Video: ‘Bastard in the Sand’ Parody Sung by Martin Short Accompanied by the ‘Singing Navy SEALS’
A couple of weeks ago, actor/comedian Martin Short celebrated the killing of Osama bin Laden by singing, on the Late Show with David Letterman, “Bastard in the Sand,” a parody set to the tune of Elton John's “Candle in the Wind.”
As he played the piano and sang, he was accompanied by five people dressed as Navy SEALs whom the Late Show blog, the Wahoo Gazette, called “the Singing Navy SEALs.” A couple of the humorous stanzas:
In the afterlife, six dozen virgins sure sounded swell
So it must've burned your ass, when you ended up in hell.
It seems to me you lived your life like a bastard in the sand
Never knowing when the U.S. Navy SEALs would land.
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Most of the lyrics, as posted in the Wahoo Gazette for the Tuesday, May 17, 2011 program:
"BASTARD IN THE SAND"
"Goodbye, Al Qaeda's Rose
Your beard never seemed too clean to me
So I'm glad they washed you off
Before they dumped you in the sea.
In the afterlife
Six dozen virgins sure sounded swell
So it must've burned your ass
When you ended up in hell.
It seems to me you lived your life
Like a bastard in the sand
Never knowing when the U.S. Navy SEALs would land
They caught you by surprise inside your secret base
Could've shot you anywhere
But why not in the face?
Goodbye, Al Qaeda’s Rose
To the world you were mad
And to your kids and 22 wives
You were also a deadbeat dad.
Multi-million dollar bounty
Placed on your head
You were wanted 'dead or alive'
But in the end we went with 'dead'."
Letterman’s Web site has a longer video what Letterman and Short before and after the song.
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Not bad...
Submitted by AgentAmerican on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 11:24pm.
I bet Manowar would have a better version. They recorded an epic about the Trojan War that wasn't bad.
Eric Adams sang about dragging Hector's body around the field three times. If only they would have been allowed to drag bin Laden's carcass down Pennsylvania avenue. Cfku their tradition.
Let's embolden
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 11:47pm.
our enemies. Smart.
hbnolikeee
Submitted by MrShy on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 4:31am.
Let's embolden our enemies. Smart.
Our enemies who are pure evil, regardless? We're suddenly emboldening them?
Um, no, let's say loud and proud, "our enemy, Islam (radical but even the "not so-" that pretend to be peace-loving), sucks" and let's keep capturing or killing them until this scourge is eliminated.
And lets mock them all we want and show them 100% contempt.
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Our enemy is dead.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:28am.
Unless he is a swimming zombie, gonna be hard to embolden him to do anything. Or... Wait. Are you suggesting parody will entice Islamists to join the fight in the war on terror? Why then, alright mister. Sure. No more parody. In fact, let's do nothing that might embolden the enemy. Nothing at all to embolden them. That would include killing them. In case you mighta kinda missed it. Killin' Osama Bin Laden has emboldened the enemy to the point where they have had several boom boom bomb attacks in Pakistan in reprisal. So... To sum up. Let's do nothing to embolden the enemy because they might list as a reason for emboldening whatever it is we have done to embolden them in all the bombin' and whatnot.
Done. No more emboldening from this point henceforth and forthwith.
Amazingly, I agree. Instead
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 11:19am.
Amazingly, I agree. Instead of killing him, we should have had the SEALS hand deliver a Hallmark Card asking for Al Queda to forgive us for existing and being free. Maybe they could have left him a potted plant and a casserole too.
I have the perfect recipe;
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 11:34am.
"Al Qaeda Surprise"
Take your favorite hot dish, add C4, and detonate to taste.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
This must be a first
Submitted by Obviousman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 8:52pm.
A Canadian who can actually be mean-spirited when appropriate -- will wonders never cease?
I've always like Martin Short -- now I know I really like him.
Go, Ed Grimley, I must say!
Embolden our Enemies???
Submitted by hankroberts on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:35am.
"Find the enemy...Shoot him down...Everything else is rubbish."
Baron von Richtoffen (The Red Baron)
Thank you, Mr. Short
Submitted by jazzyaz on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 1:37am.
Love it!!! I laughed, watched again and laughed some more. Martin baby, hats off to you!
"They" danced on 9/11.....payback's a bitch, ain't it guys?
A Canadian who can actually
Submitted by bagtree on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:32am.
A Canadian who can actually be mean-spirited when appropriate -- will wonders never cease?
I've always like Martin Short -- now I know I really like him.
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