Flashback: ‘Bastard in the Sand’ Parody Sung by Martin Short Accompanied by the ‘Singing Navy SEALS’

Back in May, actor/comedian Martin Short celebrated the killing of Osama bin Laden by singing, on the Late Show with David Letterman , “Bastard in the Sand,” a parody set to the tune of Elton John's “Candle in the Wind.” With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, I thought I'd re-post video of the entertaining song ( original May 30 NB post ). As he played the piano and sang, he was accompanied by five people dressed as Navy SEALs whom the Late Show blog, the Wahoo Gazette , called “the Singing Navy SEALs.” A couple of the humorous stanzas:

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