Rob Kutner and the Levinson Brothers (and friends) released It's OK To Do Stuff, an album parodying Free to Be You and Me. Guest vocals include Steven Page from Barenaked Ladies and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Gos (featured here singing the album's themesong). It's a $6 MP3 download on Amazon.

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http://burntheflag.ca Jardine

Steven Page isn’t with Barenaked Ladies anymore.
http://www.tavie.com Tavie

Fucking perfect!
Dv Revolutionary

How dare they have had idealism that they could make a better culture for children. Let’s make fun of them.
- Matisse Enzer
  
  Next up: making fun of “It gets better…”
  - Dv Revolutionary
    
    I’m sure the south park crew has already thought of something.
- http://profiles.google.com/marc.k.mielke Marc Mielke
  
  It’s a really gentle parody that you could see as an update for the generation wholistened to the original.
- http://twitter.com/MartianEmpress Rezeya Montecore
  
  Yes, I haven’t seen such bitter, scathing satire since the original Schoolhouse Rock.
  
  (Dude, come on.)
- cub
  
  having idealism is valuable; unsupported idealism without direction leads to a generation of narcissists, though.
  
  and that is the outcome of being raised by a generation of neurotics… ta-da!!!
- FoolishOwl
  
  I’m not sure that it’s a parody, exactly. Think about locked down schools for working class kids and middle class helicopter parents.
- http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher
  
  Sacred cows make the best burgers.
Masquirina

I would like to throw three raw eggs onto the roof.
- cub
  
  IT’S O.K.!
Frank Diekman

ME (Who grew up in crummy little red-neck towns, went to bad public schools): I heard about the anniversary of this album called “Free To Be You And Me” on a podcast. Apparently it had all these songs about how it’s OK for boys to play with dolls and stuff.

MY GIRLFRIEND (Who grew up in upper middle class suburbs, went to high quality private schools): I loved that album when I was a kid! I listened to it all the time. You never heard of it?

ME: If I got caught listening to something like that when I was a kid, I would have gotten my ass kicked.
- Matisse Enzer
  
  QED
- Jonathan Badger
  
  Don’t get the idea that this was some private school thing. I never heard the album but the movie was shown every year in public grade school. Granted, in Madison, WI, which is basically Portland with more snow.
- cub
  
  i remember marlo thomas’s special airing in prime time on broadcast tv– not terribly upper-class, as it was free to anyone who had access to that channel at that time…
  
  ::shrug::
http://newnumber6.livejournal.com Peter

I hope I wasn’t the only one who, at first, thought “do stuff” was a euphemism for masturbation (instead of what I finally decided, a set of pretty much everything which also includes that).
- http://profiles.google.com/marc.k.mielke Marc Mielke
  
  I usually take “do stuff” as meaning use drugs, but thought it kind of obvious they didn’t mean that.
  - TheKaz1969
    
    I dunno.. it IS Steven Page…
nixiebunny

“…unless feeling pressured is what you want to do.”

Classic.
CLamb

A pity it has that one crude scatological word in it otherwise it would be delightful for children to watch.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Children love crude scatological words.
  - http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher
    
    The worst joke I know is also the one I most enjoy telling children: “What’s brown and sounds like a bell? DUNGGG!”
    
    The joke is terrible, but the reaction most children have to it is pure joy.
- SamSam
  
  It was so fast I don’t think any kids would even hear it or be interested. I would have no problem playing this to a three-year-old.

It's OK to Do Stuff: rude and funny parody of Free To Be You and Me

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