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Ep. 265 Today's Peep Offers Leftovers: Rummaging through the Junk Drawer of Pat's Mind, Including the Horrors of Miracle Whip, Bucket of Chicken Gizzards, Costco Closing All U.S. Stores, and a Twin Bill in Today's Rare Record Spin
Why does Miracle Whip exist, and who thought putting it in a carrot-raisin salad was a good idea? These are the burning questions explored in this delightfully random episode that feels like rummaging through the junk drawer of Pat's mind—finding treasures you never knew you needed.
Remember those awkward childhood moments when you'd be at a friend's house, starving, and their mom would make you a sandwich? The anticipation builds as you watch her prepare it, Dionne Warwick playing softly on the kitchen radio. Then disaster strikes: that first bite reveals the unmistakable tang of Miracle Whip instead of mayo. But politeness prevents you from spitting it out, so you soldier through, betrayed by condiments. Pat paints this universal childhood trauma with vivid detail that will have you nodding in recognition.
The episode takes unexpected turns as Pat reveals that Costco will close all 600+ stores on Memorial Day to honor fallen service members. This leads to an appreciation for the company, despite Pat's humorous observations about bulk shopping ("What am I going to do with a gigantic tub of whatever?"). We also learn about forgotten KFC menu items from the 60s and 70s—buckets of chicken gizzards and livers—complete with a helpful explanation of what exactly a gizzard is (the muscular part of a bird's digestive system, in case you were wondering).
The show wraps with Pat sharing two vintage records from his collection: Phil Harris's 1950 novelty hit "The Thing" and The Jimmy Castor Bunch's 1972 classic "Troglodyte," complete with personal memories of his father dancing to the latter. These musical moments perfectly complement the nostalgic journey through food traumas, retail observations, and random thoughts.
Have you ever experienced the Miracle Whip betrayal? What childhood food memories still make you shudder? Share your thoughts and subscribe to catch more of Pat's wonderfully random observations that somehow make perfect sense.
yeah, hey, now I have to write some lyrics to this someday. Pat's peeps 265 hey, now, 265 peeps is what we call podcasts. That's pretty pretty good. Huh, 265, just keep rolling. Whatever, whatever man, it's a beautiful day here on this Tuesday, may 20th, 25, as I look out my studio window into the beautiful foothills of Northern California where the spectacular spring of 2025 just continues Sunny, mild, gorgeous. I understand it'll get up to 90, though today, but then it drops right back on down just in time to head to the music festival. But thank you for listening. Wherever you are, appreciate you being there and tuning in here.
Speaker 1:My name is Pat Walsh. I'm the host of the Pat Walsh Radio Shows. I always like to tell you on KFBK Newsradio 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, right there in Sacramento, heard everywhere on all your streaming platforms, including your free iHeart app. So today is just, you know, I have just a bunch of things. It's sort of like a leftovers day here, leftover Tuesday.
Speaker 1:I did, by the way, have a lot of fun last night on the show man. We have some great callers on my radio show and, uh, we just uh went off on that Bruce Springsteen rant in the UK where he was talking his political hack rhetoric instead of singing his music. And someone had mentioned that. Heck the guy what plays three hours or whatever, and, uh, for a half hour of that or so it's political rhetoric anyhow. So I thought I would turn the tables on my show last night. Everyone else else can do whatever they want to do, but I turned the tables on my show and I played the Kid Rock bit where he says that, well, hey, you know as much as Bruce Springsteen's cool and everything, bob Seger would smoke him any day of the week. So I thought I would just stop it there and ask everyone about that. And you know, bob Seger, bs versus. Well, I mean, I don't really mean BS in a negative way, it's just Bob Seger versus Bruce Springsteen happens to be in a B and S Kept coming across my screen like that all night. You have a call screener thing right and the call or the technical producer Solo. He puts the names up there and he was Because it was Bob Seger against Bruce Springsteen, based on the Kid Rock thing. He was saying BS versus BS, not a negative connotation of BS, by the way, and clearly and overwhelmingly in my unofficial poll it was clearly Bob Seger. What was the numbers here. Let me see it was 21-2 at the end of the night in favor of Bob Seger.
