7 Days to Better Bowling

Here's one of those self-hypnosis type records; this one is supposed to make you a better bowler. You're supposed to listen to Side 1 during the day and Side 2 at night. I was going to try it myself, but there's a big caution on the front stating that this record is "for right handed bowlers only". I'm a leftie myself, so I don't know what effect they think it'll have on me. Maybe they think it'll turn me into some sort of robotic killing machine. Or maybe it'll just make me bowl screwy. Who knows? Frankly, I'm not willing to take that chance.

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Lyndon Johnson's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Earle Doud & Alan Robin

I was going to lump the few political records I found together around November, but it really is a mixed bag. I like this one though. This is actually a sequel to "Welcome to the L.B.J. Ranch" that I have featured here put together by the same people, and the concept is the same as well. The commentators ask questions and the politicians provide answers that are actually taken from other interviews and recordings of them with humorous results. I enjoy this because you don't even have to really know much about the politicians to laugh at the jokes, but it's probably funnier if you do know about them. Anyway, I think you'll like this one!

Here's the track list:

1. Senator Everett Dirksen
2. President Lyndon B. Johnson
3. Governor Ronald Reagan
4. Senator Robert Kennedy
5. Vice President Hubert Humphrey
6. Mrs. Ladybird Johnson
7. Vice President Richard Nixon
8. Senator Barry Goldwater

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Alley Cat and Chicken Fat Plus Other Fun Dances - The Golden Orchestra and Chorus

Here's a record of games and dances for kids. I seem to remember having a pretty old 45 with this version of "Drop the Handkerchief" and "Button Button", so this could be another compilation of songs from various sources. Anyway, some neat stuff here, and I hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. Alley Cat
2. Chicken Fat
3. Musical Chairs
4. Button Button
5. Drop the Handkerchief
6. Skip to My Loo
7. The Farmer in the Dell
8. Bingo
9. Follow the Leader
10. Simon Says
11. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/Good Morning to You
12. Clap Your Hands/Springfield Mountain/The World Turned Upside Down
13. Hokey Pokey

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Hulk Cartoon Intro

I was impressed that the new "Iron Man" movie found a place for the theme song to the sixties cartoon of it. I'd be REALLY impressed if the new "Incredible Hulk" movie found a place for this:

It's About Time - The Peter Pan Orchestra and Chorus

Here's an interesting children's record talking about all aspects of time. It starts simply talking about the minute hand and the hour hand of the clock, then getting into days of the week and months of the year. By the time it's all said and done, they even get into Greenwich Mean Time and the International Date Line! Pretty heady stuff for a kid's record, don't you think?

Here's the track list:

1. About Time
2. The Clock: The Minute Hand Song
3. The Hour Hand Song
4. Every Hour Has Sixty Minutes in It
5. The Big Hand Is Up
6. The Minute Hand March
7. You Tell the Time When You Hear the Chime
8. A Clock Has Hands
9. The Days of the Week
10. (When) You Were Born
11. The Months of the Year
12. It Rotates on Its Axis
13. Spin Around the Sun
14. The Hemispheres
15. Half a World Away
16. From Pole to Pole
17. It Is Later East of Greenwich
18. The International Date Line
19. About Time Reprise

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The Pickwick Children's Chorus Sing "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and Other Fun Songs of Today

In comparison with the previous album posted here, here's some kids that just sound like they're having fun singing their lungs out! It's kind of a strange album cover though. Why is there one boy in the front driving and nine girls in the back? And why do I feel like the girl at the bottom left with the cat's eye glasses is staring into my soul? Anyhow, hope you enjoy this fun album!

Here's the track list:

1. The Alley Cat Dance


2. The Unicorn


3. Dear World


4. Happy Birthday to Me


5. Just One of Those Songs


6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang


7. Happiness Is


8. Yellow Submarine


9. Puff the Magic Dragon


10. What's More American

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OGF Zodiac for June 8 - Aug. 8: Censor the Bluenose

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Well, it looks like most of you with summer birthdays are stuck under the sign of Censor the Bluenose (at least according to Prof. Otis G. Firefly)!

