I decided to post this here instead of the other parody board spot, as I would like to make this a contest if I can get enough entries.... :)


Have you ever been grabbed by a silly phrase that just won't leave your head, and keeps making you giggle?

Well, some years ago, I was transcribing an old will from the 1600s, and I came across the phrase:

"When the corne is out of Parc an Venton..."

I laughed at the time, thinking it would nake a funny line is a goofy love song; now I am thinking it might be great parody fodder.

So here is the challange:

Write a parody about any subject you wish, but include the line:

"when the corne is out of Parc an Venton"

Submit to Amiright, and then post the link here when it is posted. If I can get a decent response I will put it up as a contest. Let's give it till the end of Sunday, Dec. 12th (US PST) to submit here.

Thanks!  ;)

If I could remember anything other than the first line of "When the carnival is over", I'd have a go with that one..

It's a bit La Belle Dame Sans Merci, ain't it:
"Oh, what can ail thee, knight at arms
Alone and palely loitering
The corne is out of Parc an Venton
And no birds sing"

Hmm... I'm going to be off for a couple of days, I'll see if anything comes to mind

I now, officially, lay claim to The Doors' song "When The Music's Over" as the original song that I shall parody for my entry in this contest!  ;D ;D ;D

Of course I can't really lay claim to any particular original song, I know, I know, it's all just in fun .....

I just wanted folks to know which song I plan to parody ..... Please, feel free to parody the same song, too!

Here is part of the parody I shall submit:

Verily, come on...
When the corne is out of...
When the corne is out of there...
When the corne is out of,
Parc an Venton,
Parc an Venton,
Parc an Venton, chere...

Good idea Johnny! - claiming an OS

and likewise I give notice that work is about to commence on the following OS

When the corne is out of Parc an Venton
Mother Mary comes to me
"No more corne for you folk
Let it be"

Alright!

Thanks for participating guys!

Now we just need about 4 more entries and it will be a certain go. C'mon - more participants needed! :)

here you go for the first one merry :)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thebeatles36.shtml

hope you get some more

here you go for the first one merry :)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thebeatles36.shtml

hope you get some more





Read and commented Stu

Read and commented Stu



thanks Karen - I noticed  :)

I just submitted my entry:

"When The Corne Is Out Of",
a parody of "When The Music's Over" by The Doors.

The chorus is slightly different from what I posted earlier in this thread, but still pretty much the same.

Good job guys!

Now go bug all your friends - we need 5 more!

M :)

Good job guys!

Now go bug all your friends - we need 5 more!

M :)


where's yours Merry? - I think you need to inspire with leadership!!!   ;)

Good job guys!

Now go bug all your friends - we need 5 more!

M :)


Hey, yeah, Mer, howzabout puttin' yer corn niblets where yer mouth is?  ;D

I've got this tune stuck in my head that fits the phrase perfectly, something like "I wish I were an Oscar Myer weiner."
I think it's some advertisement that was on in the 80s or something, does anyone know it?
It's probably one that every US kid alive knows and I look a complete ass screwing up the words...

I've got this tune stuck in my head that fits the phrase perfectly, something like "I wish I were an Oscar Myer weiner."
I think it's some advertisement that was on in the 80s or something, does anyone know it?
It's probably one that every US kid alive knows and I look a complete a** screwing up the words...


Or it could be from the close-to one hit wonder "Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc, check the end of the quoted paragraph below

I went up to this girl
She said "Hi, my name is Sheena"
I'd thought she'd be good to go
With a little funky cold medina
She siad "I'd like a drink"
I said hmm, I'll go get it
And then a couple of sips
She cold licked her lips
And I knew that she was wit' it
So I took her to my crib
Everything went as well as planned
But when she got undressed
It was a big ol' mess
Sheena was a man
So I threw him out
I don't fool around
With no Oscar Mayer Weiner
You must be sure you're girl is pure
For the funky cold medina

"When the corne is out of Parc an Venton..."


BTW: Can you "translate" the phrase for me to?

Found it:

I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner
That is what I truly wish to be
cause if i were a oscar mayer weiner
everyone would be in love
oh everyone would be in love
everyone would be in love with me

...too short to parody, unless I do heaps of verses.

Found it:

I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner
That is what I truly wish to be
cause if i were a oscar mayer weiner
everyone would be in love
oh everyone would be in love
everyone would be in love with me

...too short to parody, unless I do heaps of verses.


I don´t know the rhythm of that commercial so I don´t know if this fits. Maybe you can adjust it if it needs to.

I wish you were the One Guy mighty whiner
That is what I truly wish you´d be
Cos if you were the One Guy mighty whiner
everyone could use their glove
and everyone your votes could shove
Everyday would be our spanking spree

I am in.  I am writing a parody of "Oh When The Saints Go Marching In"

"When the corne is out of Parc
An Venton" goes back to the mart
We will not have to eat the cucumbers
Get more corne Parc an Venton

8)

where's yours Merry? - I think you need to inspire with leadership!!!   ;)




Don't worry - We will have one. I am not sure if it will be a joint effort, or if Pip and I will write separate ones in order to add to the volume... does anyone think that would be permissable? :)

Oh! Either way - we have dibs on "Cracklin' Rosie" and "Aquarius."

Hey, yeah, Mer, howzabout puttin' yer corn niblets where yer mouth is?  ;D


Oh, we will! I was just trying to get the finishing touches on our Parodus Opus for Monday's submission... ;)

BTW: Can you "translate" the phrase for me to?


Very loose translation:

"Once the field has been harvested..."

