Flashback: ‘Bastard in the Sand’ Parody Sung by Martin Short Accompanied by the ‘Singing Navy SEALS’
Back in May, 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.”
With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, I thought I'd re-post video of the entertaining song (original May 30 NB post).
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.
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 with Letterman and Short before and after the song.
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Comments
A Total Lack Of PC.
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 11:53pm.
I am soooo shocked that Martin Short would make fun of such a decent, moral man such as Bin Laden........okay did everyone's B.S. meter just peg or was it just me??
The left will always use any
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:16am.
The left will always use any opportunity to score political points, even if it means being blatant hypocrites. Can you imagine how hard the left would have downplayed killing Bin Laden if a Republican were president? They would have turned it into a major "problem" for said Republican president.
A great deception
Submitted by indyeight on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:31am.
If you believe that Osama had anything to do with 911 you are very gullible. If you then believe the story of the alleged assassination then there is little help for you. Our government was totally inept (or so it looked) on 911 but then within 30 minutes of the attack they knew that Osama was behind it! Come on!
Say what?
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:36am.
Say what?
I may need a Vet ruling but....
Submitted by sentry_99 on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 1:01am.
I'm pretty sure this constitutes a loon post no?
Loon post YES!
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 2:00am.
Loon post YES!
A Rush Fan ruling...
Submitted by sentry_99 on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 8:47am.
just as good. Thanks
You waited two years for that?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 8:42am.
.
I think he just got released, Sicko.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:10am.
.
indyeight is right you know.
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 10:35am.
Al Qaeda could not have been behind the attacks 10 years ago.
Al Qaeda was not behind a series of escalating attacks against America or her citizens. Al Qaeda was not behind the first attempt to bring down the World Trade Center towers in 1993. Or the foiled attempt to simultaneously blow up 10 civilian airliners in the Bojinka plot. Al Qaeda was not behind the simultaneous bombings of embassy bombings in Africa in 1998. Nor was it behind the bombing of the USS Cole.
Simultaneous attacks? No. Not Al Qaeda.
And since they were not behind any of those, we did not make any retaliatory attacks on the training camps in Afghanistan or the baby seal rescue factory in Sudan in 1998.
Afghanistan? Why does that name sound familiar?
And since Al Qaeda was simply a baby seal rescue organization and was not a continuing threat against the United States, we would have kept zero intelligence on its membership or attempted to gain intelligence on its plans.
The was no Presidential Briefing in August of 2001 that stated Al Qaeda wanted to strike inside the United States.
There were no computers in 2001 that could have held intelligence on a group that had declared war on the United States, had attacked or planned to attack the United States. Nor were there computers that held the names of the passengers of the various planes in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Since there were no such computers in 2001, it would have been impossible to compare any of the names in those two databases.
But we did say they knew it was Al Qaeda behind the attacks within 30 minutes. It would be impossible to do a google search, as google does not exist either, that would show our government said Al Qaeda was the "prime suspect". Nope, we laid it directly at the feet of Al Qaeda that day.
And since there were no computers back in 2001, it would have been impossible to track the names of the hijackers through credit cards, flight records, witnesses, bank records, what have you. Nor were there any cell phones in 2001. And even if there were, no one on any of the flights would have contacted authorities in the minutes after the planes were hijacked to say who had hijacked the planes.
Nor was there a semi-bungling baggage system at airports that failed to get one of the hijackers bags on the plane with him. In fact, it was not the lead hijackers baggage that missed a connection and contained damning evidence on the entire plot and its participants.
There was no FBI that did an investigation that collected evidence left in the rental vehicles, at the crash site, and elsewhere. The FBI is a ruse. Nor are there any intelligence groups in other countries that would have listened in on Al Qaeda and turned over evidence against them.
Nor did Al Qaeda claim full responsibility later on. And we captured no one in Al Qaeda and interrogated them. Since we could not capture any members of Al Qaeda, such as the key planner, they could not have admitted it was them either.
And don't even get me started on the assassination. My heavens.
Vet....Thanks, as usual, for making sense of Everything and
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:18am.
clearing Indyeight's name and reputation that I and others ridiculed and besmirched. :-)
regards,
RF
Al Qaeda Is Only a Bunch of Mercs Who Took a Commission
Submitted by Avitar on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 5:48pm.
First that may have been the high point of Martin Short's career.
Second, there are those in the Middle-east with access to sovereign wealth who want all non-Muslims enslaved. Al Qaeda was a band that Congressman Charlie Wilson got financing for to fight the Russians like the Irish Brigade in the Civil War. When that was over with their commanders who liked war looked around for other sponsors.
This war will never be over until we force the rulers of the Muslim Countries to take responsibility for the words and actions of their Mullahs and their Islamic Clergy. They must replace Sharia with a codified legal system. The Mullahs practicing Islam without a Theology degree and license from the Government should be declared pigs and locked away before they can stone a woman or rape virgins.
