# Have you heard about the bird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180 "2011-06-28T19:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/21 "2011-06-29T04:42:58Z")
Yeah, well, Kerouac, you’re at the top of my shelf. On a more serious note – fuck yes, we all heard about the bird. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/22 "2011-06-29T05:41:49Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > And people say music was shit before the Beatles. Maybe so, maybe not, but as Family Guy points out, the song is from the sixties (1963), and does not belong in a fifties diner. Beatles, 1960. Please Please Me, 8 months before Surfin’ Bird. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/23 "2011-06-29T05:55:58Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > And people say music was shit before the Beatles. People who say that have obviously never seen [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/24 "2011-06-29T06:47:58Z")
Bird, bird, bo-bird, Banana-fana fo-fird, Fee-fi-mo-mird, Bird! ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/25 "2011-06-29T07:02:50Z")
Sure, he was my favorite pitcher of the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/26 "2011-06-29T08:44:51Z")
ooo ma maow maow, boppa oo ma maow maow. Make a little bird house in your soul. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/27 "2011-06-29T09:16:16Z")
[Pee-Wee’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8zuNRNdWqw) heard about the Bird. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/28 "2011-06-29T10:50:10Z")
> [@Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](#): > > Internet meme? [No, much older than that.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_Bird) > [@cochrane](#): > > [Pee-Wee’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8zuNRNdWqw) heard about the Bird. The wiki article is woefully incomplete: it doesn’t include [Back To The Beach](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCKm2meHDFQ&t=11m35s) under popular culture. Though I suppose there are arguments to be made against both “popular” and “culture.” I only know this song because of the fine movie above ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/29 "2011-06-29T10:57:56Z")
I think you’ll find that [Bluebird’s the word](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeJ9OOVnW7Q). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/30 "2011-06-29T11:39:14Z")
Those of us who grew up with Ghoulardi have a special place in our heart for this song. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/31 "2011-06-29T13:02:11Z")
Greatest lyrics ever. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/32 "2011-06-29T14:28:50Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Maybe so, maybe not, but as Family Guy points out, the song is from the sixties (1963), and does not belong in a fifties diner. > > Beatles, 1960. Please Please Me, 8 months before Surfin’ Bird. #1 I said that ironically, as a joke. #2 Correct, the song is from the sixties #3 In 1960 Americans were still years away from hearing about the Beatles. #4 _Surfin’ Bird_ was released in the spring/summer of 1963; the first Beatles song (_I Wanna Hold Your Hand_) released in America was released in December of 1963. The main point though is that _Surfin’ Bird_ was typical of a certain genre (“beach”?) of songs that were popular in the early sixties, without regard to when it was actually released. > [@Kim o the Concrete Jungle](#): > > People who say that have obviously never seen this video. Very cool! Thanks for posting that, I hadn’t seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/33 "2011-06-30T00:06:53Z")
I wonder if those guys have learned another chord yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/34 "2011-06-30T00:37:33Z")
The W bird: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SeJmmQ5y9eQ/hqdefault.jpg "Bush middle finger") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJmmQ5y9eQ) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/35 "2011-06-30T00:40:31Z")
Am I the only one who thinks this thread sounds like we’ve done it before…? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/36 "2011-06-30T02:39:12Z")
Who are those people who answered “no”? Don’t they know about the bird?? Everybody’s heard that the bird is the word! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/37 "2011-06-30T05:08:37Z")
> [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](#): > > People who say that have obviously never seen [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE). D’oh, silly me, I love Big Mamma but never thought to look her up on You Tube. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/38 "2011-06-30T18:43:48Z")
Ah, yes. One of the few Peter-centered episodes that ws actually _funny_ ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/39 "2011-06-30T18:45:36Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Who are those people who answered “no”? Don’t they know about the bird?? Everybody’s heard that the bird is the word! Or so we thought. Now we have SCIENTIFIC PROOF that only 88.1% of the people have heard that the bird is the word. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180/40 "2011-06-30T18:51:55Z")
[QUOTE=Tom Scud] … 88.1% of the people have heard that the bird is the word. [/QUOTE] That lyric isn’t going to scan very well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-about-the-bird/587180.md?page=3)