Klarinet Archive - Posting 000706.txt from 2003/07

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] The day Benny Goodman saved Batman (not pornographic)
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:04:48 -0400

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:54:43 -0500, el2@-----.edu said:

> This is from a comic book of the early 1950's, not a pornographic one.
>
> Imagine this scene: Benny Goodman and Batman (or maybe it was
> Superman or Captain Marvel) are trapped in an airtight room by a
> sinister perpetrator of evil deeds. The evildoer is pumping poisonous
> gas through a small outlet near the roof of the room, too high for
> either Benny or the heroic character to reach. (Never mind how this
> all came to pass - you have to use a lot of imagination.) There is
> nothing at all in the room, no furniture, nothing. Oh yes, except
> that Benny just happens to have his clarinet along with him. It looks
> like our two heroes are just about done for.
>
> But, Benny gets an ingenious idea. He takes all the keys off his
> clarinet (I guess he must have had a screwdriver along with him), and
> uses chewing gum to stop up all the holes (I guess he happened also to
> have a year's supply of chewing gum with him at the time). Then,
> assembling the two main body joints and the barrel, he places an
> especially large wad of chewing gum in one end of the clarinet. Using
> it as a blowgun, he manages to stop up the vent from which the
> poisonous gas is escaping, thereby saving the day, and saving the hero
> to perform more incredible feats in the ongoing battle of good against
> evil.

So, Goodman didn't know the fingering for low E, then.

> I'm not making this up.

I think you must be;-)

Tony
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