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"Call Me Rabe" - Off-Ramp host's "Call Me Maybe" parody best/shortest
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
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Dan Carino
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Jul 20, 2012
"Call Me Rabe" - Off-Ramp host's "Call Me Maybe" parody best/shortest
Rabbi, Rabies, Raimi ... the curse of being named Rabe (pronounced RAY-bee) has followed the Off-Ramp host his whole life. Now, he speaks out in "Call Me Rabe."
Off-Ramp host John Rabe covers Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe.
Off-Ramp host John Rabe covers CarlyRae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe.
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Jonathan Benn/KPCC
)

Rabbi, Rabies, Raimi ... the curse of being named Rabe (pronounced RAY-bee) has followed the Off-Ramp host his whole life. Now, he speaks out in "Call Me Rabe."

Rabbi, Rabies, Raimi ... the curse of being named Rabe (pronounced RAY-bee) has followed me my whole life. Now, I speak out about my suffering in "Call Me Rabe," which, if not the best "Call Me Maybe" parody on the web, is certainly the shortest.

Now, please, make this video viral.

Meantime, I'm hard at work on next next version...

This song is stuck in my head.
It makes me wish I were dead.
And it won't go away ...

It starts with that 4/4 beat.
Then I start tapping my feet.
I run out into the street.
It will not go away...

The beat it is growin'
My front teeth are showin'
No peace I am knowin'
Can't you stop it ... maybe?