But you can parody it any way you want - the weirder the better!  :D

Don't worry - We will have one. I am not sure if it will be a joint effort, or if Pip and I will write separate ones in order to add to the volume... does anyone think that would be permissable? :)

Oh! Either way - we have dibs on "Cracklin' Rosie" and "Aquarius."



permissable??  preferable!!  that way we get 2 :)

Very loose translation:

"Once the field has been harvested..."



now you tell me! 
after I've just gone the COMPLETE other way with it  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

(and my dog agrees)

Okay, Meriadoc, my entry has posted ... here's a link to "When The Corne Is Out Of":

When The Corne Is Out Of

Well, it seemed to me to have a kind of olde-worlde prophetic ring to it... so I wrote:

The Ende of Days, to Auld Lang Syne

permissable??  preferable!!  that way we get 2 :)




Okay guys - I need some more feedback. I've written mine; Pip's is almost done. Should we submit them both as Merry & Pippin, and say whose is whose? Or let you guess? I would kind of like to have them both under M&P so they go in with our other parodies. What do you all think...?

:)

Okay guys - I need some more feedback. I've written mine; Pip's is almost done. Should we submit them both as Merry & Pippin, and say whose is whose? Or let you guess? I would kind of like to have them both under M&P so they go in with our other parodies. What do you all think...?

:)


Enter them both under M&P so they go in with your other parodies, but in the top-box above the parody, put a note saying which one is by Merry and which is by Pippin.  It would be both fun and interesting to help your readers start to get a feel for your individual styles.

Howzat sound, hobbits? :)

Thanks Johnny! That is how we will do it then! :) Hopefully both will be submitted tonight...

Enter them both under M&P so they go in with your other parodies, but in the top-box above the parody, put a note saying which one is by Merry and which is by Pippin.  It would be both fun and interesting to help your readers start to get a feel for your individual styles.

Howzat sound, hobbits? :)




Thanks Johnny!

It will certainly help you to sort the wheat from the chaff, ha ha!  I would find that statement funnier if I didn’t think that I was gonna be the chaff…  :(

I think your ability to tell our styles apart will hereafter fall into the category of “bleedingly obvious”!!

:D

Very loose translation:

"Once the field has been harvested..."

But you can parody it any way you want - the weirder the better!  :D

Hmmm...well, at least that point has been cleared up...

thanks...

The only song that comes to mind is the old number by the Band, "King Harvest", but the syllables in the line I would want to use from that don't fit the length of that phrase and I can't see a way to start the phrase on the line above it and continue it into the line I like...so for now I must pass...might take a look back at this later on...

pr 

Pip's and mine have both been submitted and should be up tomorrow! :)

I am in.  I am writing a parody of "Oh When The Saints Go Marching In"

"When the corne is out of Parc
An Venton" goes back to the mart
We will not have to eat the cucumbers
Get more corne Parc an Venton

8)


Here is the link to my submission: http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional649.shtml

Here is my entry :

"Wage Is Precarious"  :)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thefifthdimension6.shtml

Alright guys - we've managed to get seven entries, so the contest is a go, but I would like to get some more. I am giving until the end of Sunday, Dec 12, for submissions. :)

Alright guys - we've managed to get seven entries, so the contest is a go, but I would like to get some more. I am giving until the end of Sunday, Dec 12, for submissions. :)



Put me down as a maybe.  I have something in mind but it's dependent on whether I can drag it out and put it to paper, as it were.... :)

I find the agrarian aspect of this interesting, must be my upbringin in the boonies, and I´ve been sketching since Sunday something that I think I will be able to finish during the course of this week. In other words: count me down as a second maybe.

I´m changing my status from maybe to absolute (corne vodka?) and it will be my first parody of a song I probably would have keept on not knowing about if it hadn´t been for AmIright: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

I´ll call my entry "When the corne is out of Parc and Venton" and use variations for the first syllables in the main line.

Here´s the link:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrewsmarypoppins9.shtml

I am really pleased at the turnout!

I am holding the submissions open for a bit longer, as Andy Roper has promised me his by the end of next week. That should give us a nice full quota of parodies to work with.

So anyone else who wants to enter, you still have some time left!

:)

I am really pleased at the turnout!


:)


me too, merry - I was worried it was going to die early on

- just goes to show how eagerly we'll grab a subject to write on if offered to us on a plate

- much better than all that "waiting for inspiration" nonsense :) :)

I am holding the submissions open for a bit longer, as Andy Roper has promised me his by the end of next week. That should give us a nice full quota of parodies to work with.



Thanks Meriadoc  ;)

Sorry, I'll have to sit this round out. Things like 'employment' and 'results' et al are consuming my time like a ravenous cannibal at the moment.

A RAVENOUS CANNIBAL I TELL YOU!

This seems to have wound down - should I close it up today instead of waiting for the 18th? I would like to get the voting thread out by tonight and was going to allow till the end of the month to vote since lots of people might be busy with Holiday related stuff.

Also, very important - since Pip and I did ours separately and not as a team, is it fair for us to vote for each other (if the parody(s) warrents it of course)..?

Opinions please!

Thanks

M :)

Hey! Wait for me  :o


Here it is.....sorry I'm late...

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/coldchisel2.shtml

This is closed now, and the voting thread commences.

And since no one came back to offer opinions on my last post - I did it myyyy way... ;D

Also, very important - since Pip and I did ours separately and not as a team, is it fair for us to vote for each other (if the parody(s) warrents it of course)..?

Of course.  I mean, this is one of the few times you're not hampered by having to vote twice for other people's songs...