[78-L] Yummy, yummy, yummy [cont]

[Marie Lamb]

To Mike and everyone--

Oh, it was bad, and it was a real pop song!  Unfortunately, I remember this
all too well, since it was all over the airwaves when I was a kid (1968, I
think).  It was by a group called Ohio Express, and was considered quite a
sample of what was known as bubblegum music.  I don't blame the Pythons for
poking fun at it, since I detested the song, even though at age 9 I was
probably part of the intended tween audience for it.  Bless them for giving
it the sendup it so richly deserved! Here are the lyrics:

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/supersizeme/yummyyummyyummy.htm
As you can see from the link, it showed up years later
on the soundtrack of "Super Size Me," the scathing documentary film about
the fast food industry.  Sadly, it was also the last song that Julie London
recorded before deciding to concentrate on her acting career.

As a friend's mom used to sing it, "Yummy, yummy,
yummy, I've got love in my tummy, and I feel like I'm
gonna puke!"  ;-)

Now you know what the Pythons were parodying--

Marie Lamb


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Mike Harkin <harkinmike at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I  THOUGHT Yummy Yummy Yummy was Monty Python -- local Bulgarian channel is
> running MPFC, and it was in yesterday's episode, along with How not to be
> seen, Crackpot Religions, and Conquistador Coffee....  'Twas backdrop for
> end titles, perfomred by a groupd of various-sized packing cases.  Be
> "interesting" to know what they are parodying....  Except that in the case
> of Rock and Roll it would be hard to parody somehing that's already a
> travesty, or so bad it's a parody of itself.
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
>
> --
> I think you have everything you need.  If not, you'll just have to fake
> it.--Don Dolloff, WCNY Classic FM, 2002.
>
> Never a dull moment; if there is one, chances are I'm not around.--Marie
> Lamb, WAER Jazz 88, 2002
>
> It's not true that I had nothing on.  I had the radio on.--Marilyn Monroe
>
> The moment you say "Please, give me a reason for this,"
> you are being impossible and temperamental.--Montserrat
> Caballé.
>