BS: TROLL ALERT

Subject: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 04:21 AM

I think guest Norman is a troll or someone we all know signing on as a guest to annoy people for the fun of it.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Tam the Bam (Nutter)
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 06:46 AM

who is Norman

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Hrothgar
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 07:12 AM

Sue Thompson's boyfriend.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: MBSLynne
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:32 AM

And you're feeding him by starting a thread about him.....

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:46 AM

Perhaps if Guest Norman reads this thread he/she might get the idea that intrusion of this type is not welcome...on the other hand......
Guest Norman...please handle this site with maturity unless of course you are a child..in which case please go play with your mummy!!!

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Once Famous
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 12:12 PM

He's not the only one who does this.

It's getting more and more obvious who the rgulars who do this are.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 07:24 PM

Well said Martin!

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 08:10 PM

Norman's postings remind me of a funny family story. My sister-in-law is a wonderful cook but tends to bash and bang around the kitchen and puntuate her rummaging with obscenities during the whole cooking process. One night, after the air turned blue with her swearing from the kitchen, my brother politely remarked "Three 'shits', one 'goddamn' and two 'fucks'...dinner must almost be ready.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 09:24 PM

I have not yet seen a single post by Guest, Norman, I am sad to say. I must be looking at the wrong threads. This one will surely attract "Norman" soon, I suppose. I'll check back in in awhile and see if it has.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 09:27 PM

Norman?

Like in the song?

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 09:28 PM

Wasn't there a giant rabbit called Norman in some weird movie?

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 09:41 PM

By the way, that was NOT a veiled reference to Lepus Rex, I hasten to add...nor was it a veiled reference to anyone else on Mudcat that I can think of.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:03 PM

Okay, my mistake. The Giant Rabbit was named "Harvey" and he was an imaginary friend of a drunk played by Jimmy Stewart in some old movie.

See this link: Harvey the Giant Rabbit

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:04 PM

Was the song called "Harvey", too?

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:06 PM

What song?

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:24 PM

The Norman song, of course. (No, nothing about William the Bastard. The song from the early 1960s (written by Loudermilk, I think).)

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Janie
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:32 PM

"They Call Him Normal Normal" don't know who wrote it. Remember it from a PPM album of yore.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:36 PM

Then there was the Norman from a Bob Newhart show: The name was made up by his wife (in the show): Norman Gorman, the Morman Doorman.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:37 PM

*chuckle*

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:40 PM

. . . and Norman Kennedy. (I have no idea who Norman Kennedy was or even IF he was, but if he wasn't, he should have been. So, whatever happened to ol' Norman?)

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Once Famous
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:47 PM

The song "Norman" was by a singer named Millie Small, I believe.

Norman, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Something like that.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 10:50 PM

Norman Bates-- don't forget him.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 11:04 PM

Yeah, Martin, that's the one! The "ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh" brings some of it back.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 11:12 PM

So far it brings back the time J***** C******** slapped me for allowing my hand to 'slip' to the top of her gluteus maximus, quite by accident, at a school dance. The words I remember from the song are, "Norman, ooh ooh ooh ooh."

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:56 AM

I do believe that "Harvey the Giant Rabbit" was originally a stage play, maybe even from a novel before that. Many movies of that period has such a geneses.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: GUEST,Norman
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 08:33 AM

Wha ha ha ha ha ha

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 09:03 AM

Norman NORMAN.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 09:23 AM

People are always making out they know who particular GUESTs are, especially the nameless sort. They must be a lot cleverere than I am. Or possibly not.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 09:30 AM

BTW - FWIW _ we should exile him -

as Shakespear said Norman is an Island

to which I add, Arran, Barry and Mona just to spoil the wit.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 10:11 AM

Or possibly so.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 10:12 AM

Perhaps if everyone ganged up on Norman (as I know some folk on here love doing) it could be the "Norman Conquest" all over again!!!!LOL
Best wishes.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: GUEST,WS
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 11:28 AM

Me thinks the tong of Norman has sheathed its dagger whit
And rests upon some fairy tump his penitent candle lit.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: GUEST,Dave Roberts, Salt Town Poets
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 11:42 AM

I think Norman was released in Britain by Carol Dene, and was the follow up (or possibly precursor) to the immortal 'James, Hold The Ladder Steady'

The chorus was:

Norman, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh,
Norman,(ditto),
Norman,
Norman my love.

