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Post by rboy27 »

"It's a Blimp It's a blimp...Look Frank it's a blimp"
Is that a reference to something?


Yah, the Goodyear Blimp. See, us young 'uns know more than you think. :P



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The blimp reference is a Zappa reference, from (I *think*) Penguins in Bondage?



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Thank you, Shelley.



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Post by rboy27 »

I'm telling you, whenever a Goodyear blimp would pass by, people used to say "its the blimp!" Shelly may also be right though.



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Post by weirdallie27 »

"It's a Blimp It's a blimp...Look Frank it's a blimp"
Is that a reference to something?


It's from Fantasy Island...."It's the plane! It's the plane!......."



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I'm leaning towards the Zappa reference right now, seeing as he says Frank
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Post by Shelley »

Hmm... Captain Beefheart song "The Blimp"



Sounds like something he did with Zappa... I believe they toured together?



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pretty clueless in regards to Frank Zappa -- Minnick27 where are you??
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Post by scottidog »

Shelley, how did you know that?



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who is even clueless-er about Zappa. Minnick, where are you??
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Post by Shelley »

I must confess, I remember reading *something* about the reference on the NG when the album first came out, but couldn't remember what specifically, and that post is gone on the NG, and I don't know how to find an archive of the posts.. so I did a little leg work.



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These are my favorites:

"You fool! It's destroyed now!"
"Hey! Snowman with a pinecone head! I HATE YOU!"
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