The Benefits of Being My Man

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The Benefits of Being My Man is a one off song sung by Mary Kate Wiles. The song's music and lyrics were done by Dylan Glatthorn within the span of two weeks. The music only uses four instruments: piano, guitar, bass, and drums. It was filmed at the youtube space, made possible because of Shipwrecked Comedy's Patreon, and released in 2019. Since then, it has collected over 15k views.

The song is sung by a character named Vivian Nightingale in Bixby Crane's lounge. Bixby introduces Vivian, then she begins to sing. During the song there are different bits which include various props such as bananas,a mirror, and Vivian pulling off one set of gloves just to reveal she is wearing a second set underneath. At the end, Bixby appears eating a cookie before the scene fades out.

Lyrics
You hold the title of my biggest fan

What a lucky guy

You get to buy me a two door sedan

What a lucky guy

I'm ogled by sophisticates

But you're the only one who gets

The benefits of being my man

What a lucky guy

You get to be my beau with the plan (The pension plan, of course...)

What a lucky guy

You get to be my suave dapper dan (But not too suave. It's my spotlight, doll.)

Your rivals never call it quits

They drivel o'er like nitwits for

The benefits of being my man

What a lucky guy

You get to have a room of your own

Where you can polish my throne

What a lucky guy

You get to eat my lemon meringue

And feed my pet orangutan

I've never met a man so truly blessed

You get to be my flash in the pan

What a lucky guy

I am the Champion and you're my also-ran

What a lucky guy

Like for like and tats for tits

Every other girl's the pits

Life is just a bowl of grits

But I give you banana splits

Even at their end of wits

No one in the world forgets

The benefits of being my man

...You're welcome.

Other Tidbits
-Sinéad Persaud held the bannana for the scene and pulled the curtians open with Sarah Grace Hart. Sean Persaud was responsible for holding the prop mirror.

-Originally, they wanted Vivian to have a different dress for this song.

-The first draft ending of the bridge was "I've never met a man so hashtag blessed."