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Best of two years worth of songs and comedy!

It's Technical | Orlando, FL USA | 11/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is another classic of songs and bits that will make you laugh and, personally, helped me out of my post election funk. It contains the funny stuff from Rush's show since the election of '04, so it's sort of like a "Best Of.." for 2 years worth of material.

The best part of the humor is, like Rush says, it has to have the core of truth. Using the audio bit of Ted Kennedy at the begining of "Osama Obama" set it up and hits it out of the park! I love the line in the song where Teddy asks "Waitress! Where is my sandwhich?", reffering to the drunken parties that Teddy used to have with Senator Chris Dodd, when they would find and young waitress, slam her between each other and call this a "waitress sandwhich"! The press would only let liberals get away with stunts like this and this maybe the only way that the word gets around.

"Sneakin' In America" is another favorite! The original song is great but the parody lyrics are the best! You could put some of these songs on your ipod and use them as workout music! This also goes for "We Do Run Run" and "Kick Backs".

One word of warning, DO NOT drink anything while you are listening to the bit "Tom Daschel Show Wrestling Match"! I burst out laughing at the annoucement of what the contestants, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary, were wearing!

P.S. the last track contains a "ghost track" of the old "Joy Boys", Willard Scott and Ed Walker, doing an improvised comedy interview with Russian actress Villanova VonNovacaine! The whole bit involves multiple translators because no one speaks Russain!"

It rather hurts to write this...

lighten_up_already2 | Kirkland, WA USA | 11/22/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Paul Shanklin has got to be one of the most brilliant satirists alive today, and a huge vocal talent considering all the voices he can do, so it pains me to write that there's nothing on this CD that I'll want to listen to again, having just heard it all the way through.



I own just about all the Shanklin CDs, and it seem that on every one until now there's always been at least one or two songs that are just bust-a-gut funny because the spoof-lyrics are as well written (rhyme and meter wise) as the lyrics of the song that is being spoofed.



Not so true this time. There are some great ideas that are not exploited to their full potential, like "Leutenant Kerry's Purple Hearts Club Band". What a great idea! However, the lyrics are jerky, sort of awkward, and not as clever as I've grown to expect from a Paul Shanklin production.



This CD was surely good for a laugh, but sadly only once."