| Those were the days. |
| Well those days are probably gone forever, I don’t know,
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| Unless Nixon is going to bring them back a little bit later. |
| But we have this
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| very special highly evolved permutated tango. |
| It’s actually a perverted tango.
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| By the time… Yes, it’s so perverted! |
| This is the Be-Bop Tango,
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| A special entertainment event that includes choreography a little bit later,
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| so watch out folks…
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| You can turn on the big lights, we may need 'em. |
| You know, the ones in the
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| audience. |
| Heh heh. |
| Okay, 're you ready? |
| Not too fast now 'cause I wanna get the
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| right notes on the tape 'N' this, this has to be the one. |
| This has to be the
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| one with all the right notes on it. |
| Okay, 're you ready? |
| This is a hard one to
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| play. |
| One two three four…
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| The cowbell as a symbol of unbridled passion, ladies and gentlemen
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| Now, as you might have noticed, Bruce Fowler has just completed some sort of
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| trombone solo, Based on the-ah, idea of an evolved tango-event. |
| Bruce has also
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| prepared for you a demonstration of a dance That he hopes will sweep the ocean
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| right after the Mud Shark did. |
| Bruce is now warming up the important muscles of
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| the body, In preparation… in preparation for the real live Be-Bop Tango Which
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| we’re gonna demonstrate. |
| Napoleon will assist him. |
| Napoleon just put your horn
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| down, Just relax, Put your head back, Here comes the drill. |
| Okay, heh heh heh,
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| you know what I’m talkin' about? |
| Okay
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| This is sort of like jazz in it’s own peculiar way. |
| Jazz is not dead,
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| it just smells funny! |
| Okay, let’s go! |
| Yeah man, jazz man, you know what I mean?
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| This is Be-Bop, Even though you think it doesn’t sound like that. |
| Be-Bop!
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| Now, as you might have noticed, Some of you with a musical education Can tell
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| that the notes that George just sang when he went: «This is Be-Bop,
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| even though you think it doesn’t sound like that», Is actually a sort of a
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| twisted form of the theme of the tango itself Which will get even more depraved
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| as the number goes on. |
| George will now attempt to dismember that melody,
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| Play it and sing it at the same time while… Tu-dup. |
| Hey, that’s the way!
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| While we sort of dance to it. |
| Okay, try it George. |
| Tu-dup, tu-dee… Oh yeah!
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| As I was saying. |
| Now, what we’d like to do at this point Is get some
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| volunteers from the audience to… I know you will, oh God you will…
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| We need some… heh heh heh… Now, as a matter of fact you did, didn’t you…
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| No, we wanna have some people who’ve never tried it bef
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| Ore, Who’ve never even thought of trying it before. |
| A boy, a girl,
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| preferably who like each other, Who would like to come up here and attempt to
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| dance to what George sings. |
| Do we have anybody who is… you're one
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| Okay, what’s your name?
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| Carl
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| Your name is Carl? |
| Please Carl step on to the stage. |
| Pleased to meet you Carl.
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| Alright. |
| Okay? |
| Let’s see-ah, is there anybody in the, in the back? |
| Where…
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| oh-oh, hey! |
| What’s your name?
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| Rick
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| Rick, and?
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| Jane
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| Rick and Jane and Carl! |
| Alright, here’s how it works: There’s a beat going on
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| like this; |
| That’s a pedestrian beat. |
| You don’t dance to that beat,
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| You dance to what George sings, okay? |
| The little ones, okay? |
| The little quick
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| ones, okay? |
| Ready? |
| George, make them dance!
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| Dup. |
| No no Rick, you’re too reserved. |
| Ready? |
| Give it to 'em George!
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| Tu-dup, tu-dup pu-dee-da… No no, come on now, loosen up. |
| Listen,
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| encourage them! |
| When it… Ah! |
| Okay! |
| Alright, one more time: dance!
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| Tu-dup, du-dee-da… Let’s study this phenomenon. |
| Tu-duppy-dup-pu-dee-da…
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| Now look, Rick and Jane and Carl, You’re, you’re wonderful but you’re just too
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| reserved. |
| I still can… I know you will, maybe in a minute. |
| Okay,
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| I’ll t-tell you what: Go back to your seats and we’ll bring up the next batch.
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| Okay? |
| Carl, Rick and Jane! |
| Alright, you wanna try???
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| Anything you say Frank!
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| Oh my God! |
| Alright, you’re name is Lana, right? |
| Lana dance!
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| Du-dup-dee-dup… Now that’s more like it. |
| Du-dup-dee-dup… Lana,
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| you’re so good we have to bring up some other people to assist you.
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| Brenda, imported from Edward’s Air Force Base, where she… Ladies and
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| gentlemen, Brenda… Brenda is a professional harlot And she just got finished |
| stripping for a bunch of guys at Edward’s Air Force Base, And she made it down
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| here in time for the show. |
| Two hours of taking it off for the boys in the car,
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| really good. |
| Okay. |
| Heh. |
| Brenda, Brenda has a lovely assistant named Carl,
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| Or Robert James Davis if you prefer. |
| Herb Cohen, ladies and gentlemen!
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| Okay, dance!
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| Du-du-dip… You’re still too adagio, I keep telling you! |
| Du-dup-du-dee-da…
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| Turn on the bubble machine! |
| Dup-dee-da, dup-dee-da… God, is that a cheap
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| bubble-machine! |
| Bow, du-du-du-du-du-da… Ladies and gentlemen: Don’s ex-wife!
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| Ladies and gentlemen, You’re probably sitting in your chairs, Saying to
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| yourselves: I could do that. |
| And of course you can! |
| And now is your big chance!
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| All you have to do, The first step is easy, All you gotta do is stand up.
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| Go ahead, just stand up. |
| There you go, you are standing up. |
| Yes,
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| some of you are not standing up But you won’t have as much fun as the ones who
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| are standing up. |
| Okay, turn on the big lights so everybody can see what’s going
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| on. |
| Yes, very many of you are standing up. |
| Okay, link your mind with the mind
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| of George Duke! |
| And when…
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| Du-dup… That’s it! |
| When he plays those funny fast little notes,
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| Twitch around and have a good time with the Be-Bop Tango, Let’s try it!
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| Anything you wanna do is alright. |
| You gotta do anything you wanna do,
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| it’s alright. |
| Yes you got to know you came to the right place, tonight.
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| (Give me some of that wine now). |
| As you might have guessed, ladies and
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| gentlemen, This is the end of our concert. |
| We like to thank you ver…
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| Wanna thank you very much for coming. |
| Hope you had a good time.
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| Bruce Fowler on trombone, Napoleon Murphy Brock on tenor sax and lead vocals,
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| Ruth Underwood on percussion, Ralph Humphrey on drums, Chester Thompson on
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| drums, Tom Fowler on bass And George Duke on the keyboards. |
| Thank you very much.
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| Alright, alright… |