The WhatNots — The Ying Tong Song, from episode 520 of The Muppet Show.
Grab your popcorn, put your feet up on the coffee table, and try to keep the spitballs off the screen please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?



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Good evening, Suzanne…… hope you are staying warm on your coast.
hey dearie — i’m toasty warm and waiting for the snow to start tomorrow night. rains coming in later tonight and turn to snow around 7pmish or so the weather doods say.
how’s the southcentral ca coast tonight?
Hi Suzanne – what’s weird is I heard the original Ying Tong Song just yesterday – it’s from “The Goon Show” a bizarre bbc radio programme (note british spelling) from the 50′s. Peter Cook, dudley moore, spike milligan and a couple of others i don’t remember…
I’ve got a daughter in Montana who has seen little snow, and a sister on Cape Cod who is enjoying a prolonged Indian summer. And down here on the left coast north of Los Angeles, we are wondering if we are in for some drought. I’m sure it has nothing to do with global warming.
hey scarlet — how ya doing tonight? i love it when synchronicity happens…
i heard the forking santa ana winds are blowing from the forking east down in la county — its forking january
Hey free…..how’s it going going north? Hope your work is being well received.
scarlet — here’s the muppet wiki on ying tong
yep…..winds again. and now a fire watch. it’s all mixed up!
Oh yes – quite sorry i missed you (I’m in Roseburg now, heading south.) Had fun in Seattle though, and Portland will probably have signs up for at least a week or so… just wanted to let you know that your two ton green blog is now on the tales of the freewayblogger highly exclusive and prestigious blogroll.
but but but there’s no such thang as climate change…. /s
Yes, but consider for a moment all the coincidences that don’t happen… it’s Mind-boggling.
oh scarlet how kind of you! thank you so very much. i’m sorry we didn’t get a chance to hook up — one of these times you are gonna have to do a coast run
Aloha, Suz and lln pups…!
totally happy trails time
Senior lady smiles and kinda laughs out loud. “:)~
aloha tut — how’s paradise tonight?
Suz !
I’ve made Strawberry Daiquiris for those in warm zones and Spanish Coffee for us in Cold climes … Crab Dip & Melba Toast for all !
You’re a peach!
petro! how’s toronto tonight dood?
Also, I noticed you had animals singing jingle bells on your blog. Are you familiar with Richard Cheese? He’s hilarious – does totally over-the-top lounge versions of various songs that should never be loungified. (His band is “Lounge Against the Machine”) Anyway, he does a cover of the dog’s singing jingle bells – just him singing “woof woof woof… woof woof woof…etc”. Utterly silly and hilarious. Could not, alas, find it on you tube.
Peach Daiquiris comin’ up ! *g*
i’ll have to look for his stuff — i love totally over-the-top stuff – thanks dood
petro’s doing his magic man bit tonight :)
F-f-frizzin’ c-c-cold ! We hit -20C/-4F tonight and will stay that cold for the next 2 days …
dayam dood — maybe this will help warm ya up – jayt swears by it iirc
Dewd…! You sooo missed this clip I’d posted last nite… O Canada, indeed… ;-)
Another coincidence! I was dating the Wilson sisters when they wrote that song! It was just after I’d broken up with Carly Simon. Did I ever tell you about the time Alanis Morrisette went down on me in a theater?
Perfection…………….thanks. And when the fires come, send water!
dood…..that’s a trifecta
Hey CT!
ROFL !!!
Lumberjack Fashion, Barley Production … LMAO !
As I keep tellin ya, Scarlet… Rawk on…! ;-)
Aye Caramba !
Hi Petro! Crab dip — so wonderful! How are you?
Marcy & bmaz have set the stage for an epic Trash Talk weekend …
I see your hair is burnin’
Hills are filled with fire
Aloha, Chris…! Ya got my email addy for March, right…? *g*
Btw, Petro, that’ll be 6 Marleyfests, but, who’s counting…! ;-)
ce! how’s cleveland tonight? are ya done with all them books?
Hiya Christine, help yourself to the Daiquiris too … sipping them in front of a blazing fire will make it seem like Summer !
Been there, done that…! As I told ‘em, I’ve got the brasso all set for another hubcap…! ;-)
Really … 6 ? *g*
I really thought this would be the year, but had some horrid setbacks; look out for Lucky #7 !
i want you to know
Yes, I do — from our FDL friends. I tried to send our rental unit pic, but screwed that up… typic.
try sending a link to the web page instead of trying to send a picture
ya link just like ya do for a youtube — cut and paste the url into the email
No, no, not at all. We hope to be finished by July. That’s 2012 July. Hey Suzanne, how are you? My poor fingers are split to heck. Fuck.
This is for you- Great White in the water today! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okUstGOVF5Y
It circles the boat and turns on it’s side to look at guy filming it. creepy.
yikes ce — epson salt baths and lather up your hands with vasoline and sleep with them encased in gloves….
hey shek — how ya doing tonight?
Hilarious Canada clip. Here’s one of my faves from Mystery Science Theater 3000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RHVoFpncgA
lumberjack
And Vicks Vapo Rub on toes. Good night all! Thanks Suzanne. I’m off to see Downton Abbey.
g’nite ce
*heh* I’ve had a few sharks check me out while I’m snorkeling, but that encounter would definitely keep me on shore, shek…! ;-)
Did you see my latest post…?
land shark
waterskiing
muppet’s mack
Sweet Dreams Firepups… another long day ahead… Next stop, Sacramento.
g’nite scarlet
Your “cui bono” post? It’s very good. I rec’d it and left a comment. … Oops! I just saw your response citing Van Ripper. Great find. Thanks.
hey wigwam — how ya doing tonight?
Mahalo, wigwam…! Always a pleasure…! *g*
sorry to have to bail early tonight but i’ll be making MET calls to members tomorrow and that means i gotta get up before the crack of noon — so if your phone rings — answer it!
hope to see ya again at tomorrow night’s cartoon. g’nite all
Sweet dreams, Suz…! Btw, Sunday nite, I’ll be atop Mauna Kea for Subaru and not sure when I’ll be available for Sunday’s lln…! I know I’ll be free for an hour or so…! *g*
Lucky you, paradise boy. I only wish i could be considered as dinner for a shark. You must be attractive :)
I haven’t seen your diary, tho- I’ll go look for it.
Did somebody say “Go Saints!”?
Hi Suzanne, CT, and everyone,
Doin’ great. Beautiful weather and all.
I read today that inland SoCal is among the most depressed areas in the country, a real-estate based economy where home prices have dropped over 55%.
*heh* I’m rooting for the 9ers, Ma’am…! ;-)
Saints are gonna win. heh.
I believe it. Prices are going down in the bay area, too. Not as badly though.
The Goons were Spike Milligan, Harry Seacombe and Peter Sellars (well before Peter Cook and Dudley Moore surfaced): here’s the original song
Good morning, pups. It’s Nocera, Blow and Collins today. Mr. Nocera tells us about “More N.C.A.A. ‘Justice’,” and that when a basketball player from St. Joseph’s University tried to transfer to another school, he ran into the biggest bullies on campus. Mr. Blow, in “Bitter Politics of Envy?”, says the presidential candidates need to get a grip on our nation’s income inequality. Ms. Collins has a question: “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” She says the current presidential race has demonstrated that $1 million is practically nothing these days. Nothing!
Here they are.
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got your choice of eggs Benedict or eggs Florentine this morning. We’re back down below freezing again this morning, which puts a monkey wrench into my plans to Rustoleum the garden chairs. Maybe the temperature will rise enough that I can do that this afternoon, or that may have to wait for a while. Have a great day.