It is time for the Middle-east to come out of the bronze age of civilization.
A word to the brainwashed
Submitted by indyeight on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:38pm.
I noticed that you didn't mention Osama bin Laden in your lighthearted response to my post. No one is questioning that this CIA developed and supported group called Al Qaeda was involved.
They were responsible for building 7 collapsing on it's own footprint at free fall speed later that day on 911. No plane hit that building but it was on fire so reason has it that it was doomed to collapse. No skyscraper in recorded history had ever collapsed due to fire but in ONE day New York had THREE! Just what kind of fire was that?
Al Qaeda was responsible for causing Larry Silverstein to slip up and admit that they decided to "pull it", referring to building 7. (Have you spent all of the 7 billion+ you made on that day yet, Larry?)
Al Qaeda was indeed responsible in making sure that the BBC reported that building 7 had collapsed about 30 minutes BEFORE it actually did.
Al Qaeda was responsible for telling NORAD to stand down while the United States just sat there and took the attacks.
Al Qaeda was responsible in making sure witnesses lied that day when the claimed that they saw and/or heard explosives in the WTC buildings (especially in the basements) before or as they came down,. (That would kind of explain the glass shattering on the first floor before the buildings came down. That was definitely an Al Qaeda agent that testified of helping victims in the basement explosions.
Al Qaeda was responsible in all the "put option" Stock market trading on airlines days before the attack.
It was surely Al Qaeda that pushed then President Bush to make sure that the CIA's asset, Osama bin Laden's relatives were safely flown out of the country in the days after 911.
Al Qaeda is surely responsible for confiscating the video of the plane hitting the pentagon to hide their dastardly deed.
They are also 100% responsible for the freedom killing Patriot act, the gestapo styled Department of Homeland Security, and every sexually assaulted United States citizen at every airport in this land!
I think I smell a loon fart.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 11:18pm.
I definitely heard a squeak.
Yep. I do smell a loon fart. Told ya.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 11:19pm.
Lord, they do love the smell of their own farts.
building 7 collapsing on it's own footprint - Where else is it gonna fall Loon? Gravity, that thing we have known and understood about for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years PULLS EVERYTHING STRAIGHT DOWN. Try it Loon. Go grab an egg from your fridge and drop it. Where does it fall? STRAIGHT FRIGGIN' DOWN LOON.
No plane hit that building... - the North Tower collapsing had nothing to do with that building. Why It collapsed in it's footprint just like I designed it to. And then I walked over and set WTC 7 on fire. Shhhh. Don't tell no one. Yeah, a tower that is over 1000 feet tall collapses and absolutely zero debris from that will touch a building a scant 330 feet away. Nope. Not a damn thing. Yeah, pissy whiny loons whine about buildings collapsing in their own footprint but a 1000 foot tall building that does not somehow misses the Loon conspiracies. You go Loon.
No skyscraper in recorded history had ever collapsed due to fire --- Correct Loon. Firefighters have put every skyscraper fire out before structural damage overwhelmed it. But then the grand experiment that Loons and Al Qaeda love some much only happened the one time when a couple of fully fueled 747's were used to both damage and start colossal fires 80 stories up in a steel framed building whilst knocking out the elevators. There is a climb for a guy with 50 pounds of firehose on his back. You go Loon. Experiment!
ONE day New York had THREE! Just what kind of fire was that? -- Might have missed the news that two fully fueled 747's flew into two of them. I saved the newspapers. I will send you a copy. And the death, destruction, debris, and shortages of water, pumps, and firefighters led to the decision to let the other one burn. Give me your address, I will send you the clippings.
Larry Silverstein to slip up and admit that they decided to "pull it", - Firefighters walk up to buildings engulfed in flame every single day and make a decision. Do we risk men and equipment trying to extinguish this fire or do we let it consume itself and ensure the fire does not spread to nearby structures. EVERY SINGLE DAY. But yeah Loon, they decided this building with an unknown amount of structural damage from the collapse of a 1000 foot tower a scant 330 feet away, engulfed in flames, along with a bunch of other buildings nearby, a shortage of water, pumps, and a few hundred missing firefighters in the collapse of those 2 1000 foot towers, they decide to "pull it", that is pull the firefighters left, you know, those guys that were left over after the deaths of a couple hundred of the city's firefighters, they decide to "pull it" and let the building burn itself out rather than risk a couple hundred more. But really, Larry Silverstein was referring to his crank. He wanted to "pull it". So shhhhh. Don't tell no one. Because the phrase "pull it" only means one thing in truferland, and that is when someone refers to yanking his crank.
