IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE RICO - A Parody | Don Caron

Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender For those who don't know, RICO is the "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act." It is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. It's designed to enable trapping of weasels, of the human variety. To help keep Parody Project alive and functioning, please visit https://parodyproject.com/supportus Parody Project Store: https://parodyproject.com/shop To become a Patron of Parody Project please visit our Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/parodyproject You can sign up to our mailing list on our website so you don't miss any of our new posts. https://parodyproject.com/subscribe/ LYRICS for It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Rico Don Caron It’s beginning to look a lot like RICO The more and more we know It began with a major gaffe By a former Chief of Staff The Power Point that came from Mark Meadows It’s beginning to look a lot like Rico What they have in store The congressional inquiry Now has in their hands the key To expose much more Dig to the roots and they’re all in cahoots Yet they say it’s just all a myth Run out the clock ‘cause they don’t want to talk And now they’re all pleading the fifth They think they will be off the hook as midterms come forthwith It’s beginning to look a lot like RICO Justice in arrears And the guilty will start to sing To avoid being in the ring of the Racketeers They decided to blame an emergency claim That the Chinese had interfered Mailed ballots are void or they just magically disappeared The election would be overturned and that’s when it got weird It’s beginning to look a lot like RICO None can be excused For once the Donald was right, therewith When he said those who plead the fifth Are guilty of crimes which they’re accused of. It’s beginning to look a lot like RICO Watergate looks pale It was a Criminal Enterprise So none should be surprised When they land in jail With no a chance of bail ABOUT THE SOURCE MUSIC "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a Christmas song written in 1951 by Meredith Willson (known for his musical, The Music Man, among other things). The song was originally titled "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas". The song has been recorded by many artists, but was a hit for Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra in September 18, 1951.. Bing Crosby recorded a version on October 1, 1951, which was also widely played. A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel. The song makes reference to a "tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well..."; the park being Frost Park, directly across the road from the Grand Hotel, which still operates in a newer building on the same site as the old hotel. It also makes mention of the five and ten which was a store operating in Yarmouth at the time. It is also possible that the "Grand Hotel" Willson mentions in the song was inspired by the Historic Park Inn Hotel in his hometown of Mason City, Iowa. The Park Inn Hotel is the last remaining hotel in the world designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and is situated in downtown Mason City overlooking central park. Meredith Willson incorporated the song into his 1963 Broadway musical Here's Love, where it is sung in counterpoint to the newly composed song "Pine Cones and Holly Berries". Johnny Mathis recorded the song for his 1986 album Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis; this version gained popularity after its inclusion in the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Gradually, Mathis's recording began to receive wide radio airplay, and for the past several years this version has been a Top 10 Christmas hit.