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CHIQUITA BANANA
IM A CHIQUITA BANANA
AND IM HERE TO STAY
IF YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR TEACHER
I HAVE FOUND THE WAY.
EAT A BANANA.
PUT THE PEEL ON THE FLOOR
AND WATCH YOUR TEACHER FLY OUT THE DOOR.
(THIS IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THE CHIQUITA BANANA AD ON TV)
Submitter comment:
VIOLENCE AGAINST TEACHERS IS ALWAYS A POPULAR SUBJECT FOR GRADE
SCHOOL SONG PARODIES. IT IS ALSO COMMON FOR CHILDREN TO MAKE UP
PARODIES OF THE ADS ON TV SINCE THEY SEE THEM SO OFTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY OF ADVERTISEMENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
RIDDLE
HOW DID KATY WINTERS DIE?
FROZEN ARMPITS
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT FICTIONAL CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
TOGETHER WE WILL STAND THE HEAT,
IF IT GETS EXTREMELY HOT,
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; COMMERCIAL ; SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-03-1959
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ON TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT: LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
"WE BURY OTHERS, WHY NOT YOU;
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; FUNERAL HOME SLOGAN?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
A SIGN IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL PARLOR READS:
"PLAN AHEAD--SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR LAY-A-WAY PLAN."
Submitter comment:
SORRY TO SAY, DON'T KNOW THE FUNERAL HOME, BUT
SOMWHERE IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964