What's this old man saying?

[guliver]

Hey, everybody! What's the man saying to his wife before he says: "good night honey"?
I would like a transcription

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[BobSmith]

Hey, everybody! What's [STRIKE]this[/STRIKE] the man [STRIKE]talking[/STRIKE] saying to his wife before he says[STRIKE]:[/STRIKE] "good night honey"?
I [STRIKE]wish for[/STRIKE] would like a transcription.

[nat]

Sorry, I can't watch youtube from here.

 

[guliver]

Would someone mind answering this?

 

[emsr2d2]

Inexplicably, he says:

"Goody two shoes. Beddy bye bows/boes time again."

It makes absolutely no sense. "Goody two shoes" is a slang term for someone who always follows the rules and behaves sensibly at all times. "Beddy byes" is a childish term for "bedtime".

Mind you, it appears to be a puppet of Ronald Reagan and we all know that politicians talk rubbish most of the time! ;-)

 

[BobSmith]

As soon as you mentioned it was the Ronald Reagan puppet, I flashed-back to the 80's and I could hear him say "it's beddy bye boes time again!" HAHA I will definitely have to watch this later tonight!

 

[guliver]

hehehe... yeahhh.... good times!

So, before Ronald Reagan says "it's beddy bye boes time again!" what does he say?

 

[emsr2d2]

hehehe... yeahhh.... good times!

So, before Ronald Reagan says "it's beddy bye boes time again!" what does he say?

As I said (and explained) in my first reply, he says "Goody two shoes".

 

[Barb_D]

Ronald Reagan was an actor, and one of the movies he was in was called "Bedtime for Bonzo," which featured a monkey.

I can't watch YouTube from here, but perhaps that gives some better context.

 

[guliver]

As I said (and explained) in my first reply, he says "Goody two shoes".

Sorry emsr2d2, I really sorry, I didn't notice your post.... Thanks so much for your help!

 

[BobSmith]

Huh.

The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

Here is a version I can see in the States.

My take on his utterance is that it is gibberish, intended to portray Reagan as a buffoon or senile. Reagan was the POTUS when this video came out in 1986.

 

[guliver]

It's funny. I've heard goody two shoes is a negative term. It means something like "cop-out" or someone who tries to behave in a good way, pretend your real personality or who he is in fact.

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, "goody two shoes" is a pejorative. Someone who is always good and never even a bit bad can be annoying to normal people.

 

[Barb_D]

It's funny. I've heard goody two shoes is a negative term. It means something like "cop-out" or someone who tries to behave in a good way, pretend your real personality or who he is in fact.

No.
It means someone who IS good, all the time, and doesn't break the rules.

It does NOT mean that the person is pretending to be good.

But yes, it's not considered a compliment. Most people like someone who will occassionalyl break the rules.

 

[guliver]

Thanks Barb_D

 

[guliver]

So... what does "boes" mean?

boes time

 

[5jj]

In my very young days, "It's bo-bo time" or "(It's time for bo-boes" meant that it was time for me to go to bed. Sorry about that - I am one of those who was brought up to believe that my feline pet was a 'pussy-wussy' and that my canine pet was a 'doggy-woggy'. I still shudder at the thought of the shame I was made to feel if I emitted a 'naughty-waughty bottie-wottie burpie-wurpie".

 

[BobSmith]

Thinking more about it now, especially understanding "It's time for bo-boes", I wonder if the "goody two shoes" phrase is really meant to be an exclamation like “oh geez” or “suffrin’ succotash”, or some other minced oath...

BTW, in my home we say “it’s time for mimi” (like me me) which is a diminutive of the Spanish word dormir, to sleep.

 

[guliver]

Bob, we brazilians say "mimi" too.....

 

[guliver]

and I thought it was "mimi" too

 

[guliver]

And now, what Ronald Reagan says when he woke up from 5:00 to till at the end of video (5:29) ?

Please!!

Sorry if I'm inconvenient. But I need to understand this! Thanks