2007 SEPTEMBER 9 #252
Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney - Chips Of Wisdom
MP3:
1. Eyes (3:12)
2. Wisdom (3:04)
3. Home (3:00)
4. Distinguished (2:50)
5. Happiness (2:46)
This is off an album my dad made in the 1960's called, "Chips of Wisdom" (my dad was a pretty famous ventriloquist back in the day). Ostensibly, this was an album for kids, but it was so disturbing we couldn't listen to it when we were little.
I don't know if it was the horrible subject matter, my dad's acting or the album cover, but this thing gave us the willies. We had nightmares about it.
The premise is that my dad takes his little puppet out into the woods to have some father/son chats with him. So already, the creep factor is at a 10. He proceeds to teach him all about character and wisdom, which is admirable I suppose, but he does it by telling some of the most terrible stories you've ever heard.
There's a teacher at school with hooks for hands. A man at the newsstand who lost his eyes in the war...
File this away under terrible things we used to do to our children, before we knew better. And then take just a brief moment to reflect on what my childhood must have been like.
Want more madness? Download "Mary Smith" (who lost both her parents to the flu and was adopted by a loving family, which was very lucky for her, since "she wasn't pretty") from the 2003 365 Days Project (#88) and jump on over to my MP3 Library to download a collection of recordings made by my father along with many more hours of audio to amuse and delight.
- Contributed by: April Winchell
Image: Front Cover
Media: LP
Album: Chips Of Wisdom
Label: AAMCO
Catalog: ALP 320
