Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Oils on SNL

Cheryl H ooiiilllss at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 5 18:11:13 MDT 2004




yeah, and the usual wrong lyrics of, "out where the river flows".  it was a 
cute surprise.

Cheryl

>From: "Tom Giffey" <giffey at cvol.net>
>To: <powderworks at cs.colorado.edu>
>Subject: [Powderworks] Oils on SNL
>Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:46:00 -0700
>
>Hi all,
>
>Since it doesn't seem like anyone else has mentioned it, I thought I'd let 
>you know that the Oils (or at least Peter) got a mention on the last 
>episode of "Saturday Night Live" (April 3). During the "Weekend Update" 
>skit, up popped a photo of Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco, who 
>was put on trial for allegedly ripping off millions of dollars from the 
>company. Kozlowski is bald as a pool ball. Explaining that a judge declared 
>a mistrial in the case last week, SNL cast member Jimmy Fallon said 
>Kozlowski will now go back to his other job as lead singer of Midnight Oil. 
>Jimmy then did a few Peter Garrett-style vocal contortions.
>
>It was nice to see a pop-cultural reference to the Oils in the U.S., even 
>if it did involve comparing Peter to an alleged corporate criminal!
>
>Tom
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