Monty by Jim Meddick for June 23, 2015
Transcript:
So, sir... How is the ear worm? The Mahler piano Quartet? Gone! I'm finally free of its insidious grasp! No! Jarvis! Nooo! What're the odds that a lowly groundskeeper could possibly be whistling Mahler at precisely this moment?! Actually, pretty good with a 4G link to the wiki classical music database...
Pedmar Premium Member over 9 years ago
Have most people ever even HEARD of Mahler?
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
The power of Mahler! He makes Sedgwick sweat! And, you know, groundskeeper notwithstanding, he is pretty scary….
azurebeard over 9 years ago
re-assignment as Sedgwick’s music instructor as punishment for that groundsman!
OldestandWisest over 9 years ago
“The first one she married was MahlerWhose buddies all knew him as GustavThe first time he saw her, he hollered‘Ach, dat is the fraulein I moost haff!’”
Courtesy of Tom Lehrer’s “The Ballad of Alma.”
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
Good afternoon Sedgie and Mahler fans (or not). Great comments all. Have a bountiful day my friends.
calliopejane over 9 years ago
This is what you get for being so rude to the staff all the time, Sedgie!
Rista over 9 years ago
Actually, I’d be stunned anyone, grounds keeper or otherwise, could recognizably whistle that piece.