# Jingle Bells, Batman smells **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 1999, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999 "1999-12-08T19:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/1 "1999-12-09T06:36:00Z")
Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, The Batmobile lost a wheel, and The Joker got away, Hey! ## Did anyone every wonder who made that up? I always assumed that it was a local thing (Brooklyn), but my husband grew up outside of Boston and knew the words too. I guess what I want to know is who else knows this song, and where you’re from. Also any information on where it came from would be greatly appreciated 🙂 Thanks, Blue “I wore an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time…” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/2 "1999-12-09T06:40:00Z")
I can remember singing that sucker back here in Toodleedoo, O-hi-ya. * * * “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/3 "1999-12-09T06:46:00Z")
My daughters have been singing that for a couple weeks and were shocked to find out that mommy and daddy sang it when they were kids. Their version, however, has a slight variation. “And Joker took ballet.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/4 "1999-12-09T06:51:00Z")
I grew up in a no-hope, industrial, God-forsaken town in the Midwest (Springfield, IL) in the 70’s, and I sang it all the time; irritated my 'rents to no end. As to where it originated - just a WAG, but this sounds like the handiwork of either a MAD magazine writer, or perhaps Walt Kelly (“Pogo”). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/5 "1999-12-09T06:53:00Z")
I submit is was written by the same genius who penned: “Great green gobs of ooey, gooey gopher guts, marmaladed monkey nuts and me without my spoon.” I remember a group of us boys pissed off a scoutmaster back in the early '70s by singing the Jingle Bell parody. He thought it was disrepectful of Christmas and Christ. This good Christian had five children – one is a former dope fiend who was convicted of child molesting, one is a punk, one is one of the snottiest bitches I have ever met, one is a lazy slut on welfare and the fifth I can’t comment about – haven’t seen or heard of her in a couple of decades. It just goes to show. * * * The Coyote gnaws … but he does not swallow. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/6 "1999-12-09T06:56:00Z")
Here’s the version I used to sing: Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, The Batmobile lost a wheel, and The Commissioner had to pay. I’ve always wondered why the police chief would be financially liable for damage to the batmobile. * * * Quand les talons claquent, l’esprit se vide. Maréchal Lyautey ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/7 "1999-12-08T19:01:00Z")
Hey, rasta, there’s always hope, dammit! Just turn to the all-embracing light of state government. I grew up in the 80’s, and we were still singing it in Springfield then. * * * “Bodie, I noticed you stopped stuttering.” “I’ve been giving myself shock treatments.” “Up the voltage.” -_Real Genius_ ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/8 "1999-12-08T19:05:00Z")
We sang it in Palos Park in the 70’s. Yes, that’s in Illinois too. ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/9 "1999-12-08T19:09:00Z")
I happened to catch an episode of the animated Batman series once and almost choked when the Joker broke out in song with that little ditty! The emphasis was on the last line, because he did, in fact, “got away” (sic). ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/10 "1999-12-08T20:13:00Z")
I grew up in the 70’s in San Francisco, and I remember it exactly as in the OP. And we thought we were so cool and clever. ---
**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/11 "1999-12-08T20:59:00Z")
Eighties, NY: Jingle Bells, Batman smells Robin laid an egg. Batmobile lost its wheels And Joker got away. (Hey!) Batman’s in the kitchen, Robin’s in the hall. Joker’s in the bathroom, pissing on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/12 "1999-12-08T21:02:00Z")
Pixoid! I forgot all about that one! LOL ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Spaulding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Capt.Spaulding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Spaulding)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/13 "1999-12-08T21:13:00Z")
I grew up in St. Louis in the '70s and we always sang it exactly as in the OP. Now, does anyone remember the complete lyrics to “On Top of Spaghetti” or “The Worms Crawl In…”? ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/14 "1999-12-08T21:14:00Z")
We sang it as in the OP in Bumf\*\*k Colorado 25-30 years ago. It does sound like some mass medium distributed the song. WAG: Mad Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/15 "1999-12-09T00:36:00Z")
In the 70s in Missouri it was “Batmobile BROKE a wheel”. But other than that, pretty much the same. I don’t remember any words after the Joker got away (hey!), though. And the gopher guts song I learned was “Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts/swimming in a pool of blood.” Other verses had “Mutilated monkey meat” or “paralyzed porpoise pus” doing the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/16 "1999-12-09T00:46:00Z")
I also learned Pixoid’s version, with second verse. But does anyone remember this one? Jingle bells, caca smells Grandma’s got a gun Something something something something Now look at them run. Or something like that. It topped the kindergarten hit-parade for a while over here. Did anyone else learn it, or was it just a New Mexico thing? * * * “That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/17 "1999-12-09T02:10:00Z")
I heard it in New Brunswick in the mid 70’s just like the op… and its: Great big globs of greasy grimy gopher guts, Mutilated monkey meat, dirty little birdy feet, deepfried eyeballs,melting in a bowl of pus, and i forgot my spoon! So I’ll use a straw…\ ---
**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:** [December 9, 1999, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/18 "1999-12-09T02:34:00Z")
Well, the fact that I knew it at my school, and this is a tiny fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand we’re talking about, says a lot about how widely distributed it got. * * * -PIGEONMAN- Hero For A New Millennium! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - updates every Wed & Sat. If I can be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/19 "1999-12-09T02:40:00Z")
My husband remembers it this way: Jingle Bells, Batman smells Robin laid an egg, He picks his nose with Cheerios And eats it every day Hey! ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999/20 "1999-12-09T03:40:00Z")
Pixoid’s version, the 70s and Texas. We loved that one! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/11999.md?page=2)