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Biff’s over in the Walmart thread posting about who should play donatella.
I think it’s time we take to the streets in protest and oust this tired, old, insane leader like they’re doing in Tunisia, Egypt & Yemen.
Oops- I missed your quote, slopey.
“My high school pic looks like Angela Davis”
My high school pic looks like Sammy Davis.
OK, here’s a sample of what CGar, Biff and I are talking about. Jews of a certain age or generation and anyone with garmentos in their family will appreciate this most. It pains me that my daughter is far too assimilated and removed from this to know why it is funny. (To the tune, obviously, of Battle Hymn of the republic):
I’m singing you the ballad
Of a great man of the cloth
His name was Harry Lewis
And he worked for Irving Roth
He died while cutting velvet
On a hot July the 4th
But his cloth goes shining on
Glory, glory Harry Lewis
Glory, glory Harry Lewis
Glory, glory Harry Lewis
His cloth goes shining on
Oh Harry Lewis perished
In the service of his Lord
He was trampling through the warehouse
Where the drapes of Roth are stored
He had the finest funeral
The union could afford
And his cloth goes shining on
Glory, glory Harry Lewis etc.
Although a fire was raging
Harry stood by his machine
And when the firemen broke in
They discovered him between
A pile of roasted Dacron
And some french fried gabardine
But his cloth goes shining on
Glory, glory Harry Lewis etc.
“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah is probably the only Allan Sherman song that is still relatively well-known but he had tons of great, funny tunes”
Agreed, Biff. His parodies were so clever and so witty, and all set to popular songs of that era. Slopey’s quote above about “the drapes of Roth” was hysterial.
I think “Harvey & Sheila” is my personal fave.
“Borrowed from HFC
Bought some AT&T
And on election day
Worked for JFK. . . .
Traded their used MG
For a new XKE
Switched to the GOP
That’s they way thing go.”
My high school pic looks like Angela Davis
His version of Battle Hymn of the Republic is still very funny.
“I’ll say yes, but only if you don’t have him play me.”
“My mom had every one of his records and, not surprisingly I’m sure, I listened to them over and over. They had a show a number of years back just off Broadway featuring his songs”
I figured you guys had to know Allan Sherman. Your/my/OT humour in his parodies.
My parents had all his records, too, and we also listened to them over and over. Not surprisingly, I have all the songs I could find on my iPod. And, Biff, I saw the Off-Broadway show too.
(Slopey, you know I want to cast Alan Hale, Jr. to play you in “PLUSAs: The Movie”.)
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah is probably the only Allan Sherman song that is still relatively well-known but he had tons of great, funny tunes. He was the original Weird Al (and a billion times wittier).