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''And whether you can hear it or not
''The Universe is laughing behind your back.''}}
A recording by the ''[[National Lampoon]]'', parodying a [[Narm|narmy]] 1971 [[Spoken Word]] recording of the famous and borderline [[Glurge|glurgy]] poem ''[[w:Desiderata|Desiderata]]''.
It was released as a single in late 1972 and hovered at the bottom of the ''Billboard'' magazine chart for several weeks.
Amusingly, Les Crane, who recorded the [[Grammy Award|Grammy-winning]] 1971 version of ''Desiderata'' which inspired this recording, has admitted that he prefers the parody to his own work.
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* [[Bathroom Stall Graffiti]]:
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Blessed Are the Cheesemakers]]: The line "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese", which pokes fun at a contemporary commercial for Gaines-Burgers dog food which asked, "Is your dog getting enough cheese in his diet?"
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** "Remember the ''Pueblo''", a [[Bumper Sticker]] slogan honoring the crew of the [[w:USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS ''Pueblo'']], held hostage by North Korea in 1968.
** "Do not fold, spindle or mutilate", a common warning printed on computer punched cards (a ''very'' pre-[[Magnetic Disk]] storage medium for computer data) during the 1960s, and frequently quoted as an ironic commentary on what was perceived as a growing "dehumanization" of society at the time.
** "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" references a contemporary commercial for Gaines-Burgers dog food.
* [[Crapsack World]]:
* [[Escape From the Crazy Place]]: Averted ''and'' subverted in the very first lines:
* [[For Inconvenience Press One]]:
* [[For the Love of God, Stay Awake!]]:
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
* [[Hook Hand]]: Invoked -- "Hire people with hooks".
* [[In the Style Of]]/[[Pastiche]]:
* [[
* [[Norse Mythology]]: The alternate visualization for God, as a "Hairy Thunderer".
* [[Place Worse Than Death]]:
* [[Professional Butt-Kisser]]/[[Lickspittle]]: "Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss and when."▼
* [[Portmanteau]]: "Deteriorata" is a portmanteau of "deteriorate" and "desiderata" (Latin for "desired things").
* [[Remember the Alamo!]]: "Remember the ''Pueblo''."▼
▲* [[Professional Butt-Kisser]]/[[Lickspittle]]:
* [[Spoken Word]]
* [[Ultimate Job Security]]:
* [["Weird Al" Effect]]:
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