The Duke of Ook - Alan Seidler (1975) - 01 Duke of Ook

A track from Alan Seidler's album The Duke of Ook, a collection of original novelty songs. Seidler was a Juilliard-trained musician and composer; his later piano, vocal and choral works are profoundly different than this playful album, which I first heard on the Dr. Demento radio show when it was newly released in early 1975.

I do not own the rights to this album. This video is for entertainment and informational purposes only, in honor of Seidler's memory.

From the Glossary in the liner notes:

Carnibiwis/adj (fr. carnivorous): carnivorous, able to eat fash or meat

Fash/n (the original pronounciation and spelling - fish - are regarded as vulgar by the Church of Ook, and will not be brought into decent use until fash have returned to the Univer sal Ape) 1: any cold-blooded aquatic animal; 2a by extension: any creature in total rebellion against the Universal Ape; 2b: any disagreeable person or thing

Gorooka/n (gorilla + ook) slang: gorilla

Herbibiwis/adj (fr. herbivorous): herbivorous, eating neither meat nor fash

Herbily/adv (dim, of herbibiwis + ly): herbibiwisly, in a herbibiwis manner

Kaw/n (echoic, fr. sound made by a kaw) 1: the sound made by a kaw 2: a long legged animal with massive protrusions at the stomach and at the lower back, known for its stupidity 2 by extension: an inept or stupid person 3: someone who kaws

Monyock/n (fr. manica): a maniac

Ook/n (echoic, fr. sound said to be made by an ape) 1: the sound made by an ape 2: the proper name of the Universal Ape 3: an ape (see Ook-Ook 1) 4: the sound made by a creature in total union with the Universal Ape 5: any creature in total union with the Universal Ape

Ook-Ook/n (fr, ook's-ook an ape's ape) 1: an ape; 2: in the phrase ook-ook turned, any creature turned from the form of an ape into another form due to rebellion against the Universal Ape

Profligerate/adi (fr. profligate): profligate, wasteful, degenerate

Puv/n.a. vuv with furry hooves

San/adj (fr. sane): sane

Uk/n (diminutive of ook) & familiar term for any ook-ook turned (ook-ook 2) 2 by extension: any living creature 3: in the phrase Universal Uk, used as a familiar term for the Universal Ape

Vuv/n (echoic, originally the sound made by the drawers on the Hill of Slowly Closing Drawers in prehistoric Hajd-caloopsie) 1: the sound made by a vuv (def. 2) or a vvuvver (vvuvver 1) 2a: any agreeable or interesting person whose disposition denotes awareness of the Universal Ape b: any agreeable person or thing

vvuvver/n 1: one who vuvs 2: familiar term used to catch someone's attention in a public place

Credits:
Chandler-Seidler Track 1
Seidler Tracks 2,4,7-10,12
Seidler-Arthur Tracks 3,5,6
Berlin-Seidler Track 11
Seidler-Rosengren Track 13

For more information on Alan Seidler, please visit:

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alan-....

https://www.chandos.net/products/cata...

https://www.discogs.com/release/46824...

Album cover art by R. Crumb

Alan Seidler, Duke Of Ook, 1975, novelty record, piano, blues, ragtime, comedy

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