Rock the Boat (The Hues Corporation song) The Boat" played a partial role in inspiring the hit "Rock Your Baby". The song was also featured in the 1990 film "The Spirit of '76", the 1993 film "Carlito's Way", the 1996 film "The Cable Guy", the 1999 film "Man on the Moon", the HBO series "The Sopranos" (Season 2, episode 5, Big Girls Don't Cry) and (sung in character by Seth MacFarlane as Glenn Quagmire, Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson, and Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown) the "Family Guy" episode "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas". The song appeared in the 1997 movie "The Devil's Own" with
Comedy rock Comedy rock Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody. Early American examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and The Platters, and Sheb Wooley. The latter's "Purple People Eater" reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" pop chart in 1958 and stayed there 6 weeks. In Britain during the 1950s and early 1960s comedians such as Charlie Drake and The Goons frequently appeared in the top ten with humorous rock 'n' roll records—the latter, along with Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, were to influence the word-play of John Lennon's lyrics.