"Is that your problem Bunky?"

Posted by George Walton on July 11, 2006

"Is that your problem Bunky?" (Actually "Is that what's troublin you Bunky?" is a phrase from a mock radio commercial on the old Spike Jones records and radio show. Spike Jones was a crazily comedic orchestra leader specializing in auditory slapstick incorporating penny whistles, cowbells, coconut shells and a range of boingy sound effects into short musical joke pieces. The commercial was for some kind of snake-oily cure-all pills and started something like "Are you suffering from arthritis, lumbago, lame back, phlebitis, flatulence, headaches, and double vision? Is that what's troubling you Bunky? Well you need "bogus brand name".

• "Is that your problem Bunky?" Bob 11/July/06
  • Bunkie R. Berg 12/July/06