[HPFGU-OTChatter] Richard Harris's claim to fame

Amy Gourley amy at pressroom.com
Mon Oct 28 16:08:56 UTC 2002


Amy Z writes:

> What I didn't know about Harris until he died was that he
> wrote "MacArthur Park."  HE WROTE IT!  HE'S the twisted genius who
> wrote that thing about leaving the cake out in the rain, and how long
> it took to bake it!

I know-I couldn't believe when my mother-in-law told me a while ago that
Richard Harris wrote it-I asked the Richard Harris, Dumbledore and she said
yes. I don't know much about his younger days so I was shocked. Weird Al
does a funny parody of MacArthur Park called Jurassic Park.

Amy G.






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