Hi, Rich,
I'm sure those words were written by Frank Jacobs, a friend of mine and
a movie poster collector as well (mostly 30's + 40's musicals). Everyone
remembers the cartoonists at Mad--- Don Martin, Sergio Arigones
and so many others---but the names of the writers from the early years of
Mad are generally forgotten.
It's really unfortunate because Frank and the other writers came up with a
ton of brilliant material. Frank was the one who usually wrote song
parodies like the one you posted. A truly great talent and a really nice man as
well... Rick
In a message dated 2/14/2012 2:08:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
sa...@comic-art.com writes:
when I hear downtown, all I can remember are the spoof lyrics that
MAD magazine had in an issue in teh 1960s
it went like this:
When you eat meat but hate the meat that you're eating
then you've surely got, GROUND ROUND
It's so unnerving when they're constantly serving
in an eating spot, GROUND ROUND
I may be called a chopped steak, salisbury or beef patty
No matter what it's called it's always overcooked and fatty
What can you do?
Go up to your waiter there, loudly pound on your table,
stand up on your chair, and shout:
GROUND ROUND, always you're serving me,
GROUND ROUND, always you're conning me,
GROUND ROUND, why must it always be,
GROUND ROUND, Ground Round, ground round...
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