Editing Shaggy dog story (section)

==Examples in music==
* [[Arlo Guthrie]]'s antiwar "[[Alice's Restaurant Massacree]]" is a shaggy-dog story about the military draft, hippies, and improper disposal of garbage.<ref>{{cite web |first=Eric |last=Berman |url=http://www.chicagonow.com/booth-reviews/2010/11/song-of-the-day-alices-restaurant-massacree-by-arlo-guthrie/ |title=Song Of The Day – "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie &#124; Booth Reviews |publisher=Chicagonow.com |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-date=18 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518031215/http://www.chicagonow.com/booth-reviews/2010/11/song-of-the-day-alices-restaurant-massacree-by-arlo-guthrie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s "[[Albuquerque (song)|Albuquerque]]," the final track on his 1999 album ''[[Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)|Running with Scissors]]'', is an over-11-minute digression from one of the first topics mentioned in the song, the narrator-protagonist's longstanding dislike of [[sauerkraut]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Spotlight on "Weird Al" Yankovic He May Look More Normal, But Parodist is Still an Oddball at Heart|first = Dave|last = Howell|url= https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2000-01-29-3296970-story.html |access-date=|date =28 January 2000 |website=The Morning Call}}</ref>
*[[The J. Geils Band]]'s "No Anchovies, Please" on their 1980 album, ''[[Love Stinks (album)|Love Stinks]]'', is a shaggy-dog story that tells the tale of an American housewife who meets an unfortunate fate after opening a can of [[Anchovies as food|anchovies]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=jb |date=2006-05-13 |title=Still Another Great Moment in the History of Background Music |url=https://thjkoc.net/2006/05/13/still-another-great-moment-in-the-history-of-background-music/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=The Hits Just Keep On Comin' |language=en}}</ref>''