In a biting "Hee-Haw" themed Funny or Die
spoof, the outspoken comedian takes aim at America's "heartless" gun
enthusiasts -- including Charlton Heston, the late actor and former NRA
president.
Carrey performed double duty in the video, as both Heston and the
twangy lead singer of the band performing the catchy "Cold Dead Hand."
(The title is an allusion to Heston's rifle-toting 2000 NRA address, in
which he referenced the famous slogan "I'll give you my gun when you pry
it from my cold, dead hands."
"Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand, and his immortal
soul may lay forever in the sand. The angels wouldn't take him up to
heaven like he planned, because they couldn't pry the gun from his cold
dead hand," Carrey sings, with help from famous peace advocates Mahatma
Gandhi, John Lennon and Abraham Lincoln -- all peace promoters
assassinated by gunmen.
The lyrics also hit male gun owners below the belt, suggesting that they are overcompensating for an anatomical deficiency:
"You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
Carrey seems unrepentant.
'Cold Dead Hand' is abt u heartless motherf%ckers unwilling 2 bend 4 the safety of our kids.Sorry if you're offended… say.ly/jtu5rar
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) March 24, 2013
"Blue" in Blue in the Bluegrass refers to my politics, not my state of mind, although being progressive-democratic in Kentucky is not for the faint of heart.
The Bluegrass Region of Kentucky is Central Kentucky, the area around Lexington. It's also sometimes known as the Golden Triangle, the region formed by Louisville in the west, Cincinnati in the north and Lexington in the east-south corner. This is the most economically advanced, politically progressive and aesthically beautiful area of the state. Also the most overpopulated by annoying yuppies and the most endangered by urban sprawl.
A Yellow Dog Democrat is one who will vote for even a yellow dog if it is running as a Democrat. I can't claim to be quite that fanatically partisan, especially since quite a few candidates who run as Democrats in Kentucky are more Republican than a lot of Republicans I can name.
But I do love the story Kentucky House leader Rocky Adkins never tires of telling about the old-timer in Eastern Kentucky who was once accused of being willing to vote for Satan if Satan ran as a Democrat. Spat back the old-timer:
"Not in a primary, I wouldn't!"
Amen.
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