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2 unusual facts about The Goose


Fishbone 101: Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay

"The Goose" is a previously unreleased cover of the song by the funk band Parliament.

The Parliaments

Several songs from the early repertoire of the Parliaments would be re-recorded on future Parliament and Funkadelic albums, including "Testify," "The Goose," "All Your Goodies Are Gone," "Fantasy Is Reality," "Good Ole Music," "I Can Feel The Ice Melting," "What You Been Growing," "I'll Wait," and "That Was My Girl."


Goose step

During WWII, it was condemned in George Orwell's essay The Lion and the Unicorn, and proved an easy target for parody in many editorial cartoons and Hollywood movies.


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Berrichon dialect

The present indicative of the first person singular, the third person singular and the third person plural are all conjugated in the same manner, which results in phrases of the type, "j'menons les oies" ("I lead the geese").

Bertrada of Laon

Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), (between 710 and 727 – July 12, 783, Choisy) was a Frankish queen.

Ebdo Mihemed

The title of the Finnish buffalax is Niilin hanhet ("The Geese of the Nile") after a phrase repeated in the refrain.

Game of the Goose

In Jacques Offenbach's comic opera La Belle Hélène, the Greek Kings sing about and play a Game of the Goose and argue over cheating.

Goose Lake Valley

Wildflowers found in the Goose Lake Valley area include Common Yarrow, Camas, Larkspur, Elephant-head flower, Blazing Star, and Crane Orchids.

Goose step

In the British sitcom Fawlty Towers, the main character Basil Fawlty infamously imitates the goose step in front of some German guests.

Grimm Job

There, he finds the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs (played by Stewie), but wakes up the Giant (played by Chris Griffin) who challenges him to a fight.

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

Bill Barretta - Thunderdell: The original guardian of the Harp of Harmony and the Goose of Prosperity.

James P. Leary

In his book, Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music, Leary proposes a redefinition of traditional American folk music and proposes a new genre known as "Polkabilly".

Kings Hill / Southwest Salmon

Artwork around the station recalls Tanner Creek, which was buried and infilled early in Portland's history, and a bronze goose paying tribute to the Goose Hollow neighborhood.

Lepas anserifera

Before about 1100 AD, the migration of birds was not properly understood and, in an attempt to explain the fact that the goose, Branta leucopsis, was never known to breed, it was believed that the birds' young hatched from the goose barnacles found in floating "nests" on the beach.

Marc Goossens

Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969 in Geel) is a Belgian racecar driver who drove in Formula 3000 from 1994 to 1996 and part-time from 1999 to 2001.

Minced oath

The Cretan king Rhadamanthus is said to have forbidden his subjects to swear by the gods, suggesting that they swear instead by the ram, the goose or the plane tree.

Nottingham Goose Fair

The goose fair has been used in television programmes as well as in films such as The Woman for Joe and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

Robert Earl Sawyer

What's Good for the Goose (1958) a two act comedy about marriage fidelity.

Sweevo's World

Among the other characters inhabiting Knutz Folly are the Goose Which Laid The Golden Erg (sic), the Horrible Little Girls ("Minxes"), and the Goose-Stepping Dictators.

The Goose of Sedan

The Goose of Sedan (German: Die Gans von Sedan) is a 1959 French-West German comedy war film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hardy Krüger, Jean Richard and Dany Carrel.

What's Good for the Goose

What's Good For The Goose, also known as Girl Trouble, is a 1969 British comedy film, and was Norman Wisdom's last starring role in a film.

Wild Goose Café

In 2009 a donation of £125,000 was made by Dawn Gibbins after she worked 'undercover' at the Goose as part of the The Secret Millionaire television program.