11.14.06
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Bat-MAAAAAAN!
This morning, my Belovedary read to me a snippet of this news story, in which the process of teaching some dolphins to “sing” a bit of the theme song from Batman was described.
Now, I must confess that the idea of dolphins singing the Batman theme fills me with joy. Because, really, what’s not to like? Dolphins plus cartoony TV theme songs equals a guaranteed good time in my book. Personally I think they should teach the dolphins the theme song from The Simpsons.
But I have to wonder just what the humans think they’re teaching the dolphins, really.
The dolphins, as I mentioned to the Belovedary, are probably just playing with the humans. They’re swimming around their tank in the dolphinarium, going “Yeah, yeah, I know, but look, they give us fish, and it’s always warm here, and there are no sharks… yes, I know we wrote it. And the B-Minor Mass, and all those symphonies, and Don Giovanni, and The White Album. Yes, of course I remember that Bob Dolphin wrote Purple Rain. What, you think I’d forget a thing like that? No, Ethel and Skippy did all the early Stravinsky, not Ted. Ted was busy. Anyway, shut up and look cute, they’re coming back with the fish bucket! Look, I told you we should’ve evolved opposable thumbs. Secret to everything, opposable thumbs…na na na na na na na na BAT MAAAAAN!”