Mary Poppins Quits

[bigtree]

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Mary Poppins (@IMKristenBell) sings a catchy new tune about raising the minimum wage: http://ow.ly/3nxEOD




excerpts from transcript:

(Disney styled music plays)

>: MARY POPPINS.

>: I'M AFRAID I'M LEAVING FOR GOOD THIS TIME CHILDREN.

>: BUT WHY?

I'M ONLY PAID THE
FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.

>: BUT YOU HAVE
MAGICAL POWERS.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD
ENTITLE ME, TO MORE THAN $7.25 AN HOUR.

IN EVERY JOB THAT MUST BE DONE,
YOU MUST BE PAID IN MORE THAN FUN.

the pay's too low
I can't live on this doe

just a $3 dollar increase
can make a living wage

it makes a living wage
it makes a living wage

just a $3 dollar increase
can make a living wage

>: ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN?

>: I DO LOVE A
GOOD TEA PARTY.

>: CHEEKY.

I get my birds from Mexico

WELL, ISN'T THAT JUST
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALI -
BULL SHIT

(cheery exiting music plays out)


watch video: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c2deb9a5e8/mary-poppins-quits-with-kristen-bell

[csziggy]

1. Well done!

[progressoid]

2. SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALI - BULL SHIT

[MohRokTah]

4. .

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. Disney Lawyers filing restraining orders in 3...2...1...(nt)

[MohRokTah]

5. Spoofing for comedic effect is fair use. eom

[napkinz]

6. then why has "Weird Al" Yankovic been denied permission by some artists over the years?

I can't remember which songs, but I remember hearing from time to time he wanted to parody a song and was denied permission by the artist who wrote that particular song.

[MohRokTah]

7. There wasn't a parody of a specific song in the video.

There was a parody of a character. A character that first appeared in a 1934 novel.

There have been legal parodies of Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters multiple times.

The reason Weird Al must gain permission is the parody is in the lyrics, but the melody is the same.

Why do you think Spaceballs was fine to do? Lucas never gave permission and Brooks never sought it.

[napkinz]

10. oh ... thanks for explaining

nt

[Godhumor]

8. Weird Al did that himself, not due to laws

He always asks if the performer would be cool with him parodying the song, and if they didn't like it he wouldn't do it. Most high profile case was Coolio really didn't want a parody of Gangsta Paradise, but his management miscommunicated with Al. As a result, Amish Paradise was made. Just because Coolio didn't want it didn't make it illegal.

[MohRokTah]

9. The problem is the melody.

Weird Al tends to use the melody exactly the same.

As I recall in the Coolio instance, the melody just wasn't going to work right so he also parodied the melody.

[snooper2]

18. The melody is identical

oh, and this is one of his best ever

[SidDithers]

20. Melody probably belonged to Stevie Wonder anyway...nt

Sid

[sweetloukillbot]

31. Al did credit Stevie on it... n/t

[SidDithers]

32. Cool (io)...nt

Sid

[riqster]

22. Parody is specifically excepted by copyright law.

The best that can be done is to get a judge to rule it not to be a parody. Rarely works.

This happened to MAD magazine back in the day. They never lost such a case.

[rdmtimp]

27. Legally Weird Al doesn't have to get permission...

The Supreme Court case Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, (involving 2 Live Crew doing a parody of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman&quot held that parody is protected speech.

The reason Weird Al gets permission (as he has explained many times over the years) is simply to maintain good relationships with other musical artists.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. And that will stop the Disney Legal Machine.....how? (nt)

[rurallib]

15. surely they are looking at every angle

[bigtree]

12. »

[Wounded Bear]

13. I choose funny....

[mulsh]

14. Exactly how did she get into this country? she admits she "gets her birds from Mexico"

I suspect she found a coyote and got her butt up here from Mexico too.

[bigtree]

16. »

[Android3.14]

17. Fricken' awesome!

Who paid for this, I wonder?

[Auggie]

19. Wonderful! K&R!

[SidDithers]

21. That was pretty awesome...

Kristen Bell does a very good Julie Andrews.

Sid

[yuiyoshida]

33. Wouldn't that be funny if Disney hired her

and did a updated version of Mary Poppins? They would need someone to play the Dick Van Dyke part, but it might even be fun to have a sequel.

[bigtree]

34. I know it's just the kid in this 53 yr old

. . . but I'm already dying to see that.

[DRoseDARs]

23. OMG a Kristen Bell Mary Poppins is a thing that needs to happen!

eom

[Moostache]

35. I was thinking they would try to remake The Sound of Music for its 50th... (nt)

[valerief]

24. Very funny! Sadly, true. nt

[alp227]

25. just watched this. wow this is real funny stuff. and i wonder when Kristen Bell started singing.

never knew her to be a singer since she began showbiz 10+ year ago.

[Uncle Joe]

26. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bigtree.

[lovemydog]

28. Yes, raise the minimum wage!

[Gothmog]

29. Kirsten Bell was great

[davidpdx]

30. K & R

The alternative version of Spoonful of Sugar is now stuck in head. Posted to Facebook to share.