# Favorite funny songs and parodies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801 "2008-11-15T01:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/1 "2008-11-15T01:42:54Z")
While my son was visiting we looked up several funny songs on you tube will someone please tell me how this freaking link thing works now? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EJm\_AQ\_VQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EJm_AQ_VQ) Trauma to the Groin by Heywood Banks really makes me laugh. DaVinci’s Notebook does Title of the Song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281ax7Ovlsg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281ax7Ovlsg) is one of the cleverest songs I’ve ever heard. I was wondering what funny songs, ditties, or parodies other dopers liked. Links appreciated but not a necessity. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/2 "2008-11-15T02:10:21Z")
I like John Valby. Dirty, dirty man. I doubt you’ll want to share his ditties with the kiddies. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/3 "2008-11-15T02:50:55Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I like John Valby. Dirty, dirty man. I doubt you’ll want to share his ditties with the kiddies. Yah, I had a couple of old cassettes of his stuff. Pretty funny but it got old after a while. Like Dice Clay, the same joke over and over. Some really great parodies though. His version of the sound of Silence was great. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/4 "2008-11-15T04:09:13Z")
The track “[The Lay of the Surfers](http://www.amazon.com/Lay-Surfers-2007-Digital-Remaster/dp/B000TS10AM)” off Robert Calvert’s _Lucky Leif and the Longships_ concept album is a good Beach Boys parody. Honest, I’m _not_ obsessed with Hawkwind. It only looks that way. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/5 "2008-11-15T04:26:08Z")
Well, my favorites are the old classics – Tom Lehrer, Spike Jones, Flanders and Swan, the Bonzo Dog Band. However, probably one of the funniest since them is Bowser and Blue’s “[Working Where the Sun Don’t Shine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0w2rORwSc)” I also like “[Carrot Juice is Murder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM)” by the Arrogant Worms ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/6 "2008-11-15T04:32:40Z")
Anything from a [Doctor Demento](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Demento) album. ---
**Author:** ![2\_Fat\_Cattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/838e76/32.png) [@2\_Fat\_Cattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_Fat_Cattle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/7 "2008-11-15T21:16:46Z")
[Skullcrusher Mountain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ryNJVreiY) by Jonathon Coulton. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/8 "2008-11-15T22:36:36Z")
[Rockstars Need Money](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6iEt8WNFn0), by downhere. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/9 "2008-11-15T22:48:45Z")
My all-time favorite remains **No Anchovies, Please** by the **J Geils Band**. [youtube clip here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh8PbDyg1A4&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/10 "2008-11-15T23:12:25Z")
I’m a fan of The Element Song by Lehrer. This is a fun video that has been changed, I guess because of copyright stuff. It’s still good! [http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html](http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html) ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/11 "2008-11-16T03:06:07Z")
[Read a book](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUkpR2Q6Oy8) kills me. MC Hawking is great, with songs like [Entropy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bueZoYhUlg) and [The Big Bizzang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20LWam5KMQg). Tim Cavanagh’s [Drunk with Dignity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV1Yq90eyrk). ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/12 "2008-11-16T16:35:20Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > [Read a book](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUkpR2Q6Oy8) kills me. > > MC Hawking is great, with songs like [Entropy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bueZoYhUlg) and [The Big Bizzang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20LWam5KMQg). > > Tim Cavanagh’s [Drunk with Dignity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV1Yq90eyrk). pretty dam funny. I’ve never heard Hawking before. You might enjoy[Roy Zimmerman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIwiPsgRrOs) Creation Science 101 ---
**Author:** ![Crimmsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Crimmsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crimmsy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/13 "2008-11-16T16:49:48Z")
[Todd Snider - Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qQ78JVtS8&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/14 "2008-11-16T23:50:10Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > I’m a fan of The Element Song by Lehrer. > > This is a fun video that has been changed, I guess because of copyright stuff. It’s still good! > > [Tom Lehrer's "The Elements". A Flash animation by Mike Stanfill, Private Hand](http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html) What changed? I saved a version of the swf from 2006 and the only changes I saw were in the intro text on the opening screen. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/15 "2008-11-17T00:00:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I also like “[Carrot Juice is Murder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM)” by the Arrogant Worms [The\_Arrogant\_Worms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrogant_Worms) have created a lot of fun music, including The Last Saskatchewan Pirate, a farmer giving up the farm for a life of piracy (yes, in southern Saskatchewan) and Jesus’ Brother Bob who finds being the wind beneath Jesus’ wings less than satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/16 "2008-11-17T01:40:49Z")
Pinkard and Bowden’s _The Ballad Of Dick And Jane_. [Link (Quite positively NSFW or young children, either!)](http://www.jibjab.com/view/147911) ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/17 "2008-11-17T02:55:58Z")
I like “Trapped in the Drivethru” by Weird Al. 10 minutes long, but worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/18 "2008-11-17T03:39:02Z")
If you are familiar with [Desiderata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqqsJJ08-uQ), I think you’ll find [Deteriorata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NAwlepnSs&feature=related) funny. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/19 "2008-11-17T03:52:45Z")
> [@PastAllReason](#): > > [The\_Arrogant\_Worms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arrogant_Worms) have created a lot of fun music, including The Last Saskatchewan Pirate, a farmer giving up the farm for a life of piracy (yes, in southern Saskatchewan) and Jesus’ Brother Bob who finds being the wind beneath Jesus’ wings less than satisfying. Yes. Someone told me about them back in June, and I also like “Canada is Big” and “Ontario Sucks.” ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801/20 "2008-11-17T03:54:33Z")
One more vote for DaVinci’s Notebook: [Internet Porn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc&feature=related) “Girl on girl on girl on girl on girl on guy on sheep!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-funny-songs-and-parodies/472801.md?page=2)