Groan! Of course, Foot Foot Foot went on to be very famous in the jazz world. Here’s how it all started…
A drunk walks into a bar and says to the barman, “If I show you a trick will you give me a free drink?”
The barman says, “Depends on how good a trick it is.”
The drunk reaches into his pocket and pulls out a rabbit and places him behind the piano. The rabbit starts to play the sweetest jazz riff the barman has ever heard. He pours the drunk his drink.
After killing his drink the drunk says, “If I show you another trick can I have another free one?”
The barman says, “If it’s anything like that last one, you can drink free all night.”
The drunk reaches into his other pocket, pulls out a guinea pig, sets it on top of the piano, and the guinea pig starts scatting along with the rabbit.
Impressed, the barman starts to pour drinks as fast as the drunk can drink 'em. After several hours, a big time Hollywood agent walks in, sees the act and frantically asks the barman who it belongs to.
The barman points to the drunk, who is passed out on the floor. The agent wakes him up and says, “I will give you a million for that act.”
The drunk says, “Not for sale.”
The agent says, “OK, a hundred grand for just the scatting guinea pig.”
The drunk says, “Deal.”
The agent writes a cheque and leaves with the guinea pig.
The barman looks at the drunk and says, “Are you nuts? You had an act worth a million that you just broke up for a whimpy one hundred g’s?”
The drunk says, “Relax; the rabbit’s a ventriloquist.”