Variety Speak Lyrics - Singles - Animaniacs

In Hollywood they have a different language that they speak 

It's spoken by those folks who went to school for just one week 

It's found inside Variety, a magazine they use 

And no one understands it when they read the movie news 

Like, Hix makes pix but the flick needs fix 

Means someone made a movie that bombed 

The veeps in charge are now at large 

Means everyone involved is gone 

The plot conflix, no beautiful chix 

So it's coming out on video soon 

They're taking their lix 

'Cause the critics say nix 

And the editors are gonna try to fix it in the mix 

But the stock sees green on page thirteen 

Means Disney's up a nickel a share 

Stallone cuts deal for a major reel 

Means Rocky number six, so beware 

If you want the poop or you need the scoop 

On Hollywood town this week 

You're gonna have to learn to talk that Variety Speak 

Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah 

Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah 

A boffo smash makes Warner cash 

Means there's gonna be a sequel next year 

But Paramount hurts and they're losing their shirts 

Means Schwarzenegger's doing King Lear 

Oliver Stone does next Home Alone 

Means he's getting paid an arm and a leg 

The budget goes crunch but his name packs punch 

So they called up the accountants and they're gonna do lunch 

Well, the ratings smile on the O.J. trial 

Means a movie of the week to premiere 

Universal cuts deal with Mister Spiel 

To do a hundred thousand movies a year 

You gotta play it smart if you wanna be part 

Of the crowd that's hip and chic 

You're gonna have to learn to talk that Variety Speak 

Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah 

Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah 

Normal talk makes producers walk 

You might as well speak Greek 

You're gonna have to learn 

Or the meeting will adjourn 

Unless, my friend, you learn that variety speak 

Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah 

Bob a doo bop, a bob a doo bah 

Bah doop bah doop bah doop bahhh dah