He's Large


I've loved this movie since I was a kid. I've seen it at least dozen times, and it just today occurred to me that Olive Oyl is singing about Bluto's dork! It's so obvious, but the singular impression I had of this song as a kid has, until now, prevented me from seeing and hearing it any other way. I can't stop laughing now just picturing her face while she walks down the street singing that freaking song. I wonder what else I've missed.

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Really? I always thought she sang it because he was fat?

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I guess it could go either way, I assumed it was about him being fat too, but maybe it was about his junk...

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Really?

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It's been years since I've listened to the song, but my impression was that she was trying to find something to compliment about him and the only thing she could come up with is "he's large"... manly, masculine, etc.

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All of these interpretations are correct; that is the brilliance of Nilsson's songs.

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