David Tanguay

Everybody Loves a Nut



Posted: Monday, September 03, 2007

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There was a time when very odd, peculiar, abnormal, or just plain foolish people were fun to be around. Many great comedians of the past got their start in show business for the sole reason they were naturally funny or down right crazy and they had a natural ability to make people laugh. . Today people who display peculiar behavior in society are generally considered mentally unbalanced and advised to seek counseling.

Actually years ago eccentric behavior by certain individuals in society was a way of them coping with the troubles of our times. It seemed nobody cared back then and being different or peculiar was a way of communicating to someone out there. To let them know life was more than just a game. To those old enough to remember the turbulent times of yesterday they may understand just what I am saying here.

Of course today’s world isn’t by any means a world of peaches and cream however the hidden factor behind most of the unrest back then has been brought out into the open. In fact, the charisma detected in these so-called nuts of yesterday is no longer a mystery to be solved. They are no longer in the spotlight their secret has been let out of the bag so to speak.

Back in the mid 60s (1966) to be more exact Johnny Cash released a song titled “Everybody Loves a Nut" In the beginning of this song he portrays the absurdity of a hermit who kept a dead horse in his cave. And in the last stanza as he sings Another Columbia fella told queen Isabella “I don't think the world is flat and now what do you think about that" is a way of depicting the greatness of many of these people of the past who have been labeled as crackpots by society’s standard‘s. Here are the lyrics to the song.



Johnny Cash album "Everybody Loves a Nut"

Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo

Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut

There was a hermit named Fred who kept the dead horse in his cave

And everyone said to Fred

Fred how come you keep a dead horse in your cave and he said well

(Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo)

Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut

A Columbia man named Frank had a tiger named Hank

He tried to put Hank in his tank guess what happened to ol' Frank

When they picked up the teets there and eyeballs

And erected a tombstone that read

(Everybody loves a nut...

Another Columbia fella told queen Isabella

I don't think the world is flat and now what do you think about that

And she said you don't and he said no ma'm

And she said he'd get out of my queendom and he said yes ma'm

(Everybody loves a nut...

“Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost." James Thurber



Comedian Richard Pryor

Of course, we do live in a different world today, however people will always want and need to laugh occasionally. There are still many naturally gifted comedians in today’s world doing what God intended them to do. This is simply, to give people a release from the realities of our times and offering some cheer in their lives by utilizing the oldest cure know to humankind for emotional depression. "good old fashion laughter"

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» left by secret33.com 4 years 129 days ago.
There are many comedians who are not funny at all and should not be in that business at all. The problem is that most Americans have no sense of humor. They mistake silliness for humor.
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