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irishgit

Even when this first came out, it reminded me somehow of the Bonzo Dog tune "Intro and the Outro" which I heard about the same time. And just because I want to, here are the lyrics to that eclectic little masterpiece

Hi there, nice to be with you, happy you could stick around.

Like to introduce "Legs" Larry Smith, drums,

And Sam Spoons, rhythm pole,

And Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, bass guitar,

And Neil Innes, piano,

Come in Rodney Slater on the saxophone,

With Roger Ruskin Spear on tenor sax,

Hi, Vivian Stanshall, trumpet.

Big hello to big John Wayne, xylophone,

And Robert Morley, guitar,

Billy Butlin, spoons,

And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes... Nnnnice!

Princess Anne on sousaphone...

Mmmm, Introducing Liberace, clarinet,

With Garner "Ted" Armstrong on vocals,

Lord Snooty and his pals, tap dancing,

In the groove with Harold Wilson, violin,

And Franklin McCormack on harmonica.

Over there, Eric Clapton, ukulele.... Hi Eric!

On my left Sir Kenneth Clark, bass sax.... A great honour, sir.

And specially flown in for us, a session's gorilla on vox humana.

Nice to see Incredible Shrinking Man on euphonium,

Drop out with Peter Scott on duck call,

Hearing from you later Casanova, on horn, Yeah!

Digging General de Gaulle on accordion.... Really wild, General! Thank you, sir.

Roy Rogers on Trigger.

Tune in Wild Man of Borneo on bongos.

Count Basie Orchestra on triangle.... Thank you.

Great to hear the Rawlinsons on trombone,

Back from his recent operation, Dan Druff, harp.

And representing the flower people, Quasimodo on bells.

Wonderful to hear Brainiac on banjo,

We welcome Val Doonican as himself (Hullo there)

Very appealing, Max Jaffa.... Mmm, that's nice, Max!

What a team, Zebra Kid and Horace Batchelor on percussion,

And a great favourite, and a wonderful performer, of all of us here,

J. Arthur Rank on gong....

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• Review posted on 05/09/2008
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Replies to irishgit's review:

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fitman (51)
05/09/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnz7LJMECOg
oscargamblesfro (82)
05/09/2008
Vivian Stanshall was quite hilarious, I don't know if anyone here has seen their old British tv stuff, but there's quite a few funny old performances on youtube worth checking out...
irishgit (154)
05/09/2008
The Count Basie orchestra on triangle *ding* and the fact that it really is Eric Clapton playing ukelele is even better
FranksWildYears (60)
05/09/2008
I always thought that song was called "Introducing Legs Larry Smith", possibly because George Harrison recorded a homage to the Bonzo song titled "His Name is Legs".
oscargamblesfro (82)
05/09/2008
the part when sessions gorilla roars is priceless...
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