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Battle Curly Shuffle: 4 Seawolf vs 12 Soupcan (Round 2)

Winner?

seawolf	11 votes
soupcan	12 votes

seawolf17 Jan 25 2008 05:10 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jan 29 2008 11:17 AM

I was inspired by the story from "If At First" about how Keith and Eddie Lynch sorta made the Curly Shuffle the team song in 1985 (May 8, if you have the book)... and out came this: 1985 Eddie just hit the wall He never had it all Go put the Braves away Gonna shut them out today Now they ain’t gonna score The Mets have got him 4 Mex hit one out, man Great time to be a fan Straw’s not gonna hit .200 Know he’s gonna be a star Now they’re gonna kick Card ass With the bat of Rusty Staub Ugly Willie McGee Is now the enemy Look now, that scoreboard’s bright With slapstick, poking, All night, ‘cause it’s Mookie, Len Dykstra way before Zambrano There was HoJo and Wally And Stooges up on that big screen For this kid in high school There’s nothing that was more cool We shuffled until we cried In 19, 19, 1985 Woo Hoo Hooooo! (1985) Woo Hoo Hooooo! “Curly,” he is bald And the crowd’s enthralled "Soup To Nuts,” “Calling All Curs,” Even "Stop Look and Laugh" “We never miss a chance When we get up and dance” Moe! Hey Moe! Hey Moe! There it is! Now here we go! Keep your “rally monk” Keep the dogs in And tell that PA guy Stop playing that Neil Diamond Show some old clips From the TV What ever happened to Slapstick, cream pies… (on the Diamondvision) El Sid, Kid Carter way before Delgado There was Foster and Gardy And Stooges up on that big screen For this kid in high school There’s nothing that was more cool We shuffled until we cried In 19, 19, 1985 “Woo Woo Wooooo!” T-shirt gun? Make it stop Don’t play Vanis Takee or that modern rock. Or that “window” clip With that actor Please bring back Nyuck! Nyuck! NYUCK! (tick tick tick) yeah, bring back Chapman, Schiraldi way before LoDuca There was Gooden and Dan Heep And Stooges up on that big screen For this kid in high school There’s nothing that was more cool We shuffled until we cried In 19, 19, 1985 Woo Hoo Hooooo! Cashen, and Davey way before Minaya There was Gorman and Darling And Stooges up on that big screen For this kid in high school There’s nothing that was more cool We shuffled until we cried In 19, 19, 1985

themetfairy Jan 25 2008 05:21 PM

Fabulous Wolf! I was literally laughing out loud (to which D-Dad asked, "Parody contest?").

AG/DC Jan 25 2008 05:26 PM

A Vanis Takee reference is always a good thing. Worst thing about the Valentine era was a lack of that sort of distinctiveness in the Shea culture. Benny Agbayani wins a playoff game with a homer, and Shea blasted "Rock 'n' Rolll, Part II," just as any other stadium would've. Hell, yeah, I wished it was 1985. Soup's on.

