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Umanak:


Your nick reminded me of the Thomas Meehan short story, "Yma Dream," in which the narrator recalls a nightmare: hosting a party where the sequentially arriving guests are such celebrities as Yma Sumac, Ava Gardner, Abba Eban, Oona O'Neill, Ida Lupino, Eva Gabor, etc. ad naus. ... with the host obliged to introduce them all to each other, producing such lines as "'Oona, Yma; Oona, Ava; Oona, Abba.'"

The patient must introduce them as they arrive one by one or two:
"Uta, Oona: Uta, Ulu: Uta, Mia: Uta, Gia: Uta, Ugo: Uta, Ali: Uta, Ida…Yma, Anna Mata Pia!"



The origin of Dave's ill-fated "Uma, Oprah" sequence comes from Meehan's short story...


"Why, I had Ava Gardner over for tea. We were chatting and the doorbell rang. Damn, if it wasn't Oona Chaplin! I introduced them. Ava, Oona, Oona, Ava. I poured more tea, and the doorbell rang again. My, My, aren't I the popular one? My goodness, look who's here. It's Uta Hagen. He introduced his guests. Ava, Uta, Uta, Ava, Oona, Uta, Uta, Oona. No sooner had he sat down, the bell rang again.

"I feel like a real Pearl Mesta here. Heavens! It's the sparrow herself. Yma Sumac. Come in Girl."

Yma, Ava, Ava, Yma, Yma, Oona, Oona, Yma, Yma, Uta, Uta, Yma

And another guest arrives!

Eva, Ava, Ava, Eva, Eva, Yma, Yma, Eva, Eva, Oona, Oona, Eva, Eva, Uta, Uta, Eva



This story goes on with about six more names that have the same syllables, and it becomes a riotous tongue twister....

:D
 
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