kdh@hou2h.UUCP (K.HUNTER) (05/24/84)
[All hail Framitz, the mighty line-eater]
Sorry, this isn't Monty Python, although it is in the same vein...
In order to alleviate the general lack of humor in the net at large,
I am posting the following, the creation of a friend-of-a-friend
from AT&T Bell Laboratories. Please send all subpoenas to him.
16K
Lyrics by Tony Monteiro
(sung to the melody of Sixteen Tons, use gruff baritone voice,
apologies to Tennessee Williams)
BEGIN.
/* This is a song about a big, bad, hardworking, PROGRAMMIN' man... */
Some people say a man just ain't got the right,
The programmin' man made of bits and bytes.
Bits and bytes, compile and go,
You hack till dawn, then you hack some more.
subprocedure CHORUS
BEGIN.
You load 16K, what do you get?
Another MR and more bugs to fix.
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go.
I sold my soul for a down-line load.
END.
/* Note: supervisor's name may be substituted for effect */
I was born one morning, it was snowing in slabs,
Picked up my keyboard and I headed to the Labs.
Loaded 16K of FORTRAN II code,
And the big boss said, "Well bless my soul!"
CHORUS()
I was hackin' one morning, it was drizzling rain.
The EDITOR died, it was such a pain.
Loaded 16K through the paper tape load,
I bit out the holes, stuck the rest through my nose.
CHORUS()
I was hackin' one morning when the disk did crash.
The memory died leaving just the cache.
Loaded 16K through the front panel load.
If the switches held out, I'd have gotten some more.
CHORUS()
If you see me coming better step aside.
UNIX IV didn't and UNIX IV died.
One fist is iron, the other one steel,
"rm *" give me such a thrill!
CHORUS()
END.
(c) 1984, Tony Monteiro. All Rights Reserved.
Reprinted with the permission of the author.
Kevin Hunter
AT&T Consumer Products
Holmdel, NJ
(what a boring signature)dougs@tekecs.UUCP (08/06/84)
<they pelted us with rocks and garbage?>
Did anyone else notice the great musical pun in the Olympics last
(Sunday) night? It happened as the women gymnasts were marching
into Pauley Pavilion for the individual apparatus finals: the
band was playing the theme music from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
I love it all. Even the biased and patronizing announcers. I just
keep the sound turned off.
Doug Smith
{...!tektronix!tekecs!dougs}
ECS System Peripherals
Tektronix, Inc.
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|---------------------------------------------------------|lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (08/08/84)
Of course, that music is actually a very famous piece of marching music. Does anyone know the actual title? [The Monty Python Theme Music is what we're discussing here...] --Lauren--
ags@pucc-i (Seaman) (08/08/84)
> Did anyone else notice the great musical pun in the Olympics last > (Sunday) night? It happened as the women gymnasts were marching > into Pauley Pavilion for the individual apparatus finals: the > band was playing the theme music from Monty Python's Flying Circus. I also noticed the music, but I don't think any pun was intended. I remember marching to that music when I was in the Air Force, before there ever was a Monty Python's Flying Circus. -- Dave Seaman My hovercraft is no longer full of ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags eels (thanks to my confused cat).
hoffman@pitt.UUCP (08/08/84)
The theme music for the Monty Python TV show is the Liberty Bell March by John Philip Sousa. Our computer-driven pipe organ has it as part of its repertoire. Nudge, nudge, -- Bob Hoffman Pitt Computer Science
rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe) (08/08/84)
The "theme music for Monty Python's Flying Circus" is better known as
the "Liberty Bell" march by John Philip Sousa.
--
"It's only by NOT taking the human race seriously that I retain what
fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess."
Roger Noe ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoejho@forjho.UUCP (jho) (08/08/84)
Well, I don't know the original title of the Monty Python theme, but I do know that it was written by John Phillips "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa. -- jho
keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) (08/09/84)
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The theme music used by Monty Python's Flying Circus was
"The Liberty Bell March". Like all of the music I've heard used while
the Olympic gymnasts have been parading in or out or from one station to
another, it's by John Philip Sousa.
--
Morris M. Keesan
{decvax,linus,ihnp4,wivax,wjh12,ima}!bbncca!keesan
keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPAron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (08/09/84)
The Monty Python music is John Phillip Sousa's Liberty Bell March. -Ron
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (08/10/84)
The music used as the theme for "Monty Python's Flying Circus" is a
march by John Philip Sousa. I believe that its name is "The Liberty
Bell."
--
Barry Margolin
ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmarzarth@drutx.UUCP (CovartDL) (08/10/84)
The name of the tune is The Liberty Bell. This information courtesy of Z A R T H A R N
jfw@mit-eddie.UUCP (John Woods) (08/11/84)
Does anyone know the correct title? DING! The Liberty Bell March. John Phillip Sousa (who would likely be incensed by having something amusing associated with his music). My High School Marching Band had this periodic desire to have our Drum Major come stumbling out onto the playing field, in tattered uniform, grab the mike from the announcer, and say "IT'S..." and out we'd come, with the march! -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems decvax!frog!john, mit-eddie!jfw, JFW@MIT-XX Guns don't kill people, I kill people.
barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (08/15/84)
Yes, I noticed that the music accompanying the gymnasts procession was
from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television show. But the tune has
even more significant origins. I believe it's a piece called "The
Liberty Bell March" by John Phillip Sousa. (Surprise!)
Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
-- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP,
{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett