on 8/1/05 3:22 PM, Jon Corelis at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> A "Danny Boy" contest? Hours of it ...
>
> It reminds me of the "Naughty Marietta" joke in Woody Allen's Bananas: "No
> more! Please, no more! I'll talk!"
>
> (Though I have to admit I can never hear "Danny Boy" myself without having to
> stifle a snicker.)
>
> There used to be a college radio station in the San Francisco area which once
> a year played nothing but "Louie, Louie" for twenty four hours straight,
> without ever repeating a version. Actually, that was kind of neat.
>
Embarrassed that I seem not to know LL, I googled and of many pages have
chosen in haste just this one...(best wishes from Max)
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