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On Sept. 28, I correctly guessed the answer to "Riffed From the Headlines" on CBC's "Day 6" (which is actually aired on Saturdays: Day 7). I couldn't figure it out until I listened to the next show, "Because News" which included the story as one of their quizzes as well: Tiktok Challenge re. Nyquil Chicken.
Will Brent ever be back in the host chair!!?
Update: Yes! Starting Oct. 29/22! He's a new dad!!
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Easter"
"Check the Malls" (never aired)
Wed., Sept. 25, 2013
I phoned in a medley of 2 songs for CBC Thunder Bay's 40th Anniversary, which they aired at c. 0720h on Sept. 25.
Here's a video version:
Mid-November, 2008: Never-Aired Parody of Moxy Fruvous's "King of Spain".
I sent a polite email to Jian Ghomeshi, host* of Q and former member of Moxy Fruvous, with a link to
this parody of their song "King of Spain". No reply.
Note that "Great Atomic Power" is Dave from Moxy Fruvous's new band.
* i.e. disgraced former host
N! O! P! Q! Ba dum ba dum da etc.
Royalties and tshirt license fees,
Once I sang the King of Spain, (though my skin is not the palest).
I'm so foxy, I've got moxy, left of centre orthodoxy.
Once I sang the King of Spain. (They're replacing all the codgers).
Monday, Apr. 21, 2008: Your Life in Six Words or Less (or Fewer)
"I try to win CBC contests."
Monday, Feb. 18, 2008: One Minute Performance in Ottawa in CBC Radio One's "Canada Reads; Ontario Rocks" Concert
I performed my winning entry for the CBC Radio One show Bandwidth's
"Ginger Ale Jingle Contest" on stage with various Ontario musicians who had composed songs linked to the
five novels of the "Canada Reads Contest". The performance was aired Saturday, Feb. 23rd across Ontario.
My entry: version 2 (official)
Click the pic for Youtube vid of my performance and scenes of Ottawa.
Oct. 23, 2007: The Great Northwest CBC Radio One Thunder Bay
There once was much consternation
(Written Oct. 18/07)
Monday, June 11, 2007: The Great Northwest CBC Radio One Thunder Bay
I phoned this in to Talkback as a commentary on the bizarre results of CBC's "Seven Wonders of Canada" campaign:
Sun's up ... over Thunder Bay.
We had a dream and now we're kinda sore,
And I wonder what we voted for.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007:
Richard Pepper on local CBC: May 15/07
Feb. 17, 2007:
My entry was
Then I added "I mean, the lynx" because I didn't want to miss out on winning the beautiful prize
of a CBC Radio Three shirt, featuring a Squirrel Moose..
Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 on CBC Radio One's "The Great Northwest"
They aired my parody of Meredith Willson's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Easter" which I had sung into the voice mail:
It's beginning to look a lot like Easter everywhere you go.
It's beginning to look a lot like Easter: rain falling from the sky.
The air will be hotter, our sons and our daughters
It's beginning to look a lot like Easter, not Christmas anymore.
Video (made Dec. '14)
I forget the details of this contest.
Feb. 7, 2006:
To the "Mellow Yellow" by Donovan.
I'm just mad about contests
Dec. 15, 2005:
To the "O Christmas Tree"
Judge Gomery. Judge Gomery.
(I was wrong.)
Mon., Oct. 17, 2005
This little ditty of mine was played on local CBC-1 (The Great Northwest) and on The Roundup (National)
once the labour lockout was over:
Welcome back to your radio station,
They'd play a song when they'd nothing to say,
Welcome back to the air.
Click here for an mp3 of my
March 1, 2005 appearance on national CBC Radio One's "As It Happens" singing my
new song "Free Stanley".
A very brief mp3 (41KB) of their reaction
Right click the link below and choose "Save Target (or "Link") As".
Studio version of "Free Stanley"
Dec. 14, 2004
I don't know if this was for a contest or not, but this parody of "Jingle Bells" addressed the fact that Elliott had begun to sing parodies of his own on air.
Phoning CBC means everything to me.
