Excellent not the one you're thinking of... Presenting Sir Lancelot!!!!!!!! by jim vecchio Class Is In Session writing prompt entry

Listen, my children, listen hard, to my tale of Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard. He was born in Cumuto, Trinidad; Sir Lancelot was the show business title he had. He studied Italian operas and German lieder. He favored the calypso tunes and meter. His family sent him to study medicine, but that is a career he would jettison. Around concerts would he linger, deciding to become a calypso singer. To his chosen vocation, he labored hard and soon was featured at the Greenwich Village Vanguard. He earned the audience’s rewards; making millions of dollars from his records. You wouldn’t catch him incognito; at all performances, he wore a tuxedo.  He returned home not to fame, but blame. His family felt his singing put them to shame. This was difficult for him to handle. That is why he wrote “Shame and Scandal”. With songs and in movies, he gained many a fan; he composed “The Common Man”. Whenever he sang, it seemed the sky lit; his style was the inspiration for the tune of “Gilligan’s Island”. Listen to his songs. His style is fun. Sir Lancelot died on March 1, 2001. Writing Prompt Your goal is to teach your fellow Fanstorians something they did not already know. It is a bonus if you make it interesting. The only solid rule is you have to do it in 200 words or less. Author Notes There is a wonderful movie, "I Walked With A Zombie." Many were undoubtedly put off by the title, but it is a movie WORTH seeing. In it, Sir Lancelot revises his "Shame and Scandal" song to fit the movie's plot. Here is a copy of that song.

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