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Date Posted: 09:01:06 08/24/10 Tue
Author: BC
Subject: thank goodness ...
In reply to: BC 's message, "cast of characters ..." on 08:50:17 08/24/10 Tue

... for "Wikipedia" ! :)

"The Casbah of Algiers is founded on the ruins of old Icosium ..."

"To outsiders, the Casbah appears to be a confusing labyrinth of lanes and dead-end alleys flanked by picturesque houses; however if one loses oneself there, it is enough to go down again towards the sea to reposition oneself ..."

"In popular culture..."
"The 1938 movie Algiers (a remake of the French film Pépé le Moko of the previous year) was most Americans' introduction to the picturesque alleys and souks of the Casbah. In 1948 a musical remake, Casbah, was released."

The invitation "Come with me to the Casbah," which was heard in trailers for Algiers but not in the film itself, became an exaggerated romantic overture, largely owing to its use by Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, himself a spoof of Pépé le Moko. The amorous skunk used "Come with me to ze Casbah" as a pickup line. In 1954, the Looney Tunes cartoon The Cats Bah specifically spoofed Algiers, with the skunk enthusiastically declaring, "You do not have to come with me to ze Casbah.... We are already 'ere!" ! :)
- BC :)

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[> [> [> [> an "oldies moment" for ya's! :) -- BC, 09:05:18 08/24/10 Tue

Have a great week!
I'm gonna be kinda busy for a while ...
workin' on a "kook-coon" ...
do you think it's possible for me to become a "butterfly" someday ...
well, I can dream can't I ?! :)

- BC :)


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