Wednesday, June 10, 2009

More on Seals

This is a followup of sorts to a comment I made in a post on Archives & Archivists List a few days ago. This afternoon I put the tv on while I was eating lunch and caught part of a Season 1 (1951) episode of I Love Lucy -- the episode where Lucy thinks Ricky is trying to murder her. The following is fron a phone conversation between Ricky and his agent, Jerry, who is trying to find a new variety act to include in Ricky's nightclub show.

Jerry: Gotta get over to Jersey to see a talking seal.
Ricky: Does the seal act?
Jerry: Nah, he's the agent, but he's got some great acts.

Darn, if I'd seen this sooner, I'd have called us talking seals, instead of performing seals!

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