Politics `Beach Blanket Babylon' style
Leave it to the country's longest-running musical revue --34 years and counting -- to nail the political atmosphere.Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, always updating characters and songs to keep up with current events, has added Barack and Michelle Obama, John and Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin to its roster.(all photos by Kevin Berne)
Senator Barack Obama, joined by his fist-bumping wife Michelle Obama, enters singing new lyrics to the 1950's tune "Rock Around the Clock."BARACK:"One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock Barack,Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock BarackMICHELLE:Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock BarackBOTH:It's Barack around the clock tonightBARACK:Got the factsIt's plain to seeJoe Biden's the Vice President for meWe want changeMICHELLE:He's not messin' aroundBARACKPresident ObamaMICHELLE:We like that soundBOTH:It's Barack, Barack around the clock tonight!
Then. . .Senator John McCain, joined by his Vice President nominee Sarah Palin, strike back singing new lyrics to the 1950's song "Johnny B. Goode."McCAIN:"I come from ArizonaGot the energyI got a Barbie doll wifeRich as can beThey say I'm too oldSo to shake up the sceneI picked a woman vice presidentA real beauty queen.PALIN:I am the Alaskan governorBut now things are wildA mother of five childrenAnd one who's with childOkay, I won a pageantBut this chick ain't dumbI'm full of sassI'll kick your assAnd might use my gun
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