[Dixielandjazz] One Toke Over The Line

[Hal Vickery]

I saw this live when I was home from college one weekend.  I was dial flipping and came across this.  I told the story about seeing this for close to 35 years to the disbelief of all.  Finally a year or two ago I decided to search for it on youtube and there it was in all its glory.  I was vindicated, and I informed as many of my friends as I could about it.

Most of them described their reaction as what I would call a Danny Thomas coffee spit take.  It was a classic TV moment from the early '70s, and I thank my mom and dad for being away that Saturday evening so I could roll on the floor without having to explain why to them.

Hal Vickery
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen G Barbone<mailto:barbonestreet at earthlink.net> 
  To: Hal Vickery<mailto:hvickery_80 at msn.com> 
  Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List<mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
  Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 3:37 PM
  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] One Toke Over The Line


  No wonder folks get confused over the message in music. Here's a  
  Lawrence Welk You Tube of "One Toke Over The Line", a song about  
  smoking a joint. He introduced it as a modern spiritual written by  
  some young writers.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg&feature=related<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg&feature=related>

  To see the original writers do it, and the story about it, visit:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQrNWZ4Y5tU&feature=related<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQrNWZ4Y5tU&feature=related>

  Perhaps not OKOM, but then, many OKOM songs are about pot.

  Cheers,
  Steve Barbone
  www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband<http://www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband>





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