Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Dan the New Jeb

From hughhewitt.com, and in reference to my earlier post on Dan Rather, I thought some of my older readers would enjoy this reach into our cultural time capsule to adapt this TV theme song to the current situation at SeeBS.

Courtesy of Bud Vesta:

The Ballad of Dan Rather
(Sung to the tune from the Beverly Hillbillies)

Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Dan,
The documents were fake and he didn't give a damn;
He put 'em on the air, an' he thought he'd done the job,
But up from the web come a howlin' mob.

Blogs, that is.
Web logs.
Checkin' facts.

Well, the first thing you know ol' Dan's a-runnin' fast;
Made a false report an' it bit him in the ass;
He said 'dog-gonnit, I done thought I'd get away!'
But it turned out to be his a-reckonin' day.

Busted, that is.
Red-faced.
Mud in the eye.

Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Dan and all his men;
And they would like to shoot you folks for turnin' them in;
You're all invited back next week to watch the Evening News,
And see which correspondent's picked to fill Dan's empty shoes.

Y'all come back, now, hear?

1 comment:

Katie said...

Hey now, I resent the "some of [your] older readers" comment! :) (just kidding) That was funny and goes very well with the Hillbillies tune.