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Tale of the W.C.
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j***@hotmail.com
2014-06-17 18:22:59 UTC
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Many years ago I heard a record played on the Doctor Demento show titled
"Tale of the W.C." It was an old 78 rpm recording I believe. There is a male
voice telling the story of a young lady who had recently moved to town and was
asking various people where she could find the nearest W.C. What she was looking
for was the nearest restroom or outhouse. These were called water closets at one
time a long time ago. The term water closet was shortened to W.C. As the story
continues a preacher answers this ladys' request by writing her a letter. In his
mind he thinks that the W.C. she is asking about is the Wayside Chapel which is
a small church in the woods.
I remember very little of the letter he wrote but the comparisons between the
tiny church in the woods and the outside restroom were absolutely hilarious. I'm
looking for someone that can write down the contents of the letter he wrote back
to her. Thanks for your help.

Jim
Jeff Morris
2014-06-21 13:34:55 UTC
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He played it several times in the 70s, and most recently on show 04-07, the playlist of which is here:

http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd04.0215.html

I don't have a transcript handy, it may be on the web somewhere, but the audio of the above show is on Dr. D's web site. IIRC the same story was told on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar in the early 60s, but was censored, leading to Jack getting very upset, and I believe walking out, but check the details on that elsewhere.
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