Dartmouth 1969
Dartmouth at Princeton
November 22nd, 1969
Princeton wins 35-7
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band cleans out it filing cabinet for the finale of the 1969 halftime season.
Throughout the season most Princeton Band fans have patiently awaited our world-famous risque jokes. Though none have appeared so far, we urge the great silent majority of halftime show fans not to despair, for these jokes will be forthcoming. As we form a clock without hands, we remind you that we operate on a secret timetable.
“Do You Want to Know a Secret” (Band forms circle with tuba in center)
The Band now salutes the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for his attack on the dangers of DDT. Fearing that this poisonous menace, if unstopped, would maim all our feathered friends, resulting in flocks of sterile cuckoos, wrinkled wrens, plucked ducks and wretched robins, Robert Finch has placed limits on the use of the pesky pesticide. Finding a jaundiced pigeon on the field, the Band sympathizes with his plight.
“Yellow Bird” (Band forms ‘BIRD’)
The Princeton Band congratulates the American Broadcasting Company for its courage once again, televising our halftime show, and so we salute one of ABC’s most talented and outstanding celebrities. Isn’t it a strange coincidence that the Master of Ceremonies of the centennial football game, televised by ABC, was incidentally an ABC star? Forming a half-Nelson, we wonder how that ever happened?
“Catch a Falling Star” (Band forms ‘OZ’)
Saluting Princetonian Pete Conrad ’53, we note that the space people at Old NASA have so far avoided coed space flights due to lack of facilities. Looking into the future, we envision Princeton’s Sue Pyne ’73 hurtling toward her first moon landing in a cockpit fully equipped with a kitchenette, draperies, telephone, colorful new furniture, a free New York Times, a sewing machine, and a convertible bed. Forming an accelerated space program, we overhear our astronette proclaim:
“I’ve Got the World on a String” (Band forms 1/6 G)
November 22nd, 1969
Princeton wins 35-7
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band cleans out it filing cabinet for the finale of the 1969 halftime season.
Throughout the season most Princeton Band fans have patiently awaited our world-famous risque jokes. Though none have appeared so far, we urge the great silent majority of halftime show fans not to despair, for these jokes will be forthcoming. As we form a clock without hands, we remind you that we operate on a secret timetable.
“Do You Want to Know a Secret” (Band forms circle with tuba in center)
The Band now salutes the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for his attack on the dangers of DDT. Fearing that this poisonous menace, if unstopped, would maim all our feathered friends, resulting in flocks of sterile cuckoos, wrinkled wrens, plucked ducks and wretched robins, Robert Finch has placed limits on the use of the pesky pesticide. Finding a jaundiced pigeon on the field, the Band sympathizes with his plight.
“Yellow Bird” (Band forms ‘BIRD’)
The Princeton Band congratulates the American Broadcasting Company for its courage once again, televising our halftime show, and so we salute one of ABC’s most talented and outstanding celebrities. Isn’t it a strange coincidence that the Master of Ceremonies of the centennial football game, televised by ABC, was incidentally an ABC star? Forming a half-Nelson, we wonder how that ever happened?
“Catch a Falling Star” (Band forms ‘OZ’)
Saluting Princetonian Pete Conrad ’53, we note that the space people at Old NASA have so far avoided coed space flights due to lack of facilities. Looking into the future, we envision Princeton’s Sue Pyne ’73 hurtling toward her first moon landing in a cockpit fully equipped with a kitchenette, draperies, telephone, colorful new furniture, a free New York Times, a sewing machine, and a convertible bed. Forming an accelerated space program, we overhear our astronette proclaim:
“I’ve Got the World on a String” (Band forms 1/6 G)
