[78-L] Frosty the Snowman

[Cary Ginell]

What about Burl Ives? If anyone was built like a snowman, it was he.

Cary Ginell

> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:12:05 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frosty the Snowman
> 
> DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> >  "Frosty the Snowman" always bothered me - it just didn't sound right.
> 
> I know.  I understand.  It was snow abuse, but times were different back
> then.  Fat snowman jokes were part of the culture.  It didn't seem wrong
> in those days, but some people like you were more sensitive to the pain
> and suffering of rotund snow creatures forced to wear a silly hat and
> entertain little kids all the way unto death.  It probably also explains
> why it was never recorded by Kate Smith, Vaughn DeLeath, Ella
> Fitzgerald, Mildred Bailey, Fats Waller, etc.  I guess it didn't bother
> Gene Autry--he even seems to have recorded it twice.
> 
> Mike (i feel your pain) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
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