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4:31
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Release Date:
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1954 (CapSuper)
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Lyrics By:
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Steve Allen (CapSuper)
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Music By:
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Steve Allen (CapSuper)
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Released By:
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Coral Records (Edwin1)
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SYMBOL KEY:
* = fanfare beat
- = note sustain
_ = rests
| = beat separator
> = pitch bends
^ = timpani hits
\ = measure separator
Saturday: I'm 5 years old. My name is Saturday. Saturday Morning. I'm a kid.
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It happened at 3:25 last Monday. I was on my way home from kindergarten, when I noticed I was missing... my lollipop.
[*--|__*|*-_|*-_\*--|---]
My teacher Miss Brown had given me the lollipop for good behavior. It was a good lollipop... strawberry. I made up my mind to get it back. At 3:29 I checked back at the playground. Two strange kids were playing in the sand pile. I checked their pockets. Just as I thought, they were full of... sand.
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3:45; there was a man selling ice cream bars at the school gate.
Bell: [*--|__*|*-_|*--\---|---]
I decided to question him. "Hello, mister."
Vendor: What can I do for you, son?
Saturday: I'm looking for a strawberry... sucker.
Vendor: What?!
Saturday: I mean, I'm looking for a strawberry sucker.
Vendor: Get lost.
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Saturday: I marked him down in my book as a possible 5-18. I went across the street to the candy store. It was 3:59. There were some tough kids playing tap the icebox. It looked suspicious. They had one kid locked in an icebox. And the others were playing "Taps". I broke up the game and booked them all in the 4-12. The kid who had been in the icebox demanded protection. I walked him around the corner. We watched the gang. They started to play hopscotch. It looked funny. Then I knew. Someone was throwing the game.
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The kid I was with said he had to leave. Said he had to go finish beating the erasers for Miss Brown. I checked under his fingernails. He was telling the truth. I found... chalk dust.
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4:06. It was getting late. Still no lollipop. I had to move fast. My friend Donovan came by. He's in the first grade. He had a kiddie cart with a wagon in back. I jumped in the wagon. "All right, Donovan. Go to the corner of 14th and caterpillar. And step on it!"
[*>-|*>-|^--\*>-|*>-|^--]
14th Street. The neighborhood of our rival school, PS-87. There was a rough section. The school's so tough even the teachers played hooky. It was so tough they printed report cards on sandpaper. I was in over my head. I knew it. At first the schoolyard looked peaceful enough. I saw the janitor hitting the pigeons. Then I noticed. He was feeding them to his family.
[*--|__*|*-_|*-_\*--|---]
I told Donovan to pick me up in 10 minutes. It was 4:19. Then I saw him. The toughest kid in the neighborhood. Fatso.
[*-_|*--|--^\^^|--]
He was big: at least 3'6". He was a man mountain. He must've weighed 80 pounds. I could tell he was in second grade. He had that look. Tired. Cynical. Sophisticated. There was something odd about his face. Something strange about his mouth. Then I saw it. Sticking out of his mouth, my sucker!
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"All right, Fatso. This is it."
Fatso: Listen, bud! You're askin' for a lickin'!
Saturday: "That's right. I'd like to lick my sucker again, if you don't mind."
Fatso: Scram, punk!
Saturday: "Listen, Fatso. You tough?"
Fatso: Yeah!
Saturday: "I knew it the minute I looked at you. Would you mind giving me my sucker? I got to be home in exactly 10 minutes."
Fatso: Why?
Saturday: "Got to take my nap."
(Fatso laughs)
Saturday: When he started laughing, he took the sucker out of his mouth. I saw my chance. I grabbed the sucker and started to run. Donovan came by just in time. I jumped in the wagon. It was downhill now. It was easy. We got away. I felt good inside. I had it again. My lollipop!
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The story you have just heard was true. Only the flavor was changed to protect the sucker. (Sonic SBL) |
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Current Rating
9.8
(2 votes)
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| Played on 33 shows: |
 | 01-30-16, #16-05 | | 01-02-83, #KMET-83-01 |
| 02-07-15, #15-06 | | 09-12-82, #82-37 |
 | 04-08-14, #BWR-14-04-08 | | 12-28-80, #KMET-80-52 |
| 01-19-13, #AOTA-130119 | | 02-11-79, #79-06 |
| 08-04-12, #12-31 | | 12-31-78, #78-46 |
| 09-03-11, #AOTA-110903 | | 12-31-78, #KMET-78-52 |
| 04-23-11, #11-17 | | 10-08-78, #78-34 |
| 05-04-08, #08-18 | | 08-27-78, #78-27 |
| 05-13-07, #MMS-77 | | 07-16-78, #78-21 |
| 02-05-06, #MMS-16 | | 06-25-78, #78-18 |
| 10-13-03, #ISGD-03-39 | | 01-01-78, #KMET-78-01 |
| 09-08-03, #XM-16 | | 12-28-75, #KMET-75-52 |
| 07-27-03, #03-30 | | 10-19-75, #64 |
| 04-23-95, #95-17 | | 12-29-74, #KMET-74-52 |
| 05-09-93, #93-19 | | 09-01-74, #9 |
| 01-18-87, #87-03 | | 12-30-73, #KMET-73-52 |
| 06-02-85, #KMET-85-22 | | |
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