Oh! Elliott! Elliott, skill you do not lack it,
May 4, 2004
I don't remember what the contest was, but I think it had to do with NWO political history. My entry was a parody of Abbott & Costello's "Who's On First?" sketch.
May 6, 2004
This entry had to do with the naming of small towns in the area. In it I allude to the fact that we don't pronounce Murillo its original Spanish way.
Hymers was named for a settler, who came in the year '89.
As for Stanley, it's named for the lord, whose cup the Leafs will not win,
Apr. 22, 2004:
To the tune of Kenneth Alford's "Colonel Bogey's March"
The answer is a wolverine.
Mar. 25, 2004:
The quotation was "A woman's place is in the House and that's where she should go just
after she leaves the office."
To the tune of Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby"
Hellooooh, baby!
Maybe baby, I'll be blue.
It's funny, honey, I'd waste a song.
Sheila is in de House ... for now.
The quotation was "When you're a short actor, you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp.
When you're a short star, everybody else walks in a ditch."
To the tune of Billy Vera and the Beaters'"At This Moment"
What do you think I would say at this moment
The quotation was (as I recall) "Finally in Pierre Trudeau Canada has
produced a P.M. worthy of assassination." (Irving Layton)
To the tune of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows"
Everybody knows that he's a poet.
Lisa, I'd take out your garbage anytime!
The quotation exists in several different forms, but basically it says,
"How would you like a job where if you make a mistake, a red light
goes off and 18,000 people boo?"
To the tune of Stompin' Tom Connors's "The Hockey Song"
In the good ol' hockey game it really is a shame
And in this CBC game, Jacques Plante is the name,
Lisa and Chris urged other singer/guitarists to call in to give me
some competition. The next day Karen Greaves (whom I know from highschool
days) phoned in with a parody of "Let It Be". I felt it might be time
for me to leave the guitar behind and branch out.
The quotation was to do with Canadian women being pretty in their youth,
but losing their looks due to (among other things) the "noxious influence
of late hours".
To the tune of Richard Pepper(!)'s "In Heaven There'll Only Bae
Bagpipes"
In Canada the women were pretty. So said Simon MacGillivray.
Well, that may be what Simon MacGillivray thought, but it was
written by Susanna Moodie in Roughing It in the Bush.
I just wanted to use the bagpipes -- played by my friend, Leslie
Wright, for credit where credit is due.
The pipes were recorded years ago, not played live as I phoned in!!
Chris then requested steel drums.
The quotation referred to the speaker's detestation of insurance agents,
because they insist that he will die -- which is not so.
To the tune of "Day Oh!"
Come, Mr. Leacock, you are today's answer.
"Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse
and rode madly off in all directions." from "Gertrude the Governess" in Nonsense
Novels.
I know that's not today's quote; it's just some unsolicited information at no extra charge.
Lisa and Chris then suggested that my last comment is what CBC is all about.
The quotation was (as I recall) "It occurs to me that if I were to sit in a rowboat in
the middle of a lake of all the beer I've drunk, I'd never be able to see the shore."
To the tune of "Beer Barrel Polka" (accompanied by a mouth-music drum track, which
I recorded)
Okay, this is a bit of stretch, but here goes my [requested] Beat Box Beer Song:
There's a tavern in the town (in the town)
Young, hip Chris was very kind about my middle-aged attempt at Beat Boxing.
And my name was drawn for a prize (a "Canada Reads" book)!
for a CBC Memo Cube
Feb. 12, 2004:
to the tune of U2's "All I Want is You"
You say you want an answer with a song in it.
(That's by Me 2 and I offer it to you pro Bono.)
December 22, 2003:
Jolly Old St. Nicholas wasn't just a myth;
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003:
to the tune of Nina's Neun und Neunzig Luftballons.
Thirty years of CBC
* = On air Gerald tends to conclude his paragraphs by pausing between the last few words. For a while, Heather picked up
this trait in her delivery as well. In a later message I told them that it would be fair enough in return if they were to
make fun of my singing (or my German).
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003:
Poet, Ron McLean,
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003:
I move in on goal.
