Wearing James Dean's Slacks
How did that happen? The great teenage angst film, Rebel Without A Cause, has somehow wheedled its way back into Pigland's consciousness (see comments to the Kerouac/Pig post below). Well, I gave up trying to control the destiny of this blog several months ago. In fact, I am seriously thinking of changing the blog's name again. To The Pondering Pig and His Pals.. Has a nice ring to it, I think. Sounds like a Sunday funnies comic strip from 1925.Anyway, dedicated to going with the flow this morning, I have news. Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas is going to auction the brown trousers from the knife fight scene, a patch from the sportcoat, and the very teeshirt that James Dean wore in that film.
I'm thinking about bidding on the pants. I know I could never fill James Dean's shoes, but maybe, if I signed up at the gym, I could fit into his pants.
Labels: James Dean
posted by Christopher Newton at 9:40 AM
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Maybe the "Fabulous Furry Pondering Pig Brothers and Not-too-fat Chris's Walrus"?
Oh, yeah. The walrus was Paul, wasn't it?
James Dean's pants????
Wow.....I feel myself blushing, and I'm not sure why.....
Would 'trousers' work better?
Paula's note reminds me that in Britain the term 'pants' refers exclusively to ladies' lower undergarments. So, in the interest of international understanding, I request that all further allusions to James Dean's pants refer to them as 'trousers'.
It's not as if a sensitive yet manly actor like James Dean would have come to work wearing ladies lower undergarments.
And besides, even if he did, they're not on auction.
What about chinos or khakis? Can't say that either? Maybe we should just say wool Forstmarr trousers so we are unequivocably correct.
As far as the "pants" thing goes... I believe the full wordage is "pantaloon" which we can be most certain Mr. Dean never wore but of which he was probably most familiar.
How about "bags" or "breeks" or maybe "cack-catchers"?
Maybe we should just say "trou"? Fast and easy and no confusion. Ever heard the term "Drop trou"?
Trousers, pants, chinos....call 'em what you like, I'll probably still blush.
That's not a bad thing. I blush easily.
"Drop trou"!
Indeed!
I am reminded of a song by Proctor and Bergman from the infamous"How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?":
A little song I learned upstream in prison one day
This land is made of mountains,
This land is made of mud,
This land has lots of everything
For me and Elmer Fudd.
This land has lots of trouser,
This land has lots of mausers,
And pussy cats to eat them
when the sun goes down!
These are wonderful lyrics! The best I've heard! I must have it! But where would one find such a song?
That lovely ditty is on the album discussed in the following article, an album which I happen to own (vinyl, 1969).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_You_Be_in_Two_Places_at_Once_When_You're_Not_Anywhere_at_All
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Proctor and Bergman and Blind Joe Death! What a bill!
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