Title: Knows
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Date: Born March 21, 2016
Size: @ 2’ H, 10” W, 16” D
Objects: Lab Stand
Lab Support Ring
Hat
Brain
Nose with Glasses
Ears
Lips
Lip Support
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Status: Unavailable
Many many years ago, I went to a Hallowe'en party at Jack's house. I needed a costume but didn't want to invest a lot of time or money in assembling it. I wanted to do the Groucho Marx thing. So, I went to a local costume store to make the purchase. But the closest I could come to Groucho was a pig nose with attached glasses. The nose also came with an attachment that is apparent in the above picture. I also got a plastic cigar as well as a plastic lapel flower that could squirt water. I had a pretty good time spraying many unsuspecting guests that night. It was a good party!
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Many years later, I was playing in the pit for a musical by Roger Miller called Big River. At one point during the show, one of the actors recited the following:
“She's got one big breast in the middle of her chest/ And an eye in the middle of her nose.
So says I, if you look her in the eye/ You're better off looking up her nose.”
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-The Royal NoneSuch
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Inspired in part by Mark Twain from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, adapted in the musical Big River by Roger Miller (Music & Lyrics), book by William Hauptman.
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Soon into the run, I began to dress up in a costume just before the actor's recitation. The "breast" hung in the middle of my chest, but for the accompanying picture, I put it on my head for photographic considerations. Note also the fake eyelash and "pupil" on the nose. Picture was taken in the pit from a performance of Big River at the Huron Country Playhouse - 2003.
So now you know how the nose has evolved, you know....
