GK: Our show brought to you by the Cafe Boeuf with your host Maurice the Maitre'd who reminds you...(FRENCH GIBBERISH) Always signal before making a lane change. (GIBBERISH) Never mix stripes and plaids. (GIBBERISH) "It's" the contraction of it is, is spelled with an apostrophe, and "its," the possessive, is spelled without an apostrophe. (GIBBERISH) And be sure to arrive on time when you've made a reservation at the Cafe Boeuf.
TK: Oui.
GK: A meal at the Cafe is an experience, it is a work of art.
TK: Exactamonde.
GK: And if you arrived late at the concert, you wouldn't ask them to repeat the Brahms for you, would you....
TK: The who? Eh?
GK: The Brahms Symphony....
TK: Brahms....
GK: Or the Bizet.....
TK: Oh yes! Better.
GK: No, you want to be there from the very first hors d'oeuvre all the way to the coffee and...
TK: Eh? pardon?
GK: An hors d'oeuvre. D'ouvre?
TK: You are nervous? Eh?
GK: Hors d'oeuvre. A frisson.
TK: It's not that cold, is it?
GK: A little taste. A frisson. Hors d'oeuvre. Appetizer.
TK; Ah! Hors d'oeuvre.
GK: Exactemonde.
TK: Eh? What?
GK: Never mind. A message from the Cafe Boeuf...
©1996 BY GARRISON KEILLOR