"Perico March" is a song sung by Jonah Heston, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot during Experiment #1301. It is a tribute to Santo's bumbling, cowardly sidekick in the movie.
Set-up[]
Jonah Heston: Well, another day, another supernatural conquest for ol' Santo.
Tom Servo: Would it kill the guy to at least pretend to be excited about fighting a Dracula?
Crow T. Robot: He sees a vampire get vaporized, and he doesn't even raise an eyebrow.
Jonah Heston: Well, to be fair...
All: To be fair...
Jonah Heston: It's hard to do through a face mask. Plus, by this point, Santo's seen it all. Mummies, Frankensteins, evil brains.
Tom Servo: He's had a staggering number of adventures for a dude with a dad bod. No wonder he's so blasé.
Crow T. Robot: Really makes you appreciate the character who does react to what's happening on screen.
Jonah Heston: Oh, Crow, do you mean...
Tom Servo: The one, the only...
All: Perico!!!!!
[music starts, jetscreen with screen capture of Perico lowers]
Crow T. Robot: All rise for the Perico Loyalty Club March.
Lyrics[]
ALL
Perico!
TOM
He is loyal and true
ALL
Perico!
JONAH
He will put up with you
ALL
Perico!
CROW
He steals every scene
ALL
He's the bestest wrestling sidekick that there ever has been
TOM
Old Santo's no Dean Martin
But you get this movie startin'
Every time we see you dartin'
'Cross the screen
ALL
Perico! Perico! Perico!
TOM
Ba da ba da bum! Yea.
Credits[]
- Performed by Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount
- Lyrics by Harold Buchholz and Yvonne Freese
- Music and lyrics by Storm DiCostanzo and Paul Sabourin
- Additional lyrics by Elliott Kalan