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Arden Rogow​-​Bales - Chaplin Had Gagmen

from Bushwick Book Club Presents "My Lunches with Orson" by The Bushwick Book Club

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Oh, when I was a boy,
Nothing gave me more joy
Than watching a Chaplin flick;
If I was sad or in pain,
His mustache and his cane
Cheered me up like a magic trick.
I adore him with force, an’
I said so to Orson,
But what he answered made me sick:
He said, "Chaplin had gagmen,
"Believe me, it's true,"
And now I don't know what to do.

"He didn't write his own gags!?"
I said, "You're kidding me, Orse!"
He said, "I'm telling you, Jags,
He's not the one to endorse;
His legend collapses if you just compare him to Keaton."
And I crumpled back in my chair, utterly beaten.

I got out my old tapes,
But those crazy escapes
And those tumbles left me cold;
And as the video played,
I just sat there dismayed
At the stories that Orson told;
Now those wonderful jokes
Feel like part of a hoax
My childhood self was sold;
‘Cause if Chaplin had gagmen,
And nobody knew,
Then I could be Chaplin,
And you could be too;
If Chaplin had gagmen,
I guess that it’s true…
That Chaplin was human too.

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from Bushwick Book Club Presents "My Lunches with Orson", released November 6, 2013

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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