Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 13 Apr 1998.
Good Sax
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· 4 messages · 13 Apr 1998 - 14 Apr 1998
In alt.fan.cecil-adams In article <6gsa7e$2t4...@timtroyr.ionet.net> bogus@@see.sig.for.for.reply (Tim Robinson) wrote: >Either ggo...@direct.ca (Greg Goss) or an infinite number of monkeys with keyboards typed: >>Jason Colby <col...@pilsner.geo.brown.edu> wrote: >> >>> >>>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Hoyt wrote: >>> >>>> What kind of saxophone does Lisa Simpson play and who actually does the >>>> playing for "her"? >>> >>>When Lisa duets with Bleeding Gums her sax is clearly larger and lower in >>>tone than his. I think his is an alto and hers is a tenor. >> >>Hers has an extra loop at the top compared to my mental image of a >>"saxophone". So I agree with larger and lower. > >Pick one of the following. Crude ascii graphics, but you'll get the >idea. > >Eb Sopranino Sax >--====< > >Bb Soprano Sax >---=====< > Sopra(ni)no Saxophones are made of snakes! >Eb Alto Sax >\ > | > | > | / > \/ > >Bb Tenor Sax >-^ > | > | > | > | > | / > \_/ > Alto and Tenor saxophones are made of fishhooks! >Eb Baritone Sax > _ > | | >-+-' > | > | > | > | / > | | > | | > | | > \_/ > >Bb Bass Sax (5' tall?) (Eb Contrabass similar and over 6' tall) > _ > | | > | | > | | >-+-' > | > | > | > | > | > | > | / > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > \_/ > Baritone and Bass saxophones are made of untwisted paperclips! This group is *so* educational! ** Captain Infinity ...made of cotton candy, spiced rum, silly putty, and barbed wire
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:48:26 GMT, Inf...@world.std.com (Captain Infinity) wrote: >In alt.fan.cecil-adams >In article <6gsa7e$2t4...@timtroyr.ionet.net> >bogus@@see.sig.for.for.reply (Tim Robinson) wrote: > >>Either ggo...@direct.ca (Greg Goss) or an infinite number of monkeys with keyboards typed: >>>Jason Colby <col...@pilsner.geo.brown.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Hoyt wrote: >>>> >>>>> What kind of saxophone does Lisa Simpson play and who actually does the >>>>> playing for "her"? >>>> >>>>When Lisa duets with Bleeding Gums her sax is clearly larger and lower in >>>>tone than his. I think his is an alto and hers is a tenor. >>> >>>Hers has an extra loop at the top compared to my mental image of a >>>"saxophone". So I agree with larger and lower. >> >>Pick one of the following. Crude ascii graphics, but you'll get the >>idea. >> >>Eb Sopranino Sax >>--====< >> >>Bb Soprano Sax >>---=====< >> > >Sopra(ni)no Saxophones are made of snakes! > > >>Eb Alto Sax >>\ >> | >> | >> | / >> \/ >> >>Bb Tenor Sax >>-^ >> | >> | >> | >> | >> | / >> \_/ >> > >Alto and Tenor saxophones are made of fishhooks! > > >>Eb Baritone Sax >> _ >> | | >>-+-' >> | >> | >> | >> | / >> | | >> | | >> | | >> \_/ >> >>Bb Bass Sax (5' tall?) (Eb Contrabass similar and over 6' tall) >> _ >> | | >> | | >> | | >>-+-' >> | >> | >> | >> | >> | >> | >> | / >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> | | >> \_/ >> > >Baritone and Bass saxophones are made of untwisted paperclips! > > >This group is *so* educational! > > >** >Captain Infinity > ...made of cotton candy, spiced rum, silly putty, and barbed wire And I am very pleased to inform you all that spiced rum has proven to be highly toxic to squirrels. They managed to steer clear of the barbed wire, ate all the cotton candy I put out and made off with the Silly Puddy. Later, I found them dead and dying, stinking of rum, lying on a huge sheet of Silly Puddy covered with transferred car ads and Sunday comics. Educational? You bet. I will never leave Slinkys or Super Balls outside.
hec...@acm.org (Heck) wrote: >>>>>> What kind of saxophone does Lisa Simpson play and who actually does the >>>>>> playing for "her"? Oh no, you're not one of those damn crackpots who thinks someone dubs in Lisa's playing. Of course she does her own playing. Get real. Cool jets, WT "if the truth will set you free and knowledge is power, what the hell am I doing watching so much TV?" http://web2.airmail.net/bhate
As promised, I fast-scanned Sunday's _Simpsons_. I couldn't find any scenes in which you could hear Bleeding Gums playing, but there was one scene where you _saw_ him and Lisa playing together. Visually, anyhow, B.G. is playing an alto. Today's saxaphone question: there was an interview on _News Hour with Jim Lehrer_ with a writer who has a novel out currently, and the novel's protagonist is a bear who plays jazz alto. Apparently this novel won the (mumble)-Faulkner award for this year, an award that is unique in that it is voted on solely by fiction writers -- no critics, no fans. It sounded very interesting, but unfortunately I didn't tune in early enough to catch either the book's title or author. Anyone help me out here? -- cary
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