[Dixielandjazz] Vocal Gaffe

[Robert Newman]

I've never heard a giraffe sing.   Never knew a giraffe could grow a beard. 
But you're right, a beard would make the giraffe look older.

Bob Newman


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
To: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:31 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Vocal Gaffe


> Back before I turned 21, I grew a beard to make me look older.  It worked. 
> I was playing night clubs since I was 18.
>
> About the age of 20 I started to sing.  I was incredibly nervous about 
> singing.
>
> One of the first songs I learned was "Hard Hearted Hanna."
>
> The first time I sang it I sang,
>
> "Oh boy, she's the Teddy bear's pajamas" instead of "Oh Boy, she's the 
> polar bear's pajamas."
>
> My wife who was sitting in the audience almost fell out of her chair 
> laughing.
>
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald
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> First their cuisine is unsurpassed.
> Second their service is superb.
> And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women 
> and children first."
> --Winston Churchill.
>
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