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Comments (18)
I don't get it. Forbidden fruit has absolutely nothing to do with Kwanzaa.
Posted by Terwiliger | December 18, 2012 8:47 PM
Posted on December 18, 2012 20:47
Hey T
Pun alert!
Posted by John Cox | December 18, 2012 9:03 PM
Posted on December 18, 2012 21:03
Mr Kincaid better not catch him up there...
Posted by Steve M | December 19, 2012 12:16 AM
Posted on December 19, 2012 00:16
Do you have eleven more of these coming, John?
Posted by Ed B | December 19, 2012 2:41 AM
Posted on December 19, 2012 02:41
I think that pun caused actual physical damage.
I salute you, sir!
Posted by Huggie | December 19, 2012 6:30 AM
Posted on December 19, 2012 06:30
Oh - that hurts!
Posted by Doc Al | December 19, 2012 9:12 AM
Posted on December 19, 2012 09:12
I sadly admit that it took me a few tries to get this one, but some long-forgotten neuron flashed and AAAACCKKKK!
MC
Posted by mostly cajun | December 19, 2012 9:21 AM
Posted on December 19, 2012 09:21
HEY GANG
HELLO WORLD,
THERE'S A SONG WE ARE SINGIN'
C'MON GET HAPPY!
Posted by John Cox | December 19, 2012 2:37 PM
Posted on December 19, 2012 14:37
Hi Jon, I've looked at this several times today and I don't get the pun, would you enlighten me.
Yo
Posted by Yo Menashe, Israel | December 19, 2012 7:48 PM
Posted on December 19, 2012 19:48
Hey Yo
This is a 70's American TV thing. A fictional musical family called the Partridges had a show about their daily lives as performers.
That is Keith Partridge in a pear tree, a "Twelve Days of Christmas" reference (which is a traditional Holiday song in the U.S.)
Wow. Explaining this stuff sucks the humor right out of it!
Posted by John Cox | December 19, 2012 8:08 PM
Posted on December 19, 2012 20:08
John, I have to say that I actually got this one right away.
Aren't you a bit young to remember the Partridge Family? or was it the miracle of reruns and syndication?
Posted by Dr. Bob | December 19, 2012 11:42 PM
Posted on December 19, 2012 23:42
Hey Dr Bob
Born in '64, so that puts me between 6 and 10 before they went off the air. I'm pretty sure I caught many re-runs in the early days of cable.
Danny was my favorite. I like how he gave Keith plenty of shit. And of course, Laurie was hot.
Posted by John Cox | December 19, 2012 11:55 PM
Posted on December 19, 2012 23:55
I got it. Just riffing on the girly-boy (it isn't PC to use the term commonly used back then--I figured "fruit" was safe enough in this context) teen idols like David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, the Osmonds, Rick Springfield (yep--10 years before "Jessie's Girl" was "Speak to the Sky"), etc.--that, & the stupid "Seasons, Holiday--ANYTHING but Christmas" obsession.
FWIW, they didn't go off the air in 74. They just quit making new episodes. I feared the reruns would never end. Then, joy of joys, cable sporadically revives them...
... and give Yo a break. I'd guess she's a bit younger than we are.
Posted by T again | December 20, 2012 1:13 AM
Posted on December 20, 2012 01:13
Hey T
Wow. Stuff I'm still trying to forget. Funny, though.
Posted by John Cox | December 20, 2012 1:32 AM
Posted on December 20, 2012 01:32
I'm slow, but even a blind hog finds...
Posted by Tom Wms. | December 20, 2012 2:00 AM
Posted on December 20, 2012 02:00
It took me a while, but even a blind hog finds...
Posted by Tom Wms. | December 20, 2012 2:02 AM
Posted on December 20, 2012 02:02
We're close to the same age. I got it right way.
Personally, I hated Danny, but I like him better today.
Posted by Mauser | December 20, 2012 5:41 AM
Posted on December 20, 2012 05:41
I thought it was Silver Bell Bottoms.
Posted by Doug | December 20, 2012 11:01 AM
Posted on December 20, 2012 11:01