Klarinet Archive - Posting 000543.txt from 1999/05

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bassett Horn or is Bassett Hound
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:37:49 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.04
> Subj: [kl] Bassett Horn or is Bassett Hound

> To all,
>
> I was just thinking about the recent discussion on the Bassett Horn, and I was
> reminded of the women who used to play Rosanna Anna Danna on Saturday Night
> Live. (Her real name escapes me) Anyway, I remembered the commentator monologue
> that she did, and I thought that if she did one on the Bassett Horn that it would go something
> like the following
>
> What do I think of Bassett Horns?
>
> Well, let me tell you. They've got those big floppy ears that don't seem to do them
> any good. You call them, and they don't move. Why have big ears if your not
> going to listen with them.
>
> And another thing, why do they just lay around all day doing nothing. I mean, what
> purpose does this animal serve.
>
> I will say they do have a cute pitiful look.
>
> That's what I think of Basset Horns.
>
>
> "Straight Man"- A Bassett Horn is a type of Clarinet used in Orchestras. It is a Musical Instrument not a dog.
>
>
> Really!!!!!.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Never Mind!!!
>
>
> Jay Webler
> Jay's Clarinet and Percussion
>

The basset horn/basset hound similarity is the source of a good deal
of humor. Some of it, like the above, very imaginative. Most of
it, yech. Here is another very imaginative one:

The basset horn is to music what the basset hound is to dogdom.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
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