ray pool

AN EVENING OUT IN THE 70s

by ray pool

Tuesday 22nd August 2017 9:17 pm

"Sex with her was like an out of body experience,

with a body like hers it needed to be,

mind you she's got a face like an angel,

a hell's angel!

We've had ten happy years together,

been married for thirty;

it seems like only yesterday

I wish it was tomorrow

i'd cancel the wedding!

Here: I said to her: I'm gonna dance on your grave -

that's good, i'm getting buried at sea," she said.

Well, you've been a lovely audience, goodnight!"

PLAY OFF followed by raffle.

Visits to toilets at the back

chicken and chips in a plastic basket

disco dancing to the Tony Lombardo Dance Machine

(Gogo girls and lightshows - all bookings honoured).

🌷(4)

PLAY OFF: Music link for performer's exit.

◄ SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN

FAMILY PLANNING ►

Comments

<Deleted User> (13762)

Thu 24th Aug 2017 08:28

yes Ray, the second paragraph is all true apart from the family feud. Would make a good spoof comedy or sitcom though don't you think? I was imagining the real Lombardo brothers, Victor and Lebert, chasing our impostor Tony Smith around the country from venue to venue. But as you suggest, I'll keep taking the pills. But maybe it's the pills that are causing these delusions...

raypool

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 22:53

Thanks Col. I take it the Al Pierson bit was true though? Keep taking the pills and/or back to the hills. I forgive but I don't forget(only short term stuff). !

Ray

<Deleted User> (13762)

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 20:04

Spoof knowledge Ray. I own up. I made the Tony 'Lombardo' Smith bit up. Hope you can forgive me? ?

raypool

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 19:57

Ah thanks everyone, a small and select audience - the doors are locked and no escape!

David What a programme that was. Just to be on there was to be reviled . How society has changed. Mind you, with the likes of Ant and Dec nothing does change I reckon.

Rachel, I am intrigued. I know Dangerfield was in Caddy Shack as an unwelcome golf member; your follow up does have me interested... but don't worry if it's too much trouble. He epitomized Jewish humour as did Jackie Mason,

Cheers Col. You amaze me with your knowledge - I have
The Observers Book of big bands and Lombardo is in there, extant in the 20s but no mention of follow ups. Apparently it was a first rate band as Louis Armstrong was impressed with it in Chicago. My name was conceived out of thin air to give a Latin flavour to the north. I am sadly without ammo for further research, but bow to your own unearthings!

Laura, I quite take your point. Smashing wonderful super lovely etc. This entrenched anti feminine attitude as personified by Andy Capp may have been just the self defensiveness of men for their ineptitude in the face of the real strength and flexibility of women. Not funny anyway.

Mark: The master of that genre was Les Dawson, a funny man and certainly no woman hater as he was happily married twice. A gentleman too and bought musos a drink every time. A salient point about Loose Men. Would it stand up? Would only work with comics I suppose.

Thanks Patricia for your like too!

Love to all Ray

M.C. Newberry

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 17:24

I'm right back with those comedians on the TV in those days. Now, the mother-in-law jest is nowhere to be
heard and I'm still waiting for a TV show called "Loose Men"! ?

Laura Taylor

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 13:33

I occasionally watch re-runs of Bullseye. Reminds me of how and why I became a feminist!

<Deleted User> (13762)

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 08:48

oh this made me smile Ray - and David's comment too. You know this still goes on here in my local Welsh valleys workingmen's club. I kid you not. Time stands still. For Tony Lombardo read Dai the Disco. But they were good times see, when the pit was open, proper community then.

Rumour has it there has always been family controversy over the rights to Guy Lombardo's legacy. Shortly after suffering a fatal heart attack on bonfire night 1977 'Victor Lombardo took over the band briefly but could not maintain it. When Lebert Lombardo severed his ties in 1979 the group dissolved.The orchestra was later revived in 1989 by Al Pierson, playing a mix of nostalgic tunes and modern arrangements.'

Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Smith, illegitimate third son of Guy, fathered during a discreet liaison with a waitress in Blackpool whilst on tour in the late 40's, took the name Lombardo and formed his very own Dance Machine band playing clubs and mid-sized venues up and down the country. Victor and Lebert refused to acknowledge him. The rest as they say, is history. Maybe you can finish Tony Lombardo's story for us Ray?

C?L

elPintor

Wed 23rd Aug 2017 02:01

I'm probably wrong but, for me, this screams Rodney Dangerfield. I could tell a story about a dear elderly gentleman who once took my part and who had the same big eyes as his, but it requires much too much typing--let me know if you're interested, though.

Rachel

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