Deteriorata slide show

[cowboyathlete]

My dedication to Rick Perry.

[Skyhawk02]

This is inspiring, this song changed my life.

[phizgp]

Tony Hendra wrote this. He was a classmate of Stephen Hawking at St. Albans School.

[orchidtender]

eight people be turkeys.

[timfortune9]

Since I first heard this, I have spent the last ten years living up to it's message.

[Optimalillusion]

I'm not a fluke,.... More of a dorsal fin actually.

[kringket]

this just made me more depressed.. and yes, i have totally given up on life.. i'm just a fluke after all.. :(

[joeyzola]

When I was a kid I used to try to imitate Les Crane's voice. I guess it worked. I spent a couple decades in radio. Thanks for the reminder of National Lampoon's Radio Dinner.

[MetallicBill]

For anyone feeling Shunned by society, this song will lift you up, and I can't help but be amused. I heard this when I was just a wee laddie

[ANDROLOMA]

wtf?

[DoktorFranken]

BTW - I saw Firesign Theater in 'Concert' at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago back in the early 70s and they did some of the DCTD,HMTP album. For 'Pastor Rod Flashes', Phil Proctor had an inflatable plastic jet plane strapped to his back and he was crouching on a chair's seat to simulate 'flight'.

I guess you had to be there - since you can't be two places at once when you're really nowhere at all.

[DoktorFranken]

Okay - What the fck was that? And who in the hell gave these people the right to steal part of my existence with that galactically stupid stoned-ass garbage?

;-)

[MetallicBill]

@DoktorFranken I would have made the "Here" sign on the Milky way stars read :"You Are Here ->" As you'd see on an actual lobby sign!

[Parkwoodparkenfarker]

5 kids are ignoramuses.

[Hsapienslaptopicus]

Leslie Nielsen?

[sappand]

I had this album, but my first wife got it when we divorced. It REALLY deserves to be re-released.

[ChipZempel]

This is from the National Lampoon LP "Radio Dinner." I've never understood why it never got re-released on CD, but I've always suspected that it had something to do with the Joan Baez parody.

[Nalora]

This was a parody of the poem desiderata which everyone had as a poster and hung in every wanna be psychology major's office.

[trebormeiht]

Melissa Manchester... singer. This is a National Lampoon classic

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

Actually "The Pueblo" mentioned was a ship.

USS Pueblo is an American technical research ship (Navy intelligence) which was boarded and captured by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on January 23, 1968, in what is known as the Pueblo incident or alternatively as the Pueblo crisis or the Pueblo affair. Occurring less than a week after President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union Address and only weeks before the Tet Offensive, it was a major incident in the Cold War.

[MichelleYael]

Don't CRUSH the dwarf . . . sigh. That's what I get for using my "smartphone." LOL

[MichelleYael]

This was done by Firesign Theater on their "Don't Crust that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers" album.

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

@MichelleYael This isn't Firesign Theater. It's from a National Lampoon album which I have.

[MichelleYael]

@Ididnotwanttojoin

Interesting. The Firesign theatre did it in the '70 exactly this way. Check your album. I think you will see it was performed by the Firesign theatre.

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

@MichelleYael Nope, sorry. It says it was written by Tony Hendra who, before joining National Lampoon was part of the team Hendra & Ullet who frequently performed on The Ed Sullivan Show. It says it is performed by Norman Rose and the music written by Christopher Guest. No mention of Firesign Theater.

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

@MichelleYael Okay, I just checked. Someone posted DCTDHMTP on here in four parts. I do intend to listen to it in its entirety (I love I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus), but for now, I just sampled a few seconds of it about every 20 seconds and heard nothing resembling Deteriorata.

[CosmasNDamian]

WRONG!! Lyrics by Les Crane!

[urbaniak]

@CosmasNDamian Les Crane recorded "Desiderata." This is a parody of that.

[CosmasNDamian]

@urbaniak You are absolutely correct! My error!

