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Mix: Fake News - P. K. Winsome's Finding My Niche: The P. K. Winsome Story
Medium: Television
Fandom: The Colbert Report
Subject: P. K. Winsome
Title: P. K. Winsome's Finding My Niche: The P. K. Winsome Story
P. K. Winsome is a mystery wrapped in an enigma covered by a broad smile and topped with a 20% Off For Today Only sticker. He brands himself as The Black Republican, but most of his association with other right-wingers involves charging a fee to make them look more diverse. Oh, and he's possibly the only person with his name and face slapped on more cheap trinkets than Stephen's.
Honest conservative, or merely apathetic enough to stand next to them at rallies? Carrying out a deeply subversive Take That to the institutionalized racism in the establishment, or just out to make a quick buck? There are lots of ways to interpret this guy. Here's one.
(Those are tiny Ben Franklins in his eyes.)
Avenue Q $ Purpose
Once upon a time, a man had a dream. And, okay, he wasn't entirely sure what that dream was yet. But he was pretty sure it had something to do with money.
Everyone else has a purpose
So what's mine?
Oh look
Here's a penny
It's from the year I was born
It's a sign!
I don't know how I know
But I'm gonna find my purpose
I don't know where I'm gonna look
But I'm gonna find my purpose
- $ -
Komar, Melamid and Snider $ The Most Wanted Song
The public has notoriously bad taste. Pander to the consumers' lowest common denominator, and you end up with a whole lot of tacky drek.
This was the result of a survey of the characteristics most people said they wanted in a song. It is, naturally, terrible.
- $ -
Stan Freberg $ Green Christmas
On the other hand, crass commercialism is a purpose...sort of....
CHORUS
Deck the halls with advertising,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
'Tis the time for merchandising,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Profit never needs a reason,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Get the money, it's the season,
Fa la la la la la la la la....
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
And please buy our beer!
SCROOGE
There you go, Cratchet! That's Christmas with a purpose.
- $ -
Crosby, Stills & Nash $ Love The One You're With
And, hey, if it's what you've got...you might as well embrace it, right?
Don't be angry, don't be sad
Don't sit crying over good times you had
There's a girl right next to you
And she's just waiting for something to do
And there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love
Honey, love the one you're with
- $ -
VeggieTales $ The Stuff Mart Rap
No, really. EMBRACE it. Affix your brand to everything in reach, with an ear-to-ear grin and not a trace of irony.
If you want a big hat
We got that!
If you need a tube of glue
We got that too!
A 20 gallon watch?
They're in stock!
And if you need refrigerators
To keep extra mashed potatoes
Or a giant air compressor
To blow fruit flies off your dresser
Or a dehydrated strudel
Or a nose ring for your poodle
Or a five pound can of tuna
And some flippers to go scuba
Scuba! Scuba! Scooby-doo-be-doo-ba!
Here we go, scuba! Come on!
- $ -
Toby Keith $ I Wanna Talk About Me
The Report is Stephen's personal aria of self-glorification, but P. K. is just blustery enough to carve out his own niche therein.
We talk about your work
How your boss is a jerk
We talk about your church
And your head when it hurts...
We talk about your friends
and the places that you've been
We talk about your skin and the dimples on your chin
The polish on your toes and the run in your hose
And God knows we're gonna talk about your clothes
You know talking about you makes me smile
but every once in a while
I wanna talk about me
Wanna talk about I
Wanna talk about number one, oh my me my
what I think, what I like, what I know, what I want, what I see
I like talking about you you you you usually
But occasionally
I wanna talk about me
- $ -
Wicked $ Wonderful
It gets even more intense after Obama's election, when race is a hot topic and he's in high demand - if not always for the most noble of reasons.
Then suddenly I'm here
Respected - worshipped, even
Just because the folks in Oz
Needed someone to believe in
Does it surprise you
I got hooked, and all too soon?
What can I say?
I got carried away....
A man's called a traitor - or liberator
A rich man's a thief - or philanthropist
Is one a crusader - or ruthless invader?
It's all in which label is able to persist
There are precious few at ease
With moral ambiguities
So we act as though they don't exist
- $ -
Dan Fogelberg $ The Power Of Gold
Sometimes he wnders if he's taking this too far.
