What a surprise to check my blog and find the following, written and posted by my younger brother, who follows this blog as Okiejokey. Only yesterday we talked about composers who remain to be limericized. Great title and 5-liner, Bro!
If 'twere asked of Gounod (first name Charles),
"Which work brings you fame now?" he would snarl!
Hitchcock's rotund inset
Staged to "Marionette"
Broadcast forth on TV in monaural.
Television's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" theme was Funeral March of a Marionette and you can hear a bit of it by clicking THIS. Also, since Gounod (rhymes with Juneau) was French, his first name is sounded "Sharl", so it rhymes with 'snarl' and 'monaural.'
Doubtless, the composer would rather have his opera, Faust, or some other large opus atop the list of his Greatest Hits -- not a short piece that became a TV theme!
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