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The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,667 posts) Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:33 PM Dec 2018

So Joy Reid was running some old footage of NBC's news reports of the Watergate hearings, [View all]

and she pointed out that it had its own theme music. What she didn't mention was that the music they used was "The March to the Scaffold" from Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. I LOL'd. Somebody at NBC News had a sly sense of humor.

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So Joy Reid was running some old footage of NBC's news reports of the Watergate hearings, [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 OP

I vote for the Verdi Requiem Dies Irae for Trump's Mueller Hearings! fierywoman Dec 2018 #1

That'll work! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4

Excellent choice! Pacifist Patriot Dec 2018 #23

Or the Benny Hill chase theme lunatica Dec 2018 #24

Funeral March for a Marionette seens approrpriate for drumpf. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2018 #2

+1 2naSalit Dec 2018 #3

Or the theme music from "Benny Hill." The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #6

Or Bob Loblaw Dec 2018 #7

You beat me to it. I posted the YouTube video above. lunatica Dec 2018 #25

Yeah, as this administration would've been a GWC58 Dec 2018 #30

This. Chellee Dec 2018 #5

Toccata and fugue in d minor UpInArms Dec 2018 #8

Beautiful keys! Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #27

Dialogues of the Carmelites MuseRider Dec 2018 #9

What? No one likes a guillotine MuseRider Dec 2018 #21

Not "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana? That's always ominous. SharonAnn Dec 2018 #10

We have a winner. EarnestPutz Dec 2018 #17

LOL! lunatica Dec 2018 #26

I like it. Someone needs to write O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics using Spanky's misused and fierywoman Dec 2018 #28

Or the end of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #11

Ooh, that's a good one, too! SharonAnn Dec 2018 #12

Yes yes! And you remember his name is Don(ald) John (Trump) -- so it is eery. Did you know the fierywoman Dec 2018 #29

Did they really? Was that a coincidence or... ? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #31

It had to have been planned WAY before Spanky planned his trip -- the set was fierywoman Dec 2018 #32

I'd love to have seen that. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #33

You can see little bits of it on youtube (just write Royal Opera house Don Giovanni). fierywoman Dec 2018 #34

Thanks! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #35

Darth Vader theme song is perfect: Liberty Belle Dec 2018 #13

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #20

No!!!!! LeftInTX Dec 2018 #36

The "Let's Make a Deal" theme song due to how many are ratting out Trump. McCamy Taylor Dec 2018 #14

donnie's version of Darth Vader not fooled Dec 2018 #15

LOL! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #16

Pop Goes the Weasel. kairos12 Dec 2018 #18

Hit the Road, Jack. JohnZSmith Dec 2018 #19

And of course there is this Classic. Marcuse Dec 2018 #22