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BABE:

  It has often been correctly note that the progress of Babe is linked
  with that of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's Epic poem, "The Odyssey".
  Although HCYB does not literally follow the form of "The Odyssey", 
  there are several key meetings between the two stories and certainly,
  like Joyce's "Ulysses", HCYB derives much inspiration from the age-old
  story of a man trying to return home. Odysseus (Ulysses) finds himself
  imprisoned, bound by the spell of the witch Calypso, when his outrages
  against the gods are forgiven and he is allowed to return home. All
  we will see of this on HCYB is Babe running across a street, nearly to
  be killed, and entering the emporium of one RALPH SPOILSPORT, who
  may or may not be the god Hermes, sent to sell Babe the instrument of
  his homecoming. (Some see HCYB as the musings of Ralph, that Ralph is
  the storyteller and Babe portrays him as a young man. Well...)

BALCONY:

BARNEY:

  "Barny or Barney: In the English circus, a fight. The closest
   American equivalent is CLEM."

BBOP:

BEAR WHIZ BEER:

   I was looking at the current issue of the Narrow Gauge and 
   Shortline  Gazette (a magazine devoted to modeling narrow 
   gauge railroads, for you  fireheads) and what should I see:  a 
   review of a 1:22.5 scale Bear Wizz  Beer Refigerator car 
   (based on the bachman mechanism).  The logo looks  pretty 
   good: a bear standing human style, back to us but looking over  
   his shoulder, er, er...  I'd always pictured him with a rear 
   leg raised, but close enough....  The reviewer (Bob Brown) 
   said it was pretty  colorful. It comes from the "Feather River 
   Canyon Loco Works" in Pagosa  Springs, CO.

A recent entry from the Los Angeles Times, June 30, 1994, page E-2:

  The FDA alleges that the tobacco industry has been secretly
  adding twice the amount of nicotine to cigarettes to make them
  more addictive. "In a related story, Kraft has admitted that
  they've been adding twice as much whiz to their jars of cheese."
     --Morning Sickness, Premiere Radio Network

Cheese Whiz Beer?

BEDDOES:

BERGMAN:

BOB BUNNY:

BOTTLES:

BOZO:

BOZOS:

   "BOZO: A man, fellow, guy; esp. a large, rough man or one with more
    brawn than brains. 1934: "Drive the heap, bozo" -- Chandler,
    _Finger Man_. From Sp. dial. "boso" (from "vosotros") - you (pl.)
    which resembles a direct address."

        --Dictionary of American Slang by Wentworth and Flexner, 1960.

B.O.Z.O is also referred to as an acronym for the "Brotherhood Of ZIPS and Others".

BEANERS:

BEATLES:

 
  Announcer: "Out of the Fog, into the smog"... 
  "There's a fog upon L.A. ..." (Blue Jay Way, Magical Mystery Tour)

  Rocky Rococo: A play on "Rocky Raccoon" 

  Catherwood:  says "Goo-goo-goo-joob" (ref: "I am the Walrus"),
     and then says "I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink"
     (cf "I'm So Tired", from the "White Album"). His references
     to CELLOPHANE, although a clear SFX device, could also
     be the line "Cellophane flowers of yellow and green" 
     (cf "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -- Sgt. Pepper).

  Nick: says his story has more holes in it than the Albert Hall
     (cf "A Day in the Life" -- Sgt. Pepper).

      "It was PIG NITE at the OM mane padme Sigma House."
      is a reference to the mantra: "Om mani padme hum" (note
      the awful math pun: Sigma-->Sum-->Hum). This also possibly
      a reference to "Piggies" on the White Album, although 
      some Fraternities actually used to have a Pig Nite, where
      they would bring ugly women.

  Nancy: ", but everyone knew her as Nancy" 
        is from "Rocky Raccoon" (White Album, again!):

        Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
        But everyone knew her as Nancy...

        Also, her boyfriend's name is "Dan" in the Song
        (Dan Catherwood):

        Now she and her man who called himself Dan
        Were in the next room at the hoe down

In HEMLOCK STONES, they sing "Get Back" at the end. Also, Stones tells Flotsom to meet him in the Pub in disguise, and Flotsom asks "In the pub in the skys?", which is a reference to "Lucy In the Skys, with Diamonds,". This tune was denied by the Beatles to be an LSD reference, and apparently is also tied to a John Fredd and the Playboy Band tune called "Judy in Disguise, With Glasses". So, we have come full circle. In HCYB, one of the RALPH SPOILSPORT motors commercials begins, "Don't we do it in the road here at Ralph's Spoilsport Motors..." (cf "Why Dont We Do it In the Road" from the "White Album"). One of the kids in "Le Trent Huit Cunegonde" (Returned for Regrooving) was named "Malcom X.John Lennon" In the "Dear Friends" album, one of the skits ends with a politician singing, "Those Moscow girls really knock me out" (a mis-quote from "Back in the USSR" -- the girls were Ukrainian).

BERZERKER:

BERZERKERS:

BMJB:

BOOGIES:

BRADSHAW:

BUNCHE:

BUS:

  "BUS: A circuit in a mixing board which carries signals from one
   or more inputs to any output or set of outputs."

The PRESIDENT is referred to as the "Terminal Bus -- the output".