RUINING YOUR CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE

In the comments to this post wherein I picked some "L" words that made me think of Beloved Wife, Linus of Pepper of the Earth mentioned a certain song about the letter "L" from Sesame Street.

Blogdaughter Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice mentioned that I could do my very own special rendition of it.

She should REALLY learn when to shut up.

Anyway, I copied the lyrics from here, and made some... adjustments...

The result is just plain horrifying, and certainly not for anyone with any sense of propriety, decency or taste. For the sake of The Children^TM and people surfing from work, I'm putting this atrocity in the extended entry.

Finally, my sincerest apologies to Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and the Children's Television Workshop.

I will burn in hell for this.

La La La
-- presented by the letter "L"
sung by Ernie (Jim Henson) and Bert (Frank Oz)
Written by Joe Raposo

spoken parts are in brackets

Ernie: [Hi, Bert.]

Bert: [Oh. Hi, Ernie. Hey, I've been sitting here trying to think of what we can do with this here, letter "L".]

Ernie: [Oh. Well, let's see. You know one thing, you can sing sort of a "La La La" song with the letter "L".]

Bert: [Uh, what do you mean?]

Ernie: [Well, there are all kinds of pretty words that begin with "L".] (Music starts.) [You know, you can sing a few "La La La's" and some pretty words, and you'd have a nice little song.]

Bert: ["La La La," like that?]

Ernie: [Sure. Go ahead. Try it.]

Bert: [O.K. Let's see, uh,..]
La, la, la, la . . . lip lock
La, la, la, la, lubricant

Ernie: [Uh-huh.]

Bert: La, la, la, la, love dart [This is fun.]
La, la, la, la, lump in my Jockeys

Ernie: [Well, that's not quite what I was thinking about, Bert.]

Bert: [No?]

Ernie: [I mean there are a lot of pretty "L" words, and I was sort of thinking of the ones that are more lilting and lovely. You know like...]
La, la, la, la, lap dance

Bert: [Oh, yeah. I see.]

Ernie: La, la, la, la, love doll

Bert: [Oh, like that. Huh?]

Ernie: La, la, la, la, labia

Bert: [Ahhhhhh!]

Ernie: La, la, la, la, little man in the boat.

Bert: [Oh! Oh! Ernie, I've got a GREAT "L" word! This is a beauty. Oh, listen to this.]
La, la, la, LIBIDINOUS!

Ernie: [Ah, no, Bert, uh..]
Listen to me
'Cause "L" is such a lovely letter
For words like "leather" and "lace"
The letter "L" loads on your face
So why not la, la, la, la, laaaaaaaaaaaaah...

Bert: La, la, la, la, laaaaaaah

Ernie: ...with me?

(Bert laughs.)