The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

202 “THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE”
attraction was reproduced at other Disney parks over the years. In 1998
the show was renamed “The Enchanted Tiki Room—Under New Management”
and, with Iago from Aladdin and Zazu from The Lion King as hosts,
the attraction used a revised version of the song “A Friend Like Me” from
the former movie. A fun quartet version of “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room” was
recorded by Meredith Inglesby, Andy Karl, Tyler Maynard, and Keewa
Nurullah; Hilary Duff recorded it in 2002.
“The Time of Your Life” is the bluesy number about living your life well
and taking it easy, written by Randy Newman for the computer-animated
movie A Bug’s Life (1998). Newman sings the lazy and carefree number on
the soundtrack over the closing credits of the film.
“Tip and Dash” is the merry sea chantey the comic duo Tip the Penguin
(voice of Max Casella) and Dash the Walrus (Stephen Furst) sing in the
made-for-video animated sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
(2000). Michael and Patty Silversher wrote the farcical number, and the
two sidekicks sing it to Ariel’s daughter, Melody (Tara Charendoff), promising
to battle the forces of evil under the sea and save the day.
“’Tis Evening” is one of the satirical musical poems Charles Wolcott (music),
T. Hee, and Erdman Penner (lyric) wrote for the animated film The
Reluctant Dragon (1941). When the doddering knight Sir Giles (voice of
Claude Allister) and the peace-loving Dragon (Barnett Parker) face off for
battle, they instead recite their own poetry to each other. The frustrated
Boy (Billy Lee) tries to get the fight going by talk-singing his own poem, an
ode to the twilight, but soon it turns into a demand for bloodshed.
“To an Upside Down Cake” is the unintentionally comic ode to dessert
that the poetry-writing Dragon (voice of Barnett Parker) sings about one
of his favorite foods in the animated movie The Reluctant Dragon (1941).
Charles Wolcott (music), T. Hee, and Erdman Penner (lyric) wrote the
short but catchy ditty that satirizes the classical ode form.
“To Infinity and Beyond” is the musical mantra of the popular toy spaceman
Buzz Lightyear, as heard during the closing credits of the made-forvideo
prequel Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
(2000). After a spoken lead-in that is an homage to the opening credits of
the original Star Trek television series, William Shatner and the Star Command
Chorus sing the patriotic, Sousa-like march about one’s willingness