Monday, March 13, 2017

"Monkee Chow Mein"

This morning I watched "Monkee Chow Mein," and I noticed some familiar-sounding dialogue.  After the Dragonman says that they have to find "the boy with the long hair named Peter," Toto says, "That's a strange name for long hair."

I'm not sure if this joke from The Monkees is meant to resemble it, but there's a similar exchange in the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night.  A reporter asks George Harrison, "What would you call that hairstyle you're wearing?" to which he replies, "Arthur."  The jokes aren't structured the same way, but both involve giving a person's name to a hairstyle.