Euterpe & Her Bird used to be a big hit on the Ed Sullivan Show but after the Gong Show fiasco, the retirement years were not kind to either, but they were still planning a big comeback on Greece Has Got Talent.
"Category:Paintings by John William Godward" site=commons.wikimedia.org
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Songs, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3122 (April 28, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 9 works by this artist have been used here (8 times total, 1 strip has 4 works, which has been repeated twice), the April 7, 2022, strip being the prior (a repeat). The August 5, 2021, strip has the prior non-repeat.
she tried kissing the bird and then singing to it, but it never turned into a Hansome prince, so now it’s a flute or she will try a different bird. she needs a prince she’s not getting any younger.
BE THIS GUY about 1 year ago
“You want me to sing a happy song while I’m imprisoned in this cage? F**k off, lady!”
Solstice*1947 about 1 year ago
/// Their duet done, Euterpe engaged
with the songbird she’d recently caged:
“Those were Sweet Sounds we made.”
But it loudly inveighed,
warbling “FREE ME!!!”— not sweet, but enraged.
ronaldspence about 1 year ago
How’s your bird?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 1 year ago
“I swear I tawt I taw a puddy tat.”
sergioandrade Premium Member about 1 year ago
“Sing for your supper and you’ll get breakfast. Sondgbirds always eat, if their song is sweet” Rodgers & Hart
Exasperated999 about 1 year ago
Lacking a convenient snake, Edna had to improvise.
Ubintold about 1 year ago
To get the worm, probably.
Jayalexander about 1 year ago
Everybody’s critic. Mocking birds should be legal game fowl.
bobpeters61 about 1 year ago
Now I know why the caged bird sings. (Someone had to say it.)
PraiseofFolly about 1 year ago
The ‘spirit’ of “Enrique Granados plays his ‘Maiden and the Nightingale’ from Goyescas, Op. 11, No. 4 (1913)”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8jo8S6mTbfs
Alicia de Larrocha plays Granados – Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor (2001 Live)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ezREoh8-JQM
Wikipedia article, “Alicia de Larrocha” —
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_de_Larrocha
jdculhane46 about 1 year ago
A day at the park before radio
mac04416 about 1 year ago
" I didn’t call you that!!! I was just making up a new song."
Reader about 1 year ago
Good one Steve!
Buzzworld about 1 year ago
“Free Bird!”
wincoach Premium Member about 1 year ago
She knew the relationship wouldn’t work out; he had a part of him that was too small for her….yes, he was a bird brain.
Linguist about 1 year ago
Euterpe & Her Bird used to be a big hit on the Ed Sullivan Show but after the Gong Show fiasco, the retirement years were not kind to either, but they were still planning a big comeback on Greece Has Got Talent.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member about 1 year ago
“If you can get this mating call down riff-perfect, then maybe you’ll score with one of those hunky Argonauts.”
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member about 1 year ago
Yaffle started out as a model, before he was discovered by Jeffrey & Brian.
MuddyUSA about 1 year ago
Yes birdie, when Oliver leaves a part of me leaves with him…..
Holden Awn about 1 year ago
She’s tone deaf, but excellent on the skin flute.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 1 year ago
“Sweetie, if you want to score a guy, do what I do: Puff out your chest and raise your tail.”
Bilan about 1 year ago
Never do a duet with a bird. They’re just hams when it comes to singing.
Csaw Backnforth about 1 year ago
When ever someone criticized her playing, she would just flip them the bird.
mabrndt Premium Member about 1 year ago
Songs without Words:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:Paintings by John William Godward" site=commons.wikimedia.org
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Songs, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3122 (April 28, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 9 works by this artist have been used here (8 times total, 1 strip has 4 works, which has been repeated twice), the April 7, 2022, strip being the prior (a repeat). The August 5, 2021, strip has the prior non-repeat.
6turtle9 about 1 year ago
Little known fact; this is the origin of the phrase to flip the bird.
T... about 1 year ago
Very clever…
d1234dick Premium Member about 1 year ago
she tried kissing the bird and then singing to it, but it never turned into a Hansome prince, so now it’s a flute or she will try a different bird. she needs a prince she’s not getting any younger.
mshaw Premium Member about 1 year ago
“Songs Without Words,” 1918
Exasperated999 about 1 year ago
Look, a poison dart needs feathers, and I don’t have any, so get used to it.
jmcenanly about 1 year ago
The caption works either way