Inspired by my pal Suze, I offer a Carpenters tribute... after a fashion...
Rick Moranis, Parenthood:
Chris Farley and David Spade, Tommy Boy:
The following is the one Carpenters song I genuinely love. I've long assumed that it was originally their song and Sesame Street co-opted it. In fact, the opposite is true. "Sing" was written by Joe Raposo who penned the vast majority of the classic songs from both SS and The Electric Company:
Finally, a reverse tribute. Obviously, this was a Beatles song first and the world would be better off if the Carpenters had never gone anywhere near it. Think of it as brain cleanser:
Well, see now, *there's* the mark of a successful musical career: schmaltzy tributes by Canuck funsters.
ReplyDeleteBoth of those first two clips still make me laugh, despite repeated viewings. The line in the first - "We're trying so hard to keep these kids off drugs" - gets me every time.
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