Growing up, anytime my father (Warren Easton H.S., class of '59) was confronted with some mischevious boys, he would say "those are some bad motor scooters" and chuckle. it took me several years to realize that "bad motor scooter" was not something he concocted but a quote from the Emperor of the Universe himself, Mr. Ernie K-Doe. K-Doe was interested in continuing his legacy and reaching out to youth in his final years, as evidenced by the release of his CD "Children of the World." Now with the help of the UK drugstore chain Boots and their "Here come the Girls" commercial, the children are now listening. Do things like this video of some kids covering "Here Come the Girls" make Ernie roll in his grave? My guess is that he'd insist on rehearsing them until they got it right, while dispensing his K-doe-isms and his work ethic. Antoinette K-Doe continues the performance that is Ernie K-Doe, with the latest event happening Saturday night at the Rock-n-Bowl, where, as Keith Spera describes it:
..." In keeping with the theme of the Boots commercial, women are encouraged to attend in evening wear. One hundred women are to be presented with roses and escorted past the eerily life-like Ernie K-Doe statue -- which, Antoinette says, will be affixed with its "standing legs" and available for dancing on a wheeled platform...." I can't wait to cut in.
Also, don't miss Anne Churchill's gem "Burn K-Doe Burn" that documents K-Doe doing his WTUL radio show.
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