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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on June 13, 2010, 08:40:53 PM
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How many folks can claim success in those two careers?!
Singer, sausage businessman Jimmy Dean dies at 81:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/13/national/a194537D59.DTL&tsp=1
And, Wiki bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Dean
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Big Bad John was such a major hit, it spawned a whole industry of followups and parodies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bad_John
I do distinctly have a memory of hearing, only once, one called "Big Fat Juan." All I remember is some line about "this man made of smell." Being a 4th or 5th grade boy at the time, I had no idea how blatantly racist the song was; it just seemed funny to me at the time.
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Big Bad John was such a major hit, it spawned a whole industry of followups and parodies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bad_John
I do distinctly have a memory of hearing, only once, one called "Big Fat Juan." All I remember is some line about "this man made of smell." Being a 4th or 5th grade boy at the time, I had no idea how blatantly racist the song was; it just seemed funny to me at the time.
I think there was a gay one called "Big Bad Bruce" or something.
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A tribute to Jimmy Dean from The Tubes and Fartin' Fee Gee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wHLIRSyxvk&feature=related
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worth remembering that JD gave the Muppets one of their first big breaks, featuring Rowlf the Muppet Hound on his show:
(http://toughpigs.com/uploaded_images/rowlfjimmydean-736007.JPG)
I remember being 9 or 10 and watching the show waiting for Rowlf's weekly appearance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKTbq5_L1dA