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clockworkmonkey
07-13-2009, 10:56 AM
The subject of Weird Al's latest single? A Jungle Cruise Skipper. (http://worldfamousjunglecruise.blogspot.com/2009/07/weird-als-skipper-dan.html)

Unexpected. I look forward to hearing it later, but you can follow the link NOW!

KarenW2
07-13-2009, 11:06 AM
This video is hilarious!! The animation is pretty cute, almost looking like Shag-type art and the lyrics are great!

One of my boyfriends (before I met my hubby of 30+ years) was a skipper and I listened to his spiel so many times. He had different ones for different occasions (grad night, older folks, younger folks, etc.), but it always cracked me up the way he used to say, "Oh no! They're wiggling their ears!"

Thanks for putting up this link! I'm off to share it with others!

One question, is this a parody of a known song, or just one written by Al that doesn't already exist. If it's a parody, I don't know the song, but would love to hear what the source material is.

Bytebear
07-13-2009, 11:30 AM
The style reminds me a lot of Weezer, specifically, the start of the song, reminds me a lot of Pork and Beans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fbytebea r&feature=player_profilepage

olegc
07-13-2009, 10:34 PM
great tune and a good satire on the different jokes and what some of the skippers must go through. Classic Weird Al.

BrandonH
07-14-2009, 03:44 PM
This is a very amusing song and video. Anybody who finds themselves doing something different than they expected in life or taking a job to keep food on the table should find the song relevant. For Disney fans, the lines about hippos wiggling their ears and the backside of water are a treat.

Drince88
07-14-2009, 04:36 PM
That was cute (and yea, kinda sad) And I'm pretty sure that WDW doesn't have piranhas, so that IS a DL Jungle Cruise Skipper Dan!

TowerofTerror
07-14-2009, 05:49 PM
I love what he does to anything weird AL is great and his take the Jungle Cruise ride is very funny

Chadsgal
07-15-2009, 06:41 PM
That is great!!! Wierd Al is the only celeb I have ever seen in Disneyland so this is really cool to me. Love it acutally LOL'd