Jim Backus's hit song, "Delicious" [1956] - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Steve Carras · 06-12-2010, 01:06 PM

Has anyone heard this? I downloaded iut a year or so from uTorrent in "Rare Novelty" [Red Button's "Ho Ho Song" was another]..and it's quite funny. I'd heard of it for a long time. It's like the 1920s Okeh Laughing record that was [then quite recently] used on "S-h-h-h", Tex Avery's last theatrical cartoon [Lantz]. The female voice on "Delicious", with a Thurston like characvter, seems to be Jim Backus's wife, Henny..hard to listen to this without thinking of Thurtson or Magoo.

1960'sTVfan · 06-12-2010, 01:21 PM

I have the original Jubilee 45 with the blue and silver label. The flip side is titled "I Need A Vacation". An unusual novelty 45 from the 50's, to be sure. I think the actual release year was 1958. Another interesting novelty 45 from this period is Jim Lowe's "Play Number Theven".

gilligan fanatic · 08-01-2010, 02:54 PM

I got another novelty song with him that is pretty funny as well "The Dirty Old Man"

06-12-2010, 01:06 PM	#1
Steve Carras Sandra Bullock RULES! Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 30, 2002 Location: Riverside County, CA Posts: 807	Jim Backus's hit song, "Delicious" [1956] Has anyone heard this? I downloaded iut a year or so from uTorrent in "Rare Novelty" [Red Button's "Ho Ho Song" was another]..and it's quite funny. I'd heard of it for a long time. It's like the 1920s Okeh Laughing record that was [then quite recently] used on "S-h-h-h", Tex Avery's last theatrical cartoon [Lantz]. The female voice on "Delicious", with a Thurston like characvter, seems to be Jim Backus's wife, Henny..hard to listen to this without thinking of Thurtson or Magoo.
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06-12-2010, 01:21 PM	#2
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,113	I have the original Jubilee 45 with the blue and silver label. The flip side is titled "I Need A Vacation". An unusual novelty 45 from the 50's, to be sure. I think the actual release year was 1958. Another interesting novelty 45 from this period is Jim Lowe's "Play Number Theven".