I could honestly only catch one out of every five or six words he was saying. Still, bear in mind that the definition of “preaching” to some people is loose enough that one can technically squeeze in “my personal opinions that I’m going to pass off to you as fundamentals of the faith” in which case carrying a Bible is optional.
There is a section where he says, “I will not” vote for someone who supports lifting prohibition. Sounds a lot like the abortion debate right now. Oh and now he is waxing elegant about the economic problems of Germany and linking it to alcohol.
“…they [should] leave their damndable (sic) alien ideas back to the seas they came from!” Sounds like the rhetoric of the Tea Party hasn’t changed too much since the 1920′s
David H, the pool table song (Oh you got trouble) is definitely a satire of revivalist meetings. And Preston is fantastic. He will forever be the quintessential Prof. Harold Hill. And I’m sure he did study revivalists.
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If he’s preaching . . . where is his Bible?
I could honestly only catch one out of every five or six words he was saying. Still, bear in mind that the definition of “preaching” to some people is loose enough that one can technically squeeze in “my personal opinions that I’m going to pass off to you as fundamentals of the faith” in which case carrying a Bible is optional.
There is a section where he says, “I will not” vote for someone who supports lifting prohibition. Sounds a lot like the abortion debate right now. Oh and now he is waxing elegant about the economic problems of Germany and linking it to alcohol.
Painfully funny
Preach it!! Prohibition turned out to be such a great idea. I’ll bet Capone (fellow Chicagoan) was funding his entire ministry!
Soap box ‘preaching’ makes strange bed-fellows.
Don’t tell me that Robert Preston (the music man) didn’t study the voice and mannerisms of this guy.
“Trouble, trouble, trouble trouble…”
“…they [should] leave their damndable (sic) alien ideas back to the seas they came from!” Sounds like the rhetoric of the Tea Party hasn’t changed too much since the 1920′s
David H, the pool table song (Oh you got trouble) is definitely a satire of revivalist meetings. And Preston is fantastic. He will forever be the quintessential Prof. Harold Hill. And I’m sure he did study revivalists.
BTW:
Inspired by Billy Sunday I present for your preachertainment…. Little Marjoe!
http://persifler.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/marjoe-1/
I love the Music Man. The fundamentalist style manipulation wasn’t lost on me.