Full Version: Hokey Pokey

From: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#1]
 26 May 2006
To: ALL

On another forum it was announced that Larry LaPrise the composer of the Hokey Pokey recently died at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into his coffin. They put his left leg in...

Need I say more!

Dee

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From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#2]
 26 May 2006
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#1] 26 May 2006

Every time I hear that song from now on, I'll have to hold my lighter high in his honor.

Now if I can only find that lighter...

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From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3]
 26 May 2006
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#1] 27 May 2006

Dee,

That's what it's all about. :-) 

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From: UncleSteve [#4]
 27 May 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3] 27 May 2006

Larry actually died 4 April 1996.....

The song was written in the '40s (last century!) for the Sun Valley, Idaho crowd.

The lyrics can be found at: http://www.goodnewsbroadcast.com/hokey0402.html

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From: LipChip [#5]
 27 May 2006
To: UncleSteve [#4] 27 May 2006

So someone is actually "pulling our leg", and not really "putting it in the coffin"?

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From: UncleSteve [#6]
 27 May 2006
To: LipChip [#5] 27 May 2006

Oh, the report is factual... just the dates were off. ;-) 

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From: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#7]
 27 May 2006
To: UncleSteve [#4] 27 May 2006

Steve,
I really believed it and so did a bunch of posters to the other forum. I thought it was really funny, Silly me. :-$ 

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From: UncleSteve [#8]
 27 May 2006
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#7] 28 May 2006

As I said... the only thing wrong was the date.... ;-) 

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