The Lyrics
Wow I was very nearly correct. At the beginning of the show (following the show theme song, which follows the sometimes funny, occasionally irreverant, and often irrelevant opening. This time of Alf and the daughter rapping--this is 1986 remember) Willie, the dad, is at the piano and working on the asparagus song. He asks his wife to listen to the changes he made and then sings it like so:
Asparagus, asparagus, put it on your table
Asparagus, asparagus, will make you feel more able
His wife asks what changed and he indicates that the second line used to be:
Asparagus, asparagus, according to Aunt Mabel
A running joke through the show is that every person who hears the new lyrics asks "What happened to Aunt Mabel?". This may be where I got the line "Where's Aunt Mabel"
So there you have it. A great personal mystery has been solved.
For your enjoyment here is a screen capture of the two boys in their asparagus costumes (which, of course, the mom diligently created for the show).
posted by Brenden Johnson @ 1:05 PM
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Little kids in Asparagus costumes are sitcom comedy gold.
Indeed. Made even more touching by the heart to heart talk they have before singing to encourage each other. The kid on the right had been putting down the kid on the left the whole show.
Later on in the show, Brian combines the two as
"Asparagus, asparagus, it makes you feel aunt Mabel"
I've had that running through my head for almost 20 years now.
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