To reprise, this morning’s riddle was this:
Why is Camelot like this bear costume?
And the answer can be found at 1 minutes and 50 seconds after the beginning of this Richard Burton rendition of the title song from the wonderful musical “Camelot.”
The riddle came to me while I was watching the new movie “Jackie,” starring Natalie Portman. The “Camelot” song, featured at the end of the film, was much beloved by JFK and of course was compared to White House during his Presidency. I thought the movie was okay but not a masterpiece, though Portman did a creditable job as Jackie.
Again, go to 1:50 for the answer:
As the King of the groaner I have to admit that even my ears bled when I heard the answer.
Bahaha! I was just going to try to figure it out!
Camelot…… I know it gives a person paws(pause)??
Unbearably corny.
Okay, thanks for the constructive criticism.
And since you know german “der Witz war erbärmlich, erbearmlich”
Did you miss the pun?
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That is bearly funny.
A cat costume would better befit this site.
https://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/21343/1-1/toddler-little-black-cat-costume.jpg
Too cute.
That joke was so corny it ursus all.
The ICZN Police called, they say capitalise the genus or it’s life without parole.
I thought Natalie Portman was excellent as Jackie in the film. She nailed Jackie’s voice — or, rather, voices, since Jackie used a few.
The Kennedy assassination is as well-trod turf as any in American life. (Hell, I’ve spent a fair amount of time since my childhood brooding on it myself.) I thought the film did a nice job offering a fresh take.
I’ve been doing some research on camel evolution recently, and there’s a North American Pliocene taxon called “Camelops”. Every time I encounter it I burst into song.
One lump or two?
one lump, and no cream, please
If a camel with two humps is called a Bactrian, and a camel with one hump is called a Dromedary, what do you call a camel with no humps?
Hmmmm…saccharinian?
Is it fair to have two riddles in the same post?
Humphrey.
Yep! 😀
(I’ve posted this on WEIT before, haven’t I?)
Maybe, I’ve heard it before. It was you or the cartoon channel. 🙂
maybe it was on Animal Punet?
Ha ha. If there is such a channel, Diane watches it.
Very funny, y’all.
😀
Actually, I heard that joke ages ago from a tram driver at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. Where, BTW, they just happen to have a new baby camel named Alexander Camelton.
Love Alexander Camelton!!!!
Dianne, a camel with no humps is a llama.
Lol! Just about… 😉
a llama
I had no idea that Richard Burton could sing so well (at all, really). So, not just another pretty, (er ruggedly handsome), face!
Not to mention damn sexy. But that’s another story.
I, too, had no idea he could sing that well.
But, it seems that nearly every actor (male and female) in those days could: sing, dance, pose, and sometimes even act. I think it was general entertainer training.
There’s even a tryout film of Clark Gable dancing and singing.
agreed on Burton’s many assets;-)
Well he was Welsh, what else do you expect?
Excellent point!
Besides, with a voice like that, you gotta sing.
Well…
I wasted some 10 mins trying to be imaginative.
But a nice one 😉
Congratulations to Steven Pounders!
If I may brag, I surmised the answer in about 2 seconds. Of course, it helped that that line is pretty much the only one I can remember from the song. 🙂
Mack & Moran would have been proud.
I didn’t even have to press the pause button to get it. 🙂
My dad once made this joke about our pet Siamese cat:
Aww, cute and clever. 🙂
I always loved that musical, tho I did not get to see it, and still have the record (on MP3 now). Still, it was not really coherent, as you didn’t know whether it was supposed to be a comedy or something serious.
Never really went for the JFK identification tho…
That. Is. So. Bad.