The letters and calls
Got you climbing the walls
And everyone wants a favor
They beg to remind you
Of times left behind you
But you know the past is a loser
The face you're wearing is different now
And the days run hot and cold
Are you under
The power of gold?
- $ -
RENT $ What You Own
Then he shrugs it off, pastes the smile back on, and goes back to hawking the next trinket.
Don't breathe too deep
Don't think all day
Dive into work
Drive the other way
That drip of hurt
That pint of shame
Goes away, just play the game
You're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're living in America
Leave your conscience at the tone
And when you're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're what you own
- $ -
Enya $ Cursum Perficio
...forever?
Verbum sapienti:
quo plus habent,
eo plus cupiunt
(A word to the wise:
the more [people] have,
the more they want]
- $ -
Steve Perry $ Friends Of Mine
P. K. and Stephen are both relentlessly shallow people, using money and name recognition as a substitute for deeper connections. You would think this would give them something to bond over. Oh well. Maybe next year.
Acting like a movie star
Swimming pools and fancy cars
It doesn't matter who you are
You can't buy friends with caviar...
I thought that I could hide away
But the lonely walls kept closing in
I only came back to say
Life ain't nothin' without a friend
We're standing face to face
A different time, a different place
From the move, been together so long
It's for you I sing this song
Friends of mine
- $ -
Bonus $ Komar, Melamid and Snider $ The Most Unwanted Song
(not in the .zip)
Didn't want to include the one without the other, so here's the flip side of the Most Wanted Song: a combination of all the elements people said they liked least in their music. It is also terrible, although the opera rapping may bump it around into So Bad It's Good territory.
- $ -
- $ -
Fandom: The Colbert Report
Subject: P. K. Winsome
Title: P. K. Winsome's Finding My Niche: The P. K. Winsome Story
P. K. Winsome is a mystery wrapped in an enigma covered by a broad smile and topped with a 20% Off For Today Only sticker. He brands himself as The Black Republican, but most of his association with other right-wingers involves charging a fee to make them look more diverse. Oh, and he's possibly the only person with his name and face slapped on more cheap trinkets than Stephen's.
Honest conservative, or merely apathetic enough to stand next to them at rallies? Carrying out a deeply subversive Take That to the institutionalized racism in the establishment, or just out to make a quick buck? There are lots of ways to interpret this guy. Here's one.
(Those are tiny Ben Franklins in his eyes.)
Avenue Q $ Purpose
Once upon a time, a man had a dream. And, okay, he wasn't entirely sure what that dream was yet. But he was pretty sure it had something to do with money.
Everyone else has a purpose
So what's mine?
Oh look
Here's a penny
It's from the year I was born
It's a sign!
I don't know how I know
But I'm gonna find my purpose
I don't know where I'm gonna look
But I'm gonna find my purpose
- $ -
Komar, Melamid and Snider $ The Most Wanted Song
The public has notoriously bad taste. Pander to the consumers' lowest common denominator, and you end up with a whole lot of tacky drek.
This was the result of a survey of the characteristics most people said they wanted in a song. It is, naturally, terrible.
- $ -
Stan Freberg $ Green Christmas
On the other hand, crass commercialism is a purpose...sort of....
CHORUS
Deck the halls with advertising,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
'Tis the time for merchandising,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Profit never needs a reason,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
Get the money, it's the season,
Fa la la la la la la la la....
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
And please buy our beer!
SCROOGE
There you go, Cratchet! That's Christmas with a purpose.
- $ -
Crosby, Stills & Nash $ Love The One You're With
And, hey, if it's what you've got...you might as well embrace it, right?
Don't be angry, don't be sad
Don't sit crying over good times you had
There's a girl right next to you
And she's just waiting for something to do
And there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love
Honey, love the one you're with
- $ -
VeggieTales $ The Stuff Mart Rap
No, really. EMBRACE it. Affix your brand to everything in reach, with an ear-to-ear grin and not a trace of irony.
If you want a big hat
We got that!
If you need a tube of glue
We got that too!
A 20 gallon watch?
