[patriot torch]

Check out the numerous shanklin parodies on social media

[ConservativeMind]

I think this was his best parody.

This was so well done, it’s scary.

[dfwgator]

My favorite was “The Philanderer”

“Cause I’m a Kennedy, I’m Ted Kennedy...The car skids round and round and round and round.”

[ocrp1982]

I still remember laughing my _ss off at the Spatula City and The Tuna doesn’t Taste as Good as it used to parodies. Among many others.

[mylife]

Rush was a funny bastard and he hired the best to do parody.

[rhinohunter]

My favorite was the Carol Mosely Braun update theme...

[crusty old prospector]

That was one of my favorites.

[LibertyWoman]

lol!!

[Alberta's Child]

I damn near peed in my pants listening to the Barney Frank impersonation in this one just now. LMAO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5NrqqK60OI

[lepton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQureIC1QM

“Try to Remember”

[aquila48]

They are truly genius! And the voice impersonation is all but perfect.

I wonder if they are available as a collection.

[Toespi]

Great memories and these little tidbits lifted our spirits every time.

[ETL]

In a Yugo

As the snow flies

At a used car lot on the edge of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo
And they drive with pride

Cause if there's one thing that this world needs
It's environmental friends who'll take the lead
In a Yugo

They say, "people don't you understand
Those suburbans are ruining the land"
But they'll wish they had a full size van one day
They point fingers at you and me
They say we're too blind to see
But do we simply use our heads
And choose another way?

As those small wheels turn
Fifty miles to the gallon
And their knees on their chest
They're gonna save enough gas
For all of the rest
In a Yugo

Then one day on the interstate
They suddenly lose control
They swerve to miss a baby duck
They're squashed beneath a produce truck
But they drove with pride...

And as the crowds drive past a little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas
But they didnt get far
In a Yugo

And as they're trapped inside
At a used car lot on the other side of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo....

And they drive with pride...

[ETL]

In a Yugo

And they drove with pride...

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

What was the deal with Rush and Shanklin? Did they have a falling out? In the past few years, Rush wouldn’t even play any of his parodies.

[lee martell]

Paul Shanklin was excellent with his parodies. I haven’t heard much from him in a long time. I don’t know if Rush had continued using Paul’s comedies or not. I stopped listening regularly around 2012. My guess is Paul’s work was so closely identified as part of Rush-World, Paul Shanklin may have been shut out of other job opportunities owned by Libs.

[llevrok]

My favorite was his Calypso Louie answering the door on Halloween night.

[Captainpaintball]

This was his best parody, I think. Brilliant.

[Secret Agent Man]

Not just parodies, but also any number of update themes.

“You don’t own me” by Klaus Nomi, guy is way out there, but I like his rendition of this, probably because of his german accent

[nutmeg]

Rush playing "Banking Queen" parody live on air (3/15/09)

Besides the hilarious "In a Yugo", this was my favorite:

Ted Kennedy: "I'm a Philanderer"

[nonsporting]

I remember waiting at a light to turn left, when Rush returned from a shameless commercial break and Paul Shanklin began singing “In a Yugo”. I lost it. The Elvis parody was convincing and insanely funny. I made the left turn somehow.