The New Bedford Whaling Museum's Moby-Dick Marathon is an annual non-stop reading of Herman Melville's literary masterpiece. The multi-day program of entertaining activities and events is presented every January. Admission to the Marathon is free.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

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In case you're not keeping up with Iron-bound Bucket, check out this recent post. Follow the link, play the audio clip, count the facile rhymes, and shudder. (Sweet mother of God, can we retire the phrase "a whale of a tale?")

But wait, it gets worse!  Apparently this thing has been around since 1992. You can go to Music Theatre International to listen to clips of twenty-odd tunes from this "show," and request a perfomance license.

Death seems the only desirable sequel for a career like this...
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6 comments:

  1. LemuelApril 3, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    It can't possible be better than this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyMwpmvM1E4

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  2. Iron-bound BucketApril 4, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    What I'm wondering is, how did you know it was my birthday Sunday? Thanks for the mention, and the cake!

    As for the song, maybe someone could sing this ditty at the next marathon.

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  3. GansevoortApril 5, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    @Iron-bound Bucket -- I keep waiting for the Marathon to spin off guerrilla activities; maybe "tar's karaoke" in a nearby bar (you can DJ), or a pre-Marathon reading of "Etymology" and "Extracts."

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  4. Iron-bound BucketApril 5, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    I was shocked when I heard "Etymology" and "Extracts" are skipped. That ought to be remedied.

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  5. YnotApril 9, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    I swear by my tattoo that now my husband wants to put 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on our Netflix queue!

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  6. LemuelApril 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    It's worth watching once. The Kirk Douglas hornpipe is probably the best part of the movie.

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