Friday, November 18, 2011

Niagara Falls!

Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned ... step by step ... inch by inch ..

Words to turn loose the devil in you. Seriously, you have to be older than 60 to know this old time vaudeville routine credited to Joseph Palladino (Joey Faye), long time side kick to Phil Silvers - or having watched 20 times over episodes of I Love Lucy.

In 1944 the skit was used in the 3 Stooges short "Gents Without Cents." In the same year, Abbot and Costello performed the version known as "Pokomoko" in "Lost in a Harem."

Careful, though, watching this skit may have dire consequences - especially after dinner - your spouse utters an innocent word and you approach her saying, "Slowly I turned ... step by step ... inch by inch ..."

If you think you can control yourself, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt6mOyMFHt8

N'Joi - Schalti - who used to terrorize his Baby Brother with a version of this skit