dress me in the blossoms of a million pink trees

[sergebroom]

On Saturday night, TCM showed Doctor Seuss's The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T. I caught only the last 15 minutes of it, but it was, to say the least, not the kind of kid's fare that Walt Disney would ever have produced - in spite of his fascination for beings who wear no pants and who tend to wriggle their derrières.

As My New Plaid Pants pointed out, if the whole story is all a day-dream of young Bart Collins, why do we keep seeing his mom wearing outfits that might have raised eyebrows at their church?

Oh, and the lyrics that Evil Doctor sings as he's dressing up for the concert where 500 youyng boys will play his grandest composition...

Come on and dress me, dress me, dress me, in my finest array!
Cause just in case you haven't heard
Today is doe-me-doe day!

Dress me in my silver garters, dress me in my diamond studs
Cause I'm going doe-me-doe-ing in my doe-me-doe duds!
I want my undulating undies with the maribou frills!
I want my beautiful bolero with the porcupine quills!
I want my purple nylon girdle with the orange blossom buds
Cause I'm going doe-me-doe-ing in my doe-me-doe duds!

Come on and dress me! dress me! dress me!
In my peek-a-boo blouse
With the lovely inner lining made of Chesapeake mouse!
I want my polka-dotted dickie with the crinolin fringe
For I'm going doe-me-doe-ing on a doe-me-doe binge!

I want my lavender spats and in addition to them
I want my honey-colored gosset with the herring bone hem
I want my softest little jacket made of watermelon suede
And my long persimmon placket with the platinum braid
I want my leg of mutton sleeves and in addition to those
I want my cutie chamois booties with the leopard skin bows
I want my pink brocaded bodice with the floofy fuzzy ruffs
And my gorgeous bright blue bloomers
With the monkey feather cuffs
I want my organdy snood and in addition to that
I want my chiffon Mother Hubbard lined with Hudson Bay rat
Dress me up from top to bottom, dress me up from tip to toe
Dress me up in silk and spinach for today is doe-me-doe day!
DOE-ME-DOE DAY!

So come and dress me in the blossoms of a million pink trees!
Come on and dress me up in liverwurst! and camembert cheese!
Come on and dress me up in pretzels, dress me up in bock beer suds! Cause I'm gooooo-ing
--doe-me-dooooooooo-ing--
in my doe-me-doe duds!

Comments

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I saw that when I was a teen, but it was at a drive-in movie, so I don't remember much of it.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm planning to catch it next time it shows up on TCM, or maybe I'll add it to our NetFlix queue. One thing is sure, like Spirited Away, this is the kind of movie that my sister-in-law might want her youngest kid not to be exposed to. The whole thing would have given me bad dreams when I was young.

[(Anonymous)]

We watched it as a double feature with Killer Klowns from Outer Space (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095444/). The clown movie was a lot scarier.

Susan
http://www.rixosous.com

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I never got to see all of the Chiodo Bros's Klowns, but what I did see would be quite scary to a kid. As for Miyazaki's film, it has a kid separated from her parents and stuck in a weird land, which I'd have found quite unnerving as a child.

[(Anonymous)]

At one point long, long ago, four of us costumer types were going to do this song as a set of outfits for a masquerade. I remember I had the bit with the porcupine quills.

We never did get around to doing it.

Susan
http://www.rixosous.com

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Well, should you decide to revive the idea, I am available.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, if you only saw the last 15 minutes you missed the dungeon song!

FIRST FLOOR DUNGEON
Assorted simple tortures.
Molten lead, chopping blocks
And hot boiling oil.

SECOND FLOOR DUNGEON
Jewelry department.
Leg chains, ankle chains,
Neck chains, wrist chains, thumb screws
And nooses of the very finest rope.

BASEMENT DUNGEON--
EVERYBODY OUT.

Susan
http://www.rixosous.com

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness. They just don't make kid movies like that anymore, eh?