Posted on 07/21/2004 11:27:20 AM PDT by doug from upland
MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW: Chuckles Bites the Dust (1970)
This is perhaps the most famous episode of what was arguably the best TV situation comedy of the 1970s. When WJM-TV's children's show host, Chuckles the Clown, is accidentally killed by an elephant, while dressed as a peanut, his death provokes numerous newsroom jokes by Murray, Lou, and Ted--who are upbraided for their insensitivity by a shocked Mary. They all attend the funeral, and once it starts, Mary cannot hold back the giggles that well up until she is laughing uncontrollably. "Chuckles Bites the Dust" is at once incredibly human and supremely funny, with great performances from the entire cast. As Chuckles would say, "A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in your pants."
He's a real Burglar Man...stuffing his pants when he can
It is no surprise that he's so sleazy
We must find out what he took...every Clintonite's a crook
Getting them in jail isn't easy
Burglar Man...caught with pants down...should we call Chuckles the Clown
With a song...then his dance...he'll shoot seltzer down your pants
They claimed they were ethical...that is such a load of bull
It is no surprise that he's so sleazy
With his pants full, socks are used...documents have been abused
Getting them in jail isn't easy
Burglar man...caught with pants down...should we call Chuckles the Clown
With a song...then his dance...he'll shoot seltzer down your pants
Sandy knew it was a crime...let's hope he'll be doing time
It is no surprise that he's so sleazy
Burglar man...caught with pants down...should we call Chuckles the Clown
With a song, then his dance...he'll shoot seltzer down your pants
He's a real Burglar Man...stuffing his pants when he can
That's how they had handled our security
That's how they had handled our security
I dont get how stupid Berger could be. You would think knowing what happened to Nixon and Watergate. He would learn.
Something here had to be really, really important for him to risk jail. Make no mistake about it, he did this for the Clinton's. Maybe what is important is continuing to breathe. You don't cross the Clintons.
I didn't like the "Chuckles bites the dust" episode. My sympathies were with the wife and kids of Chuckles, and I didn't think being crushed to death was funny.
There were a lot of jokes over the jeffrey dalmer murders, and the space shuttle tragedies. Not my kind of humor.
However, the Sandy Berger debacle is hilarious and it just keeps getting better.
what's not to like about a serial killer being killed via
mop handle up the bum?
You could say he came to Christ in prison-he was killed by another murderer named Christ J. Scarver.
great tune! could we hear one based on the song by Till Tuesday called Voices Carry? only this one would be called
I'm John Kerry...
"I don't question him cuz I know all the trouble I'll get"
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I hate to be the one to break this, but there was not really a Chuckles the Clown. He was not dressed as a peanut. He did not get crushed. There were no wife and kids he left behind. It was not real life. It was a sitcom. It was television and all of the scenes you saw were done by actors reading lines. Jeffrey Dahmer and the Challenger were real tragedies for which we do have sympathy for the families.
LOL.
Thanks for the link. I swear I didn't see your post. Maybe we spend too much time on Free Republic. We're all starting to think alike.
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