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[madfilkentist]

Good Omens comes with a song which every filker should hear. Seat belts recommended.

Now let's see if I can get the embedded video to work. Alternatively, use this link.

"The Chattering Order of St. Beryl - Brand New Baby Smell | Prime Video" (Watch on YouTube)

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[bunsen_h]

Thank you for posting that!

The video's blurb -- which has several basic English errors and was clearly not written by Gaiman! -- says that it was "instilled with as much pop culture references as possible." I'm not catching any of them.

[madfilkentist]

I can't spot them either. It says that those who find them will be damned for all eternity, so maybe it's just as well.

[bunsen_h]

I have a vague sense that some of the cinematography echoes a "Bohemian Rhapsody" video, but I'm mostly working from the Muppets version.

As for my being damned for all eternity... meh, Archie Plutonium has already claimed me. I'm not that worried.

[madfilkentist]

The arrangement of faces on the line "His evil will emerge" does remind me of "Bohemian Rhapsody." As someone noted in the comments, a reference to Queen is especially appropriate. If the other references are to other music videos, it's no wonder I missed them.

I so much want to fix the scansion on the line "Will the Lord forgive us if we use a pacifier?" That line is the one clunker.

[bunsen_h]

"Pac-i-fi-ee-er"... to me, it's clearly intentional and humorous, so non-troubling.

[reedrover]

Cute!

I appreciate that it is done to Battle Hymn of the Republic, too.