rivers@seismo.UUCP (Wilmer Rivers) (03/20/84)
I once saw the Captain do a commercial on tv for the rock group which he manages. It was a parody of that infernal ad which has run 5 times an hour every hour all night on every cable channel in the world for the last 10 years. You know the one - it starts with the actor who played the butler Mr. French on "Family Affair" (not Sebastian Cabot; the second one) standing in front of a fireplace listening to a phonograph, saying : "Do you recognize this melody? Did you know that the theme of 'Stranger in Paradise' was based on the 'Polyvetsian (sp?) Dances' from 'Prince Igor' by Borodin?", and he then goes on to pitch a record which no one has ever bought containing an excerpt from every famous piece of classical music that everyone already owns a full-length recording of, anyway. The Captain's version consisted of him in front of the fireplace listening to the same music and asking : "Do you recognize this melody? Well, I don't either and what's more, I don't care!", whereupon he smashes the album and proceeds to extol the talents of his rock group. I was glad to see someone give that commercial the treatment it deserves. Incidentally, Captain Lou probably does recognize the melody - his mother was a concert pianist (or so we are asked to believe).