Elvis:
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
You aint never caught a rabbit
And you aint no friend of mine.
RRB: I ain’t no hound dog! I’ll rewrite history to make it right, shake on it?
One of these men has slick-hair, is embodiment of the past, seeks attention, shakes and shimmies in front of everyone that watches, and is a good singer.
“I could really use you on the road. You could sing a ‘little less conversation’ every time I walk into a room. Just think about it, I’ll even look into giving you a government pension once you’re done.”
- Bill S. Preston, Esq. - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 1:20 pm:
Anyone know if this was taken in Denver? I swear I saw this Elvis lurking around the delegation hotel…
MRB: “We’ll go in together. You walk over to the Illinois Delegation. If they hit you with a spotlight just keep it off that one empty chair and I’ll slip into it like I been there all the time. Okay, Bro? Now remember I am giving your promoter a grant for Historical Rock Star Studies so don’t blow this. By the way did you ever meet Mark Cuban?”
Just what are these lyrics saying? Should I be worried?
”
Number forty-seven said to number three:
You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.”
“You had me at hello” should win whatever prize is offered for this caption contest. No caption but the picture reminds me of one of the great unseen recent movies: ‘Bubba Ho-Tep.” Elvis is alive, and living in a Texas nursing home…
Two Dead Guys: One Physically, One Politically
Two make Believe Guys: One Elvis, One “Pretending To Be Governor”
Two Performers: One Sings, One Tries To Act At His Job But Doesn’t Know How
RRB: “C’Mon, let’s get a picture!”
EAP-i: “Dude, I’m kinda camera-shy. You are the Governor of Illinois, aren’t you?”
RRB: “See, he knows me, too! Smile for the camera! It’s not like someone is going to put the foto up on Facebook or something…”
“There…that’s a good camera angle. Good candle-power from the smile. Eye contact direct and confident. What a great photo op. Well, let’s try one with you standing back a little, you’re almost blocking me, which would defeat the whole purpose. Thanks, uh, bro.”
- Makes Sense to Me... - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 5:37 pm:
Hey Rod, please restore funding for substance abuse. You know people die from that “disease”.
In Bubba Ho-Tep, “Elvis is alive, and living in a Texas nursing home…” with another man (played by Ossie Davis) who claims to be JFK — with his skin dyed to hide his true identity! Quite a strange but fascinating flick indeed.
I’ve got an idea. For $25,000 you can be the first Elvis impersonator ever in the U.S. Senate. That will really shake things up, eh, eh, eh..
- Wife of State Retiree - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:18 pm:
My hair’s bigger than yours, bro; my hair’s bigger than yours; I will shake your hand, but don’t take a stand, cause I’ll hug ya even if I can’t stand ya.
LIVE session coverage...
- KeepSmiling - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:26 am:
Mirror, Mirror on the wall.
Who’s the fairest of them all?
- Madame Defarge - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:30 am:
I believe you are still alive—-I also believe I am a great Governor!
- bored now - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:32 am:
so, you die your hair, too?
- bored now - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:32 am:
hmm, freudian slip? c/die/dye
i don’t know whatever i was thinking!
- Marco - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:32 am:
I used to be you.
- anon36 - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:32 am:
Daddy????
- You Go Boy - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:34 am:
“Isn’t it great to pretend ?”
- Vote Quimby! - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:35 am:
RRB-You want peanut butter and banana to be the official Illinois state sandwich? I can add that into my next AV.
EAP-Thank you, thank you very much.
- Steve - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:36 am:
“I’ve been to wilder parties than you Elvis”.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:36 am:
1. Be still my heart…
2. Come here ya big lug…I got a hug for you, too.
3. I really think we have to put our elbows on the table to do this.
- The Doc - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:37 am:
Ooh, bright shiny things!!!!!!!
- Slick Willy - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:37 am:
Thank you. Thank you very much for the hair tips.
- Northside Bunker - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:40 am:
Elvis says good-bye to Rod as Rod enters federal prison.
- A Citizen - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:41 am:
Which one of us is the Greatest Pretender ?
- dhouser - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:44 am:
Ok..Michael Madigan, I really want to hug you now.
- Wacker Drive - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:44 am:
Sorry Elvis, but this handshake will cost you $25,000.
- Mr. Ethics (Rod)
- The 'Broken Heart' of Rogers Park - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:45 am:
Every-time I hear you use my name in one of your speeches - I roll over in my grave ‘all shook up.’
