# Is “Yakety Sax” inherently funny, or are we just conditioned into considering it funny by Benny Hill?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [November 7, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yakety-sax-inherently-funny-or-are-we-just-conditioned-into-considering-it-funny-by-benny-hill/924942 "2020-11-07T00:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yakety-sax-inherently-funny-or-are-we-just-conditioned-into-considering-it-funny-by-benny-hill/924942/33 "2020-11-09T04:46:06Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rek1qRs6tU8/hqdefault.jpg "this song DOES make everything funny.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rek1qRs6tU8)

I’m not getting tired of this. Is something wrong with me?

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