The future of Lounge Lizards

Does anybody remember the old Bill Murray "lounge lizard" routine from Saturday Night Live?

If I remember correctly, he was dressed in tight pants and a shiny 70s type shirt singing the words "Star Wars...Nothing but Star Wars..." to the tune of the Star Wars Theme.

Then he said things like, "Don't ever change. Not for me. Not for nobody. Babe. It is 'Babe', isn't it?"

Does anyone ever want to grow up and become a Lounge Lizard? Do they even exist anymore? It's been about 15 years since I've been in a "Lounge" type atmosphere and I can't remember any Lizards with microphones. I could be wrong, though.

Here's the thing-

For all of our hard work spent with character training and raising her up to be a good pre-schooler, I think my daughter has a future as a Lounge Lizard.

My daughter has this play microphone. It's one of those that has a reverberating (is that a word? Maybe I should have said "vibrating") string in it and it's shaped so that it echoes around the vibrating (reverberating? Oh, you know what I mean) string to give it a very loud, obnoxious sound.

At first, my daughter used it to star in her own musical. That's our fault. We subject her to Disney musicals and Fred Astaire movies, what did we expect? She danced around making up her own stories and then bursting into song (using the microphone). For awhile it was really very cute.

But then something happened to my child. It was like wires in her head got crossed somehow. I can't figure out what caused it. And this adorable little singing sensation became the type of person that your mother warns you about.

Thankfully, so far she's only tried her routine out on the fish in the fountain in our backyard.

Pre-Schooler: (holding microphone out to fish) So, what brings you here? (Waits for answer) Uh-huh. Wanna hear a joke? I know. I know. It's so funny. What did the boy Octopus say to the girl Octopus? Ready? 'I want to hold your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand'...Get it? Anyway..."

Does that not sound like a Lounge Lizard in the making?

I hope it's just a phase.