soupcan Jan 25 2008 05:52 PM

Could this be a first in Cranepool siong parody contest hiostory? We both parodied the same freakin' song! 1986 The Mets had hit the wall Would never win at all They lost everyday In almost every way Then the mid-80’s came And away went the shame Doc and Straw were dandy Before the nose candy Mex solidified the infield Sid made opponents pop up Nails would taunt other teams Mitchell would bat sans his cup But there was one thing more That ensured they would score Not Wally or Tuefel I’m talking ‘Curly Shuffle’ When they reached the ninth inning Tied, losing or winning On the scoreboard they would show Curly Larry also Moe They noogied and knocked heads Like Ray Knight punching the Reds It was great to have last licks In 19, 19, 1986 (1986) Now ’86 is classic Every game was great Game 6 against the Red Sox Mets were a team of fate Was no pennant race Never let go of first place Buckner at first base Knocked the smile right off of Clemens face Where is George Foster? In the dugout Didn’t back up his team Stayed back on the bench to pout Who selected Curly For a rally? Whatever happened to Network, Belushi (On the scoreboard then was) The Curly Shuffle Mets in a bar scuffle Orosco in the outfield The visiting team’s fate was sealed As hot as Dynasty Wish they had resigned Rusty Amazin’s swung the big sticks In 19, 19, 1986 I hate time make it stop Because 5 years later our team would flop (Team would flop) And when did Gooden become a Yankee? Please make this stop, Stop! Stop! And bring back The Curly Shuffle Doc ate ‘magic’ truffles When I now see a noogie I smile and think of the trophy When the Mets came of age That dumb dance was all the rage New York Mets Cashen did fix In 1986 We had The Curly Shuffle It rivaled Tim Teufel’s It didn’t last long enough Like roles for Sabrina LaBouef That Met team was gritty Different time, different city That team would never sell bricks In 19, 19, 1986

themetfairy Jan 25 2008 05:57 PM

Wow - this is definitely a first!

Valadius Jan 26 2008 04:19 PM

I'm facing a generation gap here - can anyone explain what the Curly Shuffle is and its significance? After all, I wasn't even born yet in 1986.

soupcan Jan 26 2008 04:48 PM

From reading both of our parodies - what do you think it was?

AG/DC Jan 26 2008 05:18 PM

The rule in previous years was that we blew the whistle after 24 weekday hours. I move we play it that way in this contest.

Rockin' Doc Jan 26 2008 05:26 PM

Valadius - "I'm facing a generation gap here - can anyone explain what the Curly Shuffle is and its significance?" Curly Shuffle Valadius - "I wasn't even born yet in 1986." Cruel bastard. Why I oughta.

seawolf17 Jan 26 2008 05:57 PM

Valadius wrote: I'm facing a generation gap here - can anyone explain what the Curly Shuffle is and its significance? After all, I wasn't even born yet in 1986. It was the mid- to late-80s version of the Rally Monkey, or Who Let The Dogs Out, at Shea. (Hence my bridge.)

seawolf17 Jan 26 2008 05:58 PM

="AG/DC"]The rule in previous years was that we blew the whistle after 24 weekday hours. I move we play it that way in this contest. Saturday isn't technically a weekday. (Or are you saying we should actually end this on Monday, not Sunday?)

Rockin' Doc Jan 26 2008 09:05 PM

I think that Edgy is advocating carrying this contest through until 7:52 PM on Monday in order to give everyone the opportunity to vote. There are a great number of our members that do the majority of their posting between the hours of 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM on Mondays through Fridays.

smg58 Jan 26 2008 09:30 PM

Valadius wrote: I'm facing a generation gap here - can anyone explain what the Curly Shuffle is and its significance? After all, I wasn't even born yet in 1986. Wow, you missed a lot.

AG/DC Jan 26 2008 10:43 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 26 2008 11:04 PM

May 8 Key words. Every year the team has a key word. Last year it was "beech," Junior Ortiz's pronunciation of "bitch." Ortiz is a catcher now with the Pirates. The word for 1985 has finally been picked: "Dickhead," compliments of Rusty. Team songs. Every year the team has a team song. Last year it was "Ghostbusters." This year we've chosen "The Curley Shuffle." You wonder why. Lynch, the Rodney Dangerfield of our mound staff because he doesn't get much respect, has a shutout going into the ninth inning tonight against Atlanta. The crowd is on its feet, rooting for him. While I'm throwing balls to the infielders, Eddie shouts, "Mex!" and points out to Diamondvision. There are the Three Stooges, screwing around in a video montage from their movies. The music is "The Curley Shuffle." Eddie is grinning while he completes his warm-up pitches. I know now he'll get his shutout. The Braves go meetly, one-two-three. The 20,000 fans go wild; so does the team, because this is the first shutout in Eddie's career. Nobody deserves it more than Lynch, who's twenty-nine years old and didn't even have a spot on the starting staff at the beginning of spring training. But no one worked harder, and he made the starting rotation. So "The Curley Shuffle" becomees our team song. We ask Jay Horwitz, the Mets' PR man, to be certain the slapstick video plays before one of the late innings in every game. Hernandez, Keith, and Mike Bryan. If at First. McGraw-Hill, (New York). 1986. Pp. 54--55. Jump 'N the Saddle Band was a legit western swing band from the Chicago area. Because their one hit ("Curley Shuffle") was funny, they were treated as a novelty act, and never had another crack. They had a long run playing the regional circuit, however.

