This “Ansel Adams’ Theme Song” stands out as the most absurd, uh, “interpretation” of Adams’ “historic” legacy. More than legendary photographer, Adams attains super-heroic status. Sample lyrics:
“Who at the age of 10 built Cincinatti … Ansel Adams! Who put American flags on all the dolphin’s dorsal fins … Ansel Adams!”
(Personal note: Waaaay back in the late 1990s, my friends and I were addicted to Sifl and Olly, MTV’s late-night sock puppet comedy show. Well, some of my friends. Sifl and Olly turned out to be a real lightning rod: either you loved it or loathed it. Anyway, the creators of that show (Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco) also made a comedy album called History of America? lampooning America’s gilded past, from which this song is taken.)








