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Industry "Get the whole Story....We pick up, where mainstream media leaves off !" Phorty Phunny Phellows take Street Car to herald Coming 2010 Season! Crowd not so Funny with some failed attempts at deep Satire
Pictured: A Lone Member of the PPP who just couldn't wait boarded the Streetcar, and waits for the much anticipated trip to Herald the Carnival 2010 Spirit! In all fairness most of the PPP were very eager to get that streetcar moving. A loud cheer went up as the car pull from the station. New Orleans, Louisiana ......January 6, 2010 With their version of the Carnival countdown, the speaker sent the Phunny Phorty Phellows on their 29th annual streetcar ride, Wednesday night to kick off the start of the 2010 Carnival season. It was the first time since before Hurricane Katrina that the Phellows rode the St. Charles Avenue route. The Carrolton Street station is the usual starting point for the night time trek. Many had anticipated Zulu could again ride the car, but alas no King Zulu this year.
The Phorty Phunny Phellows was founded on March 5th, 1878 during one of the longer Carnival periods, when they were revived in 1981, they first paraded with the Krewe of Clones, after they ceased parading in 1898. Although in the late 1870's when the krewe originally existed, they consisted of all male members, they were primarily a walking club according to records and were some of the most influential in town. Time and age got the best of them and in 1898, the krewe simply stopped parading. The Krewe now consist of men and women but is not like any other Krewe in Carnival. They are now known as the heralds of Carnival in New Orleans and is one of the first groups to swing into action every year. Playing music either on the streetcar, or at the embarkation point, each season are the Storyville Stompers. The decorated streetcar, which traditionally is still decked out in it's yuletide dressings, (this year they forgot,) will pull from the station almost always at 7 p.m. and run uptown to lee Circle then return to the Willow St. Streetcar Barn. You can spot this car because it usually has a sign reading, "It's Carnival Time!" on it's side, with a really noisy party going on inside it. While on board the streetcar, the krewe performs the act of choosing it's King and Queen for the season by eating Kingcake. The one who, "finds" the baby then serves as "the Boss", and the first female serves as Queen. They hold their Krewe party each night after the traditional ride on the streetcar line. Celebrating their 22nd year this season of 2003,
Always there are people on the street who are hoping to get the first beads, of the season. They hold up signs that, they say, are worded to get the PPP to throw beads at them. Satire is part of the scene with Carnival, but the members of this seasons street horde were a little hard on the subjects they choose. We belive they don't know the difference in passes for satire and what insults are. This season the bead hounds cut Tiger Woods no slack at all and indeed, some of the carded subjects were just down right mean! One child was asked what the sign she held meant, she looked up at the lady behind her and said, "You're have to ask my mom, I don't know, and I don't get it! The sign read, " Tiger Woods should date a Comus maid" That was the tame one! Their parades focus on over the top themes and deep satire. I hope the crowd takes the hint and learns what is biting satire and what is just plain rude and insulting. Next year, if they can't seem to get the difference, we'll spell it out for them! Other than that it was a very good show, and the ride went well for the organization.
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The festivities were well attended by some 150 plus well wishers
who wanted to mingle and revel in the event at hand. The Krewe of
Oak, which for the last several years have been sending the troop
off to the route also restarted their role after having to travel
to Canal street the last few years. The Three Maji or the "3 lazy
guys", rode the track route about 2 hours ahead of the streetcar
in a horse drawn carriage,
alerting others that the streetcar was on it's way! 
After the infamous ride down to then around the Jackson Circle ,
the Krewe then returns to the streetcar barn to load cars for two trips. One is
to the Maple leaf bar, to hobnob with the Krewe of Oak, and the other trip is to the after party for the krewe.
