Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for November 05, 2009

Only Opus could make a tuba solo rock! Go, Opus!

But penguins don’t have lips. How does he play?

Oh sure, nitpick!

It’s true he doesn’t have lips… which is WHY it sounds like “PHWOOMP! OOMPH UMPTH! BLATT!” and “HONK!”

RussellNash, he’s just that good.

Kis: Don’t all tuba solos sound like “PHWOOMP! OOMPH UMPTH! BLATT!” and “HONK!”?

NAH; some tuba solos SWING !! Heard a Jazz solo done on tuba. Amazing (and very good!!)

bass and tuba, gotta love it

Leon Redbone… and a tuba player onstage…

C’mon people, the groupies are so stoned they’ll clap for anything. Even a tuba solo from a penguin.

What I love are the enormously improved lyrics!

This would be ‘improved’ in a sense I was not previously aware of – although they ARE funnier!

“Danny Kaye sings for Children” was a very old record with a couple of song about Tubby the Tuba - one of which had him looking for “his” song and contained a lovely tuba solo in it. i used to play the opening bars of “La Marseillaise” as a demonstration of the tuba’s range when i played one during high school days. (it’s the French National Anthem for those who don’t know it.)

sounds like a stalker.

Now that is what I call improvisation!

Maybe the girls are going wild because he’s waist-high and has amazing mouth control.

(Yes, my mind is in the gutter.)

That was herring and tuba, not bass!

I prefer my tuba with a little mayo and green onion on wheat bread.

Hey yyyguy -

I listened to Tubby the Tuba when I was young. I had it on a 45 rpm record (if I recall correctly).

A tuba player with no lips must have a very talented tongue.

All The Tuba Jazz Solos You Will Ever Want To Hear (If You Dare)