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D​.​P​.​I. #13 (The Letterman)

from Needlessly Meta by the great Luke Ski

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    The 12th full length comedy music album by 'the great Luke Ski' features his Logan Award winning parody about struggling to lose weight, "Candybars". He also pays tribute to "The Mandalorian", the women of "Star Wars", "The Twilight Zone", "Supergirl", "The Flash", "Adventure Time", and greatest animated series in the history of Cartoon Network, "Mighty Magiswords" (on which Luke was a storyboard artist, writer, voice actor, and songwriter for 3 years).

    As the title implies, many of the tracks on this album are very specifically about what has been going on in Luke's life during the 8-and-a-half years that have passed since his last album. The best of times (living the animation life, and making songs for the FuMP dot com and running the MarsCon Comedy Music Track) and the worst of times (trying to make a living in the gig economy, navigating being single again in the 2020s, and the skin-melting heat of southern California).

    And as a continuation from his previous album "4th Grade Talent Show" there are 7 new "Dumb Parody Ideas" tracks for you to enjoy / be reviled by. In any case, as Paul Sabourin put it during the "Paul & Storm" concert at FuMPFeST 2016, it's all "Needlessly Meta".

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A brief parody of the song "The Wellerman" by Nathan Evans about the TV show "Late Night With David Letterman"

The premise is simple: How come nobody has gotten around to doing a parody of the popular sea shanty "The Wellerman" by Nathan Evans about David Letterman? Luke Ski fills that egregious void by singing about the glorious eleven year history of the bizarre talk show juggernaut that was "Late Night with David Letterman" for 88 seconds. You're welcome.

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In '82 down at NBC
They were trying to make must-see TV
Asking who would perform at 12:30
Following the Carson Show? (who?)
Soon David Letterman comes
With blue cards held in between his thumbs
Who cares what the rating becomes
When he breaks his fake window? (*break sfx*)

His necktie danced with a pull-and-twist
And in each episode read a Top Ten List
Sent in every day from the home office
In Boise, Idaho. (who?)
Watch David Letterman stand
With the World's Most Dangerous Band.
Paul Schaffer's in command
From behind his piano.

On Thursday nights, he'd read Viewer Mail.
The Thrill Cam roared with a mighty wail.
And Chris Elliot would often scale
From beneath the studio. (who?)
Watch David Letterman's schtick.
Each Stupid Human and Pet Trick.
He'd jump on a wall and stick
In a suit made of velcro.

That Larry Bud Melman was all the rage,
And Biff Henderson managing the stage.
Some slomo destruction debris rampage,
Then his next guest Jay Leno. (ooh!)
Watch David Letterman flee
The pinhead suits working at G.E.
They screwed over Dave, so he went to C-
-B-S to do "The Late Show"!

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from Needlessly Meta, released March 10, 2023
Mixed by Jeff Dutton a.k.a. Bonecage
Special thanks to Fard Muhammad for editing an amazing video for the song

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the great Luke Ski Burbank, California

"the great Luke Ski" is The Dr. Demento Show's most requested artist of the 21st Century. His parodies and original songs about pop-culture have made him a favorite performer at fandom conventions all across the country. Founding member of The Funny Music Project, aka 'the FuMP' .com .

Luke Ski is an animation Storyboarder, Writer, & Voice-Over Actor.

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