THE QUEEN OF WISHFUL DRINKING [A Star Wars fan finds it's expensive to see Carrie Fisher on B'way]

CLICK "MORE INFO" FOR SING-ALONG LYRICS;
Parody lyric: Fred Landau [from a hypothetical parody film idea WITTY WOMAN]

AUDIO PREVIEW OF PARODY OF: "King of Wishful Thinking" as performed by Go West for the film PRETTY WOMAN


Remember when a hundred and ten
Was something that was in the shade
Now thats the price without any ice
Because attendance must be paid

When I read New Yorkers Talk of the Town
Its C-Carrie Fisher by herself

I worked overtime at my low wage
Spent my savings without thinking
'Cause it's Princess Leia on that stage
That's the ka-ching of Wishful Drinking

That's the ka-ching of "Wishful Drinking"

I don't choose to read her reviews
They'll probly tell me way too much
They'll give away the quips that she'll say
'Bout Harrison and Mark and such

Since she has left a hole in my wallet
I've somehow got to fool myself

That the hundred ten plus service charge
That I shelled out without blinking
Doesn't make the tension loom so large
I hocked my bling for Wishful Drinking


I never ever spend a hundred bucks
I'll get over it I know I will

Should I have spent the dough on Jackman and Craig
Or maybe Catherine Zeta Jones

Will the audience be hip and glam
That'd help if the show is stinking
Lord let Rosie sit near where I am
Will I see Sting at Wishful Drinking
Or Larry King at Wishful Drinking

I'll get over it, won't curse and and cuss
She has a place in my heart
But lord I spent a hundred plus
I hope there's zing to Wishful Drinking

I'll get over it, I know I will
I'll pretend theres a cast of thirty
And I'll miss Catherine Zeta Jones
To see this thing called Wishful Drinking

I'll get over it, wont make a scene
She has a place in my heart
I'll miss James Bond and Wolverine
For the ka-ching of Wishful Drinking

Contact info for the parody: starfighterllc@aol.com

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• wishful
• drinking
• carrie
• fisher
• king
• of
• thinking
• roundabout
• studio

[mao2meow]

$110.00 to see "Wishful Drinking"? Wow!! I saw it at the Berkeley Rep for $15.00 (discount school rate) in March 2008 . I wonder how much Green Day's "American Idiot" will be? I saw it at the Berkeley Rep in September for $45.00. It's probably going to over $100.00. Now that show is definitely worth seeing!

[hnkstl]

VERY, very clever! Nice..

[worldterp2b]

haha, its a good show - you will enjoy. Maybe you should have hopped the express to DC to catch it at arena stage last year. wasnt so pricey here. but great fun!!

[Jaynrand]

LOL.....it's Princess Leia!!

[nickoskopry]

i know that

[naftaliML]

Of course, Peter Cox's voice on the real song is incomparable - but the parody here of the mannerisms are still lots of fun. The video for "King of Wishful Thinking" is so crazily wild and ripe for parody, so I'd love to see what you do as a parody of it, since you seem to be calling this an audio preview. Would you be allowed to put Star Wars- like characters in it since it's parody, i wonder.

[corgiguy95]

LOL, Fred - I loved it!

I guess we're so used to Broadway ticket prices that we didn't blink at the $111.25 price for the really best seats - that's kind of scary, isn't it?  And what the heck is that extra $1.25 facility charge on top of the $110 price for, anyway?