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Song Parodies -> "Good Will"

Original Song Title:

"I Will"

Original Performer:

The Beatles

Parody Song Title:

"Good Will"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

Lt. Gail Halvorsen USAF started the Candy Bomber runs during the Berlin airlift to feed hungry German children. He started by himself and his crew and then caught the attention of his base commander who initiated Operation Vittles. An air corridor was set and the Candy Bombers (C-47s and 54s) would drop small chocolates and candies sent from the US via small tied mini-parachutes to hungry German children on the ground. Halvosen became known as Uncle Wiggle Wings and other names of endearment. He even violated Soviet controlled airspace several times for E German children. A true hero.
C-47 that he flew
Operation Vittles
Berlin Airlift candy lifeline
On small parachutes, good will

Halvorsen on gum chewed
Two sticks brought him much fame
Thirty children gathered together
German kinder hunger shame

Put together the Candy Bombers
"Uncle Wiggle Wings" did start
"Chocolate Flier", "Raisin Bomber"
Rained down candy from the heart

Order of Merit earned you
23 tons lifted despair
25 planes in small corridors they flew
Brought elation when in view
'48-49 emergency
The sight was such a thrill
Tummies filled...

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Pacing: 4.3
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Overall Rating: 4.3

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Louis - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Oh, when the fives
Come marching in
Thoughtless fives come marching in
Oh Lord, there can't be no other number
When the fives come marching in
Objectionable - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Louis, on what grounds do you disqualify this parody as not good enough to rate fives? I like it and it is obviously a tribute to a good man who was also a LDS missionary. Btw, are you part of the GC clan hiding under yet another pseudonym?
Louis - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Objectionable: You can hardly deny that Arndt's postings capture nothing of the witty, inventive, mischievous, ironic, and satirical qualities of parody. As Dwight McDonald wrote, "Parody is making a new wine that tastes like the old but has a slightly lethal effect."
Yet, day after day, Arndt's self-invented "infoparodies," which are merely exercises in word subbing, are rewarded with four to five automatic straight 5s -- which include the top grade for humor! And yesterday, he had the gall to decry that behavior, of which he, in fact, is the beneficiary. Meanwhile, gallant attempts at true parody by others go "unwept, unhonored, and unsung."
What's the GC clan?
Louis - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
To see the epitome of parody, go to http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/geoffreychaucer0.shtml
Rob Arndt - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Louis, stop cry babying your way through my thread. This is a tribute just like the one to Patrick today and others made to myself by other authors in the past. Second, parodies do not have to be purely humorous in nature. The majority of my 2652 parodies include fierce sarcasm and dark humor, morbidity. People like you always have a double standard for those who write the same way on many of the same topics. I did not invent the infoparody, but due to my IQ and expansive, even encyclopedic knowledge base... labeled many of my SJH IPASOY parodies that way. Obviously, you are a disgruntled vet that ignores the fact that a pure parody is total mockery of the OS, OA, and in some cases the OMV as well. None of the self proclaimed pacing cops nor artistry hotshots accomplished this and to be perfect they would have had to match every syllable and rhyme by line using the exact same OS composition. No, there are no Weird Als or Bart Bakers here. Go preach to your pals. Likewise, several authors a day get straight fives with little to no comment. I am not the only one. Wise up; better yet, let's average our author sheets for common rating. I know for a fact no one here has a solid 5 rating for hundreds if not thousands of parodies. I'm willing to bet I have more single artists than you have total parodies and more genres over a greater time period. And of course I use unconventional materials too and tackle hard topics like tragedies that other parodists won't touch. That's a sign of a weak parodist because nothing is supposed to be taboo here. What have you contributed Louis? Try to use your real name next time and cite your submissions.
@Louis - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Or you could go to http://www.amazon.com/The-Waterbury-Tales-Judith-Wax/dp/B001KP04NM to learn where that parody originated.
Louis - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
The parody masterpiece was written in 1973 by Ms. Wax, an editor at Playboy and Chaucer scholar who died in a plane crash in 1975.
