Variety Speak Lyrics

Variety Speak lyrics

Yakko: In Hollywood they have a different language that they speak

It's spoken by those folks who went to school for just one week

Dot: It's found inside Variety, a magazine they use

Y+D: And no one understands it when they read the movie news.



Dot: Like "Hix makes pix but the flick needs fix"

Yakko: Means someone made a movie that bombed

Dot: "The veeps in charge are now at large"

Yakko: Means everyone involved is gone.



Dot: "The plot conflix; no beautiful chix"

Yakko: So it's coming out on video soon

Dot: They're "taking their lix"

'Cause the critics say "nix"

Yakko: And the editors are gonna try to fix it in the mix.



Dot: But the "stock sees green" on page thirteen

Yakko: Means Disney's up a nickel a share

Dot: "Stallone cuts deal for a major reel"

Yakko: Means Rocky number six, so beware.



Dot: If you want the "poop"

Yakko: Or you need the "scoop"

Y+D: On Hollywood town this week

You're gonna have to learn to talk that Variety Speak!



Girls: Bob-a-doo-bop! A-bob-a-doo-bah!

Bob-a-doo-bop! A-bob-a-doo-bah!



Dot: "A boffo smash makes Warner cash"

Yakko: Means there's gonna be a sequel next year

Dot: But "Paramount hurts and they're losing their shirts"

Yakko: Means Schwarzenegger's doing King Lear.



Dot: "Oliver Stone does next Home Alone"

Yakko: Means he's getting paid an arm and a leg

The budget goes "crunch"

Dot: But his name "packs punch"

Yakko: So they called up the accountants and they're gonna "do lunch"!



Dot: Well, the "ratings smile" on the O.J. trial

Yakko: Means a movie of the week to premiere

Dot: "Universal cuts deal with Mister Spiel"

Yakko: To do a hundred thousand movies a year.



YW+D : You gotta play it smart

If you wanna be part

Of the crowd that's hip and chic

You're gonna have to learn to talk that Variety Speak!



Girls: Bob-a-doo-bop! A-bob-a-doo-bah!

Bob-a-doo-bop! A-bob-a-doo-bah!



Yakko: Normal talk makes producers walk

Y+D: You might as well speak Greek

You're gonna have to learn...

Wakko: Or the meeting will adjourn...

YW+D : Unless, my friend, you learn that Variety Speak!



Girls: Bob-a-doo-bop! A-bob-a-doo-bah!

Bob-a-doo-bop! A-bob-a-doo-bah!



YW+D : Bah-doop-bah-doop-bah-doop-bahhh-dah!