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Song Parodies -> "You Like Fish Food?"
Original Song Title:
"I Like Fish Food"
Original Performer:
The Electric Company
Parody Song Title:
"You Like Fish Food?"
Parody Written by:
Michael Pacholek
The Lyrics
Since some people like doing parodies of songs from kids' shows I don't like, I thought I'd do one from a show I did like. I recently picked up "The Best of The Electric Company" on DVD, and was brought back to some times that made a hard childhood easier to bear. You might not remember this one if you're under the age of 30, but here's the original lyrics: http://home.triad.rr.com/electriccompany/n129.htm. Just imagine all these single words on signs in the city.
(instrumental opening)
You
like
fish
food?
Well
I
don't.
You
might
try
it
but
I
won't.
Walk
right
in
and
hear
me
true.
You
are
nuts
but
I
love
you!
Step
right
up
and
dance
a
dance
Make
sure
you
did
wear
your
pants.
Five
my
song
as
you
should
do.
You're
an
Elf
and
I
love
you!
(Now, you sing along. Y'hear?)
(repeat lyrics once)
(instrumental close)
You
like
fish
food?
Well
I
don't.
You
might
try
it
but
I
won't.
Walk
right
in
and
hear
me
true.
You
are
nuts
but
I
love
you!
Step
right
up
and
dance
a
dance
Make
sure
you
did
wear
your
pants.
Five
my
song
as
you
should
do.
You're
an
Elf
and
I
love
you!
(Now, you sing along. Y'hear?)
(repeat lyrics once)
(instrumental close)
If you preferred MTV to "The Electric Company," or "Sesame Street" after it became "The Elmo Show," then I got no use for you. But if you liked the real PBS, of back in the day, then you're as cool as Morgan Freeman playing Easy Reader. Hold on a second, somebody's knocking at the door... It's the plumber. He's come to fix the sink.
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I watched Electric Company religiously, but I have no idea what that song is you used. (damn i want that DVD set BADLY). Couldn't you have picked something like "Un Song" or one of the hits by The Short Circus? ;)
What the hell was you on when you wrote this?! Please don't tell me you are turning into TSB now! Nevertheless, I found this a funny read.
"And the award for most space taken up by so few lyrics goes to..." =) Song 5d, as requested. Paging Arwen!
Unique switch and display
Do the Box sets contain that song that goes, "Go, Hi, She...Got, Hip, Shed..."?
Agri: The DVD is now available at Borders for a mere $15, and I'm presuming it's available at Barnes & Noble, too. The only "Un Song" I know if is Rita Moreno channeling Tina Turner (in her Ike Age, pre-spiked red wig) to do "Unbutton Your Heart," and that's on it. But the Short Circus songs were kiddie material, which I usually don't like. Jason: Perish the thought. Ant: Yes, by all means page her, or else the end of this parody was a waste! Christy: That one doesn't sound familiar. I did remember this one, and another "Sign Song" that goes, "In. Stop. Park. Walk. Yield..." and so on until "Home... Sweet... Home." The $15, single-disk version has no Spider-Man material and only one Adventure of Letterman. The bigger ones, the $60 version, may have more, and I'll have to check them out.
Awww...=) It's a good thing that Red Ant paged me, or I certainly would have missed this. I'm only around a couple of days a week lately...(stupid busy work!)...but I'm glad that he yelled at me. This made my otherwise mundane morning FABulous. =)
No freaking way I would pass up the $60 set...jeez, 22 episodes...where else can you find Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, Gene Wilder, Joan Rivers, and Tom Lehrer all in the same place?
er the song is called See the signs
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