They're in stock!
And if you need refrigerators
To keep extra mashed potatoes
Or a giant air compressor
To blow fruit flies off your dresser
Or a dehydrated strudel
Or a nose ring for your poodle
Or a five pound can of tuna
And some flippers to go scuba
Scuba! Scuba! Scooby-doo-be-doo-ba!
Here we go, scuba! Come on!
- $ -
Toby Keith $ I Wanna Talk About Me
The Report is Stephen's personal aria of self-glorification, but P. K. is just blustery enough to carve out his own niche therein.
We talk about your work
How your boss is a jerk
We talk about your church
And your head when it hurts...
We talk about your friends
and the places that you've been
We talk about your skin and the dimples on your chin
The polish on your toes and the run in your hose
And God knows we're gonna talk about your clothes
You know talking about you makes me smile
but every once in a while
I wanna talk about me
Wanna talk about I
Wanna talk about number one, oh my me my
what I think, what I like, what I know, what I want, what I see
I like talking about you you you you usually
But occasionally
I wanna talk about me
- $ -
Wicked $ Wonderful
It gets even more intense after Obama's election, when race is a hot topic and he's in high demand - if not always for the most noble of reasons.
Then suddenly I'm here
Respected - worshipped, even
Just because the folks in Oz
Needed someone to believe in
Does it surprise you
I got hooked, and all too soon?
What can I say?
I got carried away....
A man's called a traitor - or liberator
A rich man's a thief - or philanthropist
Is one a crusader - or ruthless invader?
It's all in which label is able to persist
There are precious few at ease
With moral ambiguities
So we act as though they don't exist
- $ -
Dan Fogelberg $ The Power Of Gold
Sometimes he wnders if he's taking this too far.
The letters and calls
Got you climbing the walls
And everyone wants a favor
They beg to remind you
Of times left behind you
But you know the past is a loser
The face you're wearing is different now
And the days run hot and cold
Are you under
The power of gold?
- $ -
RENT $ What You Own
Then he shrugs it off, pastes the smile back on, and goes back to hawking the next trinket.
Don't breathe too deep
Don't think all day
Dive into work
Drive the other way
That drip of hurt
That pint of shame
Goes away, just play the game
You're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're living in America
Leave your conscience at the tone
And when you're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're what you own
- $ -
Enya $ Cursum Perficio
...forever?
Verbum sapienti:
quo plus habent,
eo plus cupiunt
(A word to the wise:
the more [people] have,
the more they want]
- $ -
Steve Perry $ Friends Of Mine
P. K. and Stephen are both relentlessly shallow people, using money and name recognition as a substitute for deeper connections. You would think this would give them something to bond over. Oh well. Maybe next year.
Acting like a movie star
Swimming pools and fancy cars
It doesn't matter who you are
You can't buy friends with caviar...
I thought that I could hide away
But the lonely walls kept closing in
I only came back to say
Life ain't nothin' without a friend
We're standing face to face
A different time, a different place
From the move, been together so long
It's for you I sing this song
Friends of mine
- $ -
Bonus $ Komar, Melamid and Snider $ The Most Unwanted Song
(not in the .zip)
Didn't want to include the one without the other, so here's the flip side of the Most Wanted Song: a combination of all the elements people said they liked least in their music. It is also terrible, although the opera rapping may bump it around into So Bad It's Good territory.
- $ -
Rebloggable on Tumblr | Listen on 8tracks
- $ -
no subject
Is it bad that I really quite love the Most Unwanted Song? And not even in a So Bad It's Good way. Almost everything on their list of "bad elements" I adore in music XD If it wasn't 20 minutes long I'd totally put it on my iPod.
no subject
Bad, no; just statistically very unlikely. And very different from my personal tastes, but hey, to each their own XD
no subject
Lol @ the most wanted/unwanted songs. OPERA RAPPING. How did that happen? So Bad It's Good territory for sure. And I love that the most wanted elements combine to make the blandest bland song to ever bland in the history of bland. Amazing.
no subject
I think a key problem in the Most Wanted song is that it has to be inspired, not just thrown together. Elements like "a marriage proposal" are still just words if your heart's not in it.