Aug

School House Rock (Conspiracy Theory Rock)

This cartoon appeared in the original March broadcast of the SNL episode, but was cut from the summer rerun. SNL producer Lorne Michaels told the New York Daily News he “didn’t think it worked comedically.” In an interview, Harry Shearer said “The truth is that Lorne wanted to continue working at 30 Rock.”
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/97/97pfunhouse.phtml

Schoolroom Rocky’s back on the block
With Conspiracy Theory Rock

It’s a media-opoly. A media-opoly.
The whole media’s controlled by a few corporations.
Thanks to deregulation by the FCC.

You mean Disney, Fox, Westinghouse and good ol’ GE?

They own networks from CBS to CNBC.

They can use them to say whatever they please
And put down the opinions of anyone who disagrees.

Or stuff about PCBs

What are PCBs?

They come from electric power plants built by Westinghouse and GE.

They can give you lots of cancer
That can hurt your body

But on network TV
You’ll rarely hear anything bad about the nuclear industry

Like when Westinghouse was sued for fraud?

Which time?

When GE made defective bolts it was an unreported crime
Or when it was boycotted for operating nuclear bomb plants
just to squeeze a dime…

That’s a footnote, by the way.

A footnote protects you from folks who doubt what you say.
Now maybe the voices in my head will go away.

But the bigshots don’t care.
They’re all sitting pretty thanks to corporate welfare.

What’s that now?

They get billions in subsidies from the government. It’s supposed to create jobs but that’s not how it’s spent.
They use PACs and soft money to support Congressmen
Who will vote for weapons programs again and again
And let them dump toxic waste where the young ones play.

I hear GE made the bullets that shot JFK.

You contribute to this chain
Every time you buy a product
Sponsored on this show.

That’s what NBC doesn’t want you to know.
So the next time

‘Please stand by’
‘Please stand by’
It means there’s technical difficulty
Supposedly
So if you see
A ‘Please Stand By’
You’ll know it’s all part of GE’s big lie.

Why’d they take Norm MacDonald away?

Because he made too many jokes about O.J..

But Lorne Michaels overruled.

Now don’t be fooled.
He and Marion Barry went to the same high school.

Duration : 0:2:26

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