Friday, Oct. 24, 2003:
This is a cheap shot:
Tuesday, June 24, 2003:
to the tune of The Beatles'
"Good Night", as a good bye for newsreader, Carol Amadeo.
Now's the time to say goodbye.
Thursday, October 31, 2002:
to the tune of Joni Mitchell's
"Big Yellow Taxi".
Late last night I heard the caffe door slam.
[Going down Memorial hopin' that we're gonna see 'im
What they're doin' doesn't seem very sportin'
This was not an entry for a contest, but local social
commentary re. the squeezing out of The Great Northwest Coffee
Co. by a donut chain not associated with red-breasted birds.
I didn't sing the lyrics from the complete version, marked with square brackets.
Tuesday, June 4, 2002:
to the tune of
"That's Amore" but not aired.
This was my first entry in the World Cup Soccer Name That Country Contest in which the
clues each day included the national anthem of the mystery country played on a midi synth.
Unfortunately, my first two entries were not aired, because I phoned them in too late in the
day. The entries were no longer compiled in the wee hours of the next morning. Someone from
CBC was kind enough to phone and inform me of this fact.
When you give a clue in that way that you do, Gian Angaro.
Well, the answer is Cameroon
Carter Sakiyama is a little boy who enters most of these CBC contests and usually includes
a little tidbit of extra information and closes with "Thank you for taking my call."
Allons, enfants de la patrie,
All I need is luck. (Mouth brass noises)
I was a little disturbed that so many entrants gave "England" as the answer,
quite possibly because of the Beatles' use of "La Marseillaise" as the introduction
to "All You Need is Love". Possibly the confusion was enhanced by Sir Paul's use
of a combination of "La Marseillaise" and "God Save the Queen" at the Jubilee
Party at the Palace.
Dedicated to my friend Tom Dreyer
Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken
"Ich bin ein Thunder Bayer!", which probably really means
"I am a Persian!"
(I haven't checked out all the spelling yet. I offer my apologies in advance for
any mistakes.)
Tuesday, March 5, 2002:
to the tune of J.J. Cale's
"Cocaine".
If you wanna hang out, you got to take her out. Caffeine!
If you got bad news and you can't afford booze. Caffeine!
If she's says, "I guess so.", buy her an espresso. Caffeine!
This was not an entry for any particular contest, but just a means of staying in touch
and of plugging (after the song)
Cambrian Players'
production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"
Cal(i)purnia Dreamin'
Monday, October 29, 2001:
to the tune of
"Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers
(and "Hockey Tonight" by ?).
This entry was part of the
Happy Birthday Hockey Night in Canada Contest. I was awarded a
HNIC water bottle to go with my bucket hat and CBC fishing lure.
(The latter was given to me by Lisa Laco when I dropped in at Robin's
Donuts whence "The Great Northwest" was broadcasting in support of the
United Way on October 24).
Listenin' to the chatter of Neale and Cole
Saturday: eat my supper from a T.V. tray,
Suddenly I have spilled my supper on my knee.
Why'd he have to throw an elbow behind the play?
Saturday: alone with my T.V. in Thunder Bay.
Because Lisa and John were running out of time, they had to speak over the
closing riff from McCartney's "Birthday" tacked on to the song.
By the way, that particular Saturday I did not sit alone with my T.V. like
the loser persona of the song. I was out watching the Lakehead University
Thunderwolves defeat the York Yeomen at the F.W. Gardens.
Saturday: eat my supper from a T.V. tray,
Suddenly I have spilled my supper on my knee.
Why'd he have to throw that cheap blow, I cannot say.
Saturday: there will be a seven second delay.
The words in [ ] were mouthed, but not sung, presumably censored.
Another Saturday Night and I ain't got nobody.
Joseph, Cross, Berg, Yuskevich,
Another Saturday Night and I ain't got nobody.
At the "Tunes for Toonies" Coffeehouse Friday, November 9/2001 I sang a
medley of these hockey tunes (and then Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love"
but not as part of the medley!).
mp3 of medley of Saturday Night hockey songs
"The Mystery Movie Contest" took place during the two weeks leading up
to the 2001 Oscars in March. The idea was to identify the movie by means of
a sound clip and clues and identify the film's connection with Canada.
