[78-L] Beetle Bomb - or whatever it is

[Rodger J Holtin]

With proper spelling in hand, I found this on the Wikipedia page for Doodles
Weaver:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodles_Weaver

"In 1946, Weaver signed on as a member of Spike Jones
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones> 's City Slickers band. Weaver
was heard on Jones's 1947-49 radio shows, where he introduced his comedic
Professor Feetlebaum (which Weaver sometimes spelled as Feitlebaum),[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodles_Weaver>  a character who spoke in
Spoonerisms <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism> . "

So there we have the origin of the funny name from Doodles, and the real
winner of the race(s) was then the nutty professor and maybe not even a
horse.  OK, that was funny in 1949.

Thanks for playing the Funny Record Trivia Game on 78-L.


Rodger Holtin
78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII

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Nah, I think they just thought it was a funny name. I wonder if Ted Hering
has any inside info on it?

dl

78-L member since MM


On 5/10/2018 12:02 AM, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
> OK, so, who, or what was Feitlebaum?  And what double-meaning was it 
> to convey?
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> I always spell it Feetlebaum because otherwise some purist would 
> pronounce Feitlebaum as FITELbaum. But I think Feitlebaum is correct. 
> The reissues of the original 1947 recording became so muddy with echo 
> and EQ that it sounded more like an F sounded more like a B and the 
> United Artists reissue of the Liberty recording DID spell it Beetlebaum.
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> On 5/9/2018 11:36 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
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>> Feitlebaum.
>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 4:20 AM, David Lennick <
>>   <mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> 
>> dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid <mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> >
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>>> Feetlebaum. And somehow it got misspelled as Beetlebomb over the years.
>>> dl
>>> On 5/9/2018 11:18 PM, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
>>>> I overheard a discussion in a store the other day about the 
>>>> Kentucky
>>> Derby
>>>> and one of the speakers referenced an old record he used to hear on 
>>>> Dr Demento about a horse race and the surprise winner was Beetle Bomb.
>>>> Of course, we know it was used on a pair of Spike Jones records, 
>>>> William Tell Overture and Dance of the Hours.  What I don't know is 
>>>> whether
>>> "Beetle
>>>> Bomb" is correct or is it something else.
>>>> Can anybody still on The List enlighten us on the correct wording 
>>>> and the origin?
>>>> Rodger Holtin
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