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Irrelevant Hippopotamus
I've long been aware of the catch-phrase response to "that's irrelevant" usually said with a funny voice of "It's not irrelevant; it's a hippopotamus".
I just googled a bit, though, and am getting absolutely no hits at all on the combinations I've tried.
Anybody know the source? (It's sounds Goons-ish.)
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
I just googled a bit, though, and am getting absolutely no hits at all on the combinations I've tried.
Anybody know the source? (It's sounds Goons-ish.)
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
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[nq:1]I've long been aware of the catch-phrase response to "that's irrelevant" usually said with a funny voice of ... and am getting absolutely no hits at all on the combinations I've tried. Anybody know the source?
- [nq:1]I've long been aware of the catch-phrase response to "that's irrelevant" usually said with a funny voice of ...
- and am getting absolutely no hits at all on the combinations I've tried.
- Anybody know the source?
- )[/nq] "That's irrelevant" appears in a Marx Brothers film (can't remeber which), from Groucho, to which Chico replies "Haha!
- You can't fool me!
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[nq:1]I've long been aware of the catch-phrase response to "that's irrelevant" usually said with a funny voice of ... and am getting absolutely no hits at all on the combinations I've tried. Anybody know the source? (It's sounds Goons-ish.)[/nq]
"That's irrelevant" appears in a Marx Brothers film (can't remeber which), from Groucho, to which Chico replies "Haha! You can't fool me! A relephant
"That's irrelevant" appears in a Marx Brothers film (can't remeber which), from Groucho, to which Chico replies "Haha! You can't fool me! A relephant
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[nq:1]I've long been aware of the catch-phrase response to "that's irrelevant" usually said with a funny voice of ... and am getting absolutely no hits at all on the combinations I've tried. Anybody know the source? (It's sounds Goons-ish.)[/nq]
It's from the introduction to the Flanders
and Swann song 'The Hippopotamus'. You know,
"Mud, Mud, glorious mud" and all that.
It's from the introduction to the Flanders
and Swann song 'The Hippopotamus'. You know,
"Mud, Mud, glorious mud" and all that.
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[nq:2]I've long been aware of the catch-phrase response to "that's ... it's a hippopotamus". Anybody know the source? (It's sounds Goons-ish.)[/nq]
[nq:1]"That's irrelevant" appears in a Marx Brothers film (can't remeber[/nq]
The source is the comedy act of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, from a part of the introduction to one version or another of the "Hippopotamus Song." Two albums ar
[nq:1]"That's irrelevant" appears in a Marx Brothers film (can't remeber[/nq]
The source is the comedy act of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, from a part of the introduction to one version or another of the "Hippopotamus Song." Two albums ar
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[nq:1]The source is the comedy act of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, from a part of the introduction to one version or another of the "Hippopotamus Song." Two albums are most likely: "At the Drop of a Hat" and "At the Drop of Another Hat."[/nq]
The Hippopotamus Song is the last track on "At the Drop of a Hat".
[nq:1]The "funny voice" is intended to be an imitation of Michael Flanders.[
The Hippopotamus Song is the last track on "At the Drop of a Hat".
[nq:1]The "funny voice" is intended to be an imitation of Michael Flanders.[
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[nq:1]"That's irrelevant" appears in a Marx Brothers film (can't remeber which), from Groucho, to which Chico replies "Haha! You can't fool me! A relephant got long floppy ears!"[/nq]
Not quite (although I suppose it might be in a different movie). From Duck Soup :
Chicolini: Now I aska you one. What has a trunk, but no key, weighs 2,000 pounds and lives in a circus?
Prosecutor: That's
Not quite (although I suppose it might be in a different movie). From Duck Soup :
Chicolini: Now I aska you one. What has a trunk, but no key, weighs 2,000 pounds and lives in a circus?
Prosecutor: That's
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Okay, so this one time? In band camp? Evan Kirshenbaum was all, like:
[nq:1]Chicolini: Now I aska you one. What has a trunk, but no key, weighs 2,000 pounds and lives in a ... Hey, that'sa that answer! There's a whole lot of irrelephants in the circus. The prosecutor was played by Charles Middleton.[/nq]
I guess there was no point asking him for mercy, then..r
[nq:1]Chicolini: Now I aska you one. What has a trunk, but no key, weighs 2,000 pounds and lives in a ... Hey, that'sa that answer! There's a whole lot of irrelephants in the circus. The prosecutor was played by Charles Middleton.[/nq]
I guess there was no point asking him for mercy, then..r
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