This is R.P. Pepper of Thunder Bay.
God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son."
Actually, "Pickerel Falls" can't represent Kakabeka Falls very accurately,
since it is apparently on or very near to Hwy 61, rather than Hwy 11-17. The
locals referring to Thunder Bay as "the big city" is not very convincing
either.
Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night.
Doesn't anybody ever know
Hana the nurse was a Canadian in "The English Patient" movie.
McCauley Culkin had a role,
Now somewhere in the Six Nations Reserve of Ontario
Now as it occurred, he played Kicking Bird,
Actually, Kicking Bird was Medicine Man, not a warrior. I'd not seen
the movie at that point.
I'm gonna flip, flop and fly, give it another try.
If you don't like my songs, I won't join your choir.
Found a dead body --- behind his barber place.
In January 2001, the same two shows ran a Mystery Location contest. Clues
were given regarding places in Northwestern Ontario. On the last day of
the contest (January 26) I won two tickets to
Stuart McLean and the
Vinyl Cafe Orchestra's
appearance at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium on February 24, 2001.
Again, FWIW, here are some of my entries:
Ronald thinks he knows whom I am,
In December 2000, the local CBC shows
"The Great Northwest" with Lisa Laco and
"Voyage North" with Gerald Graham ran a contest in which listeners
identified Sounds of the Season (audio clips) in order to win a CBC scarf.
Then we were to email our guesses or phone them in to their answering
machine. For what it's worth, here are my entries:
Check out other Inkwell members' pages:
Marianne Jones.
Day Six "Riffed From the Headlines" Contest: Sept. '22
(Phoned in to CBC years ago; see below)
Once I sang the King of Spain. (I was eating humble pie.)
Oh, my life of touring the nation. (I was eating humble pie.)
I'm telling you I sang the King of Spain. (I was eating humble pie.)
Now I work for the Corporation.
CD sales and percentage were not the life for me,
Or singing Spiderman and those Green Eggs and Ham.
I'm not Stuck in the 90's. A trendy guy, that's who I am.
Yes, we sang the King of Spain, (but it didn't make the Playlist).
Once I sang the King of Spain; (that was the Jean Ghomeshi version).
Yes, I sang the King of Spain, (but now I'm happy to be Persian).
It's as easy as fishin’, when you've been a musician.
And now I've cut my hair and I am on the air
Each day for two'n'a half hours. That's greater than Atomic Power!
Yes, I sang the King of Spain. (But now I am ... Shelagh Rogers).
Over councillors' remuneration,
But I would suggest
That it would be best
To dock those who say "renumeration".
I'm looking at the Giant and he's looking great today,
But I'm thinkin' 'bout the CBC.
Some kind a mystery's got a hold on me.
Just like the Senators, lookin' at the final score,
But our voting blew them all away.
Some kind a mystery's got a hold on me.
Wonder what we voted for.
I wonder what we voted for.
Wonder what we voted for.
I wonder what we voted for.
Wonder what we voted for.
I wonder what we voted for.
(The Richard Pepper we never knew: the spiritually encouraging one!! Ron Desmoulins' piece on my singing hymns at
Senior Homes, my most frequent gig!)
I hears all the clues and I thinks,
"That creature eats rabbits and minks."
So I google the name
From the basketball game
And the answer I find is the Sphinx.
It's December the 24th and we're living in the North,
But we're playing in the slush instead of snow.
It's warm enough to walk, but we drive around the block,
And we wonder why.
Will wilt under the glow.
The icecaps'll shrink and we'll be in the drink
And we'll have to learn to row
And Doctor David Suzuki can say I told you so.
The final catastrophe that we might have to see,
Says Al Gore,
Is the rising of the sea, inconveniently,
Up to your front door.
On the CBC.
Some were mad at Ross
And his touch of THC.
He was a mellow fellow. (Rebliatti)
He was a mellow fellow. (Or was it ReBAGliatti?)
