It is indeed by King Missile. Campus radio used to play it ad nauseum circa 1992.
Perhaps this was the same woman (or a distant relative) from Barenaked Ladies’ Rock Spectacle…
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I thought it was Lucy who said that.
Nope-Linus (probably in reference to Lucy!). Ihad the poster of it on my wall as a kid–I looked at Linus saying that for about 8 years.
Does the OP look “like a maaaahhhn”?