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Did anyone hear the song parody on "YMCA" on Praire Home Companion?Can Anyone point me to the lyrics?
-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), January 05, 2000
Missed PHC parody but it might have been done by the Capital Steps. Heard their version earlier this fall. I believe I laughed so hard tears were rolling... It might be on this year's ablum but don't have it to check.jh
-- john hebert (jt_hebert@hotmail.com), January 05, 2000.
Did Garrison Keeler retire? Know a PHC station that reaches SoCal? Link?
-- Carlos (riffraff1@cybertime.net), January 06, 2000.
Garrison Keillor can also be found dispensing weekly advice on love and writing at salon.com, under the name 'Mr. Blue'. Look for his column-- often very, very funny.
-- silver ion (ag3@interlog.com), January 07, 2000.
I found it!You can actually listen to some of here:
http://www.teleport.com/~botielus/index.html/Y2Kymca.html
Here are the lyrics:
Breakdown, all computers will crash, I said
Meltdown, society will collapse, you can
Countdown, on the way to disaster at two zero zero zero
Young man, auto-deposit fails
I said old man, your checks are lost in the mail
So just go down, to your survivalist refuge at two zero zero zero
Windows will crash when it's Y......2K
Your files are trashed when its Y......2K
Your microwave wont cook
Youll have to read a book
Better learn to bait a hook
Airplanes wont fly when its Y......2K
Engines will die when its Y......2K
Your telephone wont dial
Youll have to walk for miles
When your Visa wont work at the pump
Mr. Cobol, you can never retire
At the shop mall, your credit card will expire
It will lowball, your investment portfolio at two zero zero zero
Broker, are your stocks still so high?
I said joker, out the window youll fly
Its a soaker, when the markets collapse at year two zero zero zero
Are you OK for this Y......2K
Wholl save the day when its Y......2K
Will disaster strike
Can we plug up the dike
Can we live like the Amish now
Water won't run when its Y......2K
Better stock up when its Y......2K
Washing machines will fail
All of your clothes will smell
Your maid will tell you to "Go to hell!"
Food will be scarce when its Y......2K
Cant find a hearse when its Y......2K
Famine will prevail
Existence will be hell
Only Bill Gates will survive
Prices will hike when its Y......2K
Sadaam will strike when its Y......2K
Nukes will rain down
On your city or town
Better DIG A HOLE in the ground!
-- sweetpea (on@the.farm), January 07, 2000.
That's a bit different from the PHC parody which you can see and hear here:h ttp://www.prairiehome.org/performances/20000101/bye_y2k.html
-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), January 07, 2000.