Lionel Barrymore is Drew Barrymore's grand uncle. He was in Doctor Kildare and It's a Wonderful Life. I note that he is not credited with Horton Hatches an Egg on Wikipedia. I may have to send an email to their editorial board.
In the world of orchestrated children's records the elephant is always represented by the tuba. I imagine that tuba players might resent this. The conductor stands up and says to the orchestra:
- We have an exciting new work to play written especially for children
And the tuba player sits there glumly reflecting
- I bet I'm the f**king elephant again.
Mind you the piccolo player is probably thinking
-Oh goody, little mice scurrying for the millionth time.
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Saint-Saens actually chose the double bass to represent an elephant. When the great virtuoso, Gary Karr, made his television debute as a youngster, the conductor (Bernstein) asked him to perform 'The Elephant'. Karr suggested that 'The Swan' (a piece usually played on the cello) would be better and he performed it an octave higher... where it was originally written for the cello.
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