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The term "stool pigeon" originates from the antiquated practice of tying a passenger pigeon to a stool. The bird would flap its wings in a futile attempt to escape. The sound of the wings flapping would attract other pigeons to the stool where a large number of birds could be easily killed or captured. [51]
A stool pigeon is an informant. Stool Pigeon or The Stool Pigeon may refer to: The Stool Pigeon, a lost American film; Stool Pigeon, an American silent film; The Stool Pigeon, a Hong Kong-Chinese film; The Stool Pigeon, an independent UK music newspaper "Stool Pigeon" (song), by Kid Creole and the Coconuts (1982)
"Stool Pigeon" is a 1982 song by Kid Creole & The Coconuts. It was the second single to be released from the group's third studio album Tropical Gangsters . It reached a peak of #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #25 on the US US Club Play Chart .
Food would be placed on the ground near the nets to attract the pigeons. Decoy or "stool pigeons" (sometimes blinded by having their eyelids sewn together) were tied to a stool. When a flock of pigeons passed by, a cord would be pulled that made the stool pigeon flutter to the ground, making it seem as if it had found food, and the flock would ...
Killed his aunt and later killed an employee when she suspected his mental hospital past. Investigation of her death caused DePool to try to escape in a hijacked parade float; the part DePool was in hit an underpass and DePool was killed. Shaky Trembly (1944) - Extortionist who tried to use model Snowflake Falls to extort money from a banker ...
Sandler was one of dozens of past “Saturday Night Live” alumni who returned for the special, live from Studio 8H in New York City. Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson, Maya Rudolph, Jason Sudeikis ...
Their breakthrough came with 1982's Tropical Gangsters, which hit #3 in the UK and spun off three Top 10 hits with "Stool Pigeon", "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby". "Dear Addy" also made the Top 40. In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and reached #145, and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" flirted with the R&B charts
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