Two and a half days later and Rush Limbaugh's absence from the airwaves continues to haunt. I tried calculating how many hours I listened to him over the years, and couldn't do it. From summer of 1992 until I started college at Elon three years, I was listening to him at least nine hours a week. In the past few years I sort-of rediscovered him and listened as much as possible. There was none like him before, nobody compared when he was with us, and it is doubtful that anyone will ever really succeed him.
It wasn't just his brilliant commentary, it was also the hysterically funny comedy that was a huge part of Limbaugh's show. Especially the song parodies. Most of them came courtesy of a chap named Paul Shanklin. There were a few others also. I remember one guy who was in the Bay Area. Another was from Massachusetts.
So in Rush's memory I thought it would be appropriate to share some of the song parodies and other material that he played on his show.
I forget who made this one. It might have been Shanklin. "The Philanderer", a spoof of "The Wanderer":
"In A Yugo", parody of Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto":
This next one is a clip from "Weird Al" Yankovic's movie UHF, Rush played it on his show every so often. The commercial for Spatula City:
One of my personal favorites: "They're Coming To Take Ross Away", a parody of "They're Coming To Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV. And I liked Ross Perot!
The Barnacle Brothers 60-Second Sale spot:
And finally (but far from the only remaining parody that Rush did on his show), "Al Gore Paradise", a send-up of Coolio's "Gangsta Paradise":
If I spot any more I'll post 'em here! :-D
2 comments:
OMG!!!!! These slay me. Especially the Ross Perot one and In a Yugo. Thanks for finding these :D
I was a fan of Ross Perot even! I was still laughing about that parody during work that night (was at a seafood restaurant). Good times!
The Clinton era was definitely the golden era of political humor.
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