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Thread #120491   Message #2621234
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
29-Apr-09 - 11:06 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hail to the Chief (and parodies)
Subject: Lyr Add: 'Hail to the Chief' (parodies)
In reading the recent thread about humorous and scurrilous versions of "Blaze Away", I was reminded of a film/movie I saw years ago, in which (for reasons I can't recall) TWO ex-Presidents of the USA had to go on the run from their own Secret Service. Anyway, at one point in this unlikely "Buddy Movie", the two of them - thinking of how often they've heard this particular march tune - compare the sets of words they made up to alleviate the boredom. All that I can recall are the following fragments:

"Hail to the Chief; if you don't, I'll have to kill you:
I am the Chief, so you'd better watch your back {you bastard),

and

"Hail to the Chief, he's the Chief and he needs hailing...

..That's why we hail the chief like hell, 'Hail the Chief'"

I wonder can anyone remember more than this (or would be prepared to admit it)?

I think that the movie is called "My Fellow Americans"