tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462527143140947731.post7338328271267587174..comments2023-11-03T14:40:48.752-07:00Comments on Blogden Nash: New Theater Production of Custard the DragonJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05438508489768945951noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462527143140947731.post-15696800485956496242008-08-08T04:45:00.000-07:002008-08-08T04:45:00.000-07:00Wow, I hadn't even considered that! Thank you so m...Wow, I hadn't even considered that! Thank you so much for your time and help. I'll be checking in from time to time. I would have been quite an honor to know a literary genius like Ogden Nash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462527143140947731.post-84429161574270570412008-08-08T01:24:00.000-07:002008-08-08T01:24:00.000-07:00While I could not find a version with "real live"...While I could not find a version with "real live" as opposed to "little pet" there may well have been such a version in circulation previously. Ogden Nash's works were sometimes copied without permission. In the process, key elements were often unintentionally gotten wrong - much to the consternation of Nash and his family. You could have come across a bootlegged version of Custard that inadvertently twisted the phrase!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438508489768945951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462527143140947731.post-44016674689311494642008-08-07T12:58:00.000-07:002008-08-07T12:58:00.000-07:00Hey John. I'm sorry I wasn't specific enough in my...Hey John. I'm sorry I wasn't specific enough in my first comment. I meant to call attention to the segment that says 'little pet dragon'. I seem to recall that it used to read 'real live dragon'. <BR/><BR/>Thank for for your time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462527143140947731.post-55550504628571299742008-08-07T09:38:00.000-07:002008-08-07T09:38:00.000-07:00Julia - it looks like there are versions using 're...Julia - it looks like there are versions using 'realio, trulio' - see this link http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/Custard.html<BR/><BR/>I'd take an educated guess and say that Nash was probably the first to coin "realio, trulio " as a phrase. He had no need to borrow when it came to creativity. There are many references to "realio, trulio" on Google outside of Custard which are probably a direct result of Ogden Nash's work. Thank you for raising the question!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438508489768945951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462527143140947731.post-61561266312184064632008-08-07T07:53:00.000-07:002008-08-07T07:53:00.000-07:00I remember the poem Custard the Dragon as a child....I remember the poem Custard the Dragon as a child. But didn't the original version say, 'realio trulio real live dragon' as opposed to 'little pet dragon'? My mom and I remember reading it this way, but I can't seem to find any proof to back it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com