Saturday, June 24, 2006

Get Out Of Here With Your Boom Boom Boom

My parents have never agreed on television programs. She's PBS, he's TBS. She's all Masterpiece Theater Presents, he's all The Benny Hill Show. Let's suffice it so say that my sister are just a tiny bit fucked up from this disconnect.

Dad was also very much The Gong Show when it was on t.v., and thus, so was I. One night this big fat broad with heavy makeup and funny things on her boobs did an semi-burlesque act either solo or not (I'm having a hard time remembering, the things on her boobs were quite distracting) and she got the gong just a few seconds in.

But not before singing a few bars of "Get out of here with your boom boom boom before I call the cops! Get out of here with your boom boom boom before I call the cops! Before I call the cops...before I call the cops...Get out of there with your boom boom boom before I call the cops!"

It was about that time that my mother ran in, shouting at my Dad to "Turn that shit off!" while my Dad and I were boom boom booming our asses off in the living room.

"Get out of here with your boom boom boom" is a special part of the Altman Family Collection Of Songs soon to be brought to you by Time Life Music in a 10 CD set, so stay tuned.

11 comments:

Violet said...

I LOVE that song. I first heard it in a collection of songs for children - go figure.

Dale said...

I can't wait. Altman + Amazon = natural fit.

nouseforaname said...

I like to move it, move it.
I like to move it, move it.

Peter said...

I wish my family had a greatest hits collection. Maybe we do? I'll have to think on it a bit...

I wish life would speed up and get all bannanas like in Benny Hill from time to time.

Gary said...

I remember that show, especially Jaye P. Morgan. I think she was hilarious.

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patrin said...

haha, hilarious. I'm totally going to try and find that song now...

Come Back Brighter said...

Sounds...interesting at least, I'll have to try and find the song.

Elizabeth said...

i think the altman family history could be summed up in a soundtrack--a really weird one. surely, the family members would be the lead vocals. anne and whipcreamy, you going to get on that? the soundtrack thing really doesn't apply to most families.

anne altman said...

just like the trachtenberg family players!

newbluebaby said...

But with a slide show of a 12 year old leggy Anne. Oh wait... I thought this was the pedophile thread.

anne altman said...

incidentally, everyone needs to know i'm still leggy. in a good way.