He was a mellowfellow.
They've told so many fibs to me.
Judge Gomery. Judge Gomery.
They spent our money -- liberally.
We want a change this election, but
We don't trust Harper's haircut.
So Gomery. Judge Gomery.
We'll re-elect them. Just wait and see.
After your little, unrequested vacation.
It was strange when you were gone:
Radio Two on Radio One.
But finally Cockburn got lots of airplay.
It was strange when you were gone:
The sudden return of Bill Richardson.
We want you to know that yes we care,
And we're glad that the managers are gone,
Just in time for Ron and Don!
And a prize or two means less shopping I must do.
I sing these silly songs, though they might get erased.
So people say my problem is I've too much time to waste.
But Elliott, Elliott, you horn in on my racket.
Parody on CBC: I try to please the mob,
But their advice, though it's not nice, is
Don't quit to daytime job.
Jellicoe was named for an admiral, who sailed his ship on the brine.
A town with a Hispanic namesake: there is only one it could be. Oh!
The beautiful hamlet nearby, which ought to be spoken "Mureeyo".
Until next year (if there is one), and after they fire Pat Quinn.
This weasel can get really mean.
So, if you sight it, do not fight it,
Or you'll get smited and bited.
Oh yeah!
Maybe baby. That's a clue.
Maybe baby, the answer is John Crosbie.
I'd bet money that answer is wrong.
Sheila Copps, she's the answer for me.
Mar. 26, 2004:
To win myself a special CBC prize?
He's stands on a box.
He's Michael J. Fox.
The big(?) star of "Family Ties".
Mar. 29, 2004:
Everybody knows from Montreal.
Everybody knows that they should know it,
If they know Canadian poets at all.
Everybody knows that he's well know-en.
His name is Layton and it isn't Cohen,
As some might suppose. Now everybody knows.
Mar. 30, 2004:
That the goalie gets the blame, when the D is playing lame.
But the real reason I came is the fifteen minutes of fame.
Mar. 31, 2004:
In Canada the women are pretty, especially Lisa and M.J.!
Apr. 1, 2004:
You made lots of fun of our imperfections.
And you gave something else to CBC Radio:
The name "Madly Off in All Directions".
Apr. 2, 2004:
And there Al Purdy sat him down (sat him down)
And he drank his beer and wrote his poetry.
Please, won't you give a prize to me!?
You say you want it in under two minutes,
But all my prizes I would trade
From the contests that I've played,
'Cuz all I want's a cube.
He lived in the centuries that came before the fifth.
And, though he looks like a giant elf, when he goes to work, he
Was the Bishop of Myra in what is now called Turkey.
Thirty years, commercial free.
We hear stories from Gord O. Ellis.
He catches fish that make us jealous.
Heather McLeod and Gerald Graham:
Words slow down when they ... say
... 'em.*
I like the contests, wild and wacky,
But they're all won by Edward Maki.
Greets a former Leafs goalie.
"Hi, Cujo!" he says.
My opponent fills the net.
Hey, measure those pads!
The Leafs win the Cup again;
Hell freezes over.
Good bye, Carol.
Now the tears o'erflow our eyes
And fill a barrel.
Bon voyage to you
And that Crimestopper guy, too.
Good bye.
Little guy ousted by the big guy's plan.
Don't it always go to show
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They've paved The Northwest and put up a donut shop.
But they've put Rick in a Three museum.
Don't it always go to show
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They've paved The Northwest and put up a donut shop.]
For a [dead] hockey player named...well, names aren't important.
But donuts are always gonna show
around your gut even when they're gone.
They've paved The Northwest and put up a donut shop.
They've paved our paradise and put up yet another donut shop.
Then I will reply like a bird in the sky -- like a sparrow
That the country you mean is a football machine and, I'll tell ya,
That the green, red and white is the answer that's right. That's Italia!
Wednesday, June 5, 2002:
to the tune of
"It's Only a Paper Moon" but not aired.
And this song will be over soon.
Tuesday, June 11, 2002:
to the tune of John Lennon's
"All You Need is Love".
