Entries tagged with "universal pictures"
In Which I Make Preposterous Environmental Claims... set to music!
posted by srah on May 2, 2008 7:47 PM
Tags: flying spaghetti monster, gilbert and sullivan, global warming, parodies, the pirates of penzance, universal pictures
Every few months I like to remind Universal Pictures (passive-aggressively, in blogged song-parody format) of how annoyed I am that they haven't released The Pirates of Penzance on DVD. That'll show them! I can hear them caring right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IUZSj7vBcw srahAccording to the holy textOf the FSM and all his sect,The reason Earth's too hot these daysIs a population kept at bayAs pirate numbers do decreaseIn Kathmandu, Peru and GreeceHis nood'ly appendage to us will bringThis terrible scourge: global warming.He brought global warming!And it is, it is a terrible thingTo have global warming!He brought global warmingUniversal PicturesHe did!He brought global...
Oh, horrible! Catastrophe appalling!
posted by srah on February 29, 2008 5:03 PM
Tags: dvd, gilbert and sullivan, parodies, the pirates of penzance, universal pictures
Since today is Leap Day, I'd say it's about time for another one of these. srah Universal! Universal Pictures Who calls? srah Your favorite blogger! srah blah blah And I, her little blog! Universal Pictures Oh, mad intruders, How dare ye face me? Know ye not, oh rash ones, That I have doomed you to a life of boredom? srah Have mercy on us! Hear us, ere you bore us! Universal Pictures I do not think I ought to listen to you. Yet, you are the greatest blog and blogger ever, And so I will be merciful – say on!...
Know ye not, oh rash ones, that you have doomed it to extermination?
posted by srah on August 9, 2007 5:21 PM
Tags: dvd, gilbert and sullivan, my favorite posts, open letters, parodies, the pirates of penzance, universal pictures
Reading through the IMDb message board for The Pirates of Penzance¹, I found that someone had posted the address of Universal Studios' contact form, encouraging other fans to ask Universal to release Pirates on DVD. This is what I wrote: Please release The Pirates of Penzance on DVD! I was at a video rental store this weekend and discovered that they had phased out their VHS rentals in favor of DVDs. As VHS is phased out, so - sadly - is The Pirates of Penzance, as that is the only version of the movie that is currently available. Generations will...
