Submitted for your approval... A song parody idea so obvious that no one even bothered to getting around to recording it and releasing it to the general public. Enter "the great Luke Ski", a man for whom the concept of 'too on-the-nose' is completely alien. Having waited 17 years to write a parody of Snoop Dogg about Snoopy, he comes to the conclusion that 33 years was long enough to wait for anybody else to finally record and release a version of the 80's classic new wave track "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring changing the lyrics so the song is finally actually about the 1959 classic TV series "The Twilight Zone". In doing so, he has turned himself into the feared 'thing that goes FuMP in the night', writing descriptions with puns that not only test the Outer Limits of your patience, but will also tarnish his Serling silver reputation. You're traveling through another dementia, that's the song posted up ahead, your next stop... well... you know.
[*Opening notes of the theme to “The Twilight Zone” *]
[*“The Twilight Zone” window breaking noise*]
[Anthony Fremont: Don't make any noise when the music's playing.
I don't like any noise when the music's playing.]
Back-up vocalist with reverb: Turn on the SyFy Channel, New Years Day. It's 2 p.m.
It's 2 p.m. after an H-bomb war.
I'm sittin' in the rubble of the library floor.
All the books I can read, [*glasses break*] but I just broke my glasses.
[Henry Bemis: That's not fair! That's not fair at all!]
Yeah, there's mannequins come to life, minds that you can read,
tiny space invaders, monsters on Maple Street.
Will I ever escape? The penny fortune teller don't like my chances.
[*fortune teller lever sound*]
[Dan Aykroyd: You, you want to see something really scary?]
[Albert Brooks: You bet!]
Help, I've stepped into “The Twilight Zone”!
Through the scary door that leads to the unknown.
It's best if you keep thinking happy thoughts,
or you might get turned into a jack-in-the-box.
Young Anthony told Dan, “You're a very bad man!”
[Anthony Fremont: You're a bad man! You're a very bad man!]
Birthday didn't go as planned. “You're a very bad man!”
[Dad: It's good what you done to Dan! It's real good!]
At Treasures Unlimited, you can buy eerie things.
A ventriloquist dummy that can move without strings,
and a slot machine. I'm pretty sure I heard it call me.
This old camera shows the future to help you commit crime,
A stopwatch that freezes time,
and for your daughter, get this pretty wind-up talking dolly.
[Talky Tina: My name's Talky Tina, and I'm going to kill you!]
Help, I've stepped into “The Twilight Zone”!
There's a dead grandma on my toy telephone.
A blonde bombshell shunned by some pig-nosed freaks,
so she would fit in at a convention for geeks.
Now I don't mean to complain, but there's a man on the wing of the plane!
[Bob Wilson: There's a man out there! - Do I look insane?]
I know you think I'm insane, but there's a man on the wing of the plane!
[John Valentine: There's a man on the wing of this plane!]
Shoot him through the window pane.
[*sound of gunshot blowing out plane window*]
Rod Serling (spoken over bridge):
Listen close so you all don't miss, as we go a little something like this. While his peers fill their meaningful lives with high-paying jobs, starting families, and developing entertainment in Tinseltown, a man named Luke Ski has instead devoted the past 20 years to the pursuit of one goal: To create comedy songs that will top the charts of “The Dr. Demento Show”. While he may seem like a friendly neighborhood 'Peter Parker', he is in reality 'Stealing Like A Hobbit', frequently co-opting pop-hit melodies for song parodies. But much like 'Snoopy The Dogg', he believes his delusions of greatness are real. A mind packed with 'Too Much Stuff', he floats down a stream of consciousness, with thoughts of Disney World pirates and Jedi knights. But 'When You Wish Upon A Death Star', you'll often find out that 'You Don't Know Jack'. Soon this deconstructor of pop-culture will deconstruct himself into a meta-oblivion. So despite being a genuine kid-at-heart, this 'Fake Adult', finds himself rocking the mic... …in “The Twilight Zone”.
Help, I've stepped into “The Twilight Zone”!
There's that Hitch-Hiker again, is he a clone?
The moment I thought I had broken free,
The Tower Of Terror got the drop on me! (Whoa-oa!)
Help, I've stepped into “The Twilight Zone”!
Aliens fed us, just look how we have grown.
The book that they brought is called “To Serve Man”,
so why am I basting in this frying pan?
Can't leave “The Twilight Zone”, when the rerun hits are shown.
[Mike Ferris: Help me! Please! Help me! Help me! Help me!]
I'll never get back home, when the rerun hits are shown.
[Charles Whitley: Maybe there are people who stay young?]
[Mr. Bloom: The day we stop playing,
is the day we start getting old.
[Charles Whitley: There is magic in the world. I know there is.]
[Ben Conroy: Charlie, take me with you!
Take me with you! Charlie, wait for me!]
When the rerun hits are shown. A-hah-hah!
When the rerun hits are shown.
When the rerun hits are shown. A-hah-hah!
When the rerun hits are shown.
[Sally Solomon: So how was your trip, sir?
Big Giant Head: Horrifying, at first. I looked out the window and...
I saw something on the wing of the plane.
Dr. Dick Solomon: The same thing happened to me!]
credits
released January 13, 2015
Lyrics & vocals by the great Luke Ski
Music by Sci-Fried.
Additional organ and final mix by Jace McClain of Nuclear Bubble Wrap.
"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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