Le jour de gloire est arrive.
There's nothing I can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing I can win that can't be won.
Nothing I can say that's as cute as Carter Sakiyama.
It's not easy!
All I need is luck. (M.B.N. again)
All I need is luck, luck
And the right answer, which is...France.
Thursday, June 13, 2002:
to the tune of the German folk song
"Mein Hut Der Hat Drei Echen".
Drei Ecken hat mein Hut.
The answer must be Deutschland
Und this song is nicht gutt.
Well, I didn't win a prize this time, but "thank you for taking my call[s]!"
If you're feelin' down, you gotta get some grounds. Caffeine!
She don't lie. She don't lie. She don't lie. Caffeine!
When the day is done: a midnight bathroom run. Caffeine!
She don't lie. She don't lie. She don't lie. Caffeine!
If you want to pah-tay, order latte. Caffeine!
She wants chai. She wants chai. She wants chai. Caffeine!
(Followed by "The Sunshine of Your Love" riff for a little Cream with your coffee.)
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night.
Hopin' that the Leafs will finally score a goal
On Saturday Night, Saturday Night.
I-I-I-I just can't wait. I-I-I-I got a date...
(With Ron and Don)
On the good ol' hockey show,
Watching guys make too much dough.
Saturday Night, Saturday Night.
Gonna rock 'em up, sock 'em up.
Hope the cops don't lock 'em up.
Saturday Night, Saturday Night.
It's just a Saturday Night! It's just a Saturday Night!
Another Tie Domi fight on a Saturday Night!
All the big guns are gonna shoot out the lights.
The place'll be rockin' 'cause it's...
Saturday Night!
Monday, November 5, 2001:
to the tune of Paul McCartney's
"Yesterday".
Maple Leafs at home against L.A..
What outrageous thing will Don Cherry say?
Someone's yelling at the referee.
Oh, I believe it's Tie Domi.
He's done something wrong. Now he's gone a fine to pay.
Ooh, this is my place to hide away.
Oh, Hockey Night, Happy Birthday!
Alternate Words for Mar. 21/04's Coffeehouse:
Canucks against the Colorado A.
What outrageous thing will Don Cherry say?
Someone's punished by the referee.
Oh, I believe it's Bertuzzi.
He's done something wrong. Now he's gone without his pay.
Those who wear visors when they play.
French [guys and Eur'peans] all are gay!
Thursday, November 8, 2001:
to the tune of Sam Cooke's
"Another Saturday Night".
All alone at home I'll stay,
Sit in my chair and turn on the T.V.
And watch the Maple Leafs play.
Hoglund, Manson, Sundin, Valk,
Tucker, Reichel, Roberts, Renberg,
Mogilny and Do - mi Sol!!
All alone at home I'll stay.
But if I had someone to talk to,
We'd watch hockey anyway.
On Monday, November 19th/01 with guest star,
Ron McLean, on the phone
from Toronto, my "Saturday Night" parody was played again along with a few
other entries. However, I didn't win the draw. Congratulations to
Shawn Love
of Mine Centre, who, I believe, along with his brother, entered every day and
is also another frequent contestant on other occasions.
Wednesday, March 14, 2001: Contestants were challenged to respond in the
form of a rap. This was my attempt:
I listen to CBC each day.
Gimme a prize. I am a moocher.
Yesterday's movie was "Back to the Future".
There is a reason that this movie rocks:
A Canadian named Michael J. Fox.
So, Gerald and Jody and Lisa and James,
Can't think of no words to rhyme with your names,
'Cept herald and roadie and see-saw and games
And dames and maims and flames and names.
Oh, I used that one already. Word!
Thursday, March 15, 2001: The clue indicated a movie named after a Dylan
tune. My first thought was "Highway Sixty-One" which gave me the idea
of doing this parody and set the course for the days to follow.
Abe said, "I'm busy. I got CBC on.
I'm guessing movie titles and here is a clue."
God said, "I'm gonna need some help from you."
Abe said that Kakabeka Falls is the Cancon.
God said, "Tell me the answer, son."
