Spike Jones - Der Fuehrer's Face

[GReedDiamond]

[bobbieinok]

1. As a kid in the 40s I thought Spike Jones and band were absolute riots!

[GReedDiamond]

2. As a not QUITE that old kid from the 50s...

...I think SJ & Band is/are still "absolute riots!"

ATTN: Grammar Police! Witch are/is correct?

[greyl]

3. St Agnes, 1982, Mr. O played this track for his home room.

He was a Vietnam vet.

[Grasswire2]

4. My father's favorite Spike Jones: Chloe

[GReedDiamond]

5. Nice! It's amazing what they were able to record...

...onto magnetic tape before there was the ability to "overdub" and mix in stuff that wasn't there to begin with.

[Grasswire2]

7. this was before magnetic tape, wasn't it?

78 records were the way a consumer got music.

[eShirl]

6. a character sings this in an episode of M*A*S*H

(Hawkeye probably)

where I heard it first!