Gifts for Grandmother

Since music is my career and has been since the age of 9 years and I've been an actor since 1980, it seemed logical to make a Top 10 list of my favorite songs comedy. There have been many new songs in the charts and in the films of the years and hopefully I can remember all that I enjoyed. I certainly do my best to cover all of them. If I forget any of you, let me know and I will update the list. I will just through most of them and put them on my list. With all that is says, here we go:

Monty Python has provided many songs that I have loved in recent years, Sit on my face, Brave Sir Robin, see the positive side of life and of course his infamous The Lumberjack Song. I also loved the theme of their old television shows, Monty Python's Flying Circus. It was said by George Harrison that he had felt when the Beatles broke up, Python has taken over, so to speak, and continued with the aura and spirit. I totally agree. Their shows, movies and songs are classics and so was the play Spamalot, which I thought was absolutely hysterical and brilliant.

Mel Brooks has been incredible in providing us with great comedy songs and theme songs. Blazing Saddles and I'm tired of the movie Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety in the film of the same name, springtime for Hitler and prisoners in Love producers, and Putting on the Ritz from Young Frankenstein. Mr. Brooks never ceases to amaze with his talent and his sense of humor.

Ray Stevens has written and produced many, many great comedy songs from throughout his illustrious career. Please Mr. Custer, The Streak, Ahab the Arab, Harry The Hairy Ape and one of my favorite titles of all time they really were able to fit on the label of the old 45's, polyunsaturated Jeremiah Peabody fast-dissolving, fast acting, pleasant tasting green and purple pills. I'm still surprised that the record company was for that title and agreed to print on the cover. That's a lot of extra ink for registration.

Allen Sherman, in the 50's & 60's, used to make plenty of parodies of classic songs. His most famous was Muddah Hello, Hello Faddah. It was the plight of a child at camp. Very funny and relatable for children and adults alike.

The Partners did a great comedy song in the 50s has more and faster than the melody was named along Beep Beep (Little Nash Rambler). I loved that song as a child. It was very special and was in rotation on radio stations for several weeks.

Sheb Wooley had a great song in the 50s called Flying Purple People Eater. I rememebr all visual elements that the song evoked as a young boy. I mean, how is it possible to escape a Purple People Eater he could fly too?

Dave Seville had a lot of great successes with its famous squirrels then. Simon, Theodore and Alvin! "OKAAAAAY!". The Chipmunk Song, and the witch were the first songs to use technology enhance the voice of a person and make it sound mechanically as well. Dave's real name was Ross Bagdasarian and his son finally took over the work later.

Spike Jones was an act so novelty of their time and their songs were simply hysterical and unique sound because of all the sound effects they used and played live, I might add. Cocktails for Two and always Hurt The One You Love were excellent and always made me laugh and still do to this day.

I think the 50s was a great time for comedy and novelty songs. I really do not know why I seemed to have disappeared in recent years. They are still some but not in sufficient abundance as before. Perhaps because the world was much more innocent back then and people are not so easily these days fun. I do not know the reason, but I think it's a shame that more was not made today. I think people need more humor in their lives in these crazy times we live

Thus that, here we go:

My Top 10 Favorite Songs Comedy 1. Springtime for Hitler

2. Sit On My Face

3. The Lumberjack Song

4. Brave Sir Robin

5. You Always Hurt The One You Love

6. Please Mr. Custer

7. Beep Beep (Little Nash Rambler)

8. High Anxiety

9. Look on the bright side of life

10. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah

My honorable mentions are anything by Weird Al Yankovic, he he deserved it for the Broadway Chicago, Grandma was run over by a reindeer by Dr. Elmo, either by Captain Spaulding from the movie Animal Crackers with the Brothers Marx and Mrs. Lydia also tattooed with the Marx Brothers in the movie In the circus, King Tut by Steve Martin, The Chanukah Song by Adam Sandler, Rodney Rappin 'by Rodney Dangerfield, Blue Christmas sung by Porky, who come to take me by Napoleon XIV (aka Jerry Samuels), lyrics by Stephen Lynch, who Can not Stop my leg and colonoscopy by Robert Klein, Everything by John Valby, and as Your Little Whosey? of the comic with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

If I have not mentioned one of his favorites, let me know and I will add to my list of honorable mentions or update my favorite Top 10 list if I agree with him. I'm sure I've forgotten a lot over years. Until then, thanks again for reading, the tornado COMEDY!

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