[lwplwp]

The music was by Christopher Guest but the words were Tony Hendra (mngr on Spinal Tap) and the backing vocals included Melissa Manchester.

[MrDanbloom]

why is Taiwan included here? FUNNY!

[SinglCuteGuy]

@MrDanbloom It has to do with the "politcal status of Taiwan" - wiki this for more info. WHen this song was written, there was concern China would invade that region and would escalate into WWIII.

"Naturally, war contingencies are not being planned in a vacuum. In 1979, the United States Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, a law generally interpreted as mandating U.S. defense of Taiwan in the event of an attack from the Chinese Mainland..."

[trebormeiht]

Two wrongs do not make a right, but three lefts do...

[MrDanbloom]

Key in your truths quietly and clearly;

and read what others have to say, too

even the dull and the ignorant;

for they too have their stories and ideas to impart, even if you disagree.

[MrDanbloom]

"GO placidly amid the hot links and the distractions,

and remember what peace there may be in unplugging.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons online and never never flame others or engage

in any kind of cyberbullying or cyberstalking.

[MrDanbloom]

It's called "Digirata", penned ny anonymous poster, and interesting. Found it in

my mailbox this morning. based on the 1927 desiderata , Latin for "desired things" by Max Ehrmann in Baltimore and became popular in 1960s. Here is update with humor:

[MrDanbloom]

see the new Desiderata called ''The Digirata'' about life online today, just google it. it begins: ''Go placidly amid the hot links and the distractions and know what peace there may be in unplugging...."

[54taqiyya]

awesome if it plays till the end!

[Tryme164]

This too cool. National Lampoon still rocks even after all these years.

[LandOfSteam]

He sure was right about the big future in computer maintainence.

[murkitty]

last time I heard this was on Dr Demento back in 1981.

written by Christopher Guest. btw.

thanx :)

[tomwmloppe]

Thanx...

...tom

[malighn]

hello..

do you like non-sequitur comedy

yes I do, said the llama to the senator

[peterchoyce]

YOU ARE A FLUKE of the Universe - this may be from the old National Lampoon radio hour-I'll have to ask Bill Kates.

I'm wondering what else this NORMAN ROSE has voiced. Was he a drive time DJ? The parody is just as solid as the original- WORD followed by another clever,& sensible WORD... Here, the poster on every schoolgirls door- the Max Erhman penned 1970 something top 40 HIT narrated by TVs LORNE GREENE! GO 2 watch?v=nRPLHTcIku4

taped from an old AM radio station !

[roon41]

The great voice of Norman Rose

[drumset09]

MTG FTW

2:12

[Fuzzy192006]

the amount of energy in the universe is precisely equal to howard stern's penis

[guildx700]

Loved this as a teen, what great fun. Folks miss simple humor too much these days.

"fall not in love therefore..it will stick to your face"

[UniQueLyEviL]

lol this is great.

[mmmmud]

Ironic it is, that this song has brought much more joy and happiness to the world than psudo-spiritual one it lampoons.

[Zardoz2K1]

We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About!

Deal With It!

[malighn]

I'm gonna raise me up a crop of dental floss

rizz rizz

[CTZippy]

@malighn weasels ripped my flesh!

[FERMAT0123]

why is it that so many people equate swearing with toughness? Is someone more werd if they are fu...ing weird? Would you speak that way to your parents? It's this pretentious(look it up) presentation that will keep you working at McDonalds...Oh, swearing is not permitted there.

[SgtRock57]

Be comforted in the knowledge that the hokey pokey really is what it's all about.

[Starshadow]

You do realize the Pueblo was an incident where we were caught spying on North Korea, right?

Star Trek (original flavor)'s "The Enterprise Incident" arguably one of the worst was a kind of apologia for the Pueblo.

Otherwise, great image choices!

I do so miss National Lampoon.

[SyvetheShairks]

What's wrong with spying on North Korea? Are you some kind of commie?

[Starshadow]

And when did you stop beating your wife? Do you always ask non sequitur questions?

