My memory was "Blue green black or white
nothing but reflected light
a mere impression of the mind
the Lord is color-blind."
But this is the only place I have found a mention of it. I mentioned it at dinner tonight because I only saw them sing the piece that one night, probably in 1964, on TW3. The memory of the lyrics may be shaky, but we seem to agree on the structure of
that chorus. Is it available anywhere? Does anyone know? Wikipedia says there are no vids of the American show on which this aired.
On Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Nan wrote:
wrote:
The only other time I ever heard of a Walneto, was on the old USA TV
show
called Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In in the 60's to 70's. It was the
candy
that the "dirty old man" would offer to all the little girls.
LOL!!! Ruth Buzzi in her "frumpiest of the frumpy" outfit!!! Not
my idea of a little girl. ;-) That was so funny at the time.
Anne/NC
I loved that show. Never saw any candy, even though I found out years
later that there is a candy called Walnetto's. IIRC, every time they did
that bit, it would simply be the Dirty Old Man and Ruth Buzzi as The
Frump, with her jaw jutting and her hairnet's knot smack in the middle
of her forehead, sitting or standing silently, waiting for a bus or something. He would scuff into the scene, sidle nearer and nearer to her while she inched away, and finally lean a little closer and mutter, "You wanna see my walnetos?" She would give him a horrified, outraged look
and whack him repeatedly with her purse. No explanation was ever given.
Anybody else remember that wonderful That Was The Week That Was sketch
where cast members dressed in choir robes sang a hymn against bigotry?
All I remember is the chorus:
"Red, black, yellow, white.
Nothing but reflected light.
Just a sense impression on the mind.
The Lord is color-blind,
Color-blind."
Nan
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