Look! Read it!
"Congratulations! You have won a major award
In our fifty-thousand-dollar 'Great Figures of American Literature' contest!
It will arrive by special messenger tonight!
Congratulations! You are a winner!"
The time has come
The day is here
The truth is written
Clean and clear
I nearly started losing hope
But then
I opened up that envelope
Here's the proof I'm someone
I'm someone very wise
When you're this astute
You get saluted with a prize
"You are a winner"
Those are the glowing words they wrote
It's typed right in their note
But, a winner of what?
Don't you see?
It could be a bowling alley
Wouldn't that be nice?
A bowling alley?
This award is major
They're not skimping due to price
A weekend getaway, maybe Paris with your spouse
An adobe-style house
But how could they deliver a house?
Well, they could deliver a deed, for Crissake!
Oh, Mr. Parker
Who would believe
The grandeur of the gift that you're about to receive?
I won a major award!
I won a major award
Who won? I won!
It's me! I see!
Well, gee
I won a major award
Oh my god, it's here!
Frank Parker?
Yeah
Sign here
Okay, haul it in
What is it?
Well
What is it?
I don't know
Crowbar. Get me a crowbar
And a hammer, get me a hammer!
Careful, dear
Look what it says on the side
"Fra-gi-le"
Must be Italian
I won an Italian prize!
Fra-gi-le!
I think that says "fragile", honey
Fra-? Oh, yeah
Without a word, the old man worked in supercharged haste
And laid bare his hard-won symbol of victory
At last, he reached down
And held aloft his prize!
What is it?
A leg!
But-
What is it?
Well, it's a - it's a leg!
Like a statue!
A statue?
Wait a minute, wait a minute
There's something else in this box
What?
Holy smoke, do you know what this is?
It's a lamp!
This is exactly what we need for the front window!
The snap of a few sparks
A quick whiff of ozone
And the lamp blazed forth in unparalleled glory!
Ain't that something?
It's... something, all right
I want to see what it looks like from outside!
Shut up, you stupid hounds
I'm an M-A-W
Major Award Winner
Heh, heh, heh
The lamp, to my mother's consternation
Could be seen up and down Cleveland Street
The symbol of the old man's victory
Eventually, the entire neighborhood would be involved
What on earth is that?
Is what?
That window! Such a glow
Oh! It's a big-time honor
An award!
I'd never know
To win, you gotta be a real puzzle-solving champ
It looks just like a lamp
It is a lamp, you nincompoop
Hey! Who are you calling a nincompoop? (Don't you see?)
That there's a statue
A fine work of art
The kind they only dole out to the extra-super-smart
Friends! It's a major award
I won a major award
Yes! It's a grand-slam
Big, fat
Wham-bam
Take that!
Award
Hey, don't you see my award?
I won a major award
Who won? He won?
It's he
I see
Well, gee! He won a major award
It's a trophy he can cherish
What a beauty
Oh, it's garish
It's astounding
It's dramatic
I would keep it in the attic!
Like a David, standing statuesque
If the David also did burlesque
He's a winner, that's for certain
Maybe we could close the curtain?
For a window, slightly overboard
Don't you get it?
Ladies, it's a major award!
A major award?
A major award!
A major award?
A major award!
Frank Parker did it
How remarkably grand
Frank Parker did it
Now the world will understand
I'm the genius on Cleveland Street
The taste of victory is so sweet
Now watch the epic night
This little light of mine
Let it shine
♪
The genius on Cleveland Street
How can that compete?
With a downstage
Big brass
Hahaha!
Front page
First class
Woo!
Clear-cut
Red-hot
Look what I got!
Award
Award
He won a major award (Won an amazing award for being so bright)
He won a major award (Get released like a star that lights up the night)
Yes, it's a true scholastic
Careful! It's plastic
Award
Hey, did you see his award? (Who'd have guessed he got every answer correct?)
Frank won a major award (So impressed, it's a man you gotta respect)
Who won? He won
It's me! I see
Well, gee, blimey!
That prize (Oy vey)
Is it true his IQ is two hundred and three?
Probably
He won a major award
I won a major award
He won a major award
I won a major award
He won a major award