Speaker 1:Not sure if Bruce's rant had anything to do with that or not, but we sure did have fun talking about that. And we also had fun talking about the best rock duos ever in terms of a guitar player and a singer in a band A guitar player and then the singer in the band a duo. We had a great time talking about that because it was Pete Townsend's 80th birthday and since we got to all of these things and since we had so many calls, well, what happened was I'll just tell you this. And then Melody hi, melody, I know Melody listens to my podcast. Thank you, melody. Who said you know, she asked if the Music Monday was a new segment on my show or if that was a new thing on my show, and I thought well, you know what I know. Sean, who listens in Oklahoma, has asked me on numerous occasions to do like a Tuesday Tunes or whatever. But it did end up being a Music Monday and Melody liked it and other people, bruce and some others weighed in and said yeah, I like that too.
Speaker 1:For whatever reason, everyone loves talking about music, including yours truly. Obviously I probably talk music more than any other thing. So you know I may give that a shot. A little Music Monday everybody on the Pat Walsh Show, and you know I always have time on this podcast to do music.
Speaker 1:I always find a way, in fact, today, you know, I always pick out a rare record from my collection here out a rare record from my collection here I have one of these. I have two songs because it's a special products release, which essentially means that it was done many years later after the original came out, and they would take and pair hit songs, probably pretty deep hit songs. One I remember extremely fondly and I'll explain. But they would pair them up on a 45, one side and then the other side. So you might get two songs from completely different eras, which is the case today. It's, I think, 22 years difference. I could be wrong, I'll double check that, but I think it's like 22 years difference. So yes, I will find a way, as always, to navigate my way to music.
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Speaker 1:So I thought, because I got into that music thing yesterday, that here on my podcast, on my peeps, I could do some leftovers. These are things that were intended to be on my show and I couldn't get to them. Now, that's not to be on my show and I couldn't get to them Now, that's not to say because I don't generally try to repeat anything that I do here and I'll do it here and on my show. I want to give you a reason to listen to each and keep them unique. However, sometimes there are opportunities to you know, on the radio show. Here I can just rant about it On my radio show. I can take your phone calls so we can talk about it and I can get your opinion. So I have some leftovers. So some of this stuff will be things that I'll talk to you about. For instance, like there's a couple of things right here Now. These are all over the map, all right here on Pats Peeps 265. We're all over the map. It's random, these are leftovers. It's our leftovers.
Speaker 1:Episode Stuff we couldn't get to, as Mark the Voice Guy used to say, brought to you by Seaweed Now fish can smoke their cares away and by Corduroy Pillows, making headlines since 1971. Oh, mark the Voice Guy, for, for instance, here's one. I'm going to check these off my list now. I'll probably do these on my show tonight so I can take your call. Uh, number one.
Speaker 1:Now here's a biggie mayo, or miracle whip. I ask you now you can't answer me right now, obviously, but I ask you just like the Twizzler, is the ugly cousin of the red vine? Or the red rope, which is another cousin, that's like a second cousin to the red vine. But the Twizzler, let's face it, the ugly toxic, you know chemically dependent cousin. Toxic, you know chemically dependent cousin. But isn't Miracle Whip the same thing to mayo, isn't it? Isn't it the ugly, unwanted kind of black sheep of the family, the Miracle Whip? What is that, you know, the miracle whip? What is that you know? The miracle to me is that anyone would eat this trash.
Speaker 1:I remember being a kid and you'd be over at your friend's house. I remember John Bandy's house and you know his mom would be out in the kitchen wearing the apron, got Dionne Warwick playing in the background. Where's my Dionne Warwick? You can picture the well, if you weren't around in the 60s, well, I guess this would have been the 70s anyhow. But you know she's in the kitchen with the apron on and she's making a sandwich and I'm hungry and she's making it for John.
