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MUSICAL HUMOR – CARTOONS FROM (MOSTLY) NPR

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This is one of those posts that requires you to have a passing familiarity with a variety of classical (by which I mean, not modern pop) music. If you played in the orchestra in high school, studied piano or bass or flute or violin, or have a secret passion for Chopin, Beethoven, Vivaldi … well, the list is a bit too long, but hopefully you get the idea. These are for you.

My favorite is BERLI-OS! With a Harold In Italy action figure in every box! And the Walking Dead Composers.

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  1. Emilio Pasquale
    12/27/2016 • 15:20

    It’s a toss up which I like better, the “Berli-Os” or the “bisectional”! Fun post.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      12/27/2016 • 15:42

      thank you. I think maybe my sense of humor is a bit obscure for many people. Oh well. These made ME laugh 🙂

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      • Emilio Pasquale
        12/27/2016 • 16:11

        You’re not too obscure for me. I laughed, too.

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        • Marilyn Armstrong
          12/27/2016 • 16:35

          I’m glad. I was afraid almost no one got why these are so funny. Maybe you had to have a mother nagging you to practice — or threatening not to let you out to play unless you conquered Bach this afternoon 🙂

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          • Emilio Pasquale
            12/27/2016 • 16:42

            I played the saxophone. My mother always yelled at me to go out and play!

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            • Marilyn Armstrong
              12/27/2016 • 22:44

              I played the piano. I couldn’t go out to play until I practiced. One year, I was so bad about it she cancelled my lessons. In two weeks, I was begging for lessons again. i loved the piano, but there were only so many hours in a kid’s afternoon. I was torn. Alas!

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              • Emilio Pasquale
                12/29/2016 • 13:59

                Do you still play? I don’t. I love the piano but never could master it. Probably because I only took one lesson and decided it wasn’t for me. 😦

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                • Marilyn Armstrong
                  12/29/2016 • 16:07

                  I don’t because my hands are so arthritic, they simply won’t do it and when I push it, they hurt like hell. So, I sold my piano. Got a ukulele. If I don’t play IT, I won’t feel like I’m betraying my piano teacher.

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  2. Garry Armstrong
    12/27/2016 • 12:35

    My fave is the Walking Dead Composers. They’re all pretty funny and I’m not a classical music maven.

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  3. swo8
    12/27/2016 • 12:33

    The Goldman Sachs Variations – hilarious. I have the book and CD’s by Glenn Gould. They’re all pretty funny, Marilyn. Still chuckling away.
    Leslie

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