..."I Don't Like Spiders & Snakes"? Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford were masters of the novelty song in the 70's.

..."I Don't Like Spiders & Snakes"? Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford were masters of the novelty song in the 70's.


BIG Jim Stafford fan. I still laugh everytime I hear "Cow Pattie".

We still don't see enough of either!!!

Spiders and Snakes...Bridget The Midget(THAT would be banned now with the new PC codes)!! ::)

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..."I Don't Like Spiders & Snakes"? Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford were masters of the novelty song in the 70's.


I remember my friend Kym thought that Jim Stafford was singing "I don't like vitamin A"  ;D ;D

I loved "Gitarzan" too  ;D

We still don't see enough of either!!!

Spiders and Snakes...Bridget The Midget(THAT would be banned now with the new PC codes)!! ::)


I rarely listen to Bridge the Midget without getting embarrassed.  ;D

Another one is 'Jeremiah Peabody's poly unsaturated quick dissolving fast acting pleasant tasting green and purple pills.' Ray Stevens? What were you on? Lol.  ;D

HeHe, I still have a Ray Stevens 8-track and VHS around somewhere. GAAAAAAAACK, I must be getting old!! :o :o

All these songs bring back memories. I LOVE Ray Stevens' Gitarzan and The Streak. I also remember Jim Stafford's Spiders and Snakes, along with Cow Patty, Wild Wood Weed, and My Boy Bill.




Cat

Yep! Also, Chic-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop~1971  :D

Mississippi Squirrel Revival ;D



Howard

Ray Stevens is an odd one.
He could come up with some stupid novelty song but also something like "Everything Is Beautiful".
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Ray Stevens is an odd one.
He could come up with some stupid novelty song but also something like "Everything Is Beautiful".
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Everything Is Beautiful was a nice song.That's the only one that wasn't funny at all. :)



Howard

How about "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright, III    ;D

How about "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright, III    ;D



My husband and I LOVE to drive his youngest daughter crazy with that one. Both of us will start singing it (concidering both of us can't really sing) and she starts to scream and cover her ears.  ;D ;D We are soooo mean. (Could that be concidered abuse?  :-\\ ;))




Cat

They're Coming To Take Me Away Napoleon



Howard

The Streak was maybe the funniest song I've ever heard, lol that hickey guy and his wife Ethel kept running into the Streaker, and Ethel liked to look at him ;D  Anyone ever seen a streaker(s)?

The Streak was maybe the funniest song I've ever heard, lol that hickey guy and his wife Ethel kept running into the Streaker, and Ethel liked to look at him ;D  Anyone ever seen a streaker(s)?



maybe on television but never in real life ;D


Howard

They're Coming To Take Me Away Napoleon



Howard



My children still think I'm making that one up...they don't believe it's a real song, and I can't find a copy to prove otherwise. ;D

i think its on the Dr. Demento 20th anniversary CD

My children still think I'm making that one up...they don't believe it's a real song, and I can't find a copy to prove otherwise. ;D


Did you want to buy it?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000033RJ/ref=m_art_li_1/103-6272198-7323821?v=glance&s=music

::)

(Although I'm sure someone has the mp3)

Although not what I'd class as a novelty, Ray did an enjoyable banjo and fiddle arrangement of the old standard 'Misty'...

And his version of 'In The Mood' was cluckin' good...!!


Anyone ever seen a streaker(s)?


It enjoyed a brief surge in Britain (just after the Americans flogged the idea to us...!), but it died a natural death due to our weather...

Although not what I'd class as a novelty, Ray did an enjoyable banjo and fiddle arrangement of the old standard 'Misty'...
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I had that 45rpm...loved that song ;)

Although not what I'd class as a novelty, Ray did an enjoyable banjo and fiddle arrangement of the old standard 'Misty'...

And his version of 'In The Mood' was cluckin' good...!!

It enjoyed a brief surge in Britain (just after the Americans flogged the idea to us...!), but it died a natural death due to our weather...
Lol - I saw about 8 streakers in single file squeezing through a raucus crowd in a packed pub in Atlanta, it was hilarious ;D

I heard this story (but can't verify its authenticity) that this guy was streaking in NYC and no one noticed and the only time he was stopped was because he tried to go into a restaurant and wasn't wearing a tie.





Cat

  Anyone ever seen a streaker(s)?


I was sixteen when the streaking fad hit. One of my friends was arrested for streaking around a local fast food restaurant. I had to drive his car home and tell his mother that he was being held in the county jail.

In Baltimore City back then, there were free rock concerts in Wyman Park on Sunday afternoon. Once, a guy and girl streaked through the crowd. A gang of bikers grabbed the guy and beat him up. 

I remember a news story about a guy getting arrested in the US House of Representatives after streaking up to the podium, grabbing the mike and proclaiming that he was "Streaker of the House"!

I was sixteen when the streaking fad hit. One of my friends was arrested for streaking around a local fast food restaurant. I had to drive his car home and tell his mother that he was being held in the county jail.

In Baltimore City back then, there were free rock concerts in Wyman Park on Sunday afternoon. Once, a guy and girl streaked through the crowd. A gang of bikers grabbed the guy and beat him up. 

I remember a news story about a guy getting arrested in the US House of Representatives after streaking up to the podium, grabbing the mike and proclaiming that he was "Streaker of the House"!
l o l - If anyone wants to try streaking, you need a plan, eg. you need to go from point a to point b. Usually, someone will drop you off at point a and then you streak to b where you have clothes hidden, lol  ;D Good luck!

He ain't rude, boogie-dy, boogie-dy
He ain't lewd, boogie-dy, boogie-dy
He's just in the mood to run in the nude  :o

You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd...Not sure who sang it..

You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd...Not sure who sang it..



I remember that one and also "Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night"




Cat

I think Chewing gum over night, was Homer & Jethro.  W

While on this,  does anyone else remember Jerry Reed's She got the gold mine I got the shaft.  W

While on this,  does anyone else remember Jerry Reed's She got the gold mine I got the shaft.  W



Sound VERY familar. I'm sure I heard it at one time.




Cat

You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd...Not sure who sang it..


The late, great Roger Miller...

I remember that one and also "Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night"


Another late, great one...Lonnie Donegan...

...who, rather unfairly, is always regarded as a 'novelty' act in the States (mainly due to this one record), but here in Britain he'll forever be regarded as 'The King Of Skiffle', influencing many people including a certain John Lennon...

yeah,K-Tel Records had TV ads for compilation discs of that zzany nonsense and it's still available at truckstop cassette bins!

While on this,  does anyone else remember Jerry Reed's She got the gold mine I got the shaft.   W


"She Got The Gold Mine (I Got The Shaft)" was a minor country hit for Jerry Reed in 1981 or 82

He had two big novelty pop hits in the early 70's with "Amos Moses" and "When You're Hot You're Hot"

How about "Motorcycle Mama"? "You'll be my motorcycle mama, and we'll see the world from my Harley".

"The Streak" went to number 1 back in '74.
"Disco Duck" went to number 1 back in '76.

There were two novelty songs that were popular in Canada in 1971.  One was called 'Do the Fuddle Duddle' by a group called The House of Commons and another one called 'Fuddle Duddle' by Antique Fair.  They were both released around the same time, and the idea of the song was to poke fun at Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who may or may not have sworn in the House of Commons

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