> Mel uses it again in Robin Hood. You probably had trouble on google because
> the original line has a "the" in it -- it's good to be the king -- even
> though most people who quote it nowadays leave it out and it probably sounds
> better without it.
You've got to -- scratch that, I mean you gotta -- say it in Brooks' Grand Concourse accent: It's good [tenuto] tabeda King. The "da" really makes it, I think. Tabeda King -- what's that prosodically, a fourth paeon? I know it sounds more like a contestant on American Idol.
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