It derives from the Spanish "juzgado" (courthouse). "Hoosegow" is an old slang term for jail used primarily in the American West.That's a Scandinavian dish made of dried fish. George brings lutefisk to the pot-luck.Brain compares Koko's voice to Bessie Smith and Muddy Waters, two famous blues musicians.Koko Taylor and Taj Mahal are blues musicians who voiced themselves.This episode was made as part of PBS's "The Year of The Blues" event, which took place in 2003.This is the last episode where Evan Smirnow voices George.Good ventriloquists can put some liquid in their mouths and still make sounds in their throats, but they can not talk and swallow at the same time. In real life, this would require a trick glass. In the Tuning Fork fantasy, he is talking while George empties his glass. Wally claims he can sing while George drinks a glass of water.The truck driver who takes George to Tuning Fork is a clone of Ed Billings from " Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm".Arthur makes a cameo in the title card of this episode, but he doesn't appear in the episode itself.George's Unnamed Blues (George/Taj Mahal)." Leaving Trunk" (Taj Mahal) is heard when George arrives in Tuning Fork.Koko's friend Taj Mahal arrives and offers to fix the string and accompany George. McGrady's house and plays for Koko and Mrs. Wally remarks that things have not been the same between them since George made that guitar. When Wally advises George not to play for Koko again, George puts him in the closet. He practices in the park and shows some chords to Binky. George does and the musician says he's got talent and should not be afraid to show it.īack in reality, George builds a guitar with the help of his dad and Brain. However, a guitar player (Taj Mahal) on the porch across the street encourages him to put more feeling into his singing. A lady (Francine) compares him to a mouse again. George sings “Pinocchio Blues” outside the store. He drinks lemonade at the General Store, but since he has no money, the barkeeper (Binky), who is also the sheriff, wants to arrest him, unless George earns the money by singing. George listens to Taj Mahal's “Leaving Trunk” and his fantasy transports him to “ Tuning Fork, Mississippi”. When George wants to return Brain's CDs, he notices that he has not heard Taj Mahal yet. George leaves and throws his harmonica away.Īt home, George talks to Wally, who tries to cheer him up. Koko follows and tells him that it is okay to be nervous and that she still gets butterflies after singing for fifty years. When Francine says he sounds like a mouse, George runs out of the house. He sings “ The Pinocchio Blues” and accompanies himself on the harmonica. While the other kids say they would just embarrass themselves, George wants to perform. McGrady's house is attended by Koko with two other musicians, Brain, Binky and Francine. George listens to the music, buys a harmonica, and composes a song. Since George has never heard of her, Brain takes him to his house, saying that blues “will cheer you up a lot more than ice cream”.īrain gives George an introduction to blues and plays him one of his compositions: “ Pi Blues”. She invites the boys to a jam session on Sunday. McGrady walks in with a lady who Brain recognizes as blues singer Koko Taylor. George asks for extra sprinkles at the Powers’ ice-cream shop because he is down. George becomes a fan and learns to sing with the help of Wally, Koko Taylor, and Taj Mahal. The mobsters are eating at an Italian restaurant, which is common in The Sopranos.Brain introduces George to the blues.The bear wearing the grey suit and no tie is a reference to Paulie Walnuts, as he calls the Tony Soprano lookalike "T".The bear in the red tie is a clear reference to Tony Soprano, the main character of The Sopranos, as he is balding at the top of his head and has the same face shape.The difference is that The Sopranos doesn't use a bleep, while The Altos does. It is a parody of HBO's The Sopranos, that focuses on the family life of a gangster which aired between 19.(two bleeps) so much as (bleep) unless I (bleep) say so! Capisce? If it's okay with you, T, I'd like to give that pastry chef a taste of his own cannoli. When she made it, the whole (bleep) neighborhood stood outside our house. Ugh! This is terrible Apple Betty! It's (bleep)! My mother, now, there was a woman who could make (bleep) an amazing Apple Betty.
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