Monday, February 2nd ....

Last night Marilyn told me to eat something 'with a poon'.  A simple and silly comment but part of our shared history.  It goes back to a show we saw before we were married where the catch cry was, 'with a poon'.  

We remembered it was called The Crazy Gang and involved someone called Tibor Rudas but it needed a trip to Google to get the details.  The original Crazy Gang Revue was English but Tibor Rudas brought one of the stars, Freddy Sales, to Australia to perform in an Australian version.  There were seven international comedy acts and The Rockettes as well.  We found an ad for the show in the SMH of June 14th,1961.  The show ran through June and July at the Capitol Theatre in Haymarket.  We drove up from Wollongong and parked outside the theatre!  Try doing that now.

We remember Freddy dressed as a baby and we laughed hysterically every time he said, 'With a poon.'  Great memories and 'with a poon' has become part of our family vocabulary.

Tibor Rudas produced the show.  He was a Hungarian refugee who came to Australia in 1948; he later worked with Luciana Pavarotti and is credited with developing the concept of The Three Tenors.  He died in New York, in December last year, at the age of 98.

By the way, The World of Suzie Wong was showing in town on the same weekend  and G.I. Blues was on at the Bass Hill Drive-in.