What the world, needs now
 

Is love, sweet love

No not just for some, but for everyone

hippie

Coca-Cola salesman

From the Beatles, another song that 'changed' the world:
Love, love, love ....

And now that will be used to sell nappies in England. 'Diapers' to those without a cosmopolitian grasp of the world.

. . . is fewer commas.

... is a major plague, the ice age, and a major reduction in the population.

You high buddy?

As long as it stays in Georgia. :D

The original function of punctuation was to signal the rhythm with which written words were to be spoken. In this sense, the comma in this thread title is a critical element, without which the meaning is lost. It reads: "what the world (pause) needs now" - calling to mind the song lyrics that are not just these words, but specifically delivered in this meter.

I saw Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. Once. Weak ending, even for a thirteen-year-old.