Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 22, 2014
December 18, 2014
December 25, 2014
Transcript:
the beethoven's birthday song sung to "ode to joy" beethoven: ach, bitte. don't sing. come and listen to the story of a man named ludwig van, born the sixteenth of december, in the german town of bonn. wrote concertos, quartets, sonatas, missa solemnis & min-u-ets. beethoven: verdammter! kleinbeethovenkopfboutique sale and he never made a penny from those ugly stat-u-ettes.
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
I blame Ludwig’s agent for screwing him over on those ancillary deals.
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
sure wrote some purty music tho! Hurrah for the 9th.
rocketscientist about 10 years ago
Almost works with the Beverly Hillbillies theme, too, at least at the start. Gilligan’s Island theme doesn’t work, though.
Ryan Plut about 10 years ago
Always thought it was ‘Von’.
BenPanced about 10 years ago
Still never had his picture on a bubblegum card, either!