i was both surprised and delighted to find an e-mail in my inbox this morning, from a guy i don’t even know, who lives in a town in illinois i’ve never even heard of, telling me what he knows about arthur and celeste. as you may recall, i just wrote about wanting to find out about them and had heard nothing from nobody.
this guy, named steve, said he saw my show which made him want to read my website, and this is what he knows about arthur and celeste: “Arthur and Celeste were Babar the elephant’s cousins (Babar later married Celeste) and the song comes from the first book, “The Story of Babar”. I
vaguely recognized the song and I wonder if it came from a semi-animated version that I think was done on Capt. Kangaroo or another kids show from the early `60’s.”
ok, so i do have to say that when i looked the song up online, to no avail, i did find that arthur and celeste were babar’s cousins. i had thought they were his parents or something.
i also find it a little disturbing that babar MARRIED celeste. his COUSIN. aren’t there very specific laws against that kind of thing?
maybe it’s different for elephants.
now, i bet i did hear that song on captain kangaroo because i watched it all the time, and maybe the record was sold because the song was so popular on the show.
but still, what about the lyrics? what about the little yellow record itself? where did it go, and where can i get another one?
these are my weighty and pressing issues this (thank god SUNNY) tuesday morning.
i’m sitting here at amy and jim’s and the two wild dogs, Numi and Noodle, were lying on the floor behind me, and i thought they were being good, chewing on their rawhide bones. but i turned around, and instead, Numi (also known as Nubi) was instead eating a PLANT. and now there are plant pieces all over the floor.
i hope it doesn’t make him throw up.
that’s all from the zoo for right now.
thanks again, steve.
ok then,
tuesday morning grace.