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| From | markeichelberger@comcast.net (Mark Eichelberger) |
| Subject | Re: Second City |
| Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:20:59 +0000 |
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Ohmygawd...the Queen Haters! I remember when they appeared on Mel's Rockpile as part of Mel's doomed attempt to appear hip and bring Punk Rock to masses. I remember John Candy played the drummer; he was bald and was wearing clothes lifted from Captain Sensible's wardrobe. But the funniest part of his character was that he appeared stone face through the entire performance. Not a facial muscle moved! This skit was seared into my memory and I remember that the lyrics scrolled across the bottom of the screen (as you couldn't really understand Martin Short's take on a punky British accent). I don't remember all of the lyrics, but some to them were:
I'd like to drown the Queen off the coast of Argentine.
Throw her off a battleship of her Falkland war machine
She taxes me to death
I can't afford me dope
I'd like to get her high....yeah, that would make me laugh....
Hilarious stuff!
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> I have been reminsicing back and forth with Scott Shaw about highlights from the
> SCTV series.
> Here are the ones I remember:
> Teachers Pet (great parody/tribute to To Sir With Love featuring Eugene Levy's
> Ricardo Montalban in place of Sidney Poitier and the Boomtown Rats (in place of
> Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) doing Elephant's Graveyard. (on Season 2
> dvd)
> Aforementioned Tubes on Fishin'Musician.
> Plastics video (on the Gerry Todd video show along with Talking Heads-Once in a
> Lifetime on season 2 dvd)
> Queen Haters (Hilarious Sex Pistols take off) on Mel's Rockpile . Martin Short
> doing his best Johnny Rotten spewing forth vituperative lyrics like "I feel
> sorry for Princess Di for having to have such a terrible mother-in-law". (I see
> that episode 85 on season 1 has a Mel's Rockpile 20th anniversary special so I
> think that just might be it)
> Aformentioned Plasmatics. (episode 89 season 2 dvd set)
> There is so much great entertainment there not even counting all the non music
> related sketches. Season 3 is due out soon as well.
> -r
>
>
> > Revisiting the SCTV stuff is a real treat. The Plasmatics also
> > performed a tune and played along with the bit as well.
> >
> > Perry
> >
> > > > From: "Mark Eichelberger"
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: Tubes Question
> > Message-ID: <008901c51aab$60f49a60$0300a8c0@mcehome>
> >
> > Was this a recurring sketch that featured John Candy as a fisherman who
> > hung
> > out at a fishing lodge with a group of musicans? And in between
> > fishing,
> > the musicians would perform a song or two?
> >
> > I recall an episode where Robert Gordon was hanging out at the lodge.
> > It
> > was cool to see/hear him perform Marshall Crenshaw's "Someday, Someway".
> >
> > As an aside, I think around the same (early 80's) NBC's Tom Snyder began
> > hosting music acts on his late night show. I remember seeing The
> > Ramones,
> > The Jam, Adam and the Ants, U2 and the infamous Plasmatics perform on
> > his
> > show. I think that for most of these groups, his show offered them
> > their
> > first US appearance on TV. At the time, I thought he enjoyed having
> > these
> > acts on, but in later interviews, old Tom stated that the network brass
> > pushed the acts on him in a failed attempt to boost ratings with the
> > college crowd.>
> >
> > np: De Novo Dahl
> >
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