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Song Parodies -> "Thanks for the Mammaries"

Original Song Title:

"Thanks for the Memory"

Original Performer:

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross

Parody Song Title:

"Thanks for the Mammaries"

Parody Written by:

metaphorsbwithu

The Lyrics

Ok, first I am a big Bob Hope fan. There have been dozens of different versions of "Thanks for the Memory" since it was first sung in The Big Broadcast of 1938, most of them sung by Bob himself. I'm sure there have been any number of parodies and puns based on the concept, but I hope mine comes close to keeping the feel of the original ... with a little tweak of course. ;-)
THANKS FOR THE MAMMARIES

Thanks for the mammaries:
Your lingerie and bras, bikinis made me pause
On beaches East and West I’m thankful that we broke no laws
How lucky I was.

And thanks for the mammaries:
In showers dripping wet, spectacular you bet
I loved to hide your towels, when you called I’d run to fetch
How eager I was.

Now since you’re gone I wake up
I shower, the walls they are moldy
The radio blasting an oldie
Then I start to cry, no boobs now to die

For … thanks for the mammaries:
For every tease and thrill, such fun to climb those hills
I've lived a lot and learned a lot, you loved me not and still
I miss them so much.

Thanks for the mammaries:
You jumped - they danced a jig, I thought I’d flip my wig
Your cups did runneth over made my eyes like saucers big
How lovely they were.

Thanks for the mammaries:
Your temper was a fact; but truth I loved your rack
Tonight their image steals before me and I want you back
How perky they were.

Gone are Victoria’s Secrets
And gone are those cuddles together
But now I’m caressing a cold brew
And wishing that you, were sharing one too.

I know I’m a hopeless case:
I’ll never see another ... pair like yours, Oh, brother!
Your voice was like a chalkboard, but if I still had my druthers
I’d beg you to stay.
Of course, this is only a parody, right? I'm sure there are very few guys who are this shallow or have really gone through something like this. At least I hope so.

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LSUfreek - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
5 star funny
Guy - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Metaphorsbwithu - So Opey-Wants-Canolopies. Or as is sung in BBTL

The manager mister
With the silicon sister...

Go for a swim and do the brest stroke - that should cool ya some. Very entertaining and I could just see old Bing himself singing this - yeah right, toss another coin into the wishing well. Fine write to an old established OS.
metaphorsbwithu - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Thanks LSUFreek! Welcome! Too bad we can't combine my musical abominations with your hysterically funny sports animations. For the interested see: http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/author/LSUFreek.tsn
metaphorsbwithu - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Oh, you are a funny Guy! Yes, it does have that little sentimental lilt we don't see much of anymore, doesn't it? Kinda brings a tear to your eyes ... I know it does mine. What a great song! Have to check out the Opey (Opie?) song. And yes, I can actually imagine either Bing or Bob singing this with a straight face. :-D
Boob Hope - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
I was hoping some boob would write something like this. =;-)
Shallow-Water Turtle - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Surely you jest? ... I know, stop calling you Shirley. (Leslie Nielsen). Guys, shallow? That's what John Barry would call a tautology, and the rest of us, a redundancy. Yeah, it's been done many times before, but this was well-executed. EEE.

Oh, and as for that cold brew: A little nip'll never hurt!.
Fiddlegirl - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
A direct hit... in the jug-ular vein. And based on what I've heard about Bob Hope, he would've loved it! ;)
Guy @ TT - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
"EEE" - The hex you say?

If you want to see Shirley Jest, then check out Ann Hammond's parody today. This is Ann Hammond appreciation day - she is being under-appreciated today.

And just remember about redundancy - All redundancy comes from the redundancy czar who happens to also head up the Department of Redundancy Department. The new Redundancy czar named recently was a guy named Peter Peters who has a twin. Their mom named them Pete and Repeat. =;-)
TT @ Guy - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
No, in hex I would have just given it an "F" -- which doesn't look so good to those who aren't hex-agonal.
Guy @ TT - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
That's why I said what the hex? It made no sense in decimal, binary or octal. EEE is 14 14 14 or as a whle hex number becomes 3822 in decimal - but we were on base number systems yesterday,
metaphorsbwithu - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Thanks Fiddlegirl! You are too funny! It's never melon-choly with you're around.
metaphorsbwithu - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Actually TT, you might say it was "Shirley's Chest" that inspired this bit of fun. And oh, the "shallow" reference? Well, that was very much tongue-in-cheek. But thanks for reminding me of what tautology means. :-D
TT @ Guy and M4bU - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Guy: "That was yesterday, and yesterday's gone" -- Chad and Jeremy. We're on mammaries today, so those were bra (cup) sizes, dig?

metaphorsbwithu: "Tongue-in-cheek"? For this parody, shouldn't it be a little lower down? :D ... the other meaning of "tautology" is the study of keeping her ropes nice and taut :)
John Barry - August 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Humorously speaking, you went for the jugsular. Can't knock it. You're a rackonteur.
metaphorsbwithu - August 26, 2009 - Report this comment
Rack-onteur! Now that's clever, John Barry. The comments here can be so entertaining.
Robert - February 06, 2010 - Report this comment
I love it. I want to use this in a book I am writing (with your permission) if I can find a way to contact you... or at least figure out some way to give you a credit line. Taa-Taa for now

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