Found June 24, 2009 on Josh Q. Public:
Everybody have fun tonight.  Everybody have fun tonight.  Everybody Wang Chung tonight.  -Wang Chung Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  The New York Yankees have been just awful lately.  Just terrible lately.  Downright atrocious lately.  If you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious.  Um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye!  The Yankees have now lost three in a row.  [...]
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