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And Now, The Complete Sketch AgainJanuary 1, 2006... A lot of people died in 2005. Like, probably more than in any other year, ever. Unfortunately, none of them was Jessica Simpson. Plastic is pretty sturdy stuff, I guess. During the year past, Randy "Biscuit" Turner, former vocalist of early Texas punk band The Big Boys, ascended to the great urine-stinking bar in the sky. There he was eventually joined by electric guitar innovator Link Wray, ska pioneer Laurel Aitken, comedian/alchemist Richard Pryor, and Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, guitar wizard of the Quebecois prog-metal group Voivod. The death that most saddened me, though, was that of Quebecois actor Marc Favreau, who died on December 17, at the age of 76. Favreau, in the role of Sol, the hobo clown, played an important role in my childhood. His late-seventies / early-eighties television show, Parlez-Moi, taught me much of what I know about the culture of the French-speaking world.
In Parlez-Moi, Favreau, in English, would introduce a sketch which was then acted-out in French by his sad-sack alter ego, Sol. Each sketch was split into three segments with Favreau reappearing after each segment to review the new vocabulary. After reviewing the third segment, Favreau would say "Andnowthecompletesketchagain," which is how French-Canadians say "And now, the complete sketch again," and the complete sketch would play uninterrupted. Ah, the memories... Surely Favreau is in heaven now, dressed like a bum and eating canned beans from his tattered hat. Repos dans la paix (?), Sol. Parlez-Moi ThemeLaurel Aitken - ShakeBig Boys - Fun Fun FunP.S. If anyone has any advice about what software to use to convert vinyl into mp3s, I'd like to hear it. Permadink | | |
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