soupcan Jan 26 2008 10:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 27 2008 02:27 PM

They played it through the '86 season as well and that's where most of my memories of it came from. I must have gone to more than 30 games at Shea that season. Awesome time to be a Mets fan.

G-Fafif Jan 27 2008 08:58 AM

Never a fuller expression of, "Great minds think alike."

MFS62 Jan 27 2008 09:39 AM

Curley Shuffle as a topic for a baseball song parody contest? I think we just jumped the shark. This is why I wanted to keep the old format, lest something like this would happen. It pains me that I was right. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 27 2008 01:17 PM

Good. Now scram.

MFS62 Jan 27 2008 01:32 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Good. Now scram. Nice try, ace. Why would you want me to do that? No, it just means that I will only vote on some of the parody duels. Later

seawolf17 Jan 27 2008 07:55 PM

I, for one, was thrilled when the Curly Shuffle came up, and even more thrilled when it slotted in a potential battle for me. The Curly Shuffle is unquestionably a part of Mets history for me.

sharpie Jan 28 2008 06:57 AM

I'm glad I wasn't assigned this one. When does this one end? Should'nt it have been stickied?

seawolf17 Jan 28 2008 07:11 AM

Yes, it should have been. Thanks.

seawolf17 Jan 28 2008 05:54 PM

And incredibly, this one ends 8-7. A small battle, but I'm glad to win it.

soupcan Jan 28 2008 06:41 PM

Congratulations my fine foe. And while you are a very deserved champion I cannot help but to cast a disapproving glance towards the apathetic electorate of this once proud forum. A forum that, while voting in relative droves in the early round of this tournament, felt that their voices had already been heard and thus those voices no longer needed to speak up. Perhaps though, the vocal minority are right. Perhaps Wolfie is the true champion and the better representative of their collective musical and satirical tastes. We can hope but we shall never really know. Not for certain. And that my fellow Cranepudlians is simply sad.

themetfairy Jan 28 2008 07:14 PM

Perhaps the lack of votes reflected how hard it was to decide between the two worthy entries? I did choose, but it wasn't easy.

seawolf17 Jan 28 2008 07:29 PM

It doesn't make much sense to me at all... we'll see how the voting goes in the other matchups.

metirish Jan 28 2008 07:29 PM

Maybe they were distracted by the Ice Capades .

Willets Point Jan 28 2008 08:38 PM

I just voted now because I wasn't able to vote earlier. For some reason it was just showing the total votes and not the radio buttons. I thought maybe I voted accidentally which is why I didn't say anything earlier.

cooby Jan 28 2008 08:41 PM

Yeah, me too! I couldn't remember voting, but it said I had, but now I really did. I just thought I had lost my mind. No wonder there weren't many votes.

Willets Point Jan 28 2008 08:43 PM

I suspect the CPF switched to Diebold machines.

cooby Jan 28 2008 08:45 PM

So are these late votes gonna count? It's not our fault we couldn't vote earlier.

Willets Point Jan 28 2008 08:45 PM

On a more serious note, I think this should be reopened until everyone who thought they voted can double check to see that they actually voted.

AG/DC Jan 28 2008 08:48 PM

Cool! Willets just Broward County'd this whole thing! Bring on the controversy! Teach the controversy!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 28 2008 08:56 PM

I don't wanna add to the controversy but when I went to vote today it seemed like I already had. You know, like, the results were showing. Now it looks like I haven't voted.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 28 2008 08:57 PM

Holy f. Now I see the above posts saying the same thing.