Speaker 1:John, you want a sandwich? Yes, mother, she's got Dionne Warwick on the AM radio in the kitchen. What do you want? Do you want ham? You want cheese on that? Yes, mother, patrick, what about you? Would you like a sandwich? And I'd be too shy and I'd be too shy, and I'd be too shy Like, oh, no, thank you, mrs Bandy. Oh, patrick, you know you're hungry and I would be. I'd be very hungry and uh, but uh, I would be too shy to to to say yes. And all of a sudden I'd say yes, and the next thing you know, she'd be out there making a sandwich. John, would you like? Hold on. John, would you like tomatoes and lettuce? Sure, mom, that sounds good. Patrick, yeah, okay, thank you. I don't even like tomatoes. That much on the sandwich, but I would get them because it seemed like it was healthy.
Speaker 1:All right, kids. Okay, she's out there. She's making a sandwich. Now my mouth is watering. I right, kids, she's out there, she's making a sandwich. Now my mouth is watering. I can't wait. I'm anticipating the sandwich. I pretended like I wasn't hungry. She brings it out. Saliva glands are working overtime. Dion's playing in the kitchen on the AM radio on the shelf. Here you go, boys. Here's your sandwich. John, oh, I'm looking at it. It looks exquisite. Oh, I say, put it up to my lips, take a big chomp, and what do you know?
Speaker 3:It's Miracle.
Speaker 1:Whip. Now what do I do? I don't want to seem like I don't want to be like offensive, I just spit her out. You know, I don't know what to do. But now I'm chewing the miracle whip. It's like some kind of I don't know what this stuff is. It's like you got sugar in it and some I don't even know what. Are there eggs in it? Is it mayo with just sugar? I don't know what it is, but it's off kilter, it's off-putting. Uh, and I'm grimacing and I'm now I'm stuck. No, I know, you're in that position, right where you like. You got to tell Mrs Bandy, you know how do you like the sandwiches, boys, that's good, mom. What about you, pat? It's really good, oh God, you know.
Speaker 1:Here's another random thing, remember you'd go to like a get-together. It could be a family get-together or a picnic, maybe it's a marriage reception that I'm thinking of a wedding reception and you go in, or maybe it's out something even worse and you get that big bowl where someone thought it'd be a great idea Thought it'd be a great idea to get that big bowl of shredded carrots with raisin and Miracle Whip. You know what I mean? That is just hideous. I don't know who thought of that. And then you're like, oh God, they've got the carrot, raisin, miracle Whip, salad, might even be mayo, and you're looking at it do all you do is you see the flies, they're buzzing over this stuff. I mean it's bad enough that someone expects you to eat this stuff. That's jacked up, man, that's jacked up when you got the carrots and the raisins, and I don't care if it's mayo or miracle whip, it's sitting out there in the sun, you know. I mean, you've been there, right. It sitting out there in the sun. You know what? I mean, you've been there, right, it's out there in the sun, doesn't have one of those tent things over it. Flies buzzing, all green and buzzing in this dungeon of despair. Frank Zappa, thank you, yeah, that's a whole other thing Anyhow. So it's just kind of a random thing. You know I'm going to have to, so it's just kind of a random thing.
Speaker 1:After I said on my show tonight is mayo versus Miracle Whip. And what is Miracle Whip? Meanwhile, if you go to Costco, you can get yourself a big old tub of that stuff, big old, like a huge tub of the Miracle Whip. Or you can get a big old tub of mayo. You can always get these large amounts of stuff there at Costco, right, they've got all of this stuff. But you won't be able to get it, my friends, when Costco closes all of its stores in the US on May 26th. That's right, it's true. Costco will close their on May 26th. That's right, it's true. Costco will close their doors on May 26th, all of their stores.
Speaker 1:When you first hear that, I mean people are like what? What are you talking about my Costco card? I'm a member, it's a good place. I need to go there, hold up.
