Randy Rainbow offers up a ‘wonderful’ parody of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “In Love With A Wonderful Guy” from South Pacific for Hump Day.
But in this satirical take on Donald Trump’s head-scratching attraction to tyrannical leaders, Rainbow sings “He’s In Love! (and we’re all gonna die).”
I don’t want to spoil any of the terrific tongue-twisting tweaks on Hammerstein’s words, but I can promise if you hit play below you’ll have a smile on your face.
By the way, Randy has tour dates up, so if you’d like to see the brilliant satirist in person, click here for info.
UK pop legends the Pet Shop Boys are giving this frigid February a blast of musical sunshine by releasing a digital four-track ‘in-the-moment’ EP called Agenda this week.
“It contains three satirical songs and one rather sad song,” says band member Neil Tennant of the EP. “I think it’s because of the times we’re living through.”
The first song,“Give Stupidity A Chance,” I featured yesterday in my News Round-Up.
The second, “On Social Media,” dropped today.
The third, “What Are We Going To Do About The Rich?” is set for Thursday, and then on Friday, “The Forgotten Child,” (figure that for the sad song) will drop as the complete EP will be available to purchase.
Over an infectious house beat, “On Social Media” skewers our everyday habits as we post, scroll, tweet, selfie, hashtag and pontificate via our smart phones.
From “On Social Media:”
Likes are in the thousands / My tweets are being retweeted My family pics or holiday snaps / With total love are greeted It’s so nice when people like you / You’re feeling hashtag blessed You pop out of the conversation / It’s like you passed the test
This isn’t the duo’s first entre in political satire. You may recall PSB’s 2006 track, “I’m With Stupid,” which offered comedic slaps at then-President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Agenda, the first new music from the iconic duo since 2016’s Super, drops this Friday, February 8.
I meant to post this spoof ad from this weekend’s Saturday Night Live yesterday.
The folks at SNL have been wondering how White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders manages to sleep at night after sharing lie after lie in defense of Donald Trump.
The answer, it seems, is “HuckaPM,” an over the counter sleep-aid that contains “Melatonin, Extra Strength Quaaludes, and what Michael Jackson’s doctor called ‘One and Dones.'”
Props to Aidy Bryant for her excellent physical comedy here.
With lightning speed, political satirist Randy Rainbow delivers another winning parody with his take on the Beauty and the Beast showstopper, “Be Our Guest.”
Rainbow’s version, “Just Be Best,” is a riff on First Lady Melania Trump’s ironic anti-bullying initiative #BeBest.
Just be best, just be best, Just be better than the rest, Put your shiny new self-righteous phony slogan to the test
Last week, in an interview with ABC News, Melania told the world she feels that she is “one of” the most bullied people in the world.
Really…?
Watch below.
It seems all @RandyRainbow can be is #BeBest. This man (who should have had his own TV show yesterday) does it ALL HIMSELF. Writes, sings, directs, edits, does wardrobe, hair, make-up & savages gleefully, with no help from anyone whatsoever! #CriminallyTalentedhttps://t.co/jDrSlVEowG— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) October 15, 2018
As a fourth accuser has come forward regarding alleged sexual assault/misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanuagh just days before Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Randy Rainbow comes to the rescue with another brilliant political parody.
Rainbow brings us his take on the venerable Lerner/Loewe classic, “Camelot.” But in this case, he’s thinking “Kavanaugh.”
Now Grassley’s having late night Twitter meltdowns And Spartacus is practically in tears He’d rather he withdraw Is this the final straw Or is this just the start of 40 years… with Kavanaugh?
On a lighter note, The New Yorker’s brilliant satirist Andy Borowitz “reports” that Donald Trump’s big military parade will not be possible as hundreds of thousands of military service members have suddenly developed bone spurs making marching in a parade simply impossible.
The Pentagon has turned down Donald J. Trump’s request for a grand military parade in Washington, D.C., citing a sudden outbreak of bone spurs that would prevent men and women in uniform from participating.
Harland Dorrinson, a Pentagon spokesman, said that, within an hour of Trump’s request, more than a hundred thousand military personnel complained that they were suffering from acute cases of bone spurs that would make marching in such a parade a painful ordeal.
“In the history of the U.S. military, we have never experienced a bone-spur epidemic of this magnitude,” the spokesman said. “Regrettably, however, we have no choice but to issue thousands of deferments.”
SNL’s cold open last night featured Alec Baldwin’s “Donald Trump” checking in with Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) as he took shots at Senator Bob Corker and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
“We’re getting rid of everything Obama did. Healthcare, the Iran deal. We’re ripping out all of the vegetables in Michelle Obama’s garden and planting McNuggets.”
Trump: “Sen. Bob Corker is so small. Crowd: “How small is he?” Trump: “Bob Corker is so small a dermatologist found him on a mole.”
On Tillerson calling Trump a moron: “I took an IQ test and let me assure you it came back positive. It’s through the roof, and many of the clouds as well.”
Bennett’s “Pence” also accidentally attends a same-sex wedding. You can guess the results…
