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''"Nice belt indeed!"''<br />
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'''Bad Jokes''' is Homestar Runner's first Puppet Jam with [[They Might Be Giants]].<br />
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' John "Flans" Flansburgh on guitar, John "Linnell" Linnell on accordion, Marty "Marty" Beller on skins, [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] [[Homestar Runner|Homestar "Homeslice" Runner]] on vox<br />
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'''Date:''' Monday, May 24, 2004<br />
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'''Running Time:''' 1:14<br />
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'''Page Title:''' Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes<br />
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'''DVD:'''[[Everything Else, Volume 1]]<br />
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== Transcript ==<br />
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''{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.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!<br />
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''{TMBG start to play rock music.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' I'm tellin' bad jokes now,<br /><br />
Really bad jokes now,<br /><br />
Tells a bad joke to me,<br /><br />
Girl!<br /><br />
Lady!<br /><br />
Why did something cross the road,<br /><br />
I don't know,<br /><br />
Make it up,<br /><br />
Bad jokes, come on,<br /><br />
I'm really good at tellin' bad jokes,<br /><br />
I'm tellin bad jokes now,<br /><br />
The ones you've heard a million times,<br /><br />
The kind of jokes that little kids tell ya,<br /><br />
Why was I stapled to the chicken?<br /><br />
I don't know man,<br /><br />
I wasn't stapled to any chicken!<br />
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'''FLANSBURGH:''' ''{yells}'' Nice belt!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nice belt man!<br /><br />
Bad jokes,<br /><br />
Bad bad jokes,<br /><br />
Uh!<br />
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''{They stop playing and singing.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Solid! That's pretty good, guys. Layin' it down back there.<br />
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'''BELLER:''' Nice belt!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' On the skins— ''{floor tom hit interrupts his train of thought}'' I— ''{floor tom hit}''<br />
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'''BELLER:''' ''{whispers}'' Nice belt!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whispers to himself}'' Nice belt...? ''{to Beller}'' ...Nice belt indeed!<br />
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=== DVD Transcript ===<br />
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[[Everything Else, Volume 1]] contains a different version of this song.<br />
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''{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.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!<br />
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''{TMBG start to play rock music.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' I'm tellin' bad jokes now,<br /><br />
Really bad jokes now!<br /><br />
Tells a bad joke to me,<br /><br />
Girl!<br /><br />
Lady!<br /><br />
Why did something cross the road?<br /><br />
I don't know,<br /><br />
Make it up!<br /><br />
Bad jokes, come on!<br /><br />
Some people walk into a bar...<br /><br />
Bad jokes!<br /><br />
Somethin' happens...<br /><br />
And probably all three of different ethnic backgrounds...<br /><br />
Maybe religious backgrounds...<br /><br />
It's gonna be funny...<br /><br />
But only to you!<br /><br />
Bad jokes!<br /><br />
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'''JOHN FLANSBURGH:''' ''{in background}'' Bad jokes!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Bad jokes! Come on!<br /><br />
Knock knock!<br /><br />
Who's there?<br /><br />
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'''JOHN FLANSBURGH:''' ''{in background}'' Who's there?<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I dunno, man!<br /><br />
A bad joke!<br /><br />
Gimme—gimme some spice!<br /><br />
Gimme some sugar spice! Ow!<br /><br />
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''{Marty Beller plays a drum solo, and there is a short instrumental break.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, we tellin' bad jokes now!<br /><br />
''{in a falsetto voice}'' We tellin' bad jokes now!<br /><br />
''{back to normal voice}'' We always tellin' bad jokes!<br /><br />
''{talking with the music}'' I told a good joke once...<br /><br />
I had the audience in the palm of my hand!<br /><br />
''{The Johns start chanting "Jokes!" in the background.}''<br /><br />
They was laughin'...<br /><br />
They was laughin' like there was no tomorrow!<br /><br />
''{The Johns start forced-laughing.}''<br /><br />
I can't remember the punch line...<br /><br />
But I slayed 'em, I killed 'em.<br /><br />
I knocked 'em dead!<br /><br />
I'm really good at tellin' bad jokes,<br /><br />
I'm tellin' bad jokes now,<br /><br />
The ones you've heard a million times,<br /><br />
The kind of jokes that little kids tell ya!<br /><br />
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'''FLANSBURGH:''' ''{in background}'' Bad jokes!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why was I stapled to the chicken?<br /><br />
I don't know man,<br /><br />
I wasn't stapled to any chicken!<br />
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'''FLANSBURGH:''' ''{yells}'' Nice belt!<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nice belt man!<br /><br />
Bad jokes,<br /><br />
Bad bad jokes,<br /><br />
Uh!<br />
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''{They stop playing and singing.}''<br />
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Solid! That's pretty good, guys. Layin' it down back there.<br />
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'''FLANSBURGH:''' Nice belt!<br />
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'''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!<br />
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== Fun Facts ==<br />
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* The "Bad Jokes" in the song reference the following jokes:<br />
** '''Q:''' Why did the chicken cross the road?<br />'''A:''' To get to the other side!<br />
** '''Q:''' Why did the ''{any animal}'' cross the road?<br />'''A:''' Because it was stapled to the chicken!<br />
** '''Q:''' What did zero say to eight?<br />'''A:''' "Nice belt."<br />
* The extra jokes referenced in the DVD version are vague.<br />
** "Some people walk into a bar..." references "bar jokes", which can range broadly.<br />
** "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.<br />
** "Knock knock... Who's there?" references [[Knock-knock joke|knock-knock jokes]], which can also range broadly.<br />
* This is the first puppet toon in which [[The Cheat]] does not appear.<br />
* This song seems to be loosely based on "Bad Jokes" by English comedian Lenny Henry, which has a similar structure and funky musical style.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/puppet-jam-bad-jokes watch "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"]<br />
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/puppetjam1.html watch "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"] on the old [[Flash]] site<br />
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/puppetjam1.swf view the Flash file for "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"]<br />
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=111 forum thread re: "Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes"]<br />
* "[[index.php/Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes|Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]]" on This Might Be A Wiki.<br />
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