Re: Childhood and WDW

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:52:46 -0500
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"Charlie Foxtrot" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> Derek Janssen asked, in his sig:
> >oh, btw, you *do* know "Convoy"'s C.W.
> > McCall was a fictional character from a bread
> > commercial, don't you?
> Well, kind of sort of correct. C.W. McCall was the name the singer used
> and scored a couple of other country music hits before and after
> "Convoy."
>
> I remember, before "Convoy", seeing him on the Tonight Show and Johnny
> showed a clip of the bread commercials he did. It was a regional
> company so not many households got to see them but they were legendary
> in the area the bread was sold. I was then, later, quite excited to see
> one of the commercials "for real" while on a family vacation.
>
> As for C.W., today, he's using his real name (can't recall it off the
> top of my head) and leads the group, best known for their take on
> Christmas music, Mannheim Steamroller.
Oh dear, Mr. Foxtrot, you're so close! C.W. McCall actually is a fictional
character. Look here:
ttp://www.mannheimsteamroller.com/html/about/chip-bio.html In fact, there
are some more details not mentioned in the bio. For example, the song
"Convoy" was actually written to be the "B" side for the single with the
"Old Home" jingle as the "A" side. Due to it's instant popularity, the
record was released nationally with "Convoy" as the "A" side. Mannheim
Steamroller is Chip Davis' group and they publish much more than Christmas
music, although that is probably what they are best known for. Well, you
get points for making the connection, but for actually stating that C.W. was
real person that wrote Christmas music, well, for that Mr. Foxtrot, your
sentence will be a ride marathon on Primeval Whirl with three fat guys who
just came from on all-you-can-eat Mexican buffet.
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