# Instrumental comedy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972 "2009-04-22T14:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/1 "2009-04-22T14:27:58Z")
I love [this YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL4AHEnphT4). The guy is named Mike Rayburn, and he does a lot of throwing together of different styles and such. (His version of Bruce Springsteen doing _Green Eggs and Ham_, for instance, is terrific.) I think what I like about this one is that once he gets going there are no lyrics at all; the fun is purely in the music. RR ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/2 "2009-04-22T17:56:15Z")
Clever and funny, I love it! Led me to this one - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/3 "2009-04-22T18:51:39Z")
I thought this would be a PDQ Bach thread… I haven’t listened to his stuff in years! ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/4 "2009-04-22T18:55:42Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Clever and funny, I love it! > > Led me to this one - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw&feature=related) If you liked that, then you might enjoy [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFvqmIi9Ymc). Not humorous, but very good. RR ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/5 "2009-04-22T18:57:13Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I thought this would be a PDQ Bach thread… > > I haven’t listened to his stuff in years! I love PDQ Bach! Even now, I sometimes burst out with “Howdy, there, I’m Oedipus Tex! You may have heard of my brother Rex” for no reason apparent to me. RR ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/6 "2009-04-23T00:18:12Z")
> [@RiverRunner](#): > > I love [this YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL4AHEnphT4). The guy is named Mike Rayburn, and he does a lot of throwing together of different styles and such. (His version of Bruce Springsteen doing _Green Eggs and Ham_, for instance, is terrific.) I think what I like about this one is that once he gets going there are no lyrics at all; the fun is purely in the music. [It’s been done better and funnier](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3SVdVzDyY) ---
**Author:** ![MonaLizaT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@MonaLizaT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonaLizaT)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/7 "2009-04-23T00:41:18Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I thought this would be a PDQ Bach thread… Me too. It’s been over 20 years since I saw him live. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/8 "2009-04-23T01:04:09Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I thought this would be a PDQ Bach thread… > > I haven’t listened to his stuff in years! _"Oh Little Town of Hackensack . . . "_ ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/9 "2009-04-23T05:48:14Z")
Ridiculous drum fills in instrumental tracks crack me up for some reason. Here are two of my favorites: [http://assacre.com/mp3/demo/ASSACRE\_-\_04\_-\_i\_have\_fifteen\_legs.mp3](http://assacre.com/mp3/demo/ASSACRE_-_04_-_i_have_fifteen_legs.mp3) (warning, there’s loads of ridiculous metal guitar in there too) And this electronic drum fill from Ween in an otherwise acoustic song always makes me smile: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnX4CKjDfc8#t=1m20s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnX4CKjDfc8#t=1m20s) Claude Coleman does a nice job trying to reproduce it live, but some of the absurdity is lost with a real human at the sticks: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0BU0B\_HcNo#t=1m15s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0BU0B_HcNo#t=1m15s) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-comedy/493972/10 "2009-04-23T13:43:11Z")
> [@MonaLizaT](#): > > Me too. It’s been over 20 years since I saw him live. Hee. He comes to Minneapolis frequently. I’ve seen him twice in the last, oh, five years or so. Simply outstanding. My bro saw him at Carnegie Hall, lucky duck. _Look up her dress!_