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Back in the late 60's or maybe early 70's they used to make parody records of news broadcasts using snippets of songs.....(ex...and where was the victim mugged sir ..and you'd hear Elvis sing the three words "In the Ghetto"......Also who remembers "Bobby Kennedy" singing Wild Thing? "This is Wild Thing.....take 58....or something like that. |
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In the 1950's Mickey Katz, father of Joel Grey and grandfather of Jennifer grey did yiddish parodies of then popular songs. Two I remember were Cry of the Wild Goose and Hernando's Hideaway. |
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| | From:  Tarver1 | Sent: 9/27/2007 3:58 AM |
Allie Sherman was the king. Along with 'Mudda, Fadda' I laughed at his parody of 'Water Boy'. My favorite was James Moody's parody of "Pennies From Heaven". Its about a soldier who comes home after a year in Korea and asks his wife about her newborn baby, Benny. "and every time he'd ask she'd claim: 'Benny's from heaven!' Every time the same refrain 'Benny's from heaven!' "... well he may be from heaven but he damned sure ain't from me!" |
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| | | From: edhaj | Sent: 10/7/2007 1:54 PM |
I still have a 78 prm record that was passed down from my dad that I used to listen to once in a while for laughs. For the past 45-50 years I thought it was titled "St. George and the Dragon." Appears that it's actually "Dragonet". Jack Webb's voice is heard throughout ("The facts ma'am, just the facts). I did a Wikipedia search and came up with this:
"St. George and the Dragonet" is a short radio satire created by Stan Freberg in 1953 for use on the Stan Freberg Show. It is a spoof combining the tale of "St. George and the Dragon" with the popular 1950s radio-TV series Dragnet.
Freberg asked Daws Butler to join him in scripting his Capitol Records singles. "St. George and the Dragonet", their first collaboration, was the first comedy record to sell over one million copies.
Freberg wanted to use the original Dragnet opening theme music by Walter Schumann. Capitol Records insisted he get the permission of Dragnet star and creator, Jack Webb. Being a Freberg fan, Webb liked the idea, approved the use of the theme and allowed Freberg to use the same orchestra from the Dragnet series.[1] The recording had to be restarted several times because the trombone players were laughing so hard at the jokes that they were unable to play their instruments.
"St. George and the Dragonet" was issued as a recording through the same channels as the distribution of popular songs, and for a time in 1953 it was #1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box record charts. The B side was another Dragnet spoof, "Little Blue Riding Hood," based on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood."
Thanks for bring up a subject that really invokes old memories. I have to get my records back from storage at my ex-wifes and fire up the 78 record player again. |
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I think Dr. Demento is still on the radio in some places, does anyone listen to him? |
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Dawes Butler did Yogi Bear and several other Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Think he may also have done Fred Flintstone. |
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Dr Demento is definitely still around: http://www.drdemento.com When I was a kid I would listen to him Sunday nights, driving my parents nuts with the songs I'd learn. It was where Weird Al got his start(still a favorite). |
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