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Ink Spots reference?

posted 12 years ago by LCShackley
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Near the end of the song about the three heads, the style of the music changes. One of the heads begins a narration, in a slightly disguised black dialect. The other heads begin singing in a falsetto style. This strikes me as being a parody of the vocal group called the Ink Spots. Their style was parodied by other comics of the time including Spike Jones. Did anyone else notice this?

[–] singjohn 11 years ago

Yes! Danny Kaye makes a comment along the lines of, "None of you care about me!". Then the three talking heads sing a melody similar to "If I Didn't Care" which was a big hit for The Ink Spots about 10 years before this movie was released.