The comedy of errors
The Best of Kermit Shafer “For Those Who Have Everything” on Jubilee Records. Gatefold. With a nice illustration of Alfred E. Neuman on the cover. From the guy who gave us all those “Pardon My Blooper” records.
Shafer was the first to transform other people’s flustered speaking, slips of the tongue, and inadvertent solecisms from television and radio broadcasts into gold. In his hands, a blooper wasn’t just a mistake. It was a noteworthy event, a slice of everyday media life, otherwise evanescent, that he shined up for display. There was the Vick’s 44 Cough Syrup commercial that guaranteed “You’ll never get any better!” Or as the stumbling newscaster said, “Also keeping an eye on the Woodstock Rock Festival was New York’s governor Rockin Nelsenfeller.” — Fritinancy on the meaning of word “blooper”
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August 5th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I must find this cover. Alfred E. on the front. On the back a vintage hi-fi,a peg-board wall with covers on display and old-school tile on the floor. Many of the elements of my dream music room. Tasty.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:27 am
My favourite from any of his albums was this one:
“The body was found with the arms and legs dismembered, tied up in a bag and floating in the bay. I’ll be back with more sports in a moment.”
MORE??? lol
Gotta love it.
Eric
August 16th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
“Rumours that the president would veto the bill have come from a high White Horse souse…”
April 13th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Unfortunately, a lot of the bloopers on Schaefer’s records were re-enacted, or outright faked.