Speaker 1:They become one of the biggest names in the membership-only warehouse club store business, as many of you know. Remember when they were Price Club? Remember that back in the 70s, was it in the 70s when they were Price Club? But today they're huge, like. They have over 600 Costco stores across the United States. Um, the biggest number of the Costco locations are in California, right here in California, where they have 142 stores. That's about 23% of all of the Costco stores in the United States is here in California. But if you're looking to go get that big old tub or whatever it is at Costco or whatever you're looking for there, not going to happen on May 26th they will close all of their stores, as I said that day announcing, they'll do that on the entire day for Memorial Day, which takes place May 26th. The announcement in line with Costco's tradition of closing all the stores on major holidays Labor Day, thanksgiving, christmas. So they say, if you're looking to rush on over to Costco on Memorial Day, you try to get that last minute, those last minute supplies. You got the barbecue going. You're trying to make your gathering better. You need to get something there. Forget about it. Forget about it. You better go there before the holiday gets here. Now I'll tell you this. Let me finish with what Costco says before I give you my two cents. Costco says, quote Memorial Day honors the sacrifice and the loss of those who served and died in the military. This is according to the Wounded Warrior Project. Veterans Day honors all who have served in the US military. Memorial Day, a federal holiday held the last Monday in May as the nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased servicemen and women, according to the National Cemetery Administration.
Speaker 1:And here's Costco, again a membership warehouse club. They're bringing their members the best possible and they are very dedicated to this. They want to give you the best deals. They want to give you excellent brand name items. As I mentioned all the locations, it's very convenient for a lot of people. They have a lot of specialty little departments and items. They have some exclusive member services. So it is designed to give you a pleasurable and a little bit of a discounted shopping experience, because we're all looking for that.
Speaker 1:And again, I'll tell you this I am not a member of Costco because, quite frankly, nothing against Costco, it's just me. What am I going to do with a gigantic tub of whatever? You know? I don't even eat that much, quite honestly. But all respect to Costco. I may go get a card, a membership card, based simply on this.
Speaker 1:Again, I might go to Costco and get a few items, maybe dish, soap or you know, perhaps you know I mean there's a variety of things detergent, I don't know. I'm going to start listing shopping items I may or may not need, but you know, batteries. I need a couple of batteries right now for my yard enforcer sprinkler, my motion-detected sprinkler to keep the deer off my property. And they always trick you up on the batteries, don't they? They always trick you up like you get just one or two too many or you get one or two too few, so you always have to buy the other one. So then you have a couple of like one or two left over maybe where you don't have enough. That's the whole thing. But if I were to go to costco I don't know, maybe I don't know how much they are, I'm just guessing let's say, oh heck, I don't know, 20, 1999, I don't know. And you look at them and you're like dang, that's a good deal. But there's like the package is enough to last me through the next several years. And then I've got to find a place in my refrigerator or wherever you keep batteries. But I mean, it's just like everything is in bulk. But much respect I have to say to Costco for respecting Memorial Day and deciding. You know what. We're going to go ahead and close our doors. Way to go. Costco. Pat's Peeps, number 265.
Speaker 1:An update on a previous podcast. I had done a podcast on the Jehovah Witnesses showing up to my door. If you go back just a few podcasts, it's the Golden Rule podcast. That's what I think I called it. When Lori and Lori, the Jehovah's Witnesses, showed up at my door, they were trying to get me to go to an assembly here. I am Catholic. They want me to go to an assembly. Here, I am Catholic. They want me to go to an assembly. Well, they I don't know, maybe that was, I don't know, three weeks or a month ago, I can't really recall something like that. Yesterday, out of nowhere, boop, there they are at my door again Caught me totally off guard. Yesterday, it's okay, I was in here working out and all of a sudden they're at my door, startled me and so, in other words, so as I started to talk to them, went out on the front porch to have a little chat with them. You know, anyhow, there's always a couple more in the car, a couple more waiting in the car, and so I don't like to keep them there too long. But I asked them if they'd heard my podcast or my radio show regarding people knocking at your door. When the Jehovah Witnesses come knocking, they said, yeah, we listened to it. I didn't think they would say that, but they knocking. They said, yeah, we listened to it. I didn't think they would say that, but they did. They actually listened to my radio show and they thought that it was very fair. I asked what they thought about it, about my take on. You know, when people knock at your door like that Jehovah's Witnesses and I'm here to say that they both thought it was very respectable and very well done, which is I was trying to be respectful. So, thank you, see, ladies, we take the time to talk. Next thing, you know they're listening to the radio show. So, lori and Lori, if you're listening to this podcast, thank you very much for listening. What else we got? You know what I was.