BBC reported that building 7 had collapsed about 30 minutes BEFORE... - Yes Loon. The mighty might BBC was let in on the secret murder of 3000 American citizens and mistakenly set out a bunch of Loon food 30 minutes before Loon Dinner Time. Whoops. Reporters have never made a mistake in the entire history of reporterdom have they? It was only announced that the firefighters had been "PULLED" from fighting WTC 7 fires HOURS and HOURS in advance of the report from the BBC. And it was only a matter of time before the building was eventually going to collapse from an raging out of control fire that firefighters had been "PULLED" from fighting. But yeah, let's ignore all that and just pull the most idiotic Loon theory ever that 1000's of people conspiring to murder 3000 of their countrymen were told to keep the conspiracy mum under threat of death but hey, let's let the BBC just blow it. Yeah, let's go with that theory. Loon.
...NORAD to stand down... --- Whoops. Never mind that NORAD is for the defense of the United States against outside MILITARY powers and has ONLY, well, what is the word, Oh, I know, STOOD UP against outside military powers. Yeah, nevermind that. What? Did I hear a Loon fart?
...witnesses lied that day when the claimed that they saw and/or heard explosives in the WTC buildings... - I am a witness Loon. I saw AND heard two, count them, TWO jumbo 747 airliners fully laden with fuel fly into the two 1000 foot towers and EX-FRIGGIN-SPLODE. What, I don't count? Only Loons count now?
...glass shattering on the first floor before the buildings came down... - This is a new one in Loonytown. Every single witness that could actually see the glass on the first floor of both of those buildings DIED in the collapse of those buildings. But looks like someone is about to cross the divide from the dead to the living and give us special loon testimony. You go Loon. Tell us what else the dead said.
..."put option" Stock market trading on airlines.. - That was me Loon. My anti-gravity device finally worked that day and I had planned on putting every single airline out of operation as everyone could fly with their own personal anti-gravity device. Unfortunately, I discovered the very next day, September 12th, that my anti-gravity device would explode 14 seconds after take-off and send a 19 inch metal spike straight up the user's colon. All of my put options expired worthless and I am a pauper today. Please send money Loon.
...bin Laden's relatives were safely flown out of the country in the days after 911... - Whew. That is a smelly Loon Fart. Whew. Someone light a match. Whoops. Bin Ladin's relatives, and the guy has a bunch, he is one of 155 children, left NINE days after 9/11, when ALL COMMERCIAL air traffic was allowed to resume, and even then they were screened by the FBI. But yeah Loon, you got something magical in that fart don't you.
...confiscating the video of the plane hitting the pentagon... - Again. Me. Loons are quite wimpy. I just punched him in the face and stole it. Stupid sissy wimply loons. Wait. Weren't you the Loon that claims eyewitnesses are to be believed about explosives in the basement of the WTC towers? But yeah, witnesses that said a plane hit the Pentagon - DISSSSSSS-MISSSSSSSED. Loons get to pick and choose. It is what Loons do best after all.
freedom killing Patriot act - My idea.
gestapo styled Department of Homeland Security - My design.
every sexually assaulted United States citizen - I take pictures of every one. I sell them on my website. I think I have a picture of your mom. No discounts. Loons pay full price.
Very very funny
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 7:56am.
I am going to have a great day
Yessiree, this is a true classic.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 8:27am.
It is not easy getting inside the head of a loon.
A great deception Fool
Submitted by Archie1234 on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:36am.
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
Michel de Montaigne
Rosie O'Donnell, is that you?
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 1:12pm.
Oh, that's right, you didn't say anything about fire and steel. So would this be RIchard Dreyfuss? Or, just a run of the mill troll/sleeper?
Ummmmm, within minutes of the
Submitted by BD on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 8:32pm.
Ummmmm, within minutes of the attack, in anger WE placed bets with each other that it was AQ.
From one dumb canuck to another....
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:31am.
...Bookmarked!!! ;)
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
Brent....
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 2:01am.
Thank you. Your selection of videos is becoming a must see on NewsBusters.
That's one thing to be
Submitted by Kat Outta the Bag on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 1:19pm.
That's one thing to be thankful for today...the bastard isn't alive to celebrate the anniversary of his evil works!
Facts are stubborn things
Submitted by indyeight on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 10:42pm.
When you can't refute the facts just resort to name calling and cursing - Liberal method of debating 101
Facts huh?
Submitted by sentry_99 on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 10:51pm.
I think your grasp of the facts are about as good as your ability to post a reply. Who is this lost loon post addressing anyway?
I think you meant farts.
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 11:31pm.
You've let loose with a lot of farts here, but I see no evidence of facts from you.
Farts are southern things.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 7:26am.
How quaint boys and girls. A L00N that can't tell the difference between a factual assertion and a fleck of flypoo is lecturing us on internet debating.