The Super Spectacular Day

This is a musical episode featuring the titular tune from the Summer 1980 MAD Magazine Mystery Record.

## Plot

Everybody is having fun until they suffer unfortunate events including alien abductions, bullying and train wrecks. After surviving all eight unfortunate events, everyone is really elated!

## Lyrics

CHORUS:

* UMBERTO: It's a great big beautiful wonderful incredible super spectacular day,
* And your heart is humming with good times coming,
* And you've got that happy feeling things are going your way.
* All the bells are ringing and a little bird's singin' while he sits on your windowsill,
* Singing "Yessiree I can surely see it will plainly be most definitely a super spectacular day!"

VERSE ONE:

* OLIVER: UNTIL...round seven at night you go out for a bite;
* The streets are aglow from a large UFO.
* A creature comes out with two heads and a snout;
* It croaks like a frog and it throws up on your dog.
* It thinks you are great and wants you for its mate.
* You’re sealed in a case and go flying in space,
* And you silently say as the Earth fades away that it's not such a super spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by Freddy)

VERSE 2:

* Kingsley: UNTIL...A quarter past eight you pick up your blind date,
* And you really go ape for her fabulous shape;
* Of the girls that you’ve met, she’s the classiest yet,
* And she’s pretty and bright and it’s love at first sight,
* And it’s really a shame she’s not feeling the same
* ‘cause she thinks you’re a shmuck and she says “lots of luck”
* and you sob in despair as she gives you the air…that it's not such a super spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by Carla)

VERSE 3:

* CARLOS: UNTIL...Your sister pours glue in her hair and blames you
* And your neighbor says that you’re abusing her cat
* And you just left the john with the water turned on
* And the house gets all wet and your mother’s upset
* And you’d die if you knew what your dad’s gonna do
* And your python gets loose and you know it’s no use
* And you cry there in fear and it’s now very clear…that it's not such a super spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by Katie)

VERSE 4:

* DANIELLE: UNTIL...About quarter to five your relations arrive,
* And you greet cousin Beth with terrible breath,
* And a fat British guy who destroys your hi-fi,
* And your great-uncle Fred who gets drunk in your bed,
* And your third cousin Dick who is mentally sick,
* And his creepy friend Joe and six more you don’t know
* And you’re sure there and then as you’re shafted again…that it's not such a super spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by George)

VERSE 5:

* GINA: UNTIL...You walk out the door of a dry cleaning store
* And you’re grabbed by surprise by three Mafia guys
* Who mistakenly think that you’re Hymie The Fink
* They break your right arm and do bodily harm
* And you’re writhing in pain and you try to explain
* That your name is Jerome and you’re on your way home
* And you let out a sigh as you’re left there to die…that it's not such a super-spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by Roxy)

Verse 6:

* IRVING: UNTIL...You’re called down in class and you feel like an ass
* ‘Cause you don’t have a clue, and you know that it’s due
* To those classes you skipped and your fly is unzipped
* And your acne has spread to the back of your head
* And some jerk spreads the word that you’re some kind of nerd
* And you fight in the hall and punch through a wall
* And there isn’t a doubt that they’re flunking you out...'cause it's not such a super spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by Ingrid)

Verse 7:

* DANIEL: UNTIL...You develop a twitch and a horrible itch
* And you’re covered with spots and you’re getting the trots
* And your feet start to swell and it’s easy to tell
* From this hideous wheeze it's some awful disease
* So you call an M.D. and he says, “Don’t ask me;
* If it gets any worse, you can speak to my nurse."
* And you manage to say as you wither away…"It is not such a super spectacular day!"

(CHORUS sung by Franny)

Verse 8:

* Ursula: UNTIL...You go out for a spin and the sunroof caves in,
* And the steering wheel shakes so you slam on the brakes;
* And the gears get all stuck as you sideswipe a truck,
* And you run out of gas while you’re trying to pass;
* And you’re stalled on the tracks and you try to relax,
* But a train’s coming through and it’s heading for you
* And you have a quick flash as you brace for the crash...that it’s not such a super spectacular day!

(CHORUS sung by everybody)

## Censorships

They're only heard on family-friendly airings.

* Instead of "drunk," Danielle says, "hurt." Also, "overweight" replaces "fat British" in the family-friendly version and "mentally" is replaced by "horribly" as well as "handsome" instead of "creepy."
* Kingsley says "best mate" instead of "blind date."
* Instead of "throws up on your dog," Oliver says "walks your pet hog" instead.
* Gina says "burly" instead of "Mafia" and "Minerva Mink" instead of "Hymie the Fink" as well as "cry" instead of "die" and "squirming" instead of "writhing."
* Instead of "getting the trots", Daniel says, "gaining red spots."
* Instead of "called down in class and you feel like an ass," Irving says, "put down in class by a bully who's crass." "Jerk" is replaced by "dude."
* Instead of "have a quick flash," Ursula says "feel very brash."