bravely went to their deaths in the jaws of lions
"Good afternoon from the Coliseum, ladies and gentlemen. This is your sports announcer Marcus Wellbeus bringing you todays game. It's the bottom of the third. The score stands Lions 3 and Christians zip. And now...coming up to bat for the Christians is....."
That was some old schtick from an old Stan Freeburg album. Freeburg did some totally hilarious stuff back in the 50's and early 60's. He took popular songs and turned them into parodies. He took current news articles and events and made them into comidies. And he took historical events and turned them into comidies. His parody on the Revolutionaty War was a side splitter. They had a referee at the start of the war and flipped a coin to see who got do do what.
"Ok. Colonials you win the toss. You may hide in the bushes and trees and fire whenever you are ready. British Troops. You have to wear red coats with crossed white belts on the front marking where the Colonials may aim their muskets. You must march along the road with noisey drums to announce your presence everywhere. You are not allowed to sneak in this war." "Wait a minute....that's not fair!" "Mr. Redcoat...the Colonials won the toss. Play the game by the rules, or hit the showers and go home!"
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