When my Mom stayed here for two weeks last month- we spent the evenings watching dvds together. It turns out her taste was rather close to mine and we had a great time together watching several Jeeves and Wooster episodes- starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
I promised when she returned that I would complete my collection before her next visit- as it turned out to be a really great mother and daughter time. In the meantime, since I am pretty naive, yes really… I would like my blog readers to explain what a “low down hoochie coocher” is? (Keep in my mind my kids and my Mom read my blog, when responding.)
Somehow I think Jeeves was wrong in his answer for once (I won’t ruin it for you if you haven’t seen Jeeves answer to the question “what is a low down hoochie coocher”)?
So school me- what’s a “low down hoochie coocher?”
- A drunk
- A loose woman
- A dirty old man
- A thief
- Paris Hilton
- Ashton Kutcher’s evil twin
All the above or something else?
Please explain to me what a low down hoochie coocher is? If you say your ex- please don’t name any names, but explain why?
Thanks for your response, because you know, I won’t sleep until I get the answer!
I can tell you it’s part of the lyrics for a song called “Minnie the moocher”. It’s featured/sung in the movie “Blues Brothers” starring John Belushi and Dan Akroyd…a GREAT flick if you haven’t had the pleasure – Huge cast of greats: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Caloway (sings Minnie the moocher), Carrie Fisher (of Star Wars fame), and more… check it. Here’s a good link for in depth info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_the_Moocher
Later,
Gus
I have a whole new appreciation for Hugh Laurie now. Completely different from House. And it seems as if he’s actually playing that piano!
Bright guy, I know…
But as for your question, I’m sorry to say I don’t know but I’d pick #2 out of the list.
Soapbox Mom did you see my post on May 2nd “the real solution…” that happens to be Hugh Laurie singing and playing guitar too.
Be warned he is cursing the song is about kicking butts- so if your younger kids are in the room shoo them out. I let my 15 year old watch it- but only because he is a wrestler and lives for kickin butt.
Hugh is a very talented man so is Stephen Fry. I haven’t seen House because I don’t watch television and neither do my children, it’s a little much for my taste now days. I am juvenile because I have 4 sons and a tom boy daughter- but I have limits and tv crosses many of them today. Plus I like the free time I have to surf the internet all day… ;P
I would say Paris Hilton…
A “hoochie-coocher” is a woman who uses her “feminine wiles” (i.e., sexual manipulation) to get ahead. It comes from “hoochie” or “hoochie-coochie,” long-antiquated slang terms for a woman’s private parts. In the famous Cab Calloway song, Minnie is a “hoochie-coocher” because she uses sexual manipulation, possibly for profit (hence her nickname “Minnie the Moocher”). I’m not positive, but since I’ve so often heard/seen the slang term shortened to “cooch,” I suspect that the term “hoochie-coochie” specifically connotates a connection between sex and alcohol (“hooch”), which would be consistent with the time in which this term was used.
I think it is the thing poppin` out the styrofoam cup
Ahh that explains it- I think we have a name for the Popsicle groundhog now!
Um.. Hugh Laurie does play the piano, soapbox mom!
Hugh Laurie is amazing!
Preston for the win on this one. This song has deep sex/drugs/alcohol references – there is a line about “going to see Smokey when he was a little cokey” – but more to the point, its a woman who uses men to get what she wants.
Thanks for dropping by Becky- I think I missed the “Smokey” line.