EPISODE · May 19, 2025 · 59 MIN
Pros and Cons of Being Fat
from Round the World With Cracklin Jane · host Cracklin Jane
1 - Fat Gal - Merle Travis – 19472 - Big Fat Mama - Trevor Bacon with Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - 19413 - Lots O' Mama - Finzel's Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit – 19244 – Big and Fat and Forty-Four – Doc Wheeler and his Sunset Orchestra - 19415 - Fat Mamma Blues - Boyd Senter Orchestra – 19246 - Hole Holy Roly Poly - Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing – 19407 - Fat Girl - Fats Navarro and his Thin Men – 19478 - Fat and Greasy - Fats Waller and his Rhythm – 19409 - Chubby - Boots and his Buddies – 193810 - Roly Poly - Cowboy Copas – 194711 - Big Fat Ma, Skinny Pa - Quig Quigley with Bob Crosby and his Orchestra – 194412 - High, Wide, and Handsome - Jimmy Farrell with Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra – 193713 - Fat Boy Rag - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys – 194714 - Oo Bob Aloo Bo (Big Fat Man Blues) - Singin' 'Fats' Thomas – 194915 - Fat Boogie Woogie - Ollie Jackson and his Band – 194616 - Big Boy - Imogene Lynn with Ray McKinley and his Orchestra - 194217 - Fat Man's Boogie - Pete Brown Sextette – 1945
What this episode covers
Rusty and Rex, two eminent anthropologists from Planet Kingsley X-10, have been tasked with studying the social effects of obesity in humanoids. Before they blast off for Earth, they are conducting a preliminary review of some basic source materials in the form of songs about fattitude found on 78 RPM records.
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Pros and Cons of Being Fat
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