> > > > The Day the Network Died
> > > > Sung to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie"
> > -snip-
> >
> > > Have you heard the new Weird Al song 'The Saga Begins?' He Uses American Pie to tell the entire
> > > story to Star Wars: Episode One.
> >
> > It's brilliant.
> >
> > Pa"Their response, it didn't thrill us;
> > They locked the doors and tried to kill us"ul
>
> "American Pie" really lends itself to parodies 'cause it's long enough to tell a good story. Hey that was a great job with The Network Song, Brunnen-G. :-)
>
> There's another parody, which I gather is NOT by Weird Al (?), which is a take-off on "The Cat's in the Cradle" thing by Ugly Kid Joe. The words go something like:
>
> "The cat's in the kettle at the China Moon, / I don't...think...I'll be eating there soon..."
>
> Anybody know who this is by, what's it called, and where I can get the rest of the lyrics?
>
> Wolfspirit
It's Cat's in the Kettle (at the Peking Moon). Very funny stuff.