Puppet Jam Bad Jokes
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"Nice belt indeed!"
Bad Jokes is Homestar Runner's first Puppet Jam with They Might Be Giants.
Cast (in order of appearance): John "Flans" Flansburgh on guitar, John "Linnell" Linnell on accordion, Marty "Marty" Beller on skins, Puppet Homestar "Homeslice" Runner on vox
Date: Monday, May 24, 2004
Running Time: 1:14
Page Title: Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes
Transcript
{Puppet Homestar appears. They Might Be Giants are behind him, John Flansburgh with a guitar and John Linnell with an accordion. Marty Beller is off screen on drums.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!
{TMBG start to play rock music.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} I'm tellin' bad jokes now,
Really bad jokes now,
Tells a bad joke to me,
Girl!
Lady!
Why did something cross the road,
I don't know,
Make it up,
Bad jokes, come on,
I'm really good at tellin' bad jokes,
I'm tellin bad jokes now,
The ones you've heard a million times,
The kind of jokes that little kids tell ya,
Why was I stapled to the chicken?
I don't know man,
I wasn't stapled to any chicken!
FLANSBURGH: {yells} Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Nice belt man!
Bad jokes,
Bad bad jokes,
Uh!
{They stop playing and singing.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Solid! That's pretty good, guys. Layin' it down back there.
BELLER: Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: On the skins— {floor tom hit interrupts his train of thought} I— {floor tom hit}
BELLER: {whispers} Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {whispers to himself} Nice belt...? {to Beller} ...Nice belt indeed!
DVD Transcript
Everything Else, Volume 1 contains a different version of this song.
{Puppet Homestar appears. They Might Be Giants are behind him, John Flansburgh with a guitar and John Linnell with an accordion. Marty Beller is off screen on drums.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!
{TMBG start to play rock music.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} I'm tellin' bad jokes now,
Really bad jokes now!
Tells a bad joke to me,
Girl!
Lady!
Why did something cross the road?
I don't know,
Make it up!
Bad jokes, come on!
Some people walk into a bar...
Bad jokes!
Somethin' happens...
And probably all three of different ethnic backgrounds...
Maybe religious backgrounds...
It's gonna be funny...
But only to you!
Bad jokes!
JOHN FLANSBURGH: {in background} Bad jokes!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Bad jokes! Come on!
Knock knock!
Who's there?
JOHN FLANSBURGH: {in background} Who's there?
HOMESTAR RUNNER: I dunno, man!
A bad joke!
Gimme—gimme some spice!
Gimme some sugar spice! Ow!
{Marty Beller plays a drum solo, and there is a short instrumental break.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, we tellin' bad jokes now!
{in a falsetto voice} We tellin' bad jokes now!
{back to normal voice} We always tellin' bad jokes!
{talking with the music} I told a good joke once...
I had the audience in the palm of my hand!
{The Johns start chanting "Jokes!" in the background.}
They was laughin'...
They was laughin' like there was no tomorrow!
{The Johns start forced-laughing.}
I can't remember the punch line...
But I slayed 'em, I killed 'em.
I knocked 'em dead!
I'm really good at tellin' bad jokes,
I'm tellin' bad jokes now,
The ones you've heard a million times,
The kind of jokes that little kids tell ya!
FLANSBURGH: {in background} Bad jokes!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Why was I stapled to the chicken?
I don't know man,
I wasn't stapled to any chicken!
FLANSBURGH: {yells} Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Nice belt man!
Bad jokes,
Bad bad jokes,
Uh!
{They stop playing and singing.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Solid! That's pretty good, guys. Layin' it down back there.
FLANSBURGH: Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: On the skins— {floor tom hit interrupts his train of thought} I— {floor tom hit} {whispers to himself} Nice belt...? Nice belt indeed!
Fun Facts
- The "Bad Jokes" in the song reference the following jokes:
- Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To get to the other side! - Q: Why did the {any animal} cross the road?
A: Because it was stapled to the chicken! - Q: What did zero say to eight?
A: "Nice belt."
- Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
- The extra jokes referenced in the DVD version are vague.
- "Some people walk into a bar..." references "bar jokes", which can range broadly.
- "Somethin' happens... And all three of different ethnic backgrounds... Maybe religious backgrounds..." references a commonly used setup for an ethnic/religious joke, where each takes a different course of action.
- "Knock knock... Who's there?" references knock-knock jokes, which can also range broadly.
- This is the first puppet toon in which The Cheat does not appear.
- This song seems to be loosely based on "Bad Jokes" by English comedian Lenny Henry, which has a similar structure and funky musical style.
External Links
- watch "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"
- watch "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"
- forum thread re: "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"
- read the TMBW.net entry
