‘Jude’, ‘Dude’, whatever. It was a stupid song when it came out, and the concensus of the kids on the school bus was that it was stupid. It’s still a stupid song today.
The long running ending.... in the words of Jed Clampett, “Pathetic, juuusst pathetic”.
It was a joke, dude.
Hey Dude and Imagine are just two songs I’ve “rewritten” for parody. Musta listened to Weird Al a little too much in my youth.