Sing Children Sing - The New York City Opera Children's Chorus

As you might expect, this being the New York City Opera Children's Chorus, you're not going to get any crazy renditions of songs here (although it is sort of odd to hear songs like "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" sung so reverently). Enjoy!

Here's the track list:

1. Uncle Sam's Farm
2. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
3. Meshivotzi No-otz (Good Little Baby)
4. Ol' Dan Tucker
5. Shenandoah
6. The Singing School
7. Wayfaring Stranger
8. The Blue Tail Fly
9. La Truya (The Group)
10. Gentle Annie
11. Great Grandad
12. The Farmer Is the Man
13. The Erie Canal
14. Simple Gifts
15. Stars Shining By and By

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OGF Zodiac for June 6 - June 7: Bewarius the Junkyard Dog

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The Prof. Otis G. Firefly Zodiac continues with Bewarius the Junkyard Dog. Not too many of you will fall under this sign, considering it only lasts for two days!

OGF Wisdom for June

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Sorry this is late. I forgot to put it in the scheduled posts. Here's your Prof. Otis G. Firefly wisdom for June. Enjoy!

Woody Woodpecker

There is a little bit of overlap from this album, but unlike that one, this one does use the voice of Woody Woodpecker from that time, Grace Stafford (who also happened to be producer Walter Lantz's wife). This one throws in a slightly different mix of characters than the other one. There's still Woody of course, as well as Andy Panda (Yes, his song is actually called "The Andy Pandy Polka") and Chilly Willy (who they gave a goofy voice for his song), but there's also Inspector Willoughby, the Bearies, and Space Mouse. The only place I ever remembered seeing Space Mouse is on a domino set I had when I was a kid. It was one of those that used pictures instead of dots, and he was one of the pictures.

Anyway, there's lots of fun stuff here, and I hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. Woody Woodpecker Theme
2. Wackity Woody
3. Cartoon Showtime
4. Popcorn Song
5. Hawaiiuh
6. Trudging Along
7. Willoughby March
8. Woody Woodpecker March
9. My Little Brown Uke
10. Woody Woodpecker Waltz
11. Andy Pandy Polka
12. Chilly Willy the Penguin
13. It's the Bearies
14. The Hill Bearies
15. Space Mouse Cadet

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Jose Jimenez Talks to Teenagers of All Ages

I know a number of high schoolers will be graduating this weekend, so here's a special album for you, performed by Bill Dana's alter-ego, Jose Jimenez, in front of a live studio audience. If afraid to tell you guys that I think this is pretty funny and risk a repeat of the Paul Lynde debacle we had earlier. I do particularly enjoy "The Etiquette Expert" because it sounds like a fun ad-libbed Q&A with young audience members. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this and Congratulations Graduates!

Here's the track list:

1. The Cheerleader
2. The Vocational Guidance Counselor
3. The Etiquette Expert
4. The Baseball Star
5. Teenage Problems
6. The History Lesson - Christopher Columbus
7. The Marriage Counselor
8. Another History Lesson - George Washington
9. My Alma Mater

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Patriotic Songs - Howard Chitjian and the Concert Band of Los Angeles

For Memorial Day (at least in the U.S.) I figured I'd throw in an album of patriotic music. Some of these I remember from school, some I don't. Regardless, please try to remember that Memorial Day is more than just a day off from work and a chance to catch sales. Thanks!

Here's the track list:

1. The Caisson Song


2. Marines' Hymn


3. The Stars and Stripes Forever


4. When Johnny Comes Marching Home


5. Yankee Doodle


6. Battle Hymn of the Republic


7. America


8. America the Beautiful


9. You're a Grand Old Flag


10. This Is My Country


11. God Bless America


12. Columbia the Gem of the Ocean


13. The Star Spangled Banner


14. There Are Many Flags in Many Lands


15. An American


16. This Land Is Your Land


17. Flag Song

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Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter

In honor of the new Indiana Jones movie here's a parody of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" starring Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi made back in 1981!





If you'd like to read a more fleshed out script for this, go here. It's pretty silly, but I had to admit that I got a few good laughs out of it!

