Is This the Way to Armadillo
Encyclopedia
Is This the Way to Armadillo is a spoof video of the song Is This the Way to Amarillo
produced by the Royal Dragoon Guards
stationed in Iraq. The video was emailed so frequently on 13 May 2005 it crashed a server at the Ministry of Defence
.
The "Peter Kay" character is credited as "Lucky Pierre
", an obscure sexual reference.
Is This the Way to Amarillo
In the United States, a version by the writer of the song Neil Sedaka made to number 44 in the Billboard charts in 1977, and the title was shortened to "Amarillo".-Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version:...
produced by the Royal Dragoon Guards
Royal Dragoon Guards
The Royal Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards...
stationed in Iraq. The video was emailed so frequently on 13 May 2005 it crashed a server at the Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
.
The "Peter Kay" character is credited as "Lucky Pierre
Lucky Pierre
Lucky Pierre may refer to:* The Adventures of Lucky Pierre, a 1961 nudie cutie-sexploitation film* L. Pierre, a musical project by Scottish musician Aidan Moffat...
", an obscure sexual reference.
Spin-offs
The video became so popular that servicemen from other countries from around the world created their own versions:- DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
troops stationed in AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
made their own spoof of "Is This the Way to AmarilloIs This the Way to AmarilloIn the United States, a version by the writer of the song Neil Sedaka made to number 44 in the Billboard charts in 1977, and the title was shortened to "Amarillo".-Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version:...
" entitled "Dutch Amarillo". - German officers and officer candidates made another spoof at the German armed forces university in Hamburg.
- Royal Australian Air Force officers made a spoof at the Australian Defence Force Academy called the Air Force Amarill.
External links
- Is This the Way to Armadillo video links
- "Dutch Amarillo" The version done by DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
troops stationed in AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. - "One of numerous parodies on the Internet"
- BBC article
- http://www.break.com/index/kosovo.html Norwegian "Kosovo" (link broken as of January 2, 2007)