Schickele's best joke is a rather lengthy one about a 'cello audition and "La Nozze di Figaro." Too long to relate here, so here's some short ones of his:
Q: Why is a viola recital like a murder investigation?
A: Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when the case is closed.
Q: What is the difference between a viola and a trampoline?
A: You can take your shoes off before jumping up and down on a trampoline.
Actually it's possible to have a violin part that never ventures down to middle C or below, though I imagine most solo violin parts do use the bottom half-octave. Flutes almost never play that low, and soprano and alto recorders are incapable of reaching middle C!
I was expecting the G-string joke, myself. I'm pretty sure the Dead Sea Scrolls joke is also on the Wurst album, if I recall correctly. Quite fun, though!
No, using Bach's hair for the g-string (the audience laughed enough just hearing g-string) is from P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall & also The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach. It's from the into to The Seasonings.
Nobody who listened to Professor Schickele's radio show could have been at all surprised by that "dead C scrolls" bit.
This is the man who told us of novelist Emile Zola's ugly sister, nicknamed "Gorgon", for whom an ocarina-like instrument called the "gorgonzola" was named.
He explained the invention of the piccolo by having Italian peasants cook flutes in boiling oil at the seaside until they shrunk to half their original size, a custom known today as the "Mediterranean flute fry".
No such luck. They reran most of the series about four times before taking it off the air altogether. You can't get recordings of it because of the rights to all the individual things he played.
Schickele's best joke is a rather lengthy one about a 'cello audition and "La Nozze di Figaro." Too long to relate here, so here's some short ones of his:
Q: Why is a viola recital like a murder investigation?
A: Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when the case is closed.
Q: What is the difference between a viola and a trampoline?
A: You can take your shoes off before jumping up and down on a trampoline.
bretg 4 months ago
1 person is a descendant of Hans Holtzman.
1712Overture 8 months ago
Actually it's possible to have a violin part that never ventures down to middle C or below, though I imagine most solo violin parts do use the bottom half-octave. Flutes almost never play that low, and soprano and alto recorders are incapable of reaching middle C!
KarlBonner1982 11 months ago
hysterical! :)
bckm54 1 year ago
Si hay alguien en el mundo que no tiene gracia, es Itzhak Perlman
frederickgauss 1 year ago
i rememer watching this when i was a kid and it still makes me ROLL
macyx41984 1 year ago
Looong way to go towards the Dead C
superjules 1 year ago
Nobody but Peter Schickele could make a joke at once enormously groan-worthy and side-splittingly hilarious...
worldviolist 1 year ago 2
I was expecting the G-string joke, myself. I'm pretty sure the Dead Sea Scrolls joke is also on the Wurst album, if I recall correctly. Quite fun, though!
ablestmage 1 year ago
@ablestmage
No, using Bach's hair for the g-string (the audience laughed enough just hearing g-string) is from P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall & also The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach. It's from the into to The Seasonings.
1712Overture 8 months ago
This is some seriously funny stuff!
LLJtbone 2 years ago 2
priceless indeed !!! :D
PeriodinstrumentfaN 2 years ago
Love it!
If you notice at 6:16, it looks as if Perlman is in the background going "Why me?"
raiu0009 2 years ago
Nobody who listened to Professor Schickele's radio show could have been at all surprised by that "dead C scrolls" bit.
This is the man who told us of novelist Emile Zola's ugly sister, nicknamed "Gorgon", for whom an ocarina-like instrument called the "gorgonzola" was named.
He explained the invention of the piccolo by having Italian peasants cook flutes in boiling oil at the seaside until they shrunk to half their original size, a custom known today as the "Mediterranean flute fry".
dadoctah 2 years ago 11
hahaha
can i still listen to his radio stuff today? can be found on the internet?
charmingemily 2 years ago
No such luck. They reran most of the series about four times before taking it off the air altogether. You can't get recordings of it because of the rights to all the individual things he played.
dadoctah 2 years ago
JUST TO GOOD
kadeespatch 2 years ago 3
Itzhak Perlman`s eyeroll when Peter Schickele says 'The dead 'c' scrolls' is hilarious!
singinginachurch 2 years ago 9
The look on Itzhak Perlman`s face was priceless when Schickele ran up to the front and upset the dishes on his table.
singinginachurch 2 years ago 3
i love this performance
tsofan2000 2 years ago
I agree Part 2 is better, but this is still marvelous, especially the groaner!
janmannmmpp 3 years ago