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| Headline | Call Me Al |
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John Whapshott
Oct-25-2004, 12:15 GMT
IP: 194.237.142.21
Sweden
| I came across a blog recently which said that Paul said that Al and Betty on Call Me Al was a private joke. I wrote back and said Itīs not private any more, because Al and Betty was/were a mishearing of Paul and Peggy. Blogger wrote back and said Nice theory, where did you read it? So I searched my books, and I canīt find it! So did I make it up? Or did I get it right? Please rescue my sanity! |
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Bodo
Oct-25-2004, 13:06 GMT
IP: 194.232.12.2
Austria
| From google groups.
It was a private joke between PS and his then wife. Apparently, a celebrity guest/hanger-on was taking his leave from one of their parties and called them "Betty & Al". They were so amused by this that they kept the names for a while. (Hazy recollection from a TV interview)
I canīt say now if the joke was between Paul and Peggy or Paul and Carrie Fisher... |
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Ans
Oct-25-2004, 16:00 GMT
IP: 84.30.244.191
Netherlands
| It was between Paul and Peggy, the celebrity guest was Pierre Boulez, conductor and composer. |
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jos
Oct-25-2004, 16:44 GMT
IP: 83.118.150.97
Netherlands
| John, it was on this forum a while ago. On page 13 now if you want to reread. |
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Bodo
Oct-25-2004, 17:05 GMT
IP: 194.232.12.2
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| Wow :-) You remember it very good, where did you find the info? |
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Nathgertsch
Oct-25-2004, 17:36 GMT
IP: 81.249.170.23
France
| Right :-) |
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Ans
Oct-25-2004, 17:42 GMT
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| You have the same book as I where I found the info, the german biography of Rosi, see page 171. |
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Marieno
Oct-25-2004, 20:43 GMT
IP: 62.34.10.56
France
| For a poor French: with an American accent, Paul sounds like Al and Peggy like Betty...it is well-known, French people have no gift for foreign languages... :-) |
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Bodo
Oct-26-2004, 09:25 GMT
IP: 81.5.252.160
Austria
| Ah, thanks Ans.
Yes I remember reading it, but couldnīt remeber where |
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Isa
Oct-26-2004, 21:19 GMT
IP: 66.159.252.173
USA
| Thatīs funny because in one of the biographys I read, it mentioned that it was a private joke between Paul and Carrie Fisher.
If you want, I can even look up the author for you. |
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