Fri Jan 6, 2012, 02:58 PM

Loudon Wainwright III song: Newt Gingrich is Running For Prez

Just discovered this. I believe Loudo has updated a version of this song that he wrote when Gingrich was speaker, called "Newt Gingrich is Running the Town," which appears in his new box set.

Loudo is the best. Pity I couldn't share this before the holidays, as it is (sort of) set to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

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Loudon Wainwright III song: Newt Gingrich is Running For Prez (Original post)	Chiyo-chichi	Jan 2012	OP
Isn't he the teenage commedian who used to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show?	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2012	#1
My favorite "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road..."	rfranklin	Jan 2012	#2
I don't think so.	Chiyo-chichi	Jan 2012	#4
You're right	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2012	#5
He also had a small bit part on MASH on CBS.	no_hypocrisy	Jan 2012	#3

Response to Chiyo-chichi (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 03:05 PM

Jack Rabbit (45,984 posts)

1. Isn't he the teenage commedian who used to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show?

I date myself; Jack Rabbit is a gray hare.

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Fri Jan 6, 2012, 03:12 PM

rfranklin (13,200 posts)

2. My favorite "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road..."

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Fri Jan 6, 2012, 04:53 PM

Chiyo-chichi (3,265 posts)

4. I don't think so.

He's always been a musician as far as I know. He's a truly great songwriter whose songs are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant.

Yes, he had a hit with "Dead Skunk" in '73 and was on M*A*S*H. He was also the priest in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, the gynecologist in Knocked Up (for which he also wrote the music), and was on Judd Apatow's TV show, Undeclared.

I've been a fan since I first saw him on David Letterman's morning show in the summer of 1980.

Oh, and his father was a well-known columnist & editor at LIFE Magazine.

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Sat Jan 7, 2012, 06:22 PM

Jack Rabbit (45,984 posts)