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 over 9 years ago
I blame Ludwig’s agent for screwing him over on those ancillary deals.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
sure wrote some purty music tho! Hurrah for the 9th.
rocketscientist over 9 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 over 9 years ago
Always thought it was ‘Von’.
BenPanced over 9 years ago
Still never had his picture on a bubblegum card, either!