Here's Johnny (song)
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| Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| Album | Polka Party! | |
| Released | October 21, 1986 | |
| Format | 12", CD | |
| Recorded | August 5, 1986 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 3:24 | |
| Label | Scotti Brothers | |
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
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Here's Johnny is a song by parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge. It appeared on Yankovic's fourth studio album, Polka Party!. The song is an ode to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson announcer Ed McMahon.
"Here's Johnny" is one of the three parodies on "Polka Party!" that is a reworking of a then-current movie's theme song ("Who's Johnny" was the theme for the movie "Short Circuit").
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- At first, Yankovic had wanted to get Ed McMahon to do some of his other trademark lines (Like "Hey-Oh" and his notable laugh). However, when he was unable to get McMahon, he decided to use the talents of a voice-impersonator by the name of John Roarke.
- The lyrics mention McMahon's time doing commercials in which he sold "beer and dog food" and his Get-Rich-Quick letters. The latter was also used in a gag on The Weird Al Show in which Weird Al gets a letter from McMahon that says on the envelope: "You May Already Have Won a Million Dollars". He opens it up to discover a stack of dollar bills, only to casually toss it aside in order to read his fan mail.
