yeah, i heard it first from the stooges. now, is that bit hard-boiled or noir?
--- On Wed, 1/7/09, dave reeder <dave@cpidubai.com> wrote:
> From: dave reeder <dave@cpidubai.com>
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Westlake on Noir and Hard-Boiled
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 12:18 AM
> it was pokomoko for abbot and costello, but niagara falls
> for the
> three stooges...
>
> dave
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> On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Jeff Vorzimmer wrote:
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> > > This reminds me of the old vaudeville bit that
> Abbott & Costello
> > had a
> > > go at several times in both movies and
> television. The mention of a
> > > place would turn a character (often played by Sid
> Fields) into a
> > > maniac. There was a long shaggy dog story leading
> into it but then
> > > the mere mention of the key word or words would
> prompt an explosion.
> > > Usually it was a geographical location--Niagara
> Falls or
> > > Kookamonga--the mere mention of which would send
> Fields into a
> > > homicidal rage.
> >
> > It was Pokomoko--Pokomoko! Poookomoookoooo!!!! Slowly
> I turned, step
> > by step, inch by inch . . .
> >
> >
> >
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