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 Father O'Blivion

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From: Charles Ulrich' forthcoming book Project/Object
  The title of this song is a play on "Farther Oblivion", the title of an instrumental that predated the "Yellow Snow" suite. Here, it is modified into the name of an Irish priest.
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Dominus vo-bisque'em
Et cum spear a tu-tu, oh!
  This is word playnin' with
Dominus vobiscum
Et cum spiritu tuo
  And it
From: frank@etecnw.com (Frank Mathew x 7271)
  simply means "The Lord be with you, and with your spirit" as statement and reply. It's an oft-repeated part of the Roman Catholic Mass in Latin, sort of a farewell at the end. Any Catholic from FZ's era would have this permanently embedded in his or her memory.
From: Charles Ulrich' forthcoming book Project/Object
  "Dominus Vo-bisque 'em Et come spear a tu-tu, Oh!" is FZ's imaginative spelling of a Latin phrase used in the Catholic mass. The priest says, "Dominus vobiscum" ("The Lord be with you"), and the congregation replies, "Et cum spiritu tuo" ("And with thy spirit").
  CC
  Undaunted, The Band Plays On. AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
  The Mammy Nuns. THING-FISH
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Good morning, you highness
I brought you your snow-shoe
From: Scott Richardson <richast2@lfc.edu>
  I was listening to New York 11-15-74 and found it funny that FZ revealed the source of the line "Good Morning Your Highness" as being from a margerine (sp?) commercial.
From: biffyshrew@aol.com (Biffyshrew)
  Yep, it was a commercial for Imperial margarine. In this ad campaign, whenever anyone took a bite out of a slice of bread slathered with the goo, a little fanfare would play (dut da-da DAHHHH...) and an oversized crown would appear on the unfortunate chump's head. Bear in mind that "Stinkfoot" was also inspired by a TV commercial (the one where the dog keels over after getting al load of his master's slippers...not to be confused with dropping a load in his master's slippers) and _Apostrophe_ starts to look like the "strictly commercial" album...
From: Patrick Neve <splat@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
  "You know where 'Good morning your highness' comes from? Did you ever see that commercial for Imperial Margarine? Do they have that here? You know that guy sitting in bed, and the chick comes in with the sleazy breakfast, and lays it on him, and says 'Good morning your highness', and he pretends like he's going to REALLY ENJOY IT? Well, that's where that came from." -Frank Zappa, 11/15/74
From: Charles Ulrich' forthcoming book Project/Object
  The line "Good morning, your highness" comes from a commercial for Imperial margarine, which claimed to make you "feel like a king".
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Ahhh (stroked his smock)
Which set him off in such a frenzy
He sang LOCK AROUND THE CROCK
From: Charles Ulrich' forthcoming book Project/Object
  The frenzied father apparently botches the lyrics to "Rock Around The Clock". This song was recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets in 1954. After being featured in the 1955 film The Blackboard Jungle, the song spent eight weeks at #1.
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