Healthcare Reform Medley - 2010 Tulsa Gridiron

Feel like health-care reform is the end of our country - or the very thing we need? Here's irreverent comedy (Tulsa Gridiron-style) set to song with a brief skit to set it all up. Skit players are Rebecca Ungerman and Jay Krottinger, who also sing the first tune, "Barack'in' Pneumonia and the Public-Option Flu" to original lyrics by John Stancavage. That's followed by a nearly full-cast production, featuring John Cory, Rebecca Marks, Darell Christopher, Olivia Duhon and Crystal Kline, of "Doctor, Doctor," with original lyrics by Randy Krehbiel.
Video from live performance March 12, 2010, at Tulsa Performing Arts Center Liddy Doenges Theatre
Lyrics:
Barack-in' Pneumonia
Went to the ER with a little hangnail
Now my doctor bill could choke a whale
And I'm feelin' kinda colicky, too
Give me Barack-in' pneumonia and the public-option flu
Well the Congress wants to jump up and shout
Massachusetts boy is creepin' me out
Big Pharma's got me by the family jewels,
I want Barack-in' pneumonia and the public-option flu
Give me Barack-in' pneumonia and the public-option flu
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Doctor, Doctor
Oh, ohhhh!
Fight in Congress, left me in a sweat
I've got to pay my health care debt
Democrats fill me with dread
Republicans leave me for dead
Doctor, Doctor, give me the news
I've got a bad case of health care blues
Don't know how to pay my bill
I've got a bad case of health care blues.
My body aches and it keeps losin' parts
The ticker's dead, buddy, just won't start.
You think I'm cute? How about this sty?
Look here, got a rash on my thigh.
Doctor, Doctor, give me the news
I've got a bad case of health care blues
Don't know how to pay my bill
I've got a bad case of health care blues.
Each of my pills is $2.50 a pop
More meds, please, doctor, don't let 'em stop!
It has me down, bank account is zip
No insurance worth a flip
Shake my fist! Bang my head!
Can't pay you doctor - alive or dead.
Doctor, Doctor, give me the news
I've got a bad case of health care blues
Don't know how to pay my bill,
I've got a bad case of health care blues.

2010 Tulsa Gridiron (www.tulsagridiron.org): directed by Rebecca Ungerman; produced by Kerry Malone. Video by James Plumlee and Julia Hastins. www.jamesplumleephoto.com

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