[ksim43]

It's also a take-off on "Remember the Alamo"

[BenPanced]

AND DON'T FORGET THE SUNSCREEN!

[PatriciaShannon]

I used to hear this on public radio when I lived in Huntsville, AL. I was never able to find a recording, out of print. Thank you so much for posting it.

[darlene1029]

Great spoof on (Desiderata)this was on a National Lampoon Album long ago including skits by (The Not Ready For Prime Time Players), the original SNL crazy group.

Thanks for sharing it voic0of0the0void

[emptyandgray]

you are fucking weird.

[RalonzoP]

This track from Dr. Demento just got 100 times funnier after I heard the Desiderata on Casey Kasem's Top 40 from 1972 on XM.

So, what song is Dead Puppies parody'ing?

[ksim43]

Same here re: Desiderata, which I heard looking for this.

[TuckerdogNC]

GOD GOD GOD GOD. PULLLEEEEEEZE......We have GOT to stop this mythology!!! It is so tragic to see a child today defined by RELIGION (He's a catholic, the little girl is protestant). NO THEY AREN'T. YOU ARE!!!! This is great audio. The video sucks. But, good to hear it again. I loved it 30 years ago and it's still inspiration now.

[nancycroisant]

yup we might really be flukes..kinda scary thought but a reality.....better just enjoy the day.

[JPLeo1]

Brilliant - love Melissa's vocals, and now I know why Crane prefers this to his sentimental version

[nancycroisant]

what is this song, part of an album?

[JPLeo1]

not sure, it's a great spoof - a clever rebuff to the infamously saccharine  "Desiderata"

[TuckerdogNC]

National Lampoon Radio dinner, 1972. Comic Christopher Guest co-wrote it.

[Plutonwolf]

I bought the album and my damn mother confiscated it! LOL

[okiedragonlady2]

Just think, had the frog jumped to a different lily, and been eaten, we would all still be nothing more than pond scum.

[Plutonwolf]

Pond scum!?!?!?!?!?! I will NEVER vote for bush! harumph

[ksim43]

Though I know the overall point you are making, there were no frogs when the amino acids combined in the primordial soup to which you are referring. It was that combination that allowed for frogs millions of years later...unless you're Sarah Palin and company, then it was just later that afternoon.

[okiedragonlady2]

smiles - omg - someone with a brain. Hugs. I would have been better to have said - we would have still been nothing more than "Frogs" - hubby said the same thing as I hit the Post key. I actually believe evolution took place and God (not that bible creepy dooda) exist - I just see it as God being very scientific and very interested in letting us be what we have evolved to be - but I personally am very disappointed - grins.

[ksim43]

Thanks. One of my favorite movies allows for a combination of divinity in evolution, but the ID/creationist people (like the Republican VP) don't understand the difference between science and theology.

[okiedragonlady2]

I graduated from a Methodist college - it had an accelerated bus program and I was old. One class was on Principles of the Bible. We came from Baptist to Unitarian to me. The poor Catholic had no idea God was as mean as he is depicted in the OT. My paper was based on God in the OT was when we were ignorant babies, the NT when we became slightly rebellous teens and that as an Adult daughter of God, I didn't need either to be who I am. I got an A.

[NobodobodoN]

The Frogs are the greatest rock and roll band of all time.

[okiedragonlady2]

I don't remember The Frogs -

[secretsam215]

Know what to kiss; and when. Ain't it the truth?

[BigBird1337]

Call the FBI, LOL.

[1kevindf]

I'll bet a graphic/theater major put this together. LOL!

[davehomiak]

It's remember the U.S.S. Pueblo, not a pueblo dwelling!

[jdolew]

hacienda, pueblo, adobe... any spanish word's cool for the spirit of this song lol.

[fritzeugen02]

deteriorata kicks ass! me and my friend live by deteriorata!

[nytram42]

Never gets old. :D

[evgentz]

read Desiderata and you'll get it

[skullfork]

um.................what?