- Long Live The King - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:46 am:
Treat me like a fool,
Treat me mean and cruel,
But love me.
Wring my faithful heart,
Tear it all apart,
But love me.
If you ever go,
Darling, Ill be oh so lonely
Ill be sad and blue,
Crying over you, dear only.
I would beg and steal
Just to feel your heart
Beatin close to mine
Well, if you ever go,
Darling, Ill be oh so lonely
Ill be sad and blue,
Crying over you, dear only.
I would beg and steal
Just to feel your heart
Beatin close to mine
Well, if you ever go,
Darling, Ill be oh so lonely
Beggin on knees,
All I ask is please, please love me
Oh yeah
- Six Degrees of Separation - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:47 am:
RRB: “One…two…three…four…
I declare a thumb war!”
EAP: “Son, you got it wrong. It’s “one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat, go!”
- Nikoli - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:49 am:
Elvis- “Now son, you may try… but I’ve still got the tallest hair! Hoo rah!”
- wordslinger - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:52 am:
EPI: “And I thought I was a phony.”
- Frost - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:56 am:
That suit would go great with my $175 tie!
- hoops fan - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:56 am:
“You had me at hello….”
- Irish - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:58 am:
MRB: Me and Elvis are homeys!!!!!
- ilrino - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:59 am:
ed note: Elvis is on the left.
- Pickles!! - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:00 am:
“Nice Haircut”
- Newbie - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:02 am:
Elvis:
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
You aint never caught a rabbit
And you aint no friend of mine.
RRB: I ain’t no hound dog! I’ll rewrite history to make it right, shake on it?
- Bluefish - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:06 am:
American Idol and Idle American.
- Siyotanka - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:14 am:
After being seperated at birth by the over turned ambulance…the Governor has finally been re-united with his long lost twin brother…
- North of I-80 - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:14 am:
“I’m the King”
“No, I’m the King”
“No, I AM the King”
“Sorry, I’m the King”
“No, I’m the King”
“No…. I’m the King”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:20 am:
“I know you are not the real Elvis, but then, I am not the real Governor.”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:21 am:
“You look like the Elvis in my dreams!”
- Speaking At Will - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:22 am:
Rod says angerly through his smile…
“Yeah, real funny dedicating six different versions of Jail house rock to my table.”
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:22 am:
“Good one, BILL! I didn’t recognize you with hair! Now get back to praising me at Rich’s blog!”
- Just me - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:23 am:
Aren’t you Mayor Daley?
- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:23 am:
“When I go to Oxford, I hope to have a jumpsuit just like yours!”
- Liberal Arts - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:27 am:
Hey Rod is your degree from Pepperdine an Honorary or Mail Order?
Noboby recalls ever seeing you.
- Levois - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:28 am:
Replace Elvis with a textbook budget and the man will get to work faster than one can start talking about blue suede shoes.
- I nominate - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:36 am:
Gov. Blagojevich leaves the press conference announcing his new running mate for Lt. Governor in 2010.
- Ron Burgundy - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:41 am:
Elvis — “I left the building, man, now it’s your turn…”
- Heartless Libertarian - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:51 am:
Elvis impersonator, meet Governor impersonator.
- Anon-and-on-and-on - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 11:54 am:
“Love the new hair Jay!”
- trafficmatt - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:04 pm:
One of these men has slick-hair, is embodiment of the past, seeks attention, shakes and shimmies in front of everyone that watches, and is a good singer.
The other is an Elvis impersonator.
- Salon Sally - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:12 pm:
either -
“My hair looks more ridiculous than yours.”
- Jake from Elwood - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:13 pm:
So he hugs MJM but only shakes the hand of the Elvis impersonator. It’s Now or Never, the hug won’t wait.
- Gov, Eth(n)ic - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:16 pm:
“I’m the first black governor in Illinois. You can tell by this soulful handshake.”
R
- 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:23 pm:
Elvis: I see you’re NOT taking care of business in a flash!
- Captain Flume - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:29 pm:
“With these special glasses on you look almost 3-dimensional!”
- Ghost - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:36 pm:
RRB: “Love me tender,
Love me sweet,
Never let me go.
You have made my life complete,
And I love you so.”
- Little Egypt - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 12:36 pm:
Bluefish said it best. “American Idol and Idle American.”
- Kevin Fanning - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 1:06 pm:
“I could really use you on the road. You could sing a ‘little less conversation’ every time I walk into a room. Just think about it, I’ll even look into giving you a government pension once you’re done.”
