Song parodies. I have always fancied myself a word smith. In high school I wrote some embarrassingly angsty poetry, as well as some truly off the wall odes to teenage life. As I've mentioned before, I am also passionate about music. Now, a normal person would combine those loves to create memorable and heartfelt ditties that are ideal for entertaining friends. Well, I am not a normal person. My first year of teaching I decided to write a parody of "American Pie" for the end of the year assembly and things snowballed from there. Some lovely ladies who work in the office asked me to parody "Take This Job and Shove It" for an assistant principal's retirement party; three other teachers and I rocked the school talent show when we performed my version of "Baby Got Back" that starts out "I like big brains and I cannot lie" and continues to cleverly build on the educational theme; and last year the 6th grade teachers went a little nuts singing and dancing to my new version of "Y.M.C.A." called "Bye, Bye 6th Grade." Jason, I have a feeling your song parody skills, while perhaps not as honed as mine (or even Weird Al's - amateur!), are solid enough for the two of us to collaborate on the spot and dazzle people with our unique takes on such classics as "Ice, Ice Baby" and "Rico Suave." In honor of this 100th reason why you and I should be friends I have written a Segel-centric parody of "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" from Yentl. Luckily, my Muppet was free to perform this little chunk of comedy gold. So, sit back and enjoy, Jason. Maybe fire up the air popper, and keep your rhyming dictionary handy for our first stab at song parody perfection.Friday, March 12, 2010
Reason 100!!!
Song parodies. I have always fancied myself a word smith. In high school I wrote some embarrassingly angsty poetry, as well as some truly off the wall odes to teenage life. As I've mentioned before, I am also passionate about music. Now, a normal person would combine those loves to create memorable and heartfelt ditties that are ideal for entertaining friends. Well, I am not a normal person. My first year of teaching I decided to write a parody of "American Pie" for the end of the year assembly and things snowballed from there. Some lovely ladies who work in the office asked me to parody "Take This Job and Shove It" for an assistant principal's retirement party; three other teachers and I rocked the school talent show when we performed my version of "Baby Got Back" that starts out "I like big brains and I cannot lie" and continues to cleverly build on the educational theme; and last year the 6th grade teachers went a little nuts singing and dancing to my new version of "Y.M.C.A." called "Bye, Bye 6th Grade." Jason, I have a feeling your song parody skills, while perhaps not as honed as mine (or even Weird Al's - amateur!), are solid enough for the two of us to collaborate on the spot and dazzle people with our unique takes on such classics as "Ice, Ice Baby" and "Rico Suave." In honor of this 100th reason why you and I should be friends I have written a Segel-centric parody of "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" from Yentl. Luckily, my Muppet was free to perform this little chunk of comedy gold. So, sit back and enjoy, Jason. Maybe fire up the air popper, and keep your rhyming dictionary handy for our first stab at song parody perfection.
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