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Miner's Elvis homage is the real reason the Soviet Union fell apart.

Thank yew.

Thank yew vurry much.

Which Elvis? The Young-Elvis-in-a-Blazer, the Comeback-Special-Elvis-in-Black-Leather or the Older-Elvis-in-a-White-Jumpsuit?

Rather than ruin the surprise, you should just wait until you can see his show for yourself.

I got invited to contribute something to an Elvis tribute mini-comic once, and for the life of me I couldn't think of anything. Some of the other stories were really good, though.

My mother is a huge Elvis fan. I think I'd seen all of his movies by the time I was ten. They all kind of blur together, except for the earliest and latest ones, which generally had more of a plot. A couple of years ago Change of Habit came on TV. That was his final movie (not counting a documentary that appeared a few years later). It co-starred Mary Tyler Moore as a nun.

Trying to incorporate Elvis song titles into all of your posts is extremely hard.

Oh, EDE, don't be cruel!

Now you're just steppin' out of line.

good work, guys. now we're caught in a trap.

Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around

When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound

D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need apostrophe
T, need this torture?

This is fun! I can't help falling in love Legion World!

I'm waiting for the Weird Al parody of that song Quis posted: "Donut, Let's Start"

Weird Al wouldn't think of parodying any They Might Be Giants song.

No means no
No is always no
When they say no,
it means a thousand times no

No plus no equals no
All roads lead to no no no

Finger pointing, eyebrows low
Mouth in the shape of the letter O
Red means stop,
Do not go,
No, no, no.

Pardon me -- No!
Excuse me -- No!
May I stay?
Can I go?
No, no, no

Do this -- No!
Don't do that -- No!
Sit, stay, roll over
No, no, no

Finger pointing, eyebrows low
Mouth in the shape of the letter O
Red means stop. Do not go.
No, no, no

Why am I craving peanut butter and banana sandwiches all of a sudden? I don't even like peanut butter and bananas together...

Of course, They Might Be Giants covered a song originally made famous by a group that would go over well on Legion World: The Four Lads:

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks


Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

It's been said the name Istanbul was a linguistic corruption of Constantinople.

This thread has become a Turkish delight!

Yildiray Cinar!
Yildiray Cinar!
Yildiray Cinar!

They better not kick him upstairs to a more prestigious job now that I can finally remember how to spell his name.

I remember eating Turkish delight for the first time. It was good, but I wouldn't have sold my soul for it, unlike Edmund Pevensie.

Back when I lived in New Paltz, we had a fantastic Turkish restaurant.

A common Spanish-language word for "turkey" (the bird) is "pavo", which actually means "peacock". In countries where that is common, a peacock is referred to as "pavo real".

In the Spanish dub of "Dynomutt" that I grew up watching, "Blue Falcon" was VERY loosely translated into "Pavo Real."

"Jive Turkey" was a very, er poorly thought-out superhero from Schoolastic's Dynamite magazine.

(In keeping with FL's comments elsewhere about retrospectively embarrassing moments in pop culture.)