Misc Cartoons – Animaniacs - Variety Speak (Guitar)

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In Hollywood they have a different language that they speak

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It's spoken by those folks who went to school for just one week

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It's found inside Variety, a magazine they use

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And no one understands it when they read the movie news

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Like, Hix makes pix but the flick needs fix

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Means someone made a movie that bombed

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The veeps in charge are now at large

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Means everyone involved is gone

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The plot conflix, no beautiful chix

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So it's coming out on video soon

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They're taking their lix

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'Cause the critics say nix

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And the editors are gonna try to fix it in the mix

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But the stock sees green on page thirteen

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Means Disney's up a nickel a share

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Stallone cuts deal for a major reel

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Means Rocky number six, so beware

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If you want the poop or you need the scoop

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On Hollywood town this week

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You're gonna have to learn to talk that Variety Speak

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Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah

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Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah

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A boffo smash makes Warner cash

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Means there's gonna be a sequel next year

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But Paramount hurts and they're losing their shirts

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Means Schwarzenegger's doing King Lear

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Oliver Stone does next Home Alone

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Means he's getting paid an arm and a leg

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The budget goes crunch

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but his name packs punch

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So they called up the accountants and they're gonna do lunch

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Well, the ratings smile on the O.J. trial

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Means a movie of the week to premiere

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Universal cuts deal with Mister Spiel

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To do a hundred thousand movies a year

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You gotta play it smart if you wanna be part

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Of the crowd that's hip and chic

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You're gonna have to learn to talk that Variety Speak

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Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah

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Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah

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Normal talk makes producers walk

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You might as well speak Greek

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You're gonna have to learn

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Or the meeting will adjourn

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Unless, my friend, you learn that Variety Speak

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Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah

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Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah

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Bah doop bah doop bah doop bahhh dah