Apollo 13 Splashdown “Roast” Song

Apollo 13 Roast Song

StartFragmentAstronaut John Young, the backup Apollo 13 CDR, showed up at the splashdown celebration that was hosted by the Apollo 13 flight crew. He announced that he had an audio tape that he wanted everyone to hear. It was a hastily prepared tape produced by editing music and lyrics with clips of things that were said on the Control Center intercom loops and by the crew in space. The result was a “roasting” of Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot with clips like, “We’ve got an instrumentation problem, Flight,” followed by (and completely out of context), “I don’t understand that, Sy.” Those two phrases were repeated over and over interspersed with other funny stuff. EndFragment

Apollo 13 Roast Song

StartFragment“I Don't Understand That Sy” 9 min:19 sec EndFragment