It's Cool in the Furnace II - The Adventure Continues

I wanted to put the original "It's Cool in the Furnace" up here, but it looks to be available here as part of a 35th anniversary re-release (and is recommended as probably one of the better Christian musicals for kids), so instead here's the little known sequel. It really has nothing to do with the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, but it does continue the story after that with Daniel, culminating in his adventure in the lion's den. This has got some pretty catchy tunes in it as well, and I hope you like it!

UPDATE: I've been told that the re-release of "It's Cool in the Furnace" was actually a different production, so I've made the original available here! (and thanks Mr. Anonymous for correcting me about Daniel. That's what I get for blogging in a hurry!)

Here's the track list:

1. We're Having a Party


2. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin


3. Yes Indeed


4. God All the Way


5. That's Never Gonna Work


6. Sing a Prayer


7. A Very Bad Mistake


8. A Very Bad Mistake (Reprise)


9. Shut My Mouth


10. The Lord's Day

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Captain Kangaroo Tells Just So Stories

Here's a few of Kipling's Just So stories told by that great storyteller himself, Captain Kangaroo! (I guess that explains the last story on this list.) Enjoy!

Here's the track list:

1. How the Elephant Got His Trunk
2. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
3. How the Camel Got His Hump
4. How the Kangaroo Got His Legs

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Old MacDonald Had a Farm - The Merry Players

Here's another album of kid's songs performed by "The Merry Players". I haven't heard of them myself, but a number of the songs (especially ones on the second half of the record) sound like some of the same singers used on the "Songs to Tickle Your Funny Bone" album. I think it would have been a blast to be part of some roving band of studio singers that specialized in doing children's records. As many albums as there were, I think you'd be set for life (or at least as long as your voice held out)! Anyway, hope you like this one!

Here's the track list:

1. Farm Friends
2. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
3. The Farmer in the Dell
4. The Turkey in the Straw
5. Old Joe Clark
6. Goober Peas
7. Let's Grow Things
8. Six Ducks
9. The Sow Took the Measles
10. Animal Song
11. Boll Weevil
12. Barnyard Chorus Medley

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In the Navy - Irwin the Disco Duck and the Wibble Wabble Singers and Orchestra

Here's another entry in the "Irwin the Disco Duck" oeuvre. I'm not quite sure which one this was though, but it's another fun Irwin production with another great George Peed cover. However, points are lost for Irwin losing his semi-unintelligible Donald Duck voice and for him plugging another one of his albums at the end of this one. Anyway, hope you like this!

Here's the track list:

1. In the Navy
2. Macho Man
3. Y.M.C.A.
4. Music Box Dancer
5. Last Dance
6. Knock on Wood
7. Le Freak
8. Instant Replay
9. I Love the Night Life
10. Goodnight Tonight

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The Elephant Who Forgot - Arnold Stang & the Rocking Horse Players

These are some fun animal stories narrated by the unmistakeable voice of Arnold Stang. (If you don't recognize the name, you'll certainly recognize his voice!) I thought it odd that that fact isn't advertised on the record cover itself. It is mentioned on the record's label though. Part of me wonders if these were originally meant to be collected together (although the last story does reference the first one). The reason I say that is because Stang uses his standard voice for every single story. He's got others (He was the voice of Top Cat after all), but there's no variation on the characters here. I think it's still pretty neat, and I hope you do too!

Here's the track list:

1. Harry the Horse
2. Percy the Polite Seal
3. The Elephant Who Forgot
4. The Hippy Hippo
5. The Clock That Went Tock Tick
6. Schloimy the Subway Train
7. Beezy the Sneezy Bee

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Danny Kaye Tells Six Stories from Faraway Places

(Sorry, I didn't realize my scheduled posts ran out!)

Here's Danny Kaye telling some fun stories, some of them in silly accents. Enjoy!

Here's the track list:

1. The Farmer of Babbia (Ethiopia)
   
2. The Big Oven (Russia)
   
3. Master of All Masters (Scotland)
   
4. The Most Remarkable Cat (Vietnam)
   
5. Nail Broth (Sweden)
   
6. The Tale of the Name of the Tree (Bantu)
   

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And if you'd like a CD of Danny Kaye telling stories from Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans Christian Andersen, you can get that from Amazon.com here!