# The great Bedknobs and Broomstick vs Mary Poppins debate

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-bedknobs-and-broomstick-vs-mary-poppins-debate/159143 "2003-03-05T02:09:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-bedknobs-and-broomstick-vs-mary-poppins-debate/159143/61 "2003-03-07T16:54:47Z")

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I also think her desire for getting Subsitutiary Locomotion had to do with the fact that, having already paid for the course, she was intent on receiving all of the spells she had paid for.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-bedknobs-and-broomstick-vs-mary-poppins-debate/159143/62 "2003-03-12T01:10:22Z")

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Fenris : [I’ll see you in the Pit.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=168929)

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-bedknobs-and-broomstick-vs-mary-poppins-debate/159143/63 "2003-03-12T03:05:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fenris \*  
> \*\*I’ve got the album in question (Dark blue cover, no Angela Langbury) and you’re right. I’m pretty sure it _is_ “Have a banana”. It sounded like a vaudville-ish thing to say, and since “Bobbing Along” is a sort of vaudville/soft shoe number, I just assumed that that’s what he was saying. \*\*

If it’s any help, in _The Prince and the Showgirl_ set in 1910, Elsie says she works in Piccadilly and the Regent warbles something about “Piccadilly, have a banana.”

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