A few days ago
Monsieur Recital Vinyliste

Where is this quote from? “Alligator pear, crocagoator pear…that’s why dey’s so mean!?”?

Where is this quote from? “Alligator pear, crocagoator pear…that’s why dey’s so mean!?”?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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The only source I can find online is from a rather obscene, rambling, autobiographical post (supposedly a poem titled “I Need a Subsidy for This”) by a fellow named Mark Garduno. Here’s an excerpt:

“We had visited the O’Keeffe museum in Santa Fe maybe two years ago and I had the wondrous epiphany of seeing one of her renderings of an alligator pear: ‘alligator pear, crocagator pear, that’s why they’s so mean.’ Pardon my inability to remember dialogue. But I’ll wager you get the point.”

It’s pretty near impossible to tell whether he’s quoting another source or coining the phrase himself.

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7 years ago
Sasquatch
The quote is from The Firesign Theatre’s album titled We’re All Bozos on This Bus. It’s an aside in the hall of Presidents as Reagan speaks and the amusement park’s computer begins it’s meltdown at the hands of the Sys Admin.
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4 years ago
maddock
Firesign Theatre Quotes
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4 years ago
Anonymous
Firesign Theater Quotes
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A few days ago
Ma Barley
.A “pear” antly, no one knows…Hee hee hee!
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