Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!gummo!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!tom From: tom@rlgvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.trivia,net.records Subject: Re: Need help with Bugs Bunny ('Open the door, Richard') Message-ID: <643@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 12:02:28 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.643 Posted: Tue Jun 14 12:02:28 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 17:39:36 EDT Organization: RLG Corp., Reston, VA Lines: 23 References: <252@mi-cec.UUCP> I have heard the phrase "open the door, Richard" before in a song of the same name done by Thunderclap Newman (an English group; you may remember them for the song "Something In the Air") in the 60's. Unless it is a historical folk tune, it obvously postdates Bugs Bunny, so I imagine that Bugs' quote and this both refer back to a common source. I also seem to remember a song by Bob Dylan (one of those on the "Basement Tapes") titled "Open the Door, Homer". I don't have that album and I don't have the Thunderclap Newman album handy to check references so I don't know the relationship (if any) between the two songs. Would anyone care to check this out? The chorus for the Thunderclap Newman song is (approximately) as follows: "Open the door, Richard" -- I've heard it said before "Open the door, Richard" -- I've heard it said before "Open the door, Richard" -- I've heard it said before But I ain't gonna hear it said no more. - Tom Beres {seismo, mcnc, allegra, brl-bmd, we13}!rlgvax!tom