MPTF Tune ... in Honor of McCartney's Birthday: 'When I'm Ninety-Four'

MPTF Tune ... in Honor of McCartney's Birthday: 'When I'm Ninety-Four'

Published: June 18, 2010 @ 10:51 am
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By Richard Stellar

(I offer this little ditty, in honor of Paul McCartney's 68th birthday on June 18 ... sung to the tune of the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four")

When I get older, losing my hair,
A few days from now,
Will elder care still be so clandestine,
My brain feeling like it's pickled in brine?

If I'm outside till quarter to 3,
MPTF security locks the door!
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm ninety-four?

Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo
You'll be older too (ah ah ah ah ah)
Oh, Katzenberg, if I can be heard,
I would say "f--- you."

Seems that I bought right into your ruse.
Where has the LTC gone?
We would congregate in the pavilion with pride.
Now the MPTF has taken us for a ride.

In a few days we'll be pushing up weeds,
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm ninety-four?

Every year I donated to get a cottage
On Spielberg Drive -- now I live in fear.
We had to scrimp and save,
Now they are trying to evict me -
Jeffrey, Steve, and Dave.

Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view.
Indicate precisely when I'm s'posed to leave,
Yours sincerely, "Recently Bereaved."

Give me your answer, fill in a form,
"You're out for evermore!"
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm ninety-four?

Whoo!

Tags: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Movies, MPTF, Richard Stellar
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Winner of the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Blog Award for his Hollyblogs, and as one of the voices of the grassroots coalition that saved long-term care for the motion picture and television industry, Stellar's "vituperative blog on TheWrap'" (Vanity Fair) has caused great discomfort to the Motion Picture and Television Fund Board and Management, and seemingly added to the weight of the "refrigerator that Jeffrey Katzenberg carried on his back" during the struggle for the Motion Picture Home's Long Term Care.

As Katzenberg remarked to a journalist regarding Stellar, "He's annoying as hell, but I get it." On the other hand, a major donor to the Motion Picture Home remarked "we may not always agree with Richard, but we ignore him at our peril."

Stellar lives in Woodland Hills, a stone's throw from the Motion Picture Home with his wife of 27 years, two dogs and a 1965 Epiphone Casino.

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