Speaker 1:When I had the party this weekend this is very random my sister, stephanie, was here. We were having a conversation and one of the things that came up. And one of the things that came up was Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC. It used to be called Kentucky Fried Chicken and again, I don't even know how this came up. Oh, I know, yes, I do.
Speaker 1:Somehow we got on the topic of foods that you just can't stand. Oh, we were talking about Miracle Whip. That's what it was's what it was. So it went from miracle whip that's how I thought about this topic miracle whip. And then it went to. It went to uh, oh, uh, oh, god, um, well, it went to brussels sprouts. Yeah, brussels sprouts, the virtues or the, the virtue of brussels sprouts, or vile, hideous weed. And I'm in the, I'm in the later. Uh, I don't want to say camp, but thought of that. Then that switched to because it's vile. It's a hideous wild weed. Not the way I make them. Oh, yes, it is. I make them. Oh, yes, it is. Anyhow.
Speaker 1:That led to the topic of liver, which led to these silly discussions that we have, where, if you hate the Brussels sprouts and you hate the liver, and you haven't had either for many years, and they were both put in front of you, what would you eat? You got to eat one of them. What would you eat? You gotta eat one of them. What would you eat? I'll even throw pickled beets on that play. Like. Which one would you eat?
Speaker 1:Uh, and so the that conversation led to something that Kentucky Fried Chicken used to do in the 60s and 70s, and I remember this because my mother and her sister, my aunt Donna from Canoga Park, when we would go visit my aunt Donna, would take my mom and they would always want to go to the Kentucky Fried Chicken and get a bucket of gizzards. This is true, a bucket of gizzards. This is true, a bucket of gizzards. And as a kid I always thought that is just well grody, as we used to say, grotesque, gross. I mean, come on, chicken gizzards. Well, I don't even know what a chicken gizzard is, but it seemed hideous. Now, it's true, kentucky Fried Chicken.
Speaker 1:People are like, well, what Chicken gizzards? Yeah, that's true, chicken, they used to have a thing. Now, it was not a big item on the menu, it wasn't like something that was featured, like the chicken or whatever else the big items on the menu. But yeah, it would be one of these side dishes that you really barely even knew about. They offered these and they offered fried livers. This is only in some markets. It must have been in the LA area, canoga Park, and now they have phased that out. I'm pretty sure now, uh, they've. I don't know if they throw them away or whatever.
Speaker 1:But and I started thinking, like, what is what is a gizzard? I mean, I hate to say it, does anyone see this? I don't know, they look like a little pair of chicken testes to me. It was so disgusting. And again, by the bucket you got this, you know some kind of sauce you're dipping these things into. I'm like this is chicken, what it's? Just so I looked it up.
Speaker 1:So a chicken gizzard, it is a muscular part of the avian digestive system, located between the crop and the small intestine. It is essentially the bird's stomach responsible for grinding and breaking down food, including small pebbles and grit, as chickens do not have teeth, the gizzard has strong muscles and they contract to help with digestion and, for whatever reason, they used to sell those in buckets at KFC. You could get the family bucket, you could get the gizzard dinner for a dollar, or you could get the liver chicken liver dinner for a buck 25 and you get that with potatoes, crackling gravy, coleslaw and hot rolls. Just in case you needed something different, you know other than chicken get yourself a big old bucket of chicken gizzards or chicken liver. Just in case you needed something different, you know other than chicken, get yourself a big old bucket of chicken gizzards or chicken liver Woof. Back when it was called Kentucky Fried Chicken, let's see what else.
Speaker 1:I had all these other random things on my mind. Um, do-do-do-do-do, I was watching some like police interrogation videos. You ever watch these Like crime videos and then they're in a police interrogation room. Is it the police interrogation room? Just boy, that is an uncomfortable, creepy-looking place. Perfect for you know, sort of cornering, without really cornering these suspects to get the truth out of them.
