Oh, what joy technology hath wrought. We suppose that it was only a matter of time before someone decided that Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” would be such a nice stylistic match for Gilbert & Sullivan’s oft-performed “The Pirates Of Penzance.” That someone was Mike Hightower, a Chicago Renaissance guy with a penchant for parody. He took the goofy 1990’s pop staple and recorded it in the style of Sirs Gilbert & Sullivan, and cleverly edited it with footage from the 1983 film version starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt. The visual element makes it funnier than Jonathan Coulton’s snarky riff on the song, and the cutting is almost as perfect as Todd Washburn’s videos made from songs from the brilliant Star Wars: The Musical. Watch Hightower’s video here. –Robert Newton