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{{fmt/breakin|Sam Cooke|Don't know much about history / don't know much biology / don't know much about a science book}} | {{fmt/breakin|Sam Cooke|Don't know much about history / don't know much biology / don't know much about a science book}} | ||
'''Reporter''': Mr. Virus, what do you think of that? | '''Reporter''': Mr. Virus, what do you think of that? | ||
{{fmt/breakin| | {{fmt/breakin|KC & Sunshine Band|That's the way (uh huh uh huh) I like it (uh huh uh huh)}} | ||
'''Reporter''': Dr. Fauci, if someone is infected by the coronavirus, what should they do? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Men Without Hats|The safety dance}} | |||
'''Reporter''': How are you advising people with regard to large gatherings and crowded stores? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Nirvana|Stay awayyyy!}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Given the denialism about the seriousness of the virus, why do you keep hoping that the administration will do the right thing?}} | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Ozzy Osbourne|I'm just a dreamer... who dreams of better days}} | |||
'''Reporter''': I am now speaking with United States president Dumpster McTrumpster. Sir, how has your administration been handling this crisis? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Queen|We are the champions, my friend}} | |||
'''Reporter''': How do you plan to deal with the lack of virus testing kits? | |||
'''Reporter''': Mr. McTrumpster, how do you respond to people who say we need to be more vigilant against the virus?}} | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Ok Go|Let it go, this too shall pass}} | |||
'''Reporter''': But surely your administration's lack of action will result in thousands of unnecessary deaths? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Queen|Easy come, easy go}} | |||
'''Reporter''': I am now speaking with Mr. Charles Pepsi, founder of the SMART ALEC business coalition. Mr. Pepsi, what do you feel people should be doing with regard to the health of the local economy? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Stevie Wonder|Livin' just enough... just enough... for the city.}} | |||
'''Reporter''': I am speaking with someone who has been living alone in quarantine. Is there one word you would choose to describe your life right now? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|John Lennon|Isolation}} | |||
'''Reporter''': How long have you been living like this?}} | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Lee Michaels|been forty days since I don't know when}} | |||
'''Reporter''': How do you feel about the current situation? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Kinks|I don't feel safe in this world no more}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Is there anything you'd like to do right now? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Lenny Kravitz|I want to fly away}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Do you think that businesses should start reopening, so this can all be over?}} | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Lenny Kravitz|Honey it ain't over 'til it's over}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Looking back at how things were before the lockdown, how do you feel? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Mary Hopkin|Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day... [keeps going]}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Ma'am? Ma'am? Excuse me? [music ends] | |||
'''Reporter''': Do you have anything to say to the people protesting the lockdown? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Linda Ronstadt|You're no good, you're no good, baby you're no good}} | |||
'''Reporter''': And how do you feel about the politicians who want to force people back to work? | |||
'''Reporter''': I see a crowd of people protesting the lockdown -- folks, can you tell me how you feel about government efforts to inform and protect the public during this crisis? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Pink Floyd|We don't need no education... we don't need no thought control...}} | |||
'''Reporter''': But don't you think it's at least prudent to wear masks and not gather in crowds? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Supertramp|Watch what you say, or I'll be calling you a radical -- a liberal -- oh, fanatical, criminal}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Mr. Virus, as you look out over the crowds of people beginning to gather once again on beaches and in restaurants, what do you see?}} | |||
{{fmt/breakin|REM|Shiny happy people holding hands}} | |||
'''Reporter''': Is there anything you'd like to tell them to do? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|B52s|Roam if you want to -- roam around the world}} | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Beatles|Come together -- right now -- over me.}} | |||
'''Reporter''': And do you have any final thoughts? | |||
{{fmt/breakin|Jonathan Coulton|I feel fantastic and I'm still alive / and while you're dying I'll be still alive / and when you're dead I will be still alive...}} | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
sail away, Mind Games, Still Alive | |||
Revision as of 15:30, 23 May 2020
with many contributions by Harena
Script
Reporter: We are here on the beach where a deadly microscopic virus has just eaten 80,000 people. Mr. Virus, how do you feel?
