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RE: The Horse Race Twist —OR— Full Of Ideas, Bad Ones
Hey, @bashadow.
I don't think so. Spike Jones was kind of an offbeat guy who did musical satire along with some other crazy things. There was a recording he did called the William Tell Overture (I think the actual song plays for all of ten seconds maybe) where a horse race is taking place and the last place horse somehow wins. :)
If you're interested, the race announcing doesn't start until about 1:11. This is 70-plus year old humor, so there's that to keep in mind. :)
That was kind of funny, and it did remind me a lot of the announcer in the "Seabiscuit" Movie - "Tick-Tock McLaughlin"
I imagine that there was a certain cadence, phraseology, and timing that horse race announcers would try to achieve, and the Jones bit does a good job of mimicking one.
A lot of it doesn't quite fly anymore, but I don't think it was considered high brow back then, either. :)