Rodin's Thinker Had Me Thinkin'
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| Auguste Rodin's The Thinker (ArtDaily 5/29/14) |
...about
something
Jimmy
Durante
said
that got
tattoed
inside my head!
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| Jimmy Durante |
In 1961, there was an episode of a TV show
called Make Room For Daddy.
It featured Jimmy Durante & Danny Thomas
at an Art Museum.
Danny pointed to a statue and said
"That's Rodin's Thinker."
In his distinct nasal voice, Jimmy replied
"I know what he's thinkin' about.
He's thinkin' Where did I leave my clothes?"
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| Danny Thomas |
The twelve year-old boy who was watching this show
with his parents & sisters, did not laugh as much as
the other people in the room.
But were he (a/k/a me) to not laugh
in the presence of Great Art,
half the GoodFather pages
could have ended up
in the same dump
as discarded
Marilyn
.
.
.
.
Art is forever and what is also true
it can help to add humor
to things you view.
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| Rodin's The Burghers of Calais (Norton Simon Museum) |
To this day, whenever
I see a Rodin
sculpture...
Jimmy Durante
always comes
to mind!
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| Auguste Rodin |
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