Thursday, April 19, 2007

Crippen: The Musical

Whenever I see a billboard advertising Pippin: The Musical, I always think, "Why did they make a musical about a homeopathic doctor who murdered his wife?" Then I remember: that was Crippen, not Pippin.

Then I think, wait a minute, a musical about a homeopathic doctor who murders his wife would be fantastic. Another Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice collaboration, perhumps?

"Ho, my name is Hawley Harvey and things are gettin' a teeny-weeny bit topsy-turvy
'Cause all I wanna do is have a bit of rumpy-pumpy
But dearest lovey-dovey we shouldn't dilly-dally
Because I think they're beginning to suspect that I murdered my wifey-wifey.

Oh, it's the Hawley Harvey Hop!
It's a super-duper topsy-turvy day!
Yes, it's the Hawley Harvey Hop!
I've killed my wife so now I must away...
Uh huh, it's the Hawley Harvey Hop, hop, hop...
'Cause I'm a roly-poly pooperscoopin' Hawley Harvey guy, that's right:
I'm a roly-poly pooperscoopin' Hawley Harvey guy!"

...

Fuck Tim Rice, that little cunt.

3 comments:

Pat said...

yes he certainly is...

That parading post from a few weeks back was gold. I'm going to make sure aden Rolfe reads it if he hasn't already.

My cousins were also raving about your davinci code story on the weekend.

penfold said...

Darryn- I've requested your assistance over at my blog.
My lack of posting for more than a month has killed my readership.
Fickle bastards.

astrid said...

as a kid, my mother instilled a very strong, vitriolic, venomous hate for andrew lloyd webber in me. sometimes, when i'm feeling particularly listless, i have a small murderous fantasy.