My friend Len Peralta makes a series of collectable cards each year called "Geek-a-Week". Last year, he asked if I would write a song for Season 5's collection. It sounded like fun, and, me, I like fun.
LYRICS
"Geek a Week" is a deck
a deck of cards
a deck of cards with a geek for every week of the year
And on the back are some facts
some facts about
some facts about each geek
But there's just not much
room on the back of a trading card
there wasn't enough space for everything
Some things got left off
So here's one more fact about each geek
that didn't make it onto their card
Amanda Palmer - Always has a frog in her pocket
Yuri Lowenthal - snores in the key of A
Pendelton Ward - has a tattoo of his arm on his arm
Jason Finn - conceived and born on the very same day
Mike Selinker - snacks on packing peanuts
Max Temkin - rights Nebraska's wrongs
Phil Lamarr - reenacts the battle of the sexes
Mignon Fogarty - writes Katy Perry songs
Sumalee Montano - exorcises deviled eggs
Night Attack - compete in synchronized knitting
Chloe Dykstra - has a robot army… on order
Josh Cagan - ate a chicken leg right where you're sitting
Patrick Rothfuss - lost a tooth in a poker game
Janie Haddad - makes birds
Frank Ippolito - will yawn in about 10 seconds
Hal Lublin - two words: uses words
CHORUS
G - double E - K - A - W - double E - K
G - double E - K - (UH!) - W - double E - (KAH)
G - double E - K - A - W - double E - K
G - double E - K - A - A - A - A - A
John Kovalic - celebrates the jovian new year
The Doubleclicks - like their sushi fried
Kelly Sue DeConnick - is on a geek-themed trading card
Steve Sansweet - <whistle> is offside
Tara Platt - sleeps in a top hat instead of a bed
Sarah Lane - was raised by lambs
Michael B Johnson - cloned himself on a triple dog dare
Mikey Neumann - never pays for yams
Bobak Ferdowski - rides to work on a Roomba
Tara Theoharis - keeps a penguin as a pet
Patrick Scott Patterson - sneezes in multiples of 30
Drew Curtis - can burp the Chinese alphabet
Ryan Penagos - likes awkward silences
...
Ben Acker - would never use the same line twice
Ben Blacker - would never use the same line twice
CHORUS
G - double E - K - A - W - double E - K
G - double E - K - (UH!) - W - double E - (KAH)
G - double E - K - A - W - double E - K
G - double E - K - A - A - A - A - A
Scott Johnson - hides sharpees
Clare Grant - plays the lute
Ming-Na Wen - hunts harpees
CrabCat - are in pursuit
Harry Knowles - has a mascot
Keith Baker - tried the veal
Jeff Lewis - wears an ascot
Scott Sigler - isn't real
Adam Koford - rides in cargo
Jed Whedon - eats plastic
Teal Sherer - founded Fargo
Kid Beyond - is elastic
Clark Gregg - owns an Arby's
Kris Straub - has a tail
Brian Ibbott - fixes Barbies
Mark Millar - speaks braille
Sean Becker - is the son in "son of a (bleep)"
Kim Evey - is the daughter in "daughter of a (bleep)"
Greg Benson - is the (bleep) in "(bleep) of a (bleep)"
John Roderick - is the "of a" in "one of a kind"
James Urbaniak - shies away from introversion
Maurissa Tancheron - has a rib made of wood
Jason Charles Miller - has a pair of underwear named Gary
Anne Wheaton - takes the shot... AND IT'S GOOD!
G - double E - K - A - W - double E - K
G - double E - K - (UH!) - W - double E - (KAH)
G - double E - K - A - W - double E - K
G - double E - K - A - A - A
GEEK A WEEK!
credits
released May 21, 2015
Written, produced, and performed by Mike Phirman
"Geek a Week" cards and podcast created by Len Peralta
Get them at ---> geekaweek.net