Their Candles Burned Out Long Before Their Legends Ever Did

December 14, 2005 7:38 PM

Dead Celebrity Songs picks up where Elton John left off, providing custom versions of "Candle In The Wind" for a wide range of celebrity corpses including (but not limited to) George Mikan, Estee Lauder, and Spaulding Grey.
posted by jtron (4 comments total)

Nipsy Russell of Match Game
Spoke in rhyme to gain his fame
Now you go ahead and surely bet
He's rap's original poet laureate

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posted by amberglow at 8:31 PM on December 14, 2005

*chuckle*
posted by meh at 10:30 PM on December 14, 2005

Strange to see Spalding Gray's name misspelt that way. It's phonetically the same, but it seems to acquire other meanings: I'm suddenly thinking, not of a polished raconteur, but of a threadbare horse.
posted by MinPin at 4:14 AM on December 15, 2005

Most of these are just not funny.
Could have been mildly amusing at best, ended up being meh...
posted by Shfishp at 7:33 AM on December 15, 2005