This evening a friend took me to see Uncle Bonsai<\/i>, an edgily funny deconstructionist alt-folk group that has been playing, recording and touring on and off for more than thirty five years.<\/p>\n
At one point during the between-song banter, guitarist Andrew Ratshin started to wax rhapsodic about Wonderama<\/i>, a kids’ TV show that reached its peak of popularity about half a century ago. Gazing misty eyed into the middle distance, he said “The show was never the same after Sonny Fox left.” **<\/p>\n
He then turned to the audience and asked “How many people remember Sonny Fox?” A surprisingly large number of hands shot in the air.<\/p>\n
At which point somebody from the audience shouted “Bob McAllister was better!” A hush fell over the crowd, and there was a moment of eerie silence.<\/p>\n
Ratshin’s bandmate Arni Adler then turned to fix the heretic with an icy stare of disdain and disbelief. “After the show,” she said, “we’re taking this outside.”<\/p>\n
** Sonny Fox left the show in 1967<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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