Steely Dan Iron Fists Older Wilson

Speaking of Duprees...

While we're pretty darn sure it's all a big joke, our favorite aging hipsters Steely Dan posted a letter to actor Luke Wilson about how his older brother Owen Wilson's most recent frat-caliber film "You, Me, and Dupree" rips off their excellent Dupree-ee song, "Cousin Dupree."

"What we suspect may have happened is this: some hack writer or producer or whatever they call themselves in Malibu or Los Feliz apparently heard our Grammy winning song "Cousin Dupree" on the radio and though, hey, man, this is a cool idea for a character in a movie or something... Nevertheless, they, like, took our character, this real dog sleeping on the couch and all and put him  in the middle of some hokey "Down and Out in iBeverly Hills" ripoff story and then, when it came time to change the character's name or whatever so people wouldn't know what a rip the whole thing was, THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO THINK UP A NEW F*CKING NAME FOR THE GUY!"

So while the letter continues to be (hopefully) intentionally poorly-worded and grammatically meandering, the power duo arrive at requesting that Luke tell Owen to apologize to them onstage. And then indirectly threaten Owen's being.

While Steely Dan is never low on humor, pranks and snarkiness, we enjoy one particularly stunningly funny quip about the whole get-up: they write it to Luke, to pass on to Owen.

Oh, and they're touring with Michael McDonald -- also funny.

You can read the lyrics to "Cousin Dupree" here, and quietly judge for yourself.