Orpheus joke?


In the beginning when Hermes gives Hera flowers he states, "Orpheus did the arranging. Isn't that just too nutty?" What did he mean? I don't get the joke.

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Why not try a little to find out? There is a response in the trivia section.

When Hermes delivers the flowers to Hera, he says, "I had Orpheus do the arrangement. Isn't that too nutty?" The joke here is in the double use for the word "arrangement" - as in "floral arrangement" and "musical arrangement". The voice for Hermes is bandleader Paul Shaffer, and in Greek mythology, Orpheus is known as "the father of songs", so he would be the perfect choice to do an "arrangement".

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Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.

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