- Bill S. Preston, Esq. - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 1:20 pm:
Anyone know if this was taken in Denver? I swear I saw this Elvis lurking around the delegation hotel…
- MOON - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 1:25 pm:
Both of them are imposters!!!!!!!!!
- Rich Miller - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 1:50 pm:
===Anyone know if this was taken in Denver? ===
Yep. It was.
- Irish - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 1:57 pm:
MRB: ” Elvis..Emil, Emil..Elvis”
OR
MRB: “We’ll go in together. You walk over to the Illinois Delegation. If they hit you with a spotlight just keep it off that one empty chair and I’ll slip into it like I been there all the time. Okay, Bro? Now remember I am giving your promoter a grant for Historical Rock Star Studies so don’t blow this. By the way did you ever meet Mark Cuban?”
- What Me Worried? - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 2:07 pm:
Just what are these lyrics saying? Should I be worried?
”
Number forty-seven said to number three:
You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.”
- GofGlenview - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 2:13 pm:
Elvis said:
Now, when I went to the military they let me keep most of my hair,kind of, what about you- in prison I mean- will they let you keep that hair?
- walter sobchak - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 2:22 pm:
“You had me at hello” should win whatever prize is offered for this caption contest. No caption but the picture reminds me of one of the great unseen recent movies: ‘Bubba Ho-Tep.” Elvis is alive, and living in a Texas nursing home…
- romeosatan - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 2:54 pm:
Two Dead Guys: One Physically, One Politically
Two make Believe Guys: One Elvis, One “Pretending To Be Governor”
Two Performers: One Sings, One Tries To Act At His Job But Doesn’t Know How
- Jechislo - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 3:15 pm:
“My God, it’s my long-lost twin brother!” (Works the same no matter which one of these two is speaking).
- Mr. Cub - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 3:42 pm:
Blago: “I don’t want a doctor to separate our heads.”
- Carl Nyberg - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 4:15 pm:
Mr. Governor, I’m from the Bubba Hotep fugitive protection program. Take the business card.
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 4:22 pm:
RRB: “C’Mon, let’s get a picture!”
EAP-i: “Dude, I’m kinda camera-shy. You are the Governor of Illinois, aren’t you?”
RRB: “See, he knows me, too! Smile for the camera! It’s not like someone is going to put the foto up on Facebook or something…”
- sal says: - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 4:26 pm:
A King-Fake and a King-Fake_Wannabe !
- Ahem - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 4:52 pm:
“There…that’s a good camera angle. Good candle-power from the smile. Eye contact direct and confident. What a great photo op. Well, let’s try one with you standing back a little, you’re almost blocking me, which would defeat the whole purpose. Thanks, uh, bro.”
- Makes Sense to Me... - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 5:37 pm:
Hey Rod, please restore funding for substance abuse. You know people die from that “disease”.
- Bookworm - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 6:09 pm:
In Bubba Ho-Tep, “Elvis is alive, and living in a Texas nursing home…” with another man (played by Ossie Davis) who claims to be JFK — with his skin dyed to hide his true identity! Quite a strange but fascinating flick indeed.
- Cal Skinner - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 6:11 pm:
Two ghosts.
- Quizzical - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 7:33 pm:
I’ve got an idea. For $25,000 you can be the first Elvis impersonator ever in the U.S. Senate. That will really shake things up, eh, eh, eh..
- Wife of State Retiree - Friday, Sep 5, 08 @ 10:18 pm:
My hair’s bigger than yours, bro; my hair’s bigger than yours; I will shake your hand, but don’t take a stand, cause I’ll hug ya even if I can’t stand ya.
- David - Saturday, Sep 6, 08 @ 10:11 am:
Wow, you’re just as fake as I am!
- 22skidoo - Saturday, Sep 6, 08 @ 2:25 pm:
Hey, Governor! I haven’t seen you since that UFO.
- jcad33 - Saturday, Sep 6, 08 @ 4:05 pm:
Boy I’m glad you can’t cut funding and close Graceland too!!
- Deep Water - Sunday, Sep 7, 08 @ 6:09 am:
Hey, lets switch rugs when nobody is looking, think they will notice?
- JakeCP - Sunday, Sep 7, 08 @ 6:28 pm:
Blagojevich: Why were you in my closet?
- MY PICTURE - Sunday, Sep 7, 08 @ 8:59 pm:
Huh… I just got on tonight and recognized that photo. In fact.. I TOOK THAT PHOTO!!! Did you get the rights to reprint it?? xoxoxo