Comments on: Hold it, Ma, don’t touch that muffin! http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dan H http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-57441 Dan H Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:56:16 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-57441 Great posting and impressive transcription of the lyrics. I listened to the I Love My Wife (ILMW) CD for the umpteenth time a few weeks ago, and this tune has been bouncing around in my head on and off ever since. Wondering if this song and show are as obscure as I thought they were, I decided to Google “hash was friedâ€? and found your blog. For completeness, here is an additional verse (on the cast recording and in the sheet music) that I assume was omitted from the Beatrice Arthur special (same tune as that used for the last five lines in your posting): Everybody today is turnin’ Right and left those joints are burnin’ Tax-free loot some pusher’s earnin’ Kids know how, now daddy’s learnin’ Everybody today is turnin’ on Only corrections: Mutt and Jeff were cuttin’ rather than “caught inâ€?, which makes sense since this is a re-working of the old phrase “cutting capersâ€?. Also the reference to “Tâ€? should be tea. ILMW was a comedy about two couples unsuccessfully (as it ends up) experimenting with wife swapping. They hoped the use of a little marijuana would enhance the experience (or perhaps loosen the resistance of one of the wives), which eventually lead to the singing of this song by the two husbands. (Tom and Dick Smothers played these roles in the replacement cast I saw; as an 18-year-old I thought the show was hilarious.) While many songs are amusing or witty or clever, IMHO this is indeed one of those rare songs that is truly funny. Great posting and impressive transcription of the lyrics. I listened to the I Love My Wife (ILMW) CD for the umpteenth time a few weeks ago, and this tune has been bouncing around in my head on and off ever since. Wondering if this song and show are as obscure as I thought they were, I decided to Google “hash was friedâ€? and found your blog. For completeness, here is an additional verse (on the cast recording and in the sheet music) that I assume was omitted from the Beatrice Arthur special (same tune as that used for the last five lines in your posting):
Everybody today is turnin’
Right and left those joints are burnin’
Tax-free loot some pusher’s earnin’
Kids know how, now daddy’s learnin’
Everybody today is turnin’ on

Only corrections: Mutt and Jeff were cuttin’ rather than “caught in�, which makes sense since this is a re-working of the old phrase “cutting capers�. Also the reference to “T� should be tea.

ILMW was a comedy about two couples unsuccessfully (as it ends up) experimenting with wife swapping. They hoped the use of a little marijuana would enhance the experience (or perhaps loosen the resistance of one of the wives), which eventually lead to the singing of this song by the two husbands. (Tom and Dick Smothers played these roles in the replacement cast I saw; as an 18-year-old I thought the show was hilarious.) While many songs are amusing or witty or clever, IMHO this is indeed one of those rare songs that is truly funny.

]]> By: Binky http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-56566 Binky Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:25:48 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-56566 This is my new favorite song. I found myself humming it today whilst grocery shopping. No muffins were purchased. This is my new favorite song. I found myself humming it today whilst grocery shopping. No muffins were purchased.

]]> By: Eric D. Snider http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-55146 Eric D. Snider Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-55146 Ah, thanks! I tried to find the complete lyrics listed online and couldn't do it. I didn't think to just Google that one line and see if it was quoted. Ah, thanks! I tried to find the complete lyrics listed online and couldn’t do it. I didn’t think to just Google that one line and see if it was quoted.

]]> By: Tom http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-55131 Tom Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:34:53 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/23/hold-it-ma-dont-touch-that-muffin/#comment-55131 An online source clarifies that "indistinct" line as "Into fudge, look what they're stuffin'." An online source clarifies that “indistinct” line as “Into fudge, look what they’re stuffin’.”

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