Oh geeesh, I am pretty old school in my little land o'
technical capabilities but what I would gladly do is
make an audiocassette of said material and put it in
the mails, best I can muster I'm afraid.
On a similar tangent, I should state that i often make
mix tapes for pals and Archie and his Friends have
been going on them for years. When David Wisdom hosted
the Nightlines show on CBC radio it was a dream for me
to go on this highly inspiring show, it showed what
free form radio truly was, i eventually got my chance
and wound up playing a variety of material including
a song from the Funtown album. There is another show
on late nite CBC radio called One Night Stand where
one time hosts play choices under a thematic banner. I
did one late last year and my theme was childrens'
music- natch, I again played something from Funtown!
That record really affected me!

--- Kristyn Kelly <kvkwpg2002@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi, as a child I had the last Christmas album you
> talk
> about, but have no idea what happened to it. I
> searching for video as well but would also like to
> get
> some audio. Would you be able to post or email me
> an
> mp3 of the album you have? It would be greatly
> appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Kriastyn
> --- moustachedpainless
> <moustachedpainless@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi gang! I am fairly new to this group and thought
> > that i would introduce myself. My name
> > is Robert Dayton and I live in Vancouver. I am
> > pretty obsessed with Archie and his friends
> > so finding this group makes me happy. It has
> > affected me ever since I was a child and I
> > often ask people from Winnipeg any facts that they
> > might know about it. The funny thing
> > is that I have never even seen the show!
> > I have paid tribute in my musical act Canned Hamm
> > (www.cannedhamm.com) and wrote
> > about some of the albums for a Chipmunks-related
> > (ie. anything with sped-up voices)
> > issue
> > of the music mag Roctober (www.roctober.com) out
> of
> > Chicago. I reprint the write-up
> > here below. Since the write-up i have gotten the
> > earlier white cover Funtown album with
> > order sheet for a
> > Petite puppet: did anyone out there ever get the
> > puppet? What other Archie albums are
> > there in existence, anyone know? Anyone have
> spares
> > they would sell? Also, I really would
> > love to see the show, I seem to have learned so
> much
> > about it through the LPs and
> > anecdotes of friends but still really need to see
> > it! I will pay postage and video tape costs,
> > etc. if anyone has access, thanks muchly!
> > TTFN,
> > Robert
> >
> > FUNTOWN: Favorite 20 Selections LP (K-tel NC 498
> > 1978)
> >
> > Petite Sings For You-Pet Care Tips (CM-100
> > distributed by Clay-Mor, a custom product of
> > Pickwick Canada)
> >
> > Archie Wood and his Friends Christmas Album
> (E-500)
> >
> > As a kid, I used to stare and stare at the
> > "FUNTOWN" album while listening to it
> > repetitively. The circular photos of the puppets
> > would peer out at me- the ventriloquist
> > dummies Archie Wood (wood, get it?), Grandpa Wood,
> > and Tammy True, the cute little dog
> > puppet Petite, and Marvin Mouse. "Who are they?,"
> > I'd wonder. "Do they exist beyond this
> > record?" In the early 90's I found out that they
> did
> > indeedy! I was out drinking one night
> > with my friends Julian and Lester and they
> happened
> > to bring up Funtown. I flipped! "You
> > know of Funtown?!?" This caused them to burst out
> > laughing! Julian and Lester are both
> > from Winnipeg, Manitoba, home of K-tel and where
> > Funtown ran for 25 years on Winnipeg
> > television. This was an institution that was
> called
> > "Archie Wood and his Friends" on
> > weekdays and "Funtown" on Saturdays. It was hosted
> > by "Uncle Bob" Swarts, who was
> > known around Funtown as "Mayor Bob." The first
> time
> > that I heard "Hey Jude" I thought
> > that these "Beatles" were ripping off Marvin
> Mouse's
> > and Tuttle Turtle's "Hey Tuttle" and I
> > didn't think that "Hey Jude" was anywheres near as
> > good! Now as an adult, I realize that
> > Mayor Bob was just improvising and character
> acting
> > overtop of a track from Marty Gold's
> > "Moog Plays the Beatles" LP. In tribute, my band
> > Canned Hamm took the very same
> > backing track along with Marvin Mouse and Tuttle
> > Turtle's banter to make "Hey, Lil'
> > Hamm." In later years, Mayor Bob had developed an
> > oft rumoured reputation as an
> > alcoholic and one can sure hear it on this album,
> he
> > stumbles and slurs over stock backing
> > tracks like "Can't Buy Me Love" (where Tammy True
> > tries to woo Mayor Bob by giving him
> > ten bucks and singing this song) and "Put A Little
> > Love In your Heart" (where Grandpa
> > Wood literally misses a cue to a verse and has to
> > catch up, leading me to believe that this
> > whole album was done in one take). But where do
> the
> > sped up vocals come in? On Petite,
> > the cute little female dog's numbers. This cuddly
> > little bitch's vocals aren't just sped up!