Speaker 1:And inevitably there's a couple of things that happen. One, they always sound like yeah, we're going to look through your cell phone. You know that, right, charlie? Sure, you're going to give us permission to look through your phone. Well, come on, let us have it, have it, we're gonna go through it. Well, there's, uh, there's something.
Speaker 1:There's always some weird crap on their phone, like these people, what I mean? Again, again, they're criminals, many of them. That's why they're in the room, but they've always got some weird stuff on their phones Like what are you doing in life? What are you doing in your life where you have a bunch of creepy, weird stuff on your phone? God, I'm looking at my phone, god, I'm looking at my phone. Like, literally, I've got like pictures of Pats, peeps and Italy. There's an engine, there's a Chevy engine. Honestly, you could go to my phone. There would never be a creepy thing on there, text-wise, picture-wise, video-wise. But inevitably, these people, they've always got some creepy thing on their phone, like who's doing that? Why? Why are you putting this stuff there and who's doing it and where? Anyhow it? That just occurred to me.
Speaker 1:And then the other thing is that anytime they have a security camera, like they'll have a security camera from a building and let's say they're following a car, they're trying to track a car or whatever. It always seems like the security camera, the footage was just they mean, the footage was too grainy to actually identify the license plate. I always wonder where are you getting these cheap cameras? Like, why is it that NASA can literally take a picture of Uranus or of Jupiter we can see the moon of, you know. We can see Titan, we can see the rings of Saturn, titan, we can see the rings of Saturn but we cannot see the license plate from a security camera in a business. Why is that? When do the security cameras improve?
Speaker 1:It seems like a niche to me. If you had the right equipment, I guess you can make yourself a little bit of money, because none of these seem to work correctly. Come up with one that works and they go well. They're a brilliant security camera. It's able to picture it, pick it up perfectly, but nope, it's always too grainy Too. The resolution wasn't good enough.
Speaker 1:I'm like why? Why even have the thing then? Is it this? Is this a cost-related issue? And if so, then it's kind of a why even get the thing? Maybe there's this, you know, maybe you have to compress, there's this need for compression if you're doing large video files, but I honestly I can't imagine that they can't come up with a solution for something like this to catch more of the criminals this way. Right, what that seems like. Maybe it's a limitation on how they're used to maintain it. Whatever, it's just a random thought. Today's, you know, today, on Pat's Peeps 265. It's really just all random thoughts, leftovers. Like I said, it's the leftover podcast. So, uh, I think that's all the leftovers I had.
Speaker 1:So I'm going to pull out this record here. How about that? Let me see Now this one here. I don't know if I know this song. As I say, this is a kind of a special edition where they put two hit songs on one record. So you have a song from one era which I think. So let me see, I'm going to pull it out of the sleeve here. Oh my gosh, absolute mint condition. This thing's never, ever seen the light of day, except for when it was made. That's a beautiful record.
Speaker 1:It's on RCA, but it's special products, which means it's again two hit songs they put on one record, a reissue. This is from 1988. These songs are much older than 1988. Black label RCA Special Products. Nowhere here does it say, oh, by the way, produced from master recordings owned by and with permission of RCA Inc. Where here does it say, oh, by the way, produced from Master Recordings owned by and with permission of RCA Inc. 1988, rca Inc. There's no stickers, there's no writing, there's no stamps. There's nothing on this record. So I'm going to play this side first, this one again.
Speaker 1:I'm not sure if I know this song. It's a novelty song by Charles Randolph Graham, released in 1950. So this, here it is. So this came out. The record is 88, this issue. But their song was released in 1950. And it received heavy airplay. So maybe I have heard of it, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Spent 14 weeks on the Billboard charts. Melody is derived from the English Bali folk song, the Chandler's Wife, which itself is a derived medley from an earlier English folk song, the Lincolnshire Poacher. The Lincolnshire Poacher Songs recorded by this artist, released October 13, 1950. Originally released as a 78 RPM by RCA Victor, number 20-3968,. The record first scored the Billboard chart November 17, 1950. Eventually peaked at number one during its several-month stay. Wow, it went to number one. The lyrics are of a first person narration describing the discovery, on a beach of a large wooden box that is floating in the bay, which the narrator pulls out of the water. Whatever's in the box is never revealed, nor is it called this in the lyrics. When they call for this to be named, the vocals simply pause for three percussive knocks. Narrators overjoyed by the discovery Blah, blah, blah. All right, so this is a song by Phil Harris. It's called the Thing. Let's see if we know this one.
