June 25, 2002
The Top 15 Signs You're Actually Listening to *Schmelvis* Presley
- Starts off every blues song with, "You think YOU'VE got problems?"
- "A hundred and fifty dollars a night! Talk about your Heartbreak Hotel!"
- He's wearing a blue suede rhinestone-studded yarmulke.
- "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog... you couldn't have been a lawyer or a doctor?"
- That last lyric sounded suspiciously like "Return to Seder."
- Elvis? Fried chicken. Schmelvis? Fried lox.
- Acknowledges the crowd by muttering, "L'chaim... l'chaim very much!"
- The melody *sounds* like "All Shook Up," but you could swear he's singing, "I'm all verklempt."
- Tells stories of what it was like on the set of his 1962 movie, "Goys! Goys! Goys!"
- Washes down pills by the handful with a bottle of Manischevitz.
- Elvis: long sideburns; Schmelvis: long sidecurls
- You're pretty sure that's a fried peanut-butter-and-gefilte-fish sandwich sticking out of his back pocket.
- "Well that's all right, Mama... yes, Mama... I know, Mama... whatever you say, Mama."
- "What's with these Jordanaires? Don't we have any nice Israeli back-up singers?"
and the Number 1 Sign You're Actually Listening to *Schmelvis* Presley...
- "You want I should schvitz on this towel and give it to you for free? What are you, meshuggenah?"
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Selected from 96 submissions from 37 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 1 (34th #1) Email / Hall of Famer
- Pat Sajak, Los Angeles, CA -- 2, 14 Website
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC -- 3 Hall of Famer
- Troy Roberson, Birmingham, AL -- 4, 6
- Martin Bredeck, Hybla Valley, VA -- 5 Email
- John Mozena, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI -- 5
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA -- 7 Email / Hall of Famer
- Peg Warner, Exeter, NH -- 8 Email / Website
- Kim Moser, New York, NY -- 9 Email / Hall of Famer
- Steve Hurd, Oakland, CA -- 10 Hall of Famer
- Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA -- 11 Email / Website
- Kevin Freels, Walnut Creek, CA -- 12 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Jesse Weiss, Dallas, TX -- 12 Website
- Peter Bauer, Rochester, NY -- 13 Hall of Famer
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL -- 13 Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Joseph Moore, Concord, CA -- 13 Email
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA -- 13 Email / Hall of Famer
- Chuck Sawyer, Rochester, NY -- 13
- Whit Watson, West Hartford, CT -- 13
- Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY -- 15 Website
- John K., Long Beach, CA -- Topic
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- Banner Tag Email / Hall of Famer
- Larry Hollister, Concord, CA -- RU list name Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA -- HM list name Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Chris White, Los Angeles, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Robert Lopez, East Los Angeles, CA -- Ambience (explanation)
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