Basketball Jones. I got a Basketball Jones.

[Bunny]

I don't really have a basketball jones, in fact I don't play it or care about it at all. But yesterday, while I was in the car with my kids, my oldest daughter told me that she might try out for basketball when she enters junior high this fall.

That caused me to launch into a chorus of Basketball Jones, which neither of my daughters know anything about. So I had to explain what that song was all about. They didn't get it, but were laughing hysterically when I told them it was sung by Tyrone Shoelaces. They got that part, and loved it!

I didn't think it appropriate to get into too much discussion about Cheech and Chong at this point in their young lives! ;)

[wtmusic]

1. Oh baby oooh...

C&C classic! :-)

[pss]

2. Basketball Jones!

Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces
Cheech & Chong
Written by Richard A. "Cheech" Marin and Thomas Chong

- parody of "Love Jones" by Brighter Side Of Darkness
- as recorded by Cheech & Chong on their 1973 album "Los Cochinos"
- all-star band included George Harrison, Carole King, Billy Preston and Tom Scott,
with Darlene Love and Michelle Phillips (The Mamas & The Papas) as cheerleaders.
- single peaked at #15 in 1973

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones
Got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo-ooo

Yes, I am the victim of a Basketball Jones
Ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribblin'
In fac', I was de baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood
Then one day, my mama bought me a basketball
And I loved that basketball
I took that basketball with me everywhere I went
That basketball was like a basketball to me

I even put that basketball underneath my pillow
Maybe that's why I can't sleep at night
I need help, ladies and gentlemens
I need someone to stand beside me
I need, I need someone to set a pick for me at the free-throw line of life
Someone I can pass to
Someone to hit the open man on the give-and-go
And not end up in the popcorn machine
So cheerleaders, help me out

{cheerleaders sing repeatedly...}
(Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones)
(I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo-ooo)

{while Tyrone Shoelaces sings/speaks...}
Oh, that sounds so sweet
Sing it out
C'mon Coach Booty, Red Blazer, sing along with me
That be bad, honky
Yeah
I want everybody in the whole stadium to stand up and sing with us
Oh yeah, sing it out like you're proud
All right, everybody watchin' coast-to-coast, sing along with us
Bill Russell, sing along with us
Chick Hearn, sing along with us
Chris Schenkel, don't sing nothin'

Oh, it feels so good
Gimme the ball
I'll go one-on-one against the world, left-handed
I could stuff it from center court with my toes
I could jump on top of the backboard, take off a quarter, leave fifteen cents change I
could, I could dribble behind my back I got more moves than Ex-Lax I'm bad I could
dribble with my tongue Here I go down court, try to stop me You can't stop me 'cause I
got a Basketball Jones Here I come That's my hook shot with my eyebrow Yeah, I could
dunk it with my nose I'm, I'm bad as King Kong, gimme the ball I'm hot, I'm hot as...,
I'm hot as..., I'm hot as... uh Uh, uh, uh, uh

(Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, Basketball Jones)
(Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, Basketball Jones)
(Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, Basketball Jones)
(Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones, Basketball Jones)
{fade}

[Bunny]

3. Okay I'm completely astonished!

George Harrison is in the band? Blows my mind, baby!!!!!

[Dogmudgeon]

4. How old are they?

I loved Cheech y Chong, and I never had any desire to smoke weed. Their stuff was damn near Falstavian. (Falstaffian?)

You gotta feel sorry for them ... they're both living the nightmare, with Chong doing time for selling blown-glass bongs and Cheech playing a series of second-banana roles.

--bkl

[Bunny]

5. How old are who? My kids, or Cheech and Chong?

:evilgrin:

The kids are 12 and 8. I tried to tell them that Cheech and Chong were a comedy duo from the 70's, but I sidestepped the whole pot thing, which I certainly partook of myself in the 70's! (is partook a word?)

I feel very sorry for Tommy Chong - in John Ashcroft's America, look at who's in jail. And who is walking free.

[Dogmudgeon]

7. Indeed, you *partook*

I wouldn't worry too much about your kids with pot from watching Cheech and Chong, though. If you notice, most of the skits are over the bad effects of dope. Their stoners are not role models -- funny, yes, but not role models! The "danger" comes later, when a lot of their friends will be dabbling in it. Even at that point, the dangers involved in being arrested and convicted are far greater than the effect of the drug. The real gateway drug is tobacco, anyway.

My own single experience with getting high on marijuana was a complete disappointment. I couldn't smoke, so I had to eat the stuff. I made some spaghetti sauce with freshly-grown sinsemilla "shake" (leaves, not the buds) and the taste was far better than the effects. I sat around for the rest of the night grinning. A boring experience by any standard!

I heard that Chong is being treated fairly well in prison, since the other convicts know who he is, and it's also well-known that the judge gave him the max for a conviction that usually carries a fine and probation, especially for an older guy like he is. He's also due to be released soon, IIRC.

I'm waiting for Calico Johnny (Ashcroft) to come up with some "crime" to charge Michael Moore with. Maybe mopery, with intent to flaut?

--bkl

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. One night, My Mama bought me a bassetball

and I LOVED that bassetball!

Good for them!

:thumbsup:

[Zomby Woof]

8. that song also gets a part in...

"Being There", with Peter Sellers. :-)