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| From | "brynneandscott" <brynneandscott@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Second City |
| Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:24:22 -0500 |
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Here's the info from the site I sent earlier, complete with lyrics.
7 Mel's Rock Pile: Punk Rock Tribute Part 1 145
Mel talks to some of the kids. First up is Hudgie DeRubertis Jr, son of one
of the original Rock Pile dancers. Lawrence Orbach (later of Half-Wits fame)
is next. Stephan Seely from Pre-Teen World shows up and presents Mel with a
plaque.
Mel Slirrup - Levy; Stephan Seely - Candy; Lawrence Orbach - Short; Hudgie
DeRubertis Jr. - Flaherty; Debbie Devillbis - Martin; dancers - extras
BUMPER
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7a Mel's Rock Pile: Punk Rock Tribute Part 2 145
Mel talks to Debbie Devillbis, who is being escorted by her girl friend,
Joey. Special guests The Queenhaters, from England, play a number ("I Hate
the Bloody Queen") to the unresponsive crowd.
I Hate the Bloody Queen
I've always had a dream
I'd like to meet the queen
I'd punch her in the face
Yeah, that would make me laugh
I'd love to kick her in the teeth
And then I'd make a picture of it
In lovely Ektachrome
And then I'd give it to the prince
(Chorus)
I hate the bloody Queen
She made me go to school
I hate the bloody Queen
And all her bloody rules
(solo)
I'd like to drown the Queen
Off the coast of Argentine
Throw her off a battleship
With 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
(Chorus)
I hate the bloody Queen (repeat x3)
I feel sorry for you Lady Di
Havin' a mother-in-law like that
Continuing the tribute, Mel has a slam-dancing competition. Mel gets
trampled and Mad Dog (U of Michigan), a large black man, cleans up. Mad
Dog's not too thrilled with his prize, however. (Stephan Seely appears
courtesy Pre-Teen World.)
Mel Slirrup - Levy; Stephan Seely - Candy; Lawrence Orbach - Short; Hudgie
DeRubertis Jr. - Flaherty; Debbie Devillbis - Martin; Mad Dog Melvin Brown -
extra; dancers - Dick Blasucci, extras
The Queenhaters - Short (vocals), Levy (lead guitar), Candy (drums),
Flaherty (bass), Martin (guitar)
Scott S
> and glasses from Elton John's wardrobe.
>
>
> > 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!
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > > 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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