Andy Kaufman died young, of lung cancer. I always thought the song was about being short-changed. Science is capable of some incredible things, like putting 5 million pounds of explosive fuel behind a few men and blasting them to another body in our solar system. But curing cancer, sorry, that's too hard.
The alternating lines of religion and science (Moses / Newton / Egypt / Darwin) reflect the conflict between faith and fact. The second line of the refrain (up my sleeve / nothing is cool) points out that without some mystery, the march of progress does little to inspire wonder. The never-believer is you.
Anxiously awaiting my jetpack, universal translator, and a cure for cancer... Ooh look, 5 channels of home shopping network! Yeah, this is the future we wanted. Do you feel short-changed?
@Myself248 You so right! Why not just try continuing to fool us rather than actually do something constructive in this world (like as you said, cure cancer)? Because they couldn't oppress something if it has already been known to man. Curing illnesses will never happen as long as someone is profiting from them.
@Myself248 You so right! Why not just try continuing to fool us rather than actually do something constructive in this world (like as you said, cure cancer)? Because they couldn't oppress something if it has already been known to man. Curing illnesses will never happen as long as someone is profiting from them.
Andy Kaufman died young, of lung cancer. I always thought the song was about being short-changed. Science is capable of some incredible things, like putting 5 million pounds of explosive fuel behind a few men and blasting them to another body in our solar system. But curing cancer, sorry, that's too hard.
The alternating lines of religion and science (Moses / Newton / Egypt / Darwin) reflect the conflict between faith and fact. The second line of the refrain (up my sleeve / nothing is cool) points out that without some mystery, the march of progress does little to inspire wonder. The never-believer is you.
Anxiously awaiting my jetpack, universal translator, and a cure for cancer... Ooh look, 5 channels of home shopping network! Yeah, this is the future we wanted. Do you feel short-changed?
@Myself248 You so right! Why not just try continuing to fool us rather than actually do something constructive in this world (like as you said, cure cancer)? Because they couldn't oppress something if it has already been known to man. Curing illnesses will never happen as long as someone is profiting from them.
@Myself248 You so right! Why not just try continuing to fool us rather than actually do something constructive in this world (like as you said, cure cancer)? Because they couldn't oppress something if it has already been known to man. Curing illnesses will never happen as long as someone is profiting from them.
~ Josh
~ Josh
@Myself248 I'm with you But we should have SIX SHOPPING CHANNELS
@Myself248 I'm with you But we should have SIX SHOPPING CHANNELS