Arndt, take your I.Q. and encyclopedic knowledge and blow them out elsewhere. You've bragged about them here 1,000 times, but that won't turn your dross to gold. There's no substitute for TALENT and hard work.
Rob Arndt - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Louis, put up or shut up, clown. You're not even man enough to post under your real name or SN, let alone provide your gold plated author sheet of solid 5s. Why? Because it doesn't exist!!! Another worthless commentator bites the dust...
Eat My Dust - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
You are probably the only one left on AIR who believes that scores have retained any meaning. In fact, you contradict your own posting of yesterday.
Rob Arndt - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Anyone can be a critic. Try just coming up with 2652 parodies. Only two people out of over six hundred here have, and I'm one of them. JAB is the other.
Eat My Dust - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
At 8 sec. per parody, no problem.
Rob Arndt - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Try nearly four years of sold submissions and btw I have another 4025 entertainment submissions equals 6677 total. Do the math on productivity. Out of 10 entertainment categories, I am Number One in 7, including Fragments. Again, post your stats and author sheet, cowardly lion.
Cowardly Lion - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Holy Cow, Arndt! Are you still at it? Let it go before you get a hernia or something. I'll do the math: 6677 x 4025 x 7! divided by pi... Oh, Hell! I give up.
Dr Giorgio Coniglio dec - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
Interesting war-story. BTW, members of the GC clan do not use short-term pseudonyms, make lengthy comments, steal another's thread, question a colleague's integrity or use humor as a weapon. Look elsewhere.
Agrimorfee - March 17, 2015 - Report this comment
344. But I liked the story you told.
Dr. Louis - March 18, 2015 - Report this comment
Interesting story, but I don't understand feeding candy to hungry children. Where's the needed nutrition? Couldn't he have dropped broccoli, kale, Goji berries...? Ah, Mr. Coniglio dec, so you're GC. I thought your initials would be DGC, since your first name is Doctor, or Dr. Most physicians, like you, adopt this first name and insist on being addressed as such in recognition of their exalted status. Since I have a Ph.D., I, too, as you can see, have adopted the same honorific to be my Christian name.
Rob Arndt - March 18, 2015 - Report this comment
The Germans were still on rationing and Holversen was beseiged by childten for gum he was chewing at Templehof's gate near the runways. Thirty kids asked for gum and Holversen had only two sticks left. He gave them away and started his own plan to drop candy from his cargo plane with his men. As word spread, his commander passed the idea up and Operation Vittles was approved. Defying the Soviets who cut land access to Berlin sectors, a fleet of cargo planes dropped candies and chocolates to the kids daily. US confectionery companies donated for free while kids in US schools helped wrap the gifts and attached mini chutes to them. Holversen became a hero, even deliberately flying into Soviet air corridors to drop candies on those children in the Soviet sector. The flying was dangerous and at extremely low altitude. Btw, Dr. Loser, what kind of A-hole criticizes a well-known Berlin Airlift operation that cemented US-W German relations and was as beacon of hope to Berlin's children? Holversen received Orders of Merit from both nations and was honored over many decades for his kind heart. You know nothing of history, valor, or the triumph of the human spirit. A young German girl once gave Holversen her teddy bear (more correctly the German plush bear by Steiff that preceded Teddy Roosevelt's bear) that she had clung to in the air raid bunkers and Holversen was moved to tears. He became Uncle Wiggly Wings and the Chocolate Flier. He is more of a man and human being than you will ever be.
Dr. Louis vs. The Candy Man - March 18, 2015 - Report this comment
Who can fill small tummies
Make kids shout with glee
Give them dental caries and increase their A1C
The Sugar Man
The Sugar Man can
The Sugar Man can 'cause he parachutes treats
To malnourished German kids
Rob Arndt - March 18, 2015 - Report this comment
Doctor of what? Ignorance? Chocolate bars were part of US Army D-Rations meant for survival with minimum sugar. Mostly chocolate, cocoa, vanillin, and skim milk with Vitamin B1 added. The bars were thick 4 oz. Since there were severe food shortages in Germany postwar, many German children were malnourished and ate off US base trash cans or begged for scraps. The chocolate bars were for calories and hope. You are a bastard for putting down Holverson and the USAF for their heroic efforts. When did you ever fly drops at 50 ft between buildings in a C-47 or 54? You claim to be a doctor, then prove it right now. You can't even print your own name or give author status, your page, or ratings. Holversen and Operation Vittles are still remembered while you are a petty nobody.

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