- Joe Walsh: ♪ Life's been good to me so far ♪
Reporter: And how do you feel about plans to reopen businesses across the country?"
- KC & Sunshine Band: ♪ That's the way (uh huh uh huh) I like it (uh huh uh huh) ♪
Reporter: Medical professionals everywhere say we need to be more vigilant in fighting your spread, What do you think?
- War: ♪ Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends ♪
Reporter: The Republican governor of South Georgissippi is making an announcement. Let's listen:
- Sam Cooke: ♪ Don't know much about history / don't know much biology / don't know much about a science book ♪
Reporter: Mr. Virus, what do you think of that?
- KC & Sunshine Band: ♪ That's the way (uh huh uh huh) I like it (uh huh uh huh) ♪
Reporter: Dr. Fauci, if someone is infected by the coronavirus, what should they do?
- Men Without Hats: ♪ The safety dance ♪
Reporter: How are you advising people with regard to large gatherings and crowded stores?
- Nirvana: ♪ Stay awayyyy! ♪
Reporter: Given the denialism about the seriousness of the virus, why do you keep hoping that the administration will do the right thing?}}
- Ozzy Osbourne: ♪ I'm just a dreamer... who dreams of better days ♪
Reporter: I am now speaking with United States president Dumpster McTrumpster. Sir, how has your administration been handling this crisis?
- Queen: ♪ We are the champions, my friend ♪
Reporter: How do you plan to deal with the lack of virus testing kits?
Reporter: Mr. McTrumpster, how do you respond to people who say we need to be more vigilant against the virus?}}
- Ok Go: ♪ Let it go, this too shall pass ♪
Reporter: But surely your administration's lack of action will result in thousands of unnecessary deaths?
- Queen: ♪ Easy come, easy go ♪
Reporter: I am now speaking with Mr. Charles Pepsi, founder of the SMART ALEC business coalition. Mr. Pepsi, what do you feel people should be doing with regard to the health of the local economy?
- Stevie Wonder: ♪ Livin' just enough... just enough... for the city. ♪
Reporter: I am speaking with someone who has been living alone in quarantine. Is there one word you would choose to describe your life right now?
- John Lennon: ♪ Isolation ♪
Reporter: How long have you been living like this?}}
- Lee Michaels: ♪ been forty days since I don't know when ♪
Reporter: How do you feel about the current situation?
- Kinks: ♪ I don't feel safe in this world no more ♪
Reporter: Is there anything you'd like to do right now?
- Lenny Kravitz: ♪ I want to fly away ♪
Reporter: Do you think that businesses should start reopening, so this can all be over?}}
- Lenny Kravitz: ♪ Honey it ain't over 'til it's over ♪
Reporter: Looking back at how things were before the lockdown, how do you feel?
- Mary Hopkin: ♪ Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day... [keeps going] ♪
Reporter: Ma'am? Ma'am? Excuse me? [music ends]
Reporter: Do you have anything to say to the people protesting the lockdown?
- Linda Ronstadt: ♪ You're no good, you're no good, baby you're no good ♪
Reporter: And how do you feel about the politicians who want to force people back to work?
Reporter: I see a crowd of people protesting the lockdown -- folks, can you tell me how you feel about government efforts to inform and protect the public during this crisis?
- Pink Floyd: ♪ We don't need no education... we don't need no thought control... ♪
Reporter: But don't you think it's at least prudent to wear masks and not gather in crowds?
- Supertramp: ♪ Watch what you say, or I'll be calling you a radical -- a liberal -- oh, fanatical, criminal ♪
Reporter: Mr. Virus, as you look out over the crowds of people beginning to gather once again on beaches and in restaurants, what do you see?}}
- REM: ♪ Shiny happy people holding hands ♪
Reporter: Is there anything you'd like to tell them to do?
- B52s: ♪ Roam if you want to -- roam around the world ♪
- Beatles: ♪ Come together -- right now -- over me. ♪
Reporter: And do you have any final thoughts?
- Jonathan Coulton: ♪ I feel fantastic and I'm still alive / and while you're dying I'll be still alive / and when you're dead I will be still alive... ♪
sail away, Mind Games, Still Alive