MISSING THE CAPITOL STEPS

 

I am sorry that the Capitol Steps is no longer with us.   

The Capitol Steps was a comedy group originally created by congressional staffers that “put the MOCK in democracy” from 1981 to 2020.  I saw several of their performances on Theatre Row in NYC and in their home base in Washington DC. 

They were known for Weird Al-ish (for those of my generation Allan Sherman-ish) political song parodies.  Who could forget “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea” and “Condoleezza” (“Condoleezza, Condoleezza father named me.”).

Their performances also included a “spoonerism” bit – a monologue given in a kind of pig latin where corresponding consonants and vowels are switched between two words of a phrase.  I remember one that discussed Bill Clinton, “a gorney huy” (huy pronounced “high”).

I would love to hear their take on the second Trump Administration.  There could be “Maaaaaaaaaaar-a-Lago” to the tune of “Oklahoma” (“Maaaaaaaaaaar-a-Lago, where the rich go to kiss Trump’s arse and ring.”).  Think what they could have done with the Knickerbocker’s “Lies”, “The Fool on the Hill”, and Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” (“Lie lie lie.  Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie.”).

TAFN