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Topic: Keith stole the "Infamy" pun! Return to archive
October 14th, 2005 11:10 PM
Mel Belli Never thought Infamy/in for me was a very clever play on words, but I thought it at least had the virtue of being original. Turns out (my bad if someone's already pointed this out) it's from the English satirist Frank Muir:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_It_From_Here
October 14th, 2005 11:43 PM
KeepRigid According to interviews, the song was just "In For Me", but evolved to the pun as a form of shorthand for the rehearsal lists. So, it's probably Ronnie who is really behind the theft. (Which actually seems kind've fitting!)

Btw, thanks for the email!
October 14th, 2005 11:54 PM
Riffhard Keith has already admitted that the line came from that guy. Apparently Keith thought the guy was pretty funny,and named the song as a kind of homage to him. That's what I heard anyway.


Riffhard
October 15th, 2005 07:54 AM
Mel Belli That's cool, I guess. "In for me" was one of Keith's pet phrases anyway (remember it in "Will But You Won't"?). Kind of like "dripping from your lips" in "Words of Wonder"/"You Don't Have to Mean It."
October 15th, 2005 08:03 AM
Honky Tonk Man Actually, I think Keith stole it from Kenneth Williams.
October 15th, 2005 05:12 PM
Gazza Its more commonly known in Britain as a classic line of Kenneth Williams, when playing Julius Caesar in "Carry On Cleo"...("Infamy, infamy - they've all got it infamy!"

Frank Muir may well have originated it, but its more associated with Williams. I think when most of us in the UK heard the song title, there was an immediate association with Williams
October 15th, 2005 05:57 PM
Stray Cat UK Yes it was the K. Williams link that came to mind for me too
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