So there were more 'oohs' than others may first have thought.

Time for my lie down....

Dave Roberts

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 12:26 PM

I keep getting it confused with with the oohs in "Come Softly (to Me)."

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 03:07 PM

Correct on the Carol Dean.
I think this Norman is the one from where I used to work, he was known to all and sundry as 'Norman no mates' He certainly isn't Norman Wisdom!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 03:14 PM

Yes, I stand corrected on this. Millie Small was the artist on another little girl voice song called, "My Boy Lollipop."

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Amos
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 03:16 PM

It could be our old friend Norman Norbeast, who never could find a fit night out.

A

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: frogprince
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 03:23 PM

It was William Doane(Sp?) who wrote about the island named Norman...

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: frogprince
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 03:27 PM

Or John Doane

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 03:30 PM

John Donne.

I'm done.

Norman's dun disappeared.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: GUEST,Dave Roberts, Salt Town Poets
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 04:23 PM

And I have to correct myself on 'James, Hold The Ladder Steady' I can only find info on versions by Sue Thompson and Susan Maughan.
The old memory playing tricks once again, I fear.

Dave Roberts

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: GUEST,Dave Roberts, Salt Town Poets
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 04:29 PM

....and Ye gods! I've just found out that Sue Thompson did 'Norman' too. But Carol Dene (or Dean) must have covered it as well.
Just shows how it doesn't do to rely on the memory. Not at my age, anyway.

Dave Roberts

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 04:34 PM

I didn't think Carol Dene rang a bell, but Sue Thompson most certainly does for this song.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 04:56 PM

How many oohs are there in the song?

Anyone find a site to get the words from?

I looked--can't find one.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 05:35 PM

Gee Brucie, found it right away on something called elyrics4u.com

Another great hit by John D. Loudermilk of Tobacco Road fame and cousin of the Louvin Bros.

Norman

Artist: Sue Thompson (peak Billboard position # 3 in 1961)
Words and Music By John D.Loudermilk

Norman , ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Norman, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Norman, Norman, my love

Jimmy called me on the phone but I was gone, not at home
Cuz I was out parked all alone with darlin?Norman
Bill invited me to a show but I said no, cannot go
There's a dress that I've got to sew and wear for Norman

Norman holds me close to him, Norman kisses me and then
Norman knows my heart belongs to him and him and only him, oh

Norman, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ohh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Norman, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ohh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Norman, Norman, my love

Joey asked me for a date, he wanted to take me out to skate
But I told Joey he would have to make 'rangements with Norman

Norman is my only love, Norman's all I'm thinking of
Norman gives me all his lovin? kissin? huggin? lovey-dovin?

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Amos
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:15 PM

Norman crossed the English Channel
Sung as though she chewed on flannel
Such a grim assault on man'll
Surely make him wince

But alas there was no stopping
All that oohwah- and doo-wopping
Norman's now the charts a-topping
SLightly worse than Prince.

A

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: GUEST,Dave Roberts, Salt Town poets
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:48 PM

To give credit where it's due (and to prove that I have been reading the messages in this thread) quite early on Tam the Bam asked:
'Who Is Norman?'

and

Hrothgar replied:

'Sue Thompson's boyfriend'

- didn't register at the time, but it sure does now.

An interesting little trip down a musical byway of yesteryear.
Dave Roberts

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: pdq
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:52 PM

...trivia alert...

The Louvin Brothers last name was origionally Loudermilk.

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Peace
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 11:32 PM

Thank you, Martin, muh man. Appreciate that, buddy.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: TROLL ALERT
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 26 Oct 04 - 05:02 AM

Anthony Perkins is Norman.

eric