When was Jimmy King of Mardi Gras

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 21, 2006 9:29 am

Serious question-
What year was Jimmy the King of Mardi Gras?
(I'm doing a Mardi Gras theme trivia quiz for my PHC. I know, I know, questions are the EASY part!)

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » February 21, 2006 9:34 am

google is not being my phrend on this one.... but I am on a mission

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 21, 2006 9:37 am

ToplessRideFL wrote:google is not being my phrend on this one.... but I am on a mission

You go girl!! I WAS on a mission, then I had to start working (they're paying me, so I have to do that once in while!)

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » February 21, 2006 9:50 am

OK I found this article..... Jimmy was king sometime 70- early 80s....trying to narrow it down more....

Doing Lunch With Miss Deville

non-fiction
by Diane E. Dees
http://www.spillwayreview.com/mardigrasdeville.html

For Clones, Sandra dressed to suit the krewe's annual theme, appearing as Barbie for "Barbie & Ken Go to the World's Fair" (part of Barbie's 25th birthday observance), Sandra Sexless (a send-up of the famous Bourbon Street burlesque queen, Sandra Sexton) for "Celebrity Tragedy," Darlene the Stripper for "A Confederacy of Dunces," and Marguerite DeVille (her king that year was Jimmy Buffett) for "Nuclear Disasters."

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 21, 2006 9:52 am

I had no idea this would be such a difficult question! We'll have to make sure the answer gets on Buffett timeline here!! You will be contributing to posterity!

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » February 21, 2006 9:57 am

I would guess 1984 because of the being part of Barbie's 25th birthday observance Barbie was introduce to the world in 1959 google it

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » February 21, 2006 10:01 am

New Orleans artist and craftswoman Sandra Blair is the Sandra they are talking about.... so you may be correct....

But geesh...ths is a toughie

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 21, 2006 3:05 pm

......so I called the M'ville store in New Orleans. I nice lady there told me that he may have been king of one of the parades, but was not sure what year it would have been in. I can call back later today. Does that sound right? I could SWEAR I've read he was King of Mardi Gras.

Now I'm cornfused.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » February 21, 2006 3:54 pm

phjrsaunt wrote:......so I called the M'ville store in New Orleans. I nice lady there told me that he may have been king of one of the parades, but was not sure what year it would have been in. I can call back later today. Does that sound right? I could SWEAR I've read he was King of Mardi Gras. Now I'm cornfused.

The article said he was..... funny.... I was also going to call the Mville NO store....GPHMTA!

But no where can I find ANYTHING in the way of a list of past kings....

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 21, 2006 3:56 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:
phjrsaunt wrote:......so I called the M'ville store in New Orleans. I nice lady there told me that he may have been king of one of the parades, but was not sure what year it would have been in. I can call back later today. Does that sound right? I could SWEAR I've read he was King of Mardi Gras. Now I'm cornfused.
The article said he was..... funny.... I was also going to call the Mville NO store....GPHMTA!

But no where can I find ANYTHING in the way of a list of past kings....

It was just a parade.
And he said on something it was the last year for that parade.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » February 21, 2006 3:57 pm

springparrot wrote: It was just a parade.
And he said on something it was the last year for that parade.

but did you see the story we found? Look up on my posts

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 21, 2006 3:59 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:
springparrot wrote: It was just a parade.
And he said on something it was the last year for that parade.
but did you see the story we found? Look up on my posts

I don't remember, but I think he was talking about it with Ellen?

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » February 21, 2006 4:04 pm

springparrot wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:
springparrot wrote: It was just a parade.
And he said on something it was the last year for that parade.
but did you see the story we found? Look up on my posts
I don't remember, but I think he was talking about it with Ellen?

I think this is a questions for Key West M-ville.....

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 21, 2006 4:24 pm

Well, if somebody feels like picking up the torch, I have to leave work shortly (still have things to get ready for PHC, but don't tell the boss!

), I'd appreciate it.

I am really curious at least what year it was, if he wasn't "the" King. Heck, I'm just a Presbyterian girl from the country-I didn't realize there were different parades I guess....

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » February 21, 2006 4:27 pm

Was he the King or the Grand Marshall of the Mardi Gras parade? I seem to remember it being the latter. I also vaguely recall reading about it in an issue of The Coconut Telegraph.

BoozeInTheBlender · Post by **BoozeInTheBlender** » February 21, 2006 8:05 pm

I believe the king of the Rex krewe is crowned the King of Mardi Gras.
In 1983 Jimmy was crowned King of the Krewe of Clones. If anyone has the Jimmy Buffett Scrapbook by Mark Humphrey, there is a picture of this on page 162.

Story of the krewe... www.kreweduvieux.org/history.html

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » February 22, 2006 12:33 pm

BoozeInTheBlender wrote:I believe the king of the Rex krewe is crowned the King of Mardi Gras.
In 1983 Jimmy was crowned King of the Krewe of Clones. If anyone has the Jimmy Buffett Scrapbook by Mark Humphrey, there is a picture of this on page 162.

Story of the krewe... www.kreweduvieux.org/history.html

This info is also apparently available on Margaritaville.com in an archived edition of The Coconut Telegraph which is viewable as a PDF.

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » February 22, 2006 1:45 pm

Thanks for your help, everyone! Sometimes my memory isn't as good as others'.

(Or apparently my research skills in this case!

)

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » February 22, 2006 1:49 pm

phjrsaunt wrote:Thanks for your help, everyone! Sometimes my memory isn't as good as others'. (Or apparently my research skills in this case! )

It was actually not that easy to find this info, at least for me...

J.LeP · Post by **J.LeP** » February 22, 2006 9:21 pm

Ja, To save some time rummaging around the archives, can you remember which Coconut Telegraph it article was in?
Also, ToplessRider can you link to the article you found? Or at least point us to where you found it?
THANKS,
John