tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post6347165721123796755..comments2024-03-14T18:52:25.341-07:00Comments on Ill Folks: Charlie Weaver: CUMQUAT TIME IN MT. IDYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-78806784764583597092010-05-30T03:49:15.366-07:002010-05-30T03:49:15.366-07:00Don't forget the line from "The Fantastic...Don't forget the line from "The Fantasticks": "You're standing in my KUMQUATS!"mimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-63772609887328978362009-07-21T04:50:24.164-07:002009-07-21T04:50:24.164-07:00hi great site mate do you have the wurzels psyched...hi great site mate do you have the wurzels psychedelic track by chance..yes they did make one!<br />cheers philmontysmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932911071967335729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-51616094951064020472009-07-20T09:10:36.676-07:002009-07-20T09:10:36.676-07:00"Cumquat" may be the one favored by come..."Cumquat" may be the one favored by comedians.<br /><br />It's spelled that way on the Weaver album, and in the W.C. Fields movie, his antagonist customer, desperate to place the order, actually spells it for him: <br /><br />"C-U-M-Q-U-A-T-S! Quats! Quats!"<br />"Two quats?" <br />"NO!!!!" <br /><br />(At least that's how I remember the dialogue.) <br /><br />At Amazon.com there's more of a division. You can buy "Cumquat Soap" from Mineral Care Spa, or "Cumquat Bath Foam" from MOR, but "Kumquat Syrup" from Boba Tea.Ill Folkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08208537275049364194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393846.post-69243385837113777262009-07-19T18:46:17.740-07:002009-07-19T18:46:17.740-07:00funny, I've never seen cumquat spelled that wa...funny, I've never seen cumquat spelled that way before. I thought it was kumquat. So I looked it up, and the k spelling is preferred, though the c spelling is listed as acceptable. Anyway, interesting story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com