> > They speed up the whole stock pop song! "Paper
> > Tiger," "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog," "The
> > Doggie in the Window," and "Mocking Bird Hill" are
> > all sped up! Possibly even from 33 1/3
> > to 45 RPM! How brilliantly shoddy! All on an
> > original K-tel album (the only other "original"
> > K-tel album I know of is "Rock Fantasy," an
> equally
> > amazing album that takes place in, "the
> > land where animals are people" that was most
> likely
> > made with some Jewel Akens stock
> > backing tracks of "Vegetable Love Song," "Birds
> and
> > The Bee," etc. at a K-tel staff party).
> > Former Winnipegers tell me that Uncle Bob often
> used
> > to yell at kids to get off of his lawn.
> > And, in fact, my ex-girlfriend Kim's mom went on a
> > date or two with Uncle Bob! I would
> > have loved to have seen this show.
> >
> > Michael Dumontier of The famed Royal Art Lodge
> out
> > of Winnipeg sent me the "Petite
> > Sings…" record. Much earlier Uncle Bob than
> > "Funtown." This cover has a huge circular
> > photo of Petite with a much smaller photo
> underneath
> > of Uncle Bob waving up to her. The
> > back cover gives us 8 pet care tips (#7. Never pet
> a
> > strange pet). Although Uncle Bob
> > sounds somewhat more coherent and less slurred
> than
> > he was later on, this whole album
> > is still shoddy. Shoddilly tremendous! Since it's
> > Petite, the whole thing is just sped up pop
> > songs like "These Boots Are Made for Walking" and
> > "Snowbird." In between songs Mayor
> > Bob and the puppets chat with one another. They
> give
> > us safety tips. Marvin Mouse's
> > safety tip is, "Um, when you're playing outside
> > never, never, never play with sharp sticks,
> > you might stick it in your in your eye." Petite's
> > speaking voice is just falsetto Uncle Bob.
> > Marvin gets angry because he doesn't get to sing
> any
> > songs. Eventually, even though it's
> > Petite's album, they let him sing. Marvin chooses
> > "Little White Duck" but it's actually just
> > the Burl Ives recording. And regular speed at
> that!
> >
> > "Archie Woods and Friends Christmas Album" is a
> > very early album! Petite's songs don't
> > even speed up, it's just Uncle Bob with a
> falsetto.
> > The organ music is by "Agnes Forsythe"
> > ("their" quotation marks, not mine). Marvin Mouse
> > sings "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."
> > On the cover Uncle Bob and all the puppets are
> lined
> > up together beside a Christmas tree
> > and in front of a cardboard castle set. You know
> > what I just realized? Archie Wood,
> > Grandpa Wood, and Tammy True are never seen
> > together! I think it's the same puppet!
> > Tammy is just Archie in black pigtails and
> buckskin
> > (she's supposed to be 'native') and
> > Grandpa is just Archie with white hair and a
> beard.
> > They even have similar voices! (RD)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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