# Does Anyone Know Wookinpanub? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050 "2020-06-25T20:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/21 "2020-06-26T11:55:31Z")
I was also completely lost. **mikecurtis** in post #16 linked to a video clip of Eddie Murphy’s Buckwheat character. It’s Buckwheat mangling the song lyric “looking for love” as in “looking for love in all the wrong places.” Apparently this is a commonly known reference in some circles. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/22 "2020-06-26T12:18:48Z")
Old people circles. I got it right away. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/23 "2020-06-26T12:36:50Z")
It’s a bit of an unsavory reference isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/24 "2020-06-26T15:14:01Z")
Hey Pal, I’m here! I couldn’t log in under my original name so for now I’m WOOKINPANUv.2. I’m such a doofus 😕 They’re going to switch me back soon. Thanks for asking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/25 "2020-06-26T15:18:06Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > It’s a bit of an unsavory reference isn’t it? Heh. Where were you when I asked if anyone found it offensive? I started a thread about it in “The Old Times” (sorry, I’m a bit too green to find and link to it at the moment) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/26 "2020-06-26T15:24:16Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Still not getting it. > > (Yeah, probably saw it and understood it, in context of the sketch and when spoken aloud. But now? Thirty years later? zero context? just an old photo? nope, I got nothing!) > > Sure, sure, it’s working…something?? > > Pa Nub??? When Eddie Murphy was originally a member of the SNL cast in the early '80s, one of the characters he did was a grown-up version of Buckwheat, from the Little Rascals/Our Gang comedy shorts. Buckwheat, you may remember, had a strange speech impediment, and mispronounced pretty much every word. There was an SNL sketch featuring Murphy-as-Buckwheat, which spoofed the direct-marketing TV ads that featured singers (like Slim Whitman) selling records of their greatest hits. In the “ad”, Buckwheat sang mispronounced snippets of various popular songs, with the “title” of each superimposed with a chyron on screen. “Wookin’ Pa Nub” was his version of Johnny Lee’s hit song, “Lookin’ For Love,” which was on the soundtrack to the film _Urban Cowboy._ ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/27 "2020-06-26T15:49:37Z")
Thank you so much, I knew about the sketch etc, but context is everything. Knowing it was song title would have tipped me off! Thanks for setting me straight. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050/28 "2020-06-26T16:56:44Z")
And now we can all appreciate my first post! 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050.md?page=1)