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Rove Farewell Song
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(Many thanks to Lisa for these lyrics).
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Tripod:
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Ooh, ooh...
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So it looks like the end for our friends,
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The funsters of Rove.
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Yon:
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For all their clever japery,
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They couldn’t out-clever the icy hand of death.
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Gatesy and Scod:
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Perhaps there’s a lesson in what we’ve just witnessed,
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Or maybe they’re victims of...
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Gatesy:
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... just general shitness.
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Scod:
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But do you remember "Other People’s Lives"?
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What a corker.
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Yon:
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Do you remember "Idiot Boxing"?
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It was ace.
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Gatesy:
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And the fruit shop guy with the moustache,
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Who said "Couple o' days"?
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Yon:
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That’s the Comedy Company,
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Gatesy:
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That was Mark Mitchell.
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Tripod:
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Oh Rove, if you’re up there,
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Look down on us with favour.
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Scod:
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Now when Kerri-Anne’s in trouble,
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Who’s there gonna be to save her?
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Tripod:
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Oh Rove, you and your waggish mates,
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Will be bagged and gagged at the Pearly Gates,
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Scod:
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So Rove, I’ll say hi to my mum for you.
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Gatesy:
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You know, what bit in the whole of the Rove season,
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What was your favourite bits?
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Scod:
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Well, easy, my favourite bit was when we met this band,
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Oscarlima in the dressing room, right?
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And they gave me a free T-shirt.
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Gatesy:
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I was actually thinking, ah...
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What was your favourite bit on the actual show?
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Scod:
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Oh right, on the show... umm...
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Gatesy:
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Do you remember the controversial cliché test?
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It was the best.
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Yon:
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When they killed two birds with one stone,
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They were stuffed.
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Too right they were stuffed, they didn’t have a chance,
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Tripod:
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And how many jokes can you get,
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Out of one single beard?
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Scod:
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Oh, I’ve thought of it, my favourite joke,
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It’s when they dress up as a woman.
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Yon and Gatesy:
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Yes!
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Scod:
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Like when Pete was a lunch lady,
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Gatesy:
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And Dave Callan dressed up as Kylie Minogue,
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Yon:
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And when Corinne Grant dresses up as a woman.
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It’s a bloody pisser!
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I’m gonna miss her.
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I’m coming over all Celine Dion.
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Yon:
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Oh Rove, if you’re up there,
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Look down on us with favour.
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Geez, we’re gonna miss you,
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And your mischievous behaviour.
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Tripod:
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Oh Rove you and your waggish mates,
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Will be bagged and gagged at the Pearly Gates,
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Gatesy:
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So Rove, I’ll say hi to my mum for you.
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Yon:
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Rove was the greatest talent since Daryl Sommers,
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Gatesy:
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Yeah, and his career was cut short.
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He had so many good years left in him,
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For twenty-eight years he was the king of television.
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Yon:
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Ah, this song isn’t about Daryl,
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It’s actually about Rove.
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Tripod:
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Do you remember when Rove ran out at the start,
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And stuffed his jokes up?
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Scod:
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But then he made light of the whole thing and it was okay.
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Yon:
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Do you remember the week after that,
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You know, when Rove stuffed up his jokes?
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Gatesy:
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But it was okay, 'cause he made light of it.
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And the next week...
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Yon and Scod:
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Err...
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Gatesy:
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His jokes got...
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Yon and Scod:
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Err...
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Gatesy:
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Stuffed up...
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Yon and Scod:
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Err...
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Tripod:
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Again...
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Gatesy:
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Oh, but it was okay, 'cause he made light of it,
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It was fine.
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Scod:
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Why don’t they just use cue cards?
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Yon:
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Cue cards?
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No one uses cue cards any more.
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Gatesy:
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Do you know what my favourite bit was?
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When Tripod played the last episode,
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And they sung that song at the end,
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They were great.
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Tripod:
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Oh Rove, if you’re up there,
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Look down on us with favour.
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Yon:
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Now who’s going to give our Wednesday nights,
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Tripod:
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That clever yet accessible flavour?
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While other men were climbing mountains of snow,
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Gatesy:
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You just wanted your own TV show.
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Yon and Scod:
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Oh Rove, I know you’re up there,
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With Davo and Corinne.
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Scod:
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Peter overused the word "testicle",
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Tripod:
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So he’ll have trouble getting in.
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Oh Rove, you rambunctious little elf,
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Up there the kids' jokes are all top shelf,
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Jehovah’s gonna cack himself.
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Yon:
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Oh Rove I’ll say hi to my mum for...
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Tripod:
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... You.
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Gatesy:
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Good night, Australia!
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