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Song Parodies -> "Puttin' On Some Frizz"

Original Song Title:

"Puttin' On the Ritz"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Irving Berlin

Parody Song Title:

"Puttin' On Some Frizz"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

He's extremely well-to-do,
Surrounded by retinue.
He is famous on the air
For his show and shock of hair.

High-roller with big dollars,
What's that above his collars?
His mane looks leonine,
On pate--hooked rayon twine.

If wind blew
Like hurricanes in the bayou,
It wouldn't move, this bouffant biz.
Puttin' on some frizz.

On his shiny pate, he pastes coats
Of a slimy plaster--takes hold,
Fur-crest rig,
Puttin' on a wig.

{verse 5,version 1}
Tressed up with a many-dollars toupee,
For that carpet, what'd that dude have to pay?
Loose-splay?
Mousse-spray!

{verse 5,version 2}
Tressed up with a tonsure-topping toupee,
French barber says, "C'est sécateur-coupé."
[sotto voce]
"Roué rouet!
Bouffon bouffé!
Bourde pas bouclé!"

{translation:
"I need hedge-clippers to trim it."
[under his breath]
"Red-mullet roué!
Puffed-up buffoon!
Curl-curbed boob!"}

In mane's mixed what Rockefeller found, made rich,
Or frothy gel 'r pomade pitch--
Peruke moussed is slick.

Holdin' down, sans hat, peruke, so happy,
All tressed up with straightened strands not nappy,
Never flappy.

He's de-haired but has this top thing that he snared
When merkin* shopping for gal's gig'. . .
Pussy mop, his wig.


*false hair for the female pudenda

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Chris Kilo - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
Nice! Very funny stuff
Jack Wilson - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
I only know the Taco version, but this was still gerat 555!
alvin rhodes - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
not only a great job on a weirdly paced tune..but i learned a new word today, too
Michael Pacholek - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
Someday I should do "Drinkin' All the Schlitz," except I think that brand of beer has been out of business for a few years now. Jack: For a real eye-opener, you should go to the video store and rent the 1937 film "San Francisco." Clark Gable -- yes, THAT Clark Gable -- puts on top hat, white tie and tailes, dances with a cane, and sings "Puttin' On the Ritz" while the 1906 earthquake approaches. How good was he? Lemme put it this way: It's a good thing he didn't quit his day job (acting)!
Yoidy - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
A pompadora five a five a five a!
AFW - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
You're right on top of it with this
John Barry - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
Thanks, Chris, Jack, Alvin, Michael, Yoidy, AFW.
Jack Wilson - November 28, 2006 - Report this comment
Ill do that Mike! and I just remembered I sdo know this evrsion from when Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle sing it in the best scene in Young FRankenstein
Ann Hammond - November 30, 2006 - Report this comment
I think you're on top of this one too. I

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