Hipsters and Squares
Part 4: Who’s the MAN?
I don’t know if Roosevelt Franklin and Same Sound Brown were friends, but they definitely had a similar vibe. In this sketch, Same Sound Brown visits Roosevelt’s classroom to teach Farley how to read. As always, the hipster character is the smart one…
Voice cast: Northern Calloway (Same Sound Brown), Jerry Nelson (Farley).
| Farley
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Same Sound Brown, could you help me with something? |
| SSB
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Farley, my man, I’ll do what I can. |
| Farley
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I’m trying to read this word, but I’m not having very much luck. |
| (Jazzy hi-hat music starts.) | |
| SSB
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Now, listen up, Farley, here’s all you needfor the down-home basics of learning to read.
You start at the front, and you move to the rear, you say each sound out loud and clear. You go: Mmm-Aaa-Nnn. You go: Mmm-Aaa-Nnn. Then you run the sounds together and you smooth ’em out and that’s what readin’ is all about! |
| SBB
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You go: Mmm-Aaa-Nnn, yeah!You go: Mmm-Aaa-Nnn. Yeah!
You go: Mmm-Aaa-Nnn, you go: Mmm-Aaa-Nnn, You go: Mmm-Aaa, Mmm-Aaa, Mmm-Aannn, Man, Man, Man! MAN! Yeah! |
| SSB
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Okay, I’m done. Now you try one. |
| Farley
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I start at the front and I move to the rear,and I say each sound out loud and clear.
I go: Fff-Uuu-Nnn. I go: Fff-Uuu-Nnn. Then I run the sounds together and I smooth ’em out, And that’s what reading’s all about! I go: Fff-Uuu-Nnn, I go: Fff-Uuu-Nnn. I go: Fff-Uuu-Nnn, I go: Fff-Uuu-Nnn, I go Fff-Uunn, fun, fun, fun, FUN! I did it! It’s FUN! |
| SSB
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Stick with me and I’ll take you far,cause Same Sound Brown gonna make you a star! |
| Farley
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Out of sight! |
| SSB
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I could read all night! |
(Farley and Same Sound Brown give each other five. As naturally they would.) |
by Danny Horn
