Word: kazoo
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...helpful character, May Wish, seems to take pity on the bewildered listeners and offers an explanation of the play's symbolism. The cigar (whose properties preoccupy Iambiguous the Tam) is, she says, the moral equivalent of the magic kazoo (which equally intrigues lamb) and the aesthetic substitute for the nose of the noiseless Shaded Veiled Lady (who, of course, also fascinates our hero). Very illuminating. But May Wish's commentary does make one point clear: the play builds on obscurity as a spoof of dramatic convention. Iamiguous lives up to his name, and his lady could not be more enigmatic...
Inside the aged brick walls and wrought iron gates enclosing the buildings and grounds, these days seem to settle back down into something reminiscent of small Southern towns at the turn of the century: a kazoo-and-jew's harp band winds its way through sultry afternoon gatherings, while dogs run squirrels up trees and stray couples sit or lay spaced out over the lawns beneath the branches...
...kiss from your mother.' Now what kind of crummy blackmail is that, anyway? Don José is like nothing-we give him his Flowurie Song (sic), and he sings it on an old busted acoustic record. That's all he deserves." Other innovations: a kazoo obbligato in the Children's Chorus; a Habañera that begins with the Bach Chaconne and turns into a mélange of rock and Dixieland...
Hoffman said that the Class of 1970 was about to join "that Orange Bowl half-time show which is America." He then accompanied himself on the guitar and kazoo in his song. "The Simple Life...
...suddenly thank godthere it was, Frank's white Rambler with its B-school parking sticker on the rear window. Within seconds, we had all crawled inside, rolled up the windows, and locked the doors. Only three hours and it would be dawn. Joel played taps on his kazoo...