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Song Parodies -> "Ben Bernanke"

Original Song Title:

"Hanky Panky"

Original Performer:

Tommy James & The Shondells

Parody Song Title:

"Ben Bernanke"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

Resubmission.
I never liked Mr. Ben Bernanke
And all his "wisdom" on banky, banky
Often times seemed cranky, cranky
If a doc would be quacky, quacky
Europe, Asia, the markets not tanking

I never liked Mr. Ben Bernanke
And all his "wisdom" on banky, banky
Often times seemed cranky, cranky
Reserve masturbation, wanky, wanky
Stat manipulation handy, handy

Often times he crossed the line (bad)
US economy did just fine
His predictions were overblown
His advice not struck in stone
The Almighty Dollar, the Almighty Dollar!

I never liked Mr. Ben Bernanke
And all his "wisdom" on banky, banky
Often times seemed cranky, cranky
Reserve masturbation, wanky, wanky
Stat manipulation handy, handy

I doubt his clout
All show...

Oh, yeah!

Often times he crossed the line (bad)
US economy did just fine
His predictions were overblown
His advice not struck in stone
The Almighty Dollar, the Almighty Dollar!

Brookings Institution, so what?

I never liked Mr. Ben Bernanke
And all his "wisdom" on banky, banky
Often times seemed cranky, cranky
Reserve masturbation, wanky, wanky
Stat manipulation handy, handy

Alarmist at times, was fine, so, so...

Ben Bernanke watched what was trending
All the capital we were spending
Other than that, he was just guessing!

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Jonathan - November 18, 2016 - Report this comment
I wondered what happened with this one yesterday. Everytime I tried to read it, I just got a 404 page instead! 455
Rob Arndt - November 18, 2016 - Report this comment
Jon, I spelled his name wrong 5 times and with the title plus misspelled Brookings Institute! I resubmitted.
Jonathan - November 19, 2016 - Report this comment
^ can relate, have requested a parody of mine pulled due to grammatical errors before!
Rob Arndt - November 19, 2016 - Report this comment
Jon, what are you working on next?
John Lomain - November 19, 2016 - Report this comment
Informational and interesting
Rob Arndt - November 20, 2016 - Report this comment
Thanks John. Didn't know what to expect if people didn't know this guy or read his books.
Jonathan - November 20, 2016 - Report this comment
^^^ Thanks for asking, Rob! what I have in mind, is a parody which you requested a while back. Keep an eye out for it this Friday! (Black Friday... ugh...)

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