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Exotic Creature Inspiration [Sing-Song Challenge]

“Golly, what do ya think it is, Clem?”

“Dunno, Rufus, but it sho’ is ugly. How do ya figger it got purple?”

“Mo of a puce, really.”

“What?”

“Nothin.”

“Are those wangs?”

“Dunno. They ain’t arms tho. Hey, mebbe it’s a unee-corn.”

“Aw, don’t be stupid, Rufus. Thems look like horses. This ain’t no horse. It’s tee-totally unique.”

“Sho nuff, Clem. Say, don’t you think it’d make fer a good song?”

“Hmm, I allays say, if’n ya can’t picture Hank Williams singin’ it, it ain’t a good song.”

“No, no, no, I means one of them novelty songs.”

“Fair nuff, fair nuff. You’s the Dr. Demento fan, not me. Only one thing tho, Clem.”

“What’s that, Rufus?”

“Mebbe you could come up with a better ending to the song than that I dun freaked out an shot it to death?”

“Sho, sho. Somethin’ happy, like it gone got famous er somethin.”

“That’d make fer a cute story, fo sho. But, one mo thing, Clem.”

“Yeah Rufus?”

“Could ya leave out the part where I peed ma-self?”

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Exotic Creature Inspiration [Sing-Song Challenge]
Jenunique
Posted 2 months ago

“It, sho looked strange to me.” But, I loved the story! Great entry! I laughed as soon as I started! I think I’ll have this song on my mind all day now. :P
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g2 (la pianista irlandesa)
Posted 2 months ago

X-) I don’t know how you do it, but you can seamlessly go from seriously intense stuff to seriously funny stuff. Nice one here!
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SKermitgorf
Posted 2 months ago

OMg too funny, from 1st to last line. reads like an aduio version of the country comic Ray Stevens..(the Streak..) comic overload THX .. master of funny dialogue, you’re one of my heroes on Ficlets and a Must read.
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JMSquire
Posted 2 months ago

Hilarious dialog, really got me laughing with the last few lines especially. I’m really becoming a fan of conversation only stories.
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

I really enjoyed this. Great dialog. However, I’ve no clue what song this is about.
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PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)
Posted 2 months ago

That was funny. Great dialogue.
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JMSquire
Posted 2 months ago

Was this song in a movie? I could swear it was, but for the life of me I cannot remember for sure…
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

It may have been in the older, just animation Chipmunks movie. It’s actually a novelty song from 1958.
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

The dialogue was hilarious, but what is the song?
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Sigh, here’s the song. Apparently not everyone was as warped by their parents as I was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoImWMklPto
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Melia
Posted 2 months ago

Purple People Eater! OMG I had this on a 45 when I was little and I LOVED it. You so totally rocked this challenge THX ! I laughed, I loved the Dr. Demento ref (he needs his own XM channel), best ending ever and a brilliant interpretation of the cool challenge. Really, really loved this. I’d give this ten stars if I could.
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

OMG , just read the tags and realized I’m a moron. My parents were that warped! I have fond (trully strange) memories of my dad singing to me about that purple people eater.
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Ana Cristina
Posted 2 months ago

My parents were that warped, too, but for some reason I didn’t recognize it when I read this. I loved the “down-home” diction of your characters (i.e., wangs and unee-corn were just two of my favorites). Great job.
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JMSquire
Posted 2 months ago

Well my curiosity got the better of me and I looked it up, for anyone that cares the song was used as a basis for a movie of the same name in 1988. Check it out… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095930/
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Apostrophe
Posted 2 months ago

Ahh yes this song resurrects fond memories from childhood.. mostly about Halloween.. Love the dialog.. And the use of colloquial.
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ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫
Posted 2 months ago

I love this dialgue. Reminds me of that OLD Amos’n’Andy Radio show from the 30’s, 40’s and the 50’s!!!
I don’t know if you used that for inspiration, but it’s perfect.

Loved it!
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RainDance
Posted 2 months ago

Positively hysterical, it actually brought to mind Huckleberry Finn.
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Valley Fey/Pinprick
Posted 2 months ago

This… was amazing. I got it as soon as you said purple.

LoA