Kids
Rosemary has been repeatedly watching this ridiculous video and laughing.
So she calls our son Jake--who just turned 6--into the room. She tells him he'll like it. About 60 seconds into it, he says, "If this is supposed to be funny, I'm not laughing."
A little later, he gives her a dirty look when she starts playing it again. Rosemary says, "do you think your mommy and daddy are weird?"
He responds, "Well, I don't think Dad's weird."
That's my boy.
Well you and your son are totally whack if you don't think that's funny. Not funny enough for a second listen, though...
It was funny. Both times I watched it..
At least the FatBabe has tastefully done lipstick and eye-shadow. How totally pathetic that this is a step up in image for overweight women :)
My then 6 year-old son was sitting in the living room while I clicked through the channels and I stopped on Oprah, because it was so crazy.
"Boys Who Shower With Their Moms". No lie.
These kids were 10-12 and still showering with mother. Ick. Yet, when I looked down and noticed my young son was in the room I stupidly asked his opinion.
He said, "I'd shower with you, but not Dad. That would be creepy." Kids.
He's now 18 and laughed himself silly over Rosemary's tune mix, or as my daugher calls the whole boy band deal, boys on the back of the sink. Too fun not to share.
Can't wait until she gets home to play it for her. Just trust me Dean, it's funny.
Funny but I wasnt exactly calling others in the room either.
Fat Chicks are like mopeds. They are both fun to ride till your friends find out.
Now that should garner some laughs from those of you disapointed in the video.
Fat Chicks are like mopeds.
Fat chicks are fun. Thin chicks are fun. Young chicks are fun, old chicks are fun. Man, is just love women.
Of course, I'm a lesbian. But that's a topic for another day.
Dean, it's funny. It's funnier the second time, when you can notice a lot of the subtle stuff that you missed the first time. Someone with serious talent did a lot of work on this.
Oh, and I just showed it to a couple of fat chicks and a thin chick, and They All Laughed.
That someone with serious talent would be Mark Cohn. It might not be the same Mark Cohn who wrote "Walking in Memphis," but I have no trouble believing it is. It's definitely a pro-level song parody.
The true test of a song parody is how well the new lyrics fit to the cadences of the original song. They nailed that, based on my limited knowledge of the original. And it's about food, at least tangentially. "Weird" Al would be proud.
There is another BSB parody out there called "Which Backstreet Boy is Gay" to the same tune. I am not making that up either.
That is really damn funny. I watched it twice as well. Very clever...
Tell Rosemary that I think it is hilarious. I'm going to link to it, too. I'll give you credit, don't worry. The work that went into that is quite impressive. And it is funny!
Fitting song words to a cadence isn't that hard. When my neighbor, at a party, sang "Clementine" to the "Ode to Joy" I was able to respond without a pause by singing "The Marine Corps Hymn" to the tune of "Clementine". Best song I heard all Christmas buildup was "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" to the tune (and Animals style instrumentation) of "House of the Rising Sun".
Fitting Hamlet's 2B or not 2B speech to the tune of "Octopus's Garden" I've never managed to get very far with.