Thursday, October 26, 2006

Betty Please...

So, Back in High School there was this girl in our Publications class named Betty. My friends Kevin and Ryan use to sort of mock her from hilarious Lavern and Shirley episode where Lavern insist on calling Shirley "Betty" when they were working in this diner. They key phrase was "Betty Please, Betty Pick-up". We got many mileage on saying these lines and laughing til our sides hurt.. ahh High School. Fast forward 15 or so years and on a nice Saturday afternoon lounging around the house, Rick told me that he considered naming his Dog "Betty" because she was Black and he likes the song Black Water. "Oh Black Betty round and round....". Out of nowhere and I guess for nostalgia I murmured "Betty Please, Betty Pick up" under my breath. You would have thought I had unlocked the secret to the holey grail. Rick jumped up and was shocked that I would say those words. 'Where did you hear that"? He demanded. I told him about High School and a smile came across his face. He told me that when he was in college he and his friends use to mimic the same scene from Lavern and Shirley. One time we caught the episode on a rerun, but now it has been immortalized on the net on You Tube. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the funniest 6 minutes in TV Sitcom history (or at least in the top 10)

1 comment:

Kat said...

OMG, I am kinda creeped out right now. I started at the begining of your blogs and posted my first comment about the song and then I get to this one and you mention the song! CREEPY!! Love ya!