Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Almost two years ago, I asked the internets to tell me the origin of a specific Beastie Boys sample, the mysterious "dick in the mashed potatoes" line from "B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak". The internets did not provide me with an answer, but it did reveal that lots and lots of people had been asking the same question, to no avail.
Well, thanks to Gaijin Biker, now I know: the comedian's name is Mantan Moreland, and it's from his album "That Ain't My Finger". The link there contains a link to the full track, too. It's like a weight has been lifted from my chest and I can breathe freely again.
"You know, it's very strange — I have been in the dick in the mashed potatoes business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life."
"Have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts."
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at November 21, 2007 12:11 AMYes, GB has a first degree black belt in the mysterious art of the internets. Now, if he will just come back from the Dark Side ...
[apo, are you missing a "did" before the negative in your second sentence?]
Posted by: TokyoTom at November 21, 2007 05:19 AMare you missing a "did"
No, he's just got his tenses wrong -- it should be "The internets not provided me with an answer".
Posted by: Clownæsthesiologist at November 21, 2007 07:30 AMCA, I take it you mean that apo also missed an apostrophe, as in "The internet's not provided me with an answer"?
It's just not clear when apo intends to make the transition from the plural "the internets" to "it".
Posted by: TokyoTom at November 21, 2007 08:11 AMOops, sorry! I oughtn't to comment before my morning coffee. What I meant was, the proper form to use is "The internets was not been providing me with an answer".
Posted by: Clownęsthesiologist at November 21, 2007 09:27 AMWow... I swear I had just been wondering about this the other night while lying in bed.
Thank you, apostropher
Posted by: Jake at November 21, 2007 09:37 AMThe source of the sample was revealed by a Beastie Boys fan site: http://mic-to-mic.blogspot.com/2007/06/mashed-potatoes-sample-revealed.html
Posted by: M.P. at November 21, 2007 09:53 AMThat's where the link above goes to, M.P. Thanks for the heads up on the typo everybody. It was the middle of the night when I posted it.
Posted by: apostropher at November 21, 2007 10:04 AMEven more awesomely, the title of this post is also a Beastie Boys lyric from an Ill Communication track, "Get It Together":
I've got the Timbos on my toes
And this is how it goes
Oh one, two, oh my God
I have wasted a couple of hours trying to look this up one time.
Posted by: Lemmy Caution at November 26, 2007 03:40 PMSpeaking of dicks...Here's some Penis Power.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqg_ceFM30I&feature=related
Posted by: at November 29, 2007 10:16 PM