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Jeff: And now, from high atop the Mayor Daley Inn in downtown Beloit, Wisconsin, it's the Minsky's Clam from Chicago, Illinois, and the greater lakes of New York. We bring you El Porko The Magnificent, along with Birdman Fitzgerald, his assistant, in their most death-defying trick before going over the falls in a McDonald's Ronald cup, the famous Sword Trick! Ho!<br>
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Jeff: And now, from high atop the Mayor Daley Inn in downtown Beloit, [[Wisconsin]], it's the Minsky's Clam from [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and the greater lakes of [[New York]]. We bring you El Porko The Magnificent, along with Birdman Fitzgerald, his assistant, in their most death-defying trick before going over the falls in a McDonald's Ronald cup, the famous Sword Trick! Ho!<br>
  
 
FZ: Dominus vobiscum. Et cum spiritu tuo. Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, hallowed be thy . . .<br>
 
FZ: Dominus vobiscum. Et cum spiritu tuo. Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, hallowed be thy . . .<br>
 
  
 
==Recordings On Which This Song Appears==
 
==Recordings On Which This Song Appears==
 
*[[The Mothers 1970]]
 
*[[The Mothers 1970]]
 
  
 
==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
*Sometimes listed in setlists as "El Porko The Magnificent."
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* Sometimes listed in setlists as "El Porko The Magnificent."
*Quotes [Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"]]
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* Quotes ''[[Wikipedia:Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head|"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"]]''.
  
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
**The [[Italy|Latin]] spoken by [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] translates to, "The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. [[Jesus|Lamb of God]] who takes away the sins of the world".  The phrase also appears in [[Father O'Blivion]] and [[The Mammy Anthem]].
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*The [[Italy|Latin]] spoken by [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] translates to, "The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. [[Jesus|Lamb of God]] who takes away the sins of the world".  The phrase also appears in [[Father O'Blivion]] and [[The Mammy Nuns]].
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* References [[advertising]]: McDonalds.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:13, 21 August 2026

Jeff: And now, from high atop the Mayor Daley Inn in downtown Beloit, Wisconsin, it's the Minsky's Clam from Chicago, Illinois, and the greater lakes of New York. We bring you El Porko The Magnificent, along with Birdman Fitzgerald, his assistant, in their most death-defying trick before going over the falls in a McDonald's Ronald cup, the famous Sword Trick! Ho!

FZ: Dominus vobiscum. Et cum spiritu tuo. Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, hallowed be thy . . .

Recordings On Which This Song Appears

Notes About This Song

CC Clues In This Song