Nymr83 Jan 28 2008 08:57 PM

metirish Jan 28 2008 09:25 PM

WOW, this is so fecking weird, when I looked today and tonight it looked like I had voted but I couldn't remember voting.....

A Boy Named Seo Jan 29 2008 12:31 AM

FWIW, I got my vote in yesterday, I think, and it seemed to record it OK.

Rockin' Doc Jan 29 2008 05:20 AM

I think a run off is in order.

metirish Jan 29 2008 06:32 AM

This is all highly irregular, Seawolf has given his victory speech and has moved to the next primary.

AG/DC Jan 29 2008 06:40 AM

Seawolf is the judge! Seawolf is a plaintiff! The whole system is collapsing in upon itself!

seawolf17 Jan 29 2008 07:05 AM

Confused. Let's let it run one more day, just to be safe? All of a sudden we have 22 votes.

metirish Jan 29 2008 07:14 AM

Seawolf might well be our Gore.

sharpie Jan 29 2008 07:37 AM

We settled the last dispute with a runoff. Think maybe that should happen here.

Valadius Jan 29 2008 08:44 AM

I'd do a runoff.

soupcan Jan 29 2008 08:52 AM

Seawolf is running this tournament and Seawolf is the beneficiary of an extremly suspicious victory which is rife with voting irregularities. Now this of course is all speculative and circumstantial but Barry Bonds didn't fail any drug tests either. I smell something funny in my soup... Disclaimer: my concern that the 'tone' of this post is not relayed as a result of it being written rather than spoken compels me to state for the record that my tongue is at the present time implanted firmly in my cheek

soupcan Jan 29 2008 08:53 AM

(double post)

A Boy Named Seo Jan 29 2008 10:30 AM

What if we just vote again in a separate thread? Same songs. Open ballot this time. And request only peeps who voted the first time around to vote again this time.

AG/DC Jan 29 2008 10:32 AM

Solomon? Is that you?

Kong76 Jan 29 2008 10:47 AM

I had a similar issue as did irish in that when I looked at this last night (signed in as me) it showed results but I didn't think I voted. Then this morning on my work computer (signed in as me) it gave me the op- portunity to vote so I did. I couldn't make up my mind who to vote for (they're both very good) but I did finally cast a vote for soup and that was vote #12 - if that helps.

AG/DC Jan 29 2008 10:50 AM

So your right to vote or not vote is apparently linked to your machine's IP address and not your profile. We should look into that on the admin end. It's funny, bacause we never really cared about the outcome of a poll before this contest.

Kong76 Jan 29 2008 10:55 AM

I don't think that's the case (the ip address thing) because when I'm logged on as "admin" I could vote from the same machine "KC" voted from.

metirish Jan 29 2008 10:57 AM

Yeah I don't htink that was the case for me because it showed I had voted on both my work and home PC but then later when I looked in the thread it was open for me to vote(from home)

soupcan Jan 29 2008 11:01 AM

AG/DC wrote: It's funny, bacause we never really cared about the outcome of a poll before this contest. I hope no one thinks that I 'really care' about this. I was just trying to be funny (not always a smart idea) by making light of Seawolf and myself participating in something that apparently very few people cared about. I had no idea there'd be hanging chads all over this.

Edgy DC Jan 29 2008 11:03 AM

No, I wasn't suggesting you were making a stink.

seawolf17 Jan 29 2008 11:12 AM

I want it to be fair, though. Let's re-vote. I'll open a new thread, 24 hours.

seawolf17 Jan 29 2008 11:21 AM

It's up. Soup, re-post. Everyone, re-vote.

MFS62 Jan 30 2008 06:09 AM

I have a suggestion how to resolve this (the perception of voting irregularities) that I'll post in the general song parody thread. Later