Abe said, "It must be Highway 61."
After I had phoned in the song above, I realized that I needed to revise my
answer: to the tune of "Hurricane" by
Bob Dylan.
Enter Norman Jewison to direct the show.
Rubin Carter freed by Canadians,
But I guessed the wrong movie. Way to go!
Here's the right movie; it's "Hurricane".
That's the right answer for the game,
Not "Highway 61." Ooh, I coulda won
The best bucket hat in the whole world.
Friday, March 16, 2001: to the tune of
"Superman's Dead" by Our Lady Peace.
The Canadian is named Margot?
She's a Kidder. So am I, y'know.
I-I-I-I-I guess Superman's Red
Boo-oo-oo-oo-oots are what they said.
I-I-I-I may be wrong. Just laugh instead.
Oo-oo-oo. Aw oo-oo-oo. Aw oo-oo-oo-oo.
Aw oo-oo-oo. Aw oo-oo-oo. Aw oo-oo-oo-oo.
Monday, March 19, 2001: to the tune of
"An English Country Garden"
Michael Ondaatje wrote the book for "The English Patient" movie.
But James he confused me. He said that it was rated G,
A romance for the whole family.
But he must have forgotten something in the film,
"The English Patient" nudity.
Tuesday, March 20, 2001: to the tune of
"Rubber Ducky" by Jeffrey Moss.
His first movie we are told.
Not really. That was "Rocket Gilbraltar".
Uncle Buck-he is the one.
He made the movie so much fun.
John Candy was a big Canadian....
John Candy was a big Canadian....
John Candy was a really big Canadian star.
Wednesday, March 21, 2001: to the tune of
"Rocky Raccoon" by Paul McCartney.
There lived a young boy named Graham Greene.
Sometimes some people mix him up with an author guy,
And so do I. Bet he doesn't like that.
He said, "I'm gonna be a star."
So one day he phoned up his agent
And booked himself a part in "Dances With Wolves".
A warrior who was strong and wirey,
But the lesson by far for Lieutenant Dunbar:
"Be careful where you leave your diary."
Thursday, March 22, 2001: to the tune of
"Flip, Flop and Fly" by Charles E. Calhoun and
Lou Willie Turner.
Actor Dan Aykroyd, he's a Canadian guy.
In "The Blues Brothers" with John Belush-y.
If you don't like my songs, maybe I'll just retire,
Or, like Jake and Elwood, I'll sing behind chicken wire.
Friday, March 23, 2001: to the tune of
"The Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams.
Then he met a roadie --- looking for a drug "suitcase".
She said, "That's my brother. Let's you and me have some fun.
Let's take him to his funeral --- down Highway Sixty-One."
Pokey left Ontario and ended up shaving a gang.
He was just a smalltown barber. Maybe that's why he liked Bangs.
That was the best line of this song.
Highway Sixty-One!
Highway Sixty-One!
To honour my efforts, Lisa and James awarded me my very own CBC bucket
hat (pictured above) and a copy of Mike Levine's How to be a Working
Musician. Thank you CBC-Thunder Bay for my prizes -- and for my
fifteen minutes!
Well, folks, it's been a dull day.
Can't find a rhyme for Gull Bay,
If that is the answer.
I'll just have to chance her.
Duh duh duh duh Stock-wull Day.
This one was not aired and I was glad because I guessed the wrong
location. D'uh!
And he says that my poems are a scam,
But I usually don't curse,
When I write my verse.
The place is the Current River Dam.
To win a nice scarf I am yearning
And much Christmas trivia I'm learning.
So, I'm happy to say
The sound of the day
Is that of a yule log a-burning
In the morning we hear Lisa Laco
And James, who would drive us all wacko
With crackling and snapping
Of presents unwrapping
Taken from St. Nich'las' pack. Oh!
A CBC scarf would be neat,
And I'm hoping I won't have to cheat.
I'm happy to say
That the sound for today
Is that of a nutcracker. Sweet!
To Parodies for Steve & Ellie's Wedding and
Parody of a Parody for Robin & Carla Harbron's
Wedding.
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