Information provided courtesy of the Bob Dylan Fan Club's annotated Theme Time project at http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/ where you'll find even more info/links than included here Food (ewww, we're gonna have fun....OOOO Yes!) It's night time in the Big City A woman steps carefully over a broken wine bottle the television is still on (it's a cozy table isn't it I like it too, yes I do like it mmmmmm....delicious. “Welcome once again to Theme Time Radio Hour, and I hope you brought an appetite. Because tonight we're gonna peruse the musical menu. We got a bill of fare that is truly appetizing. So I hope you're eager to dig in.” The Singers and The Songs Jim Backus and Friends – Delicious (background during intro) Cab Calloway – Everybody Eats When They Come To My House “A man who can be seen in animated form in a number of Betty Boop Cartoons ”" During a concert, a band member shot spitballs at Cab's back when he faced the audience. Cab accused Dizzy of being the culprit and upon Dizzy's vehement denial, the two began to fight. Dizzy grabbed a knife and actually cut Cab. Although the two made up after Jonah Jones and Milt Hinton came forward as the perpetrators, Dizzy was fired." Cab, like many of his contemporaries, made shedfuls of records which can make it hard to pin down any but the usual suspects (eg, for Cab, Minnie The Moocher etc) on discs other than "complete recordings" type issues. I have however, turned this side up on a disc called "Are You Hep To The Jive?" from Columbia/Legacy. Rolling Stones - Rice Krispies (Wake Up In The Morning) this has to be one of the more outlandish items featured on TTRH, although Bob has played a number of ads featuring well known voices. It dates from 1963, when the Stones made this for (IIRC) German or Dutch TV. The 30-second soundtrack has popped up on a number of Stones bootleg releases, but I found a downloadable version here . When I visited this page and did the deed, I found I had to right click on the 'stones rice krispies.mp3' link and copy it to the clipboard. Right clicking on the download button, and selecting "save file as..." just got a page ending .php. Paste in the link copied before and click OK, and the thing will work fine. I'm using a Mac, so it may work normally with a PC of course. Wendy Rene – Bar-B-Q this one is on an Ace compilation "Still Paying Our Dues". Officially, this CD (compiled from Atlantic Records tapes) isn't available for the North American market, but it is listed at Amazon.com. Might be just as simple to get it from the UK branch though. Lincoln Chase – Hot Biscuits and Sweet Marie “Tryin' to decide between biscuits and lovin' – wow, that's a hard choice!” this can be found on a CD credited to Eddie Cooley & The Dimples, called "Fever 1956-1961". Eddie is best known as the writer of 'Fever', and this disc appears to incorporate the entire contents of a 1961 MGM LP called "We Wrote 'Em And We Sing 'Em", which featured six songwriters doing one of their hits (and one new song each) with backup from the other five. Besides Cooley (Fever) are featured Otis Blackwell (All Shook Up), Winfield Scott (Tweedledee), Lincoln Chase (Jim Dandy), Billy Dawn Smith (The Angels Listened In), and Ollie Jones (Send For Me). Well worth buying even if it didn't have this (second) Lincoln Chase track on. Charles Mingus – Eat That Chicken “He led groups noted for their collective improvisations, loose rhythms, and high energy. He was a serious musician with a strong sense of humor.” is from the classic Atlantic album "Mingus/Oh Yeah". Johnny Hicks and his Troubadours – Hamburger Hop “A man who sounds like he's got a smile in his voice” a second item from the "Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys" set. The Melodians – Swing and Dine “Down in Jamaica they cook a dish called jerk chicken. It's sweet, it's peppery and it's delicious. I wonder if that's the meal that the Melodians were singing about in this song?” this can be found on "Rivers Of Babylon: The Best Of The Melodians 1967-1973" Thurston Harris – Purple Stew “You heard of the Purple Rain and you've heard of the Purple Haze. But have you heard about the purple stew? As the old saying goes, some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you. Here's a song about a guy who finds himself about to be served up as the main course.” this song features on "Little Bitty Pretty One: Complete Early Recordings". Paul Chaplain and his Emeralds – Shortnin' Bread “Far as I know, they only made one record – what else did they need to make? America first fell in love with the song Shortnin' Bread when Lawrence Tibbett, who was the principal with the Metropolitan Opera, made a recording of it. Nelson Eddy sang it in the movie Maytime in 1937. But I bet neither of those versions rock as successfully as Paul Chaplain and his Emeralds.” another song to be found on the "Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll" series from Ace. This one is on volume 9. Slim Gaillard – Matzoh Balls “America is certainly the great melting pot. Where else could someone like Slim Gaillard sing a tribute to matzoh balls and gefilte fish? It's the kind of thing that makes me proud to be an American. Sing it, Slim.” this can be found on "Laughing In Rhythm". Jim Jackson – I Heard The Voice of a Pork Chop “A songster from the medicine shows of Memphis…Jim Jackson's popularity was surprisingly phenomenal. He waxed 50 titles in less than three years.” this is on the excellent "Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937" which popped up in the Wedding programme. For those who want more of Jim Jackson, there is also a Complete Recorded Works series on Document. Dizzy Gillespie – Hey Pete, Let's Eat More Meat “The Beat Poets were all big fans of Bebop, and here's the king of Bebop, the spitball king, playing some of his Chinese music, Dizzy Gillespie, on the Atkins Diet…Crazy daddy-o!” Dizz doin' his thang for the meat marketing board! This can be found for example on a Proper 4-disc set "The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950". Louis Jordan and his Tympany 5 – Hungry Man “The consummate entertainer, not just singing but also playing that wild alto saxophone, and he's got quite an appetite.” yet another visit to Bear Family's "Let The Good Times Roll 1938-1954". The Blue Dots – Saturday Night Fish Fry “Sounds like a wild affair” a song made famous by Louis Jordan, this version was recorded for the Ace label of Mississippi. It can be found on a fine disc compiled by UK DJ Mark Lamarr, called "Mark Lamarr's Ace Is Wild". Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces – The Hamburger Song “A song that sorta sounds like a nursery rhyme” this is on a Moore compilation CD called "Go Ahead And Burn" on, if I recall right, the Rev-Ola label. The Detroit Cobras – Hot Dog this track by the fine Detroit band is on their third album "Baby". Four Clefs – I Like Pie, I Like Cake Hmmm! Don't we all? This song is on a JSP set called "Vocal groups: Classic Doo Wop Remastered". Places Battle Creek, MI Memphis NYC The Bar-B-Q Shop Restaurant “Tell ‘em Theme Time Radio Hour sent you!” New Zealand Australian Polynesia Hawaii Sandwich islands Jupiter Beach, FL Memphis Auditorium Hernando, MS Los Angeles Pinks Nagano, Japan Coney island Chicago Nathan's Famous Other People and Players Dizzy Gillespie “…was in Cab Calloway's Band. Cab didn't like the early Bebop that dizzy was developing. He used to call it Chinese music. Dizzy got fired by Cab after an incident in 1941. Cab was singing on stage so of course he had his back to the rest of the band. He was hit by spitballs; he accused Dizzy of being the culprit. Dizzy denied it and the two began to fight. Dizzy grabbed a knife and actually cut Cab. Even after Jonah Jones and Milt Hinton admitted that they were the villains, Dizzy was still fired. He later went on to become one of the founders of Bebop.” Rufus Thomas LaVerne Baker Shirley Ellis Lawrence Tibbett Nelson Eddy John Montague, the 4th Earle of Sandwich Captain James Cook Wimpy Burt Reynolds Pierre Mancini The Lamplighters King Vidor Julie London Bobby Troup Takeru Kobayashi image 1 Movies, Commercials, and other entertainment Rolling Stones: Rice Krispies (Wake Up In The Morning) watch here Dinner Theater Metropolitan Opera Maytime Hallelujah Alka Seltzer commercial Food Featured in Jingles Hard salami Chicken parts – every one of ‘em's good! Stew meat Pork chop Chuck roast Hot dogs Dill pickles Other Songs Jim Dandy The Nitty Gritty The Name Game Bebop Wino Little Bitty Pretty One Route 66 Books and Poems Beneath The Underdog “Riveting reading.” Allen Ginsberg – A Supermarket in California Popular Sandwiches- Earl of Sandwich Grilled cheese Cubano – “That's a Cuban sandwich said with an accent” The French Dip Ham and cheese Peanut butter and jelly Muffuletta Philly Cheese Steak Grinder Hoagie Dagwood Reuben Hamburger Record Labels Victor Bluebird Stax Records Ace Records Food Quotes The bravest man in the world was the first man who swallowed an oyster. Moliere – One must eat to live, not live to eat. Orson Wells – My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four, unless there are three other people there. George Bernard Shaw – There is no sincerer love than the love of food. Cervantes – Hunger is the best sauce in the world. “I'll see ya next week on Theme Time Radio Hour, the home of dreams, schemes and themes, and a hot steaming meal – you don't mind picking up the check do you?” top Leftovers It's night time in the big city Uncle Jim dozes in front of the television A woman puts extra stuffing into a zip-lock bag “I'll let you in on a little secret. We plan the shows pretty carefully, but sometimes I get to yappin' and we don't have room for all the records I pick out.”