[78-L] Celebrating the Oscars

[David Lennick]

And Oscar Grogan, and Oscar the hero of "The Tin Drum", and Dance to the Music 
of The Oscarina.

And the Jewish fashion designer Oscar de la Yenta.

On 2/27/2011 2:15 PM, DanKj wrote:
> Oscar Shaw:  the "oldest Juvenile on Broadway" - watching him sing WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE is sorta interesting, to see his
> expressions, gestures, and the way he made a teeth-bared smile out of each big inhale between lines. (Unlike Caruso, who
> often sounded like an asthmatic seal gasping for breath.Maybe it couldn't be heard on Victrolas.)
>
> Oscar The Grouch (big hit song - I LOVE TRASH)
>
> Oscar Meyer (small hit song - YOU WERE STARVING WHEN I MET YOU, BUT NOW YOU'RE FULL OF BALONEY,  and the wurst dirty song of
> the 20th Century: MY BALONEY HAS A FIRST NAME )

My Bologna
I Ate the Baloney
My Baloney Has Circles Under His Eyes

dl
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Celebrating the Oscars
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>
>> Don't forget Oscar Wilde, whose plays have been recorded and excerpted on disc
>> numerous times, and whose Salami will take your breath away..sorry, that's an
>> old Blooper gag. Salome of course DID inspire an opera and numerous parodies,
>> recorded as far back as 1909 (Sadie Salome, Go Home).
>>
>> dl (who WILL be watching, having actually seen some of this year's flicks)
>>
>> On 2/27/2011 12:35 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>> Oscar "Buddy" Woods (blues singer, recorded with Jimmie Davis)
>>> John Oscar (pre-war blues singer)
>>> Oscar Peterson (jazz pianist with 12 fingers)
>>> Oscar Aleman (Argentinean guitarist, championed by Hans Koert)
>>> Oscar Wills (T.V. Slim) (Chess R&B artist)
>>> Rollin Sullivan ("Oscar" of Lonzo&   Oscar) (Opry comedian)
>>> Oscar Harper (leader of '20s Texas string band)
>>> Oscar Boyd (leader of the Calvaes, Chess R&B group)
>>> Oscar Doucet (Cajun performer)
>>> Oscar Pettiford (bop bassist)
>>> Oscar Levant (pianist and noted hypochondriac)
>>> Oscar Craver (pseudonym for hillbilly performer Byrd Moore on Conqueror)
>>> Oscar Martinez (Tejano pioneer)
>>> Oscar Moore (guitarist with the Nat King Cole Trio)
>>> Oscar Brand (folk singer and longtime WNYC host)
>>> Oscar "Papa" Celestin (New Orleans jazz trumpeter)
>>> Oscar Ford (hillbilly performer who recorded on Columbia 15000 series)
>>> Oscar Brown, Jr. (jazz singer&   playwright)
>>> Oscar Smith (post-war blues guitarist)
>>> Oscar's Chicago Swingers (Sam Theard group, recorded for Decca)
>>> Oscar Klein (tradition-minded Austrian jazz trumpeter)
>>> Oscar Jenkins (hillbilly banjo player who recorded for Paramount&   Gennett)
>>> Oscar McLollie (R&B/jump singer&   band leader)
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell (who will NOT be watching the Oscars tonight)
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________
>> __________________