So I'm a little bit late...

[vakkotaur]

In an earlier post I listed snippets of songs. Well, here's where they came from....

1.
The stars are out tonight in all their glory.
Star Lover -- Craig of Farrington
bronxelf_ag001 got this, or close enough as makes no difference.

2.
Correlate, tabulate, process and screen, program, printout, regress to the mean.
The White Collar Holler -- Stan Rogers
michaelmink got this one.

3.
Ah, Petrushka, they're playing our song.
Rhapsody From Hunger-y -- Spike Jones
This is one of the very few lines in the... tune.

4.
We've got a heckuva job to do, but you can bet that we'll see it through.
We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again -- vocals by Dick Robertson (written by Cliff Friend and Charles Tobias)
I'm a bit surprised that pharwarner didn't get this one.

5.
Those eastern Winters, I can't endure 'em, so every year I pack my gear and come out here 'til Purim.
(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica -- Tom Lehrer
This is on "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" (Disk 3) - not previously released, so it is a bit obscure. It's one of Lehrer's more fun tunes - and that's saying something.

6.
In '88 still not complete, a contractor's salvation.
Hymn #694: The Interstate Highway System of the United States of America -- Free Hot Lunch!
pharwarner and michaelmink both got this one, or as close I did before Googling

7.
And who was Sandy Duncan in Veronica Lake on the Dyna Shore east of Audry Meadows?
Name Dropper -- Steve Kehela
Another example of Demento's demented fun.

8.
Our scientists have admitted that we're five years behind. And if that's true, I'm telling you this hiddin' place is mine.
Sputnicks and Muttnicks -- Ray Anderson and the Homefolks
pharwarner got this one.

9.
Just a plain bomb is bad, but that A-bomb is worse, and they done named that H-bomb well.
Atomic Sermon -- Billy Hughes and the Rhythm Buckaroos
pharwarner also got this one.

10.
Let's party with centaurs...
If I Could Be Like Xena -- Marylin Rucker

11.
If you get advice from the fish in the river, it's surely a sign that you're stark raving mad.
Advice From The Animals -- Minstrosity (Primary vocalist: John C. Wiseman)
pharwarner got this one. I wonder if wendyzski and jmthane passed this by or both decided that being performers on it would be an unfair advantage.

12.
No matter how I try, I simply can't get high, but'ch ya ought to see the way I climb a tree!
A Song With A Peel -- Spike Jones Jr.
Jr. did this song poking fun at the idea of getting high from smoking banana or banana peels.

13.
...warning signs, electric fences, HIGH VOLTAGE!
Dirty Deeds (Done With Sheep) -- Bob Rivers(?)
pharwarner got this one and bronxelf_ag001 got what it was based on. The last two words are a match between the this and the original.

14.
We have every convenience that man hath devised in the year 1573.
Bristol That Stands By The Sea -- Minstrosity (Primary vocalist: John C. Wiseman)
Again I wonder if wendyzski and jmthane passed this by or both decided that being performers on it would be an unfair advantage.

15.
But lately I have been spotted, with a Big Mac on my breath, stumbling into a Colonel Sanders with a face as white as death.
Junk Food Junkie -- Larry Groce (The X-Ray Spex song of the same title is much different.)

16.
Hey, I don't care if you don't think she's there, I'll just keep her for myself.
Centaur Girlfriend -- Jeremy
pharwarner got this one. I am not surprised.

17.
Be careful my dear brothers, don't take away the joy, just use it for the good of man and never to destroy.
Atomic Power -- The Buchanan Brothers
pharwarner also got this one.

18.
My Pop is still in the factory because he don't know what time it happens to be.
Five O'Clock Whistle -- Glen Miller (No idea who the vocalists are)
pharwarner got this one, too.

19.
She's just the way I want her to be, a million times hotter than TNT.
Atom Bomb Baby -- The Five Stars
pharwarner got this one as well.

20.But I know it will all make sense, if you love me in the present tense.
If Your Life Was On Videotape -- Steve Goodman
Evidently captain18 didn't read the entry, or I expect he'd have gotten this one right off.

Normal? What's that? And why should I care? I'd rather have fun!