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"Mr. Jaws" is a novelty song by Dickie Goodman released on Cash Records in 1975. [ 2 ] This record is a parody of the 1975 summer blockbuster film Jaws , with Goodman interviewing the shark (whom he calls "Mr. Jaws"), as well as the film's main characters, Brody, Hooper, and Quint.
Richard Dorian Goodman (April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989), [1] was an American music and record producer. He is best known for inventing and using the technique of the "break-in", an early precursor to sampling, that used brief clips of popular records and songs to "answer" comedic questions posed by voice actors on his novelty records.
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"Gee, But You're Swell" was adopted by Australian television performer Graham Kennedy as his theme song for In Melbourne Tonight. The song is used as background music throughout the 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon Porky and Gabby , and the 1938 cartoon Daffy Duck in Hollywood .
Teachers, Don't Try to Be Cool – A teacher named Mr. Goodman tries to fit in with his students and acts as if he doesn't play by the rules. This usually gets him hurt though. Teen Rage – Three teenagers created a band called Teen Rage against Parents and Teachers.
The song isn’t about giving directions, it’s about giving a warning: “There’s a bad moon on the rise.” Singer John Fogerty has said that he understands how the lyrics could be misconstrued.
Ian Dove of the New York Times wrote, "Mr. Goodman has been allowed to bring all his influences into the album, and as a result we get a fully rounded portrait of the artist. It is a deceptively casual album—'laid back' in the argot—recorded in Nashville and New York, but which has much strength and realism in its simplicity...
The song has been recorded by many artists. It was the signature theme of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, performed by nightclub singer Jacqueline Fontaine on camera, as well as over the opening and closing credits. [4] Bette Midler included the song in the film Beaches (1988) and it appears on the soundtrack album.