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 parody of the song "The Warrior" by Patty Smyth of Scandal about the Cartoon Network Original Series "Mighty Magiswords", created by Kyle A. Carrozza. Specifically, this song is based on the fifteen micro-cartoons seen on the CN Anything app and the first ten 3-minute long digital shorts released in 2015.
Short version: Luke Ski and Carrie Dahlby return to the FuMP with a song parody tribute to Cartoon Network's "Mighty MagiSwords", created by TV's Kyle Carrozza! 'Tis a triumph! Watch the show now on iTunes & Amazon!
Long version for the uninitiated: Kyle A. Carrozza, known here at The Funny Music Project (the FuMP .com) and on "The Dr. Demento Show" as TV's Kyle, prolific purveyor of silly songs, created an excellent animated series for Cartoon Network, "Mighty MagiSwords". The show takes place in a medieval-ish fantasy world centering around a pair of siblings, Vambre and Prohyas, the "Warriors For Hire" who make a living as mission-minded mercenaries. Aiding them in their many quests are their favorite things to collect, their MagiSwords, which are dozens of swords imbued with magical powers and can do anything from summoning deluges of water, shooting gigantic tomatoes, or clipping your fingernails.
Their adventures began in May of 2015 in micro-cartoons on the Cartoon Network Anything App, as well as ten 3-minute-long shorts posted at the Cartoon Network website and on their YouTube page. From the moment I saw them, I instantly became a huge fan of the show. To make a very long story short, in the following 6 months Kyle got my foot in the door at Cartoon Network, eventually leading to me becoming a storyboarder, writer, and voice-over actor on the next orders of "Mighty MagiSwords" content. It was (and is) my life-long-dream job on my new favorite animated show.
As MarsCon 2016 approached, Carrie Dahlby and I conspired to surprise Kyle and his wife Lindsay (who also works on MagiSwords) by not only showing up in costume as Vambre and Prohyas, but by also performing a new song parody in tribute to "Mighty MagiSwords" in character to kick off my Music Guest Of Honor concert. You can see the video of this live surprise performance, complete with Kyle & Lindsay's reactions, on my YouTube page. The song, done to the tune of "The Warrior" by Patty Smyth of Scandal, is based on the first ten 3-minute long "Mighty MagiSwords" shorts released in 2015.
Yesterday, the full TV Series of "Mighty MagiSwords" premiered on Cartoon Network with an episode storyboarded by myself and Zoe Moss. To celebrate the occasion, and to help promote the show to the full extent that I can to my fanbase ranging in the hundreds, Carrie and I recorded the studio version of the song to post here for you all to share and enjoy. The backing track music and final mix were done by MagiMaestro, Jeff Dutton aka Bonecage.
Thanks so much to Kyle, Lindsay, the powers that be at CN for giving me a chance on the show, to Bonecage, and of course my partner in clandestine spoofery, Carrie Dahlby. I hope you all will check out "Mighty MagiSwords" and that you'll tell all your loves ones about it.
You seek a hero that’s really great?
Well please allow me to alliterate.
My purple perm and piggy ponyard have pizazz!
Prohyas: Just don’t bring up that funny accent she has.
Oh no you did not!
Prohyas: Yes I did.
OCH!
I’ll fight all foes no matter how absurd.
My eyes see red! [Prohyas: Your eyes *are* red.] Heh, word.
I’ll break out my Mighty Magiswords,
And whether or not I win or lose,
might depend on the sword I choose! [Announcer: (with Vambre) CHOOSE!]
Keepin’ veggie swords from Hoppus,
Hoppus: Boing, boing!
I’m Vambre Warrior!
Prohyas: And I’m, Prohyas!
Well I’m Vambre Warrior,
and we’ll complete your mission,
if you will hire
the Warriors!
The Warriors!
My brother has a turquoise mullet,
and he throws Slugburgers down his gullet.
His sword-y puns, they get to me.
Prohyas: But it’s real cutting-edge comedy! Ha ha, get it?
BOOOOO-OOOO-OOO!!!
Our quest’s whate’er our client pleases,
‘cause that’s the nature of our bweezness.
Cross Rhyboflayven our swords are drawn.
Adversaries will not stand a chance.
I loathe them almost as much as I HATE PANTS!
Even Phil the thief can’t stop us!
Phil: Ha, HA!!!
I’m Vambre Warrior!
Prohyas: I’m still Prohyas!
Well I’m Vambre Warrior,
and we’ll make you go fishin’
with Dolphin Water!
The Warriors!
The Warriors!
We are the W-
Prohyas: Accordion MagiSword solo!
OCH!
(spoken:)
Tree-Jay: Zing, man! This is Tree-Jay comin’ atcha, and you’re startin’ off your wacky weekend wangdoodle listening to the latest hit by Vambre & Prohyas, the “Warriors For Hire”, exclusively right here on WDDF, The Forest!
Tweeter the Soundbird: The-the-the-the-the-the-the FOREST!
Get off the table, weirdo!
Prohyas: *You’re* a table!
Doing jobs for Princess Zange!
Prohyas: Is it dangerous? Yeah, prob’bly.
The Warriors!
I’m Vambre Warrior!
That Hooded Woman’s Mysterious,
Grup has no need to fear us,
And Oldman might die.
The Warriors!
Prohyas: Duder, my manliness is multifold!
Zombie Pumpkin MagiSword: Multifold!
The Warriors!
Someone tell Nohyas he’s not us! Nohyas: NO YEAH!
I’m Vambre Warrior! Handbre: Comment allez-vous?
Yes I’m Vambre Warrior!
Victory is ours!
Phil: Even when Phil loses, he wins!
Rexxtopher just wants to stomp us! Rexxtopher: Criminy butts!
I’m Vambre Warrior!
Prohyas: Prohyas is still in the song also! Heeey!
credits
from Needlessly Meta,
track released September 30, 2016
Lead vocals by Carrie Dahlby
Music & mixing by Jeff Dutton (Bonecage)
"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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