Klarinet Archive - Posting 000877.txt from 1996/03

From: Hollis Carmouche <hollis@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Benny Goodman endorsing Selmer (again)
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 05:04:58 -0500

>You're right -- I don't know much about Benny Goodman, but I do know that he
>didn't play on a Buffet while he was endorsing Selmer. Oh, it was just an
>anecdote? You certainly didn't make it clear that this wasn't a true story
>when you sent it. In fact, you actually tried to make it sound true: "and I
>won't mention names..." Yeah -- and you're telling *me* to get a life?
>
>Okay, maybe it wasn't appropriate to send this out to the entire list, but I
>think it's important for people to know that stupid jokes like this may not
>be interpreted by all as jokes -- that's what happened here. People should
>make it clear when they're being sarcastic to avoid confusion like this.

This was not meant to be a joke. Yes, this is a story, one that I received
from someone that played with Goodman himself. Now, you say you "know" that
he was not playing a Buffet when he was endorsing Selmer? Did you know
Benny himself or even know any musicians that played with him? I do know
many musicians who knew him, and when I say that I do not want to mention
names, I do not want anything to get back to them, after all, I have to play
with these guys. You obviously cannot read, or you would have seen the
beginning of the message, "Just another Benny Goodman story." There were
many of these, some true, some not, but to say that I am being sarcastic and
joking is totally off the deep end, and once again, I think you need to "get
a life" for having to argue about so many things that you have no knowledge
of. And what, do you think that everyone that endorses a product actually
uses that product? You must not know many musicians, or you would know that
some don't, cause I sure know proffesional musicians that don't use the
product they endorse. I'm not going to get into whether this is ethical or
not, I'm just stating the fact that it happens.