Hey all! This is Ben Century from the Classical Gas Emissions blog. Kurtis was kind enough (I paid him) to let me write on his blog. Blogosphere dominance is just a few dollars away!
What we're going to hear is a song sung by a mouse. I'm sure you know who he is. He's got round ears that stick up, a cute little black nose, and always has a smile. You know who he is... You love him, I love him, he's everybody's favorite mouse in the whole wide world, It's....
MARVIN MOUSE!!!???Marvin was one of the main characters on a local children's TV show in Canada (Winnipeg, Manitoba to be exact). Him and other characters were created by mastermind Bob Swarts who voiced all the puppets on his show. The song we're going to hear is taken from the album "Funtown with Petite and Mayor Bob".
This album mostly consists of material made by other, more famous artists. The credits for the songs on the album were given to either Petite the dog or Marvin Mouse. The artists who actually did the songs on the album (Anne Murray, Ringo Starr, Phil Harris, etc) received no credit whatsoever.
All the songs done by female artists were likely 33 RPM records, but played at 45 RPM! All of the Anne Murray songs make her sound as if she just finished sucking on a bunch of helium balloons, and the Chipmunks are doing the backup vocals.
Anyway, I've yammered on enough. This song is Bob Swarts voicing Marvin Mouse, singing Zippity Do Da (sic) over someone else's recording. Enjoy!
Also, if you'd actually like to see an actual episode of the low-budget children's show that Bob and Marvin appeared on, there's one on Youtube HERE.
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