Musical Parodies Act as Balm for These Trying Times
The Andrew Lloyd Webber bailout


All this financial hoo-ha and death of print media is depressing, sure. Kind of makes you wish you could crawl back under your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles covers and take out your Ecto Cooler juice box and hide until the Dow Jones magically soars up 400 points (too late).

Or, if you are anything like me, you spent this week distracting yourself with politically-themed musicals and reminiscing about the days you used to stand in line for Rent rush tickets. Hopefully everyone saw the Les MisBarack video, correct? So good.

But if you are still feeling down, here's The Daily Show's take on Streisand from Wednesday:

 

If that doesn't float your nostalgia boat well then you're dead inside, but try some Golden Girls Election '08 (R.I.P. Estelle Getty).

Sep 19, 2008 · posted by drew · Link · 2 Responses
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Comments (2)

No. 1 Soul Brother Kab says:

I believe that any article or piece of writing that can work in a reference to Ghostbusters drinks and Ninja Turtle sheets is a brilliant piece of work. Thank you very much, sir. I'm being totally honest, bravo.

Posted: Sep 20, 2008 at 12:33 pm
No. 2 drew says:

I'm a woman but thanks :-p

Posted: Sep 20, 2008 at 8:19 pm
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