If you have time to be selectively nostalgic about 2009 "current events" from a theater lover's parody perspective, here's my month-by-month recap of the year!
(These are organized by subject rather than video-debut date.)
JANUARY 2009 - WE WERE STILL TALKING ONLY ABOUT THE JEREMY PIVEN SUSHI SCANDAL
WE BROUGHT YOU "FISH!" - THIS WAS BEFORE NEW INFO CAME OUT, BUT IT STARTED THE THEATER PARODY SERIES, SO WITH THAT CAVEAT, HERE IT IS:
PARODY OF "ZIP!" (PAL JOEY)
FEBRUARY 2009 - DAVID CROMER & HIS "OUR TOWN" WERE THE HOTTEST THINGS GOING
A SPOILER PARODY OF "NEW YORK NEW YORK" -
PROBABLY THE ONLY DAVID CROMER PARODY ON YOUTUBE
MARCH 2009 - EVEN THEATER FANS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BAILOUT AND EXECUTIVE SALARIES
"AIG AGAINST THE WORLD" -
PARODY OF "YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD" [MIGHT AS WELL BE A SHOW TUNE, SINCE IT'S A GREAT PAUL WILLIAMS SONG]
APRIL 2009 - THE CAST OF "HAIR" INVADING THE AUDIENCE WAS A BIG BROADWAY STORY
HERE'S "YOU'RE SCARING US" -
A PARODY OF "AQUARIUS"
MAY 2009 - MISS CALIFORNIA CARRIE PREJEAN WAS THE DUBIOUS CELEBRITY OF THE MONTH
HERE'S "I'M JUST WILD ABOUT CARRIE" -
PARODY OF "I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY"
JUNE 2009 - GAY PRIDE! - FROM 1969 AND ONWARD
HERE'S "I'M STILL QUEER" -COVERING 40 YEARS OF THEATRE
TO THE TUNE OF THE "I'M STILL HERE"
JULY 2009 - EVERYBODY HAD GOV. MARK SANFORD & HIS ARGENTINIAN MISTRESS ON THEIR MINDS
HERE'S "NOTHIN' COULD BE FINAH THAN TO LEAVE SOUTH CAROLINA"
[MY FIRST 100,000-PLUS-VIEW VIDEO!]
AUGUST 2009 - THE BIRTHERS MOVEMENT CLAIMING PRES. OBAMA WAS NOT A U.S. CITIZEN BEGAN TO SELF-DESTRUCT
HERE'S "BYE BYE BIRTHERS" -
A PARODY OF "BYE BYE BIRDIE"
SEPTEMBER 2009 - FOR ME, THE HIGHLIGHT WAS THE MINI-FOOD-FEUD BETWEEN BARBARA WALTERS & FOOD NETWORK'S PAULA DEEN - THIS WAS BEFORE WE KNEW OF BARBARA WALTER'S HEART CONDITION, OF COURSE!
HERE'S "SO MUCH BUTTER"
TO THE TUNE OF THE SONG "SO MUCH BETTER" FROM LEGALLY BLONDE
OCTOBER 2009 - SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD, BUT CARRIE FISHER'S ONE-WOMAN SHOW OBSESSED ME
HERE'S "QUEEN OF WISHFUL DRINKING" -
A PARODY OF "KING OF WISHFUL THINKING" FROM PRETTY WOMAN
NOVEMBER 2009 - THE "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC" REVIVAL WAS MUCH ANTICIPATED
HERE'S THE MINI-MUSICAL "A LITTLE SITE MUSIC, OR EVERY DAY A LITTLE NET"
DECEMBER 2009 - THOSE FULL-BODY AIRLINE SCANNERS CAME INTO VOGUE JUST AS WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TWYLA THARP'S UPCOMING SINATRA SHOW & THE DISROBING IN THE SHOW
HERE'S "FLY ME IN THE NUDE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3AcCmPL00
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