A man is walking in a graveyard when he hears the Third Symphony played backward. When it’s over, the Second Symphony starts playing, also backward, and then the First. “What’s going on?” he asks a cemetery worker. “It’s Beethoven,” says the worker. “He’s decomposing.”
#85 June 4, 2008
Did you hear about three Hollywood superstars making a film on the great Western composers? There was considerable debate on which star gets which role. Eventually, there was some consensus and Stallone said, “I will be Beethoven.” Tom Cruise said, “I will be Mozart.” At which point, Schwarzenegger spoke up – “I will be Bach.”
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