Song Parodies -> Tommy Turtle
| Original Song Title: | "Johnny Angel" |
| Original Performer: | Shelley Fabares |
| Parody Song Title: | "Tommy Turtle" |
| Parody Written by: | Tommy Turtle |
With continued encouragement from the smartest, wittiest, funniest, cleverest, kindest, most brilliant people on Earth (AmIRighters, of course), the author comes out of his shell long enough to dictate his theme song to this awed transcriber.
(Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle)
You're the turtle for me
Tommy Turtle
He's a reptile
With a brain as big as just a pea
But he carefully constructs creations cle-ver-ly
Tommy Turtle
He's amphib'yus
Coolly comfortable on land or sea
And his parodies reflect this ver-sa-til-i-ty!
Meek and modest
Hardly has much to say
He stays inside his shell
Although he writes so well
Other turtles?
Next to him, second rate
They can't articulate
Like Tommy, so I wait
'Til Tommy Turtle
Posts a new song
Quickly click in nick of time to see
Perspicacious perorations prepared plu-per-fect-ly
He's "allit'rate";
Shows such sa-gac-i-ty
Starts syll'bles sim'larly
So phonologic'ly
Other turtles
Sign some songs they can cite
But I scan Amiright
All day and half the night
For Tommy Turtle
'Cause he's brilliant
And he pens such piercing parody
That for witty written rhyme, no Turtle's so good as he!
(Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle)
You're the turtle for me
(Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle)
You're the turtle for me
You're the turtle for me
Tommy Turtle
He's a reptile
With a brain as big as just a pea
But he carefully constructs creations cle-ver-ly
Tommy Turtle
He's amphib'yus
Coolly comfortable on land or sea
And his parodies reflect this ver-sa-til-i-ty!
Meek and modest
Hardly has much to say
He stays inside his shell
Although he writes so well
Other turtles?
Next to him, second rate
They can't articulate
Like Tommy, so I wait
'Til Tommy Turtle
Posts a new song
Quickly click in nick of time to see
Perspicacious perorations prepared plu-per-fect-ly
He's "allit'rate";
Shows such sa-gac-i-ty
Starts syll'bles sim'larly
So phonologic'ly
Other turtles
Sign some songs they can cite
But I scan Amiright
All day and half the night
For Tommy Turtle
'Cause he's brilliant
And he pens such piercing parody
That for witty written rhyme, no Turtle's so good as he!
(Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle)
You're the turtle for me
(Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle, Tommy Turtle)
You're the turtle for me
Don'na reed-a this-a too-a literal, OK? © 2006 Tommy Turtle
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You're a cold-blooded man, TT.
So superbly structured stylistically, semantically, syntactically, syllablically, and alliteratively that I won't pare the pace parameter for a slight superfluity of syllables in several stunning stanzas. In other words, 5s.
I agree totally. Does your mother work for National Geographic?
Jesus H.////...! Wow. .."Perspicacious perorations prepared plu-per-fect-ly"...555
i like the way you tick
First there was John Barry--makes a person wear out a dictionary--and now you?
John B., spent hours of what should have been work time parsing the parody's pace to the OS, which has been in my head since Shelley Fabaricated it; would appreciate specifics... (Warning! Next comment contains plug -- reader discretion advised.) Royce, see "Words" on today's song list; voraciouly varied vocabulary and surfeit of sesquipedality are stuff I savor on this site.
Johny D., John B., Pomfret, Agrimorfee, alvin, Royce: Tommy Turtle tenders ten thousand thanks.
Johny D., John B., Pomfret, Agrimorfee, alvin, Royce: Tommy Turtle tenders ten thousand thanks.
My apologies for a portion of the comment above, Tommy. Pacing's perfect.
Really? You're not just saying that? Thanks, John.
p. s. Surely AmIRighters will not disappoint in appreciating the pun in the bottom comment, or is TT the only fogey old enough to remember?
p. s. Surely AmIRighters will not disappoint in appreciating the pun in the bottom comment, or is TT the only fogey old enough to remember?
Think I got it, TT. Shelly was Donna's niece, right? I've had a "Johnny" knockoff brewing for a while. Will post sometime soon.
You're the quickest turtle I know..a shell of a good job, here
AFW is right. You are a quick turtle. I bet I couldn't keep a car-apace with you. 555
I'm once again shelling out 5s for you!
John B. and AIR, Shelley Fabares played Donna Reed's daughter in the eponymously-named "Donna Reed Show"....AFW and Rick C., thanks, in a race, the Tortoise would win by a hare.... Rick, that was a horribly atrocious pun (translation: excellent!)... love this place... PMS, thanks.
A tribute to yourself, huh? 555's
Larry, yes, but wait 'til tomorrow... thanks.
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