
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Evan Kirshenbaum
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:59 pm
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Salvatore Volatile <me@privacy.net> writes:
| Quote: | Ross Howard wrote:
1. Clinton once played "Help Me Make It Through the Night" on the
sax on *Saturday Night Live* or Leno or some such?
Bill Clinton did, in (presumably) 1992, play the sax on _The Arsenio
Hall Show_, an extremely culturally-influential TV show of the day
that is now all but forgotten. I'm not sure what he played, but I
didn't think he was very good. Very poor tone; maybe acceptable by
Post-Suez standards. It was enough to get him a Rhodes Scholarship,
anyway.
Erk or someone similarly resourceful can look up the dates,
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Oh, sure. Why not.
| Quote: | but I suspect that _The Tonight Show_ was still officially being
hosted by Johnny Carson at the time of Clinton's appearance on
_Arsenio Hall_.
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According to IMBD, Clinton appeared on _The Arsenio Hall Show_ on
6/3/92. Carson's last _Tonight Show_ was 5/22/92.
However, Clinton did appear on _The Tonight Show Starring Johnny
Carson_ on 7/28/88, and according to a Carson obituary
He made presidential history again in July 1988 when he had
then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton on his show a few days after
Clinton came under widespread ridicule for a boring speech at the
Democratic National Convention. Clinton traded quips with Carson
and played "Summertime" on the saxophone in what was hailed as a
stunning comeback.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6504289/
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