This blog is dedicated to the sublime instruments called nose flutes and which produce the most divine sound ever. We have chosen to discard all the native models from S. Pacific and Asia, for they need fingering to be played. We'll concentrate on "buccal cavity driven" nose flutes : the well patented and trademarked metal or plastic ones, plus, by a condemnable indulgence, some wooden craft or home-made productions.

Jun 25, 2016

Jean Shepherd and the Nose Flute - Part III

This post is the sequel of Jean Shepherd and the Nose Flute - Part II

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This time, no hesitation, it is a Jew's harp and other funny gizmos on the desk:


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5.- Commercials

This is probably the funniest part of this series of posts: Jean Shepherd playing along real commercials. And very often, his playing sounds like a comment turning the message into derision. How could the advertisers have accepted that? Incredible. Well, this funny practice stopped in 1966. The main targets were cigarettes and beers, but there were a few other victims.


Ballantine's Beer...

1959-05-02:


1960-04-09:


1960-06-11:


1960-06-18:


1960-07-23:



... but also Rheingold and Miller Highlife beers...

1960-06-18:


1966-03-31:



Winston cigarettes...

1960-07-23:


1960-09-10:


1961-03-02:


1961-03-04:



... but also Camel:

1960-09-03:



And '200X' engine protection product...

1960-07-02:



...and General Tyres:

1960-07-31:




Great, no?



>> Access Part IV

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Related links :

- Jean Shepherd and the Nose Flute - Part I
- Jean Shepherd and the Nose Flute - Part II
- Jean Shepherd and the Nose Flute - Part III
- Jean Shepherd and the Nose Flute - Part IV

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2 comments:

  1. This is exactly the one thing I like about bad, "funny" nose fluting: mocking and playing along commercials and tacky songs, very much in the fashion of cartoons such as Ren & Stimpy. Wouldn't be surprised to hear a nose flute on Primus's albums one of these days.

    Indeed amazing that he got away with basically bashing the products and the advertisers that paid for the show and his wages....!!! Great stuff!
    I wouldn't be surprised at all if Dutch presenter Jack Spijkerman modelled his show and on- air behaviour on Jean Shepherd.

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    1. Yes, i can't imagine that nowadays... A radio mocking its financers...

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