Fri Jan 6, 2012, 02:58 PM
Chiyo-chichi (3,265 posts)
Loudon Wainwright III song: Newt Gingrich is Running For PrezJust 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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Chiyo-chichi | Jan 2012 | OP |
Jack Rabbit | Jan 2012 | #1 | |
rfranklin | Jan 2012 | #2 | |
Chiyo-chichi | Jan 2012 | #4 | |
Jack Rabbit | Jan 2012 | #5 | |
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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Response to Jack Rabbit (Reply #1)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 03:12 PM
rfranklin (13,200 posts)
2. My favorite "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road..."
Response to Jack Rabbit (Reply #1)
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. |
Response to Chiyo-chichi (Reply #4)
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 06:22 PM
Jack Rabbit (45,984 posts)
5. You're right
The teenage comedian I was recalling was apparently London Lee, who apparently was 29 at the time he was a "teenage" comedian.
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Response to Chiyo-chichi (Original post)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 04:01 PM
no_hypocrisy (42,170 posts)