Speaker 3:While I was walking down the beach one bright and sunny day, I saw a great big wooden box a-atin' in the bay. I pulled it in and opened it up and, much to my surprise, ooh, I discovered a right before my eyes. Ooh, I discovered a right before my eyes. I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king. I took it to a guy I knew who'd buy most anything. But this is what he hollered at me as I walked in his shop oh, get out of here with that Before I call a cop.
Speaker 2:Oh, get out of here with that Before I call a cop.
Speaker 3:I turned around and got right out of running for my life and then I took it home with me to give it to my wife. But this is what she hollered at me as I walked in the door oh, get out of here with that and don't come back no more. Oh, get out of here with that and don't come back, no more 1950, phil Harris the Thing Pats Peeps 265.
Speaker 3:I wandered all around the town until I chanced to meet a hobo who was looking for a handout on the street. He said he'd take most any old thing. He was a desperate man, but when I showed him he turned around and ran.
Speaker 1:Oh, when I showed him he turned around and ran All right, let's flip that over and see what's on the other side. The other side is a very meaningful song for me as I eat my bucket of chicken gizzards from Costco with dipping in Miracle Whip. This song, I believe, came out in I'm going to say 72, 72, 72. Let me, I want to guess, yep, 72. I knew it. This is also so. This must have been a novelty re-release in 88. Because this was a novelty song too. And in the United States it went to number four on the R&B chart, number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the number 80 song for 1972, but it stands out big time in my mind. Went to number one in Canada for two weeks. July of 72. Sold over half a million copies. Certified gold sold over half a million copies certified gold.
Speaker 1:There was a character introduced in this song. Her and her sisters featured in a couple of other later follow-up songs by this artist. I remember the one in 1975, for example. It has also been sampled in hip-hop and in dance music. So my dad loved this song. Plus, it said I suck it to you, daddy. It said right on my dad being a six foot six dude, big old dude when this song would come on, my dad being a six foot six dude, big old dude. When this song would come on, my dad would go I'll sock it to you, daddy and then he would do this thing with his arms up behind his head and as the beat would go, he would make his b's bouncing to the song 1972.
Speaker 2:It's the Jimmy Castor bunch about a caveman troglodytes what we're gonna do right here is go back way back back into time when the only people that existed were troglodytes, cavemen, cavewomen, neanderthal Troglodytes. Let's take the average caveman at home listening to his stereo. Sometimes he'd get up, try to do his thing. He'd begin to move Something like this Dance, dance. When he got tired of dancing alone. He'd look in the mirror and say Gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman. He'd go down to the lake where all the girls would be swimming or washing clothes or something. He'd look around and just reach in and grab one. Come here, come here, come here. He'd grab her by the hair you can't do that today, fellas, because I might come off. You'd have a piece of hair in your hand. She'd be swimming away from you. This one woman just laid there, wet Birth of butt and frightened and the butt sisters.
Speaker 1:She said move this one woman just laid there, wet Bertha Butt. And the Butt Sisters she said move, move, move.
Speaker 2:She got up. She was a big woman, big woman. Her name was Bertha Bertha Butt. She's one of the Butt sisters. He didn't care. He looked up. He said Suck it to me, suck it to me, suck it to me, suck it to me, suck it to me, suck it to me, suck it to me, suck it to me. She looked down on him. She was ready to crush him, him. But she didn't like him. She said I'll sock it to you, daddy. He said what she said I'll sock it to you, daddy. You know what he said. Right on, he started it all way back then.
Speaker 1:That's right, brother, I ain't gonna lie to you, tell you, jimmy.
Speaker 2:But she said I'll suck it to you, daddy. He said right on.
Speaker 1:Thank you for listening Right on. That's Peeps 265. See you on the radio Hot mess, hot mess, hot mess, hot mess.
