Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for March 14, 2023

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    J.J. O'Malley  over 1 year ago

    Can’t be singing about Lillian; he’s still off by about 15-20 years.

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    Muzi54  over 1 year ago

    Well she was just seventeen

    You know what I mean

    And the way she looked

    Was way beyond compare

    He’s riffing on a Beatles song ‘I Saw Her Standing There’.

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    Sue Ellen  over 1 year ago

    I guess the sound quality on radios wasn’t all that great back in the day. Since my teen years, I’ve learned that the Beach Boys were singing about huarache sandals, not archy sandals and that Ricky Nelson was talking about a sweet Fraulein down in Berlin town not his sweet brown eyes down in Burlington.

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    littlejohn Premium Member over 1 year ago

    At least he hasn’t gone country & western.

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    ladykat  over 1 year ago

    Old age can do that to you.

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    ehenwood  over 1 year ago

    I mean I know these jokes are so terrible, and pop and rock lyrics often aren’t proper rhymes, but c’mon—seventy doesn’t rhyme with mean.

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    wrloftis  over 1 year ago

    At least she’s significantly younger than Ed. He served in WWII, so he’s probably about 101 years old.

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    kenwarnerfordictator  over 1 year ago

    Crankshaft’s lyrics are simply more age appropriate.

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    Robert Nowall Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Well, it would be kind of sick to be singing, say, “…you’re sixteen, you’re beautiful, and you’re mine!” at that age.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 1 year ago

    And 6 years ago it was … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4

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    tcayer  over 1 year ago

    Is Ed supposed to be over 70? If Max is in his 20’s, Pam is in her 40s, so I assumed he was mid to late 60s.

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    ncorgbl  over 1 year ago

    I never thought I’d be with a 50 year old, but my lady is 69 now and looks like someone out of Playboy Magazine. I’m blessed, and grateful. I have to go now…

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    WilliamVollmer  over 1 year ago

    Isn’t Ed changing the lyrics to match his reality? He may enjoy looking at an 17 year old girl, but possibly dating? He hasn’t shown that tenacity.

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    MontanaPhil50  over 1 year ago

    ….And the way she look was way beyond repair.So how could I dance with he mother,When I saw her standing there

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    Mopman  over 1 year ago

    I agree, youngsters staring at me, that was lame.

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    Lynnjav  over 1 year ago

    Mondegreens!

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    mfrasca  over 1 year ago

    “’scuse me while I kiss this guy”

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    Dirty Dragon  over 1 year ago

    Ed really wants to know will they still feed him when he’s 64.

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    pca Premium Member over 1 year ago

    She was just 85Barely aliveAnd the way she lookedWas way beyond repair

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    JPuzzleWhiz  over 1 year ago

    Bad enough we had to have Cranky mangling Beatle lyrics, but did we need to see him DANCING too? There’s not enough eye bleach in the world to make me un-see that!

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    stillfickled Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Close enuff, old man.

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    ToneeRhianRose  over 1 year ago

    Haha! XD

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    CsRoberto2854  10 months ago

    this ran on Batiuk’s birthday

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