Puppet Jam Vitamins/Celebrities
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"I have trouble with my Rs."
Vitamins/Celebrities is the third installment of 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, June 7, 2004
Running Time: 1:10
Page Title: Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities
Transcript
{Puppet Homestar appears. They Might Be Giants are behind him, John Flansburgh on guitar and John Linnell on accordion. Marty Beller is off screen on drums.}
FLANSBURGH: Hey Homestar, I hear you've got another song for us.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, you guessed right. What da ya know?
{Homestar looks around a bit as Marty starts to play the drums. Flansburgh and Linnell then begin to play.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} Vitamins
Take your vitamins
Put 'em in that plastic thing
That has the days of the week on it
{TMBG just stop playing here, thinking Homestar is done singing. However, he continues...}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} So you don't forget to take them on the proper day
{not singing anymore}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Okay, I spilled over on that one a little bit, I thought you were going to go on, honestly I thought you were going to go on longer.
{everybody laughs}
FLANSBURGH: Hey Homestar, I hear...
LINNELL: That's all we got.
FLANSBURGH: I hear you have the exact same song for us.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: It's true! What do ya think?
FLANSBURGH: Let's do it!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: And a three, two, one...
{Homestar is interrupted}
LINNELL: No, no.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: No?
LINNELL: Go ahead.
FLANSBURGH: Let's play it! Marty...
{Marty starts up the drums again as Flansburgh and Linnell join him}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} Oh, celebrities
They can't get me down
I try to rock and roll
And they steal my soul
My soul
{the music stops}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} Take your powda... powder... powder-erg-eer
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {not singing} I have trouble with my Rs.
{Homestar then proceeds to bite the top of his music stand as the video ends.}
Fun Facts
Remarks
- The camera angle is different from Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes and Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams.
- This is the first time Homestar has acknowledged his rhotacism.
- Strangely enough, however, when Homestar says "It's true" during this scene, he pronounces it properly, instead of saying "it's twue."
- "Accordion" is misspelled as "accordian" on the title card.
See Also
- The chord progression for "Vitamins".
External Links
- watch "Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities"
- watch "Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities"
- forum thread re: "Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities"
- read the TMBW.net entry for "Vitamins"
- read the TMBW.net entry for "Celebrities"
