# What is this Family Guy "Bag Of Weed" song a parody of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911 "2009-04-21T23:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/1 "2009-04-21T23:20:25Z")
[http://www.hulu.com/watch/68615/family-guy-bag-of-weed#s-p1-sr-i1](http://www.hulu.com/watch/68615/family-guy-bag-of-weed#s-p1-sr-i1) The tune is very familiar, what is it from? Mary Poppins, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/2 "2009-04-21T23:23:53Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Mary Poppins, perhaps? Close. “Me Ol’ Bamboo” from _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/3 "2009-04-21T23:25:07Z")
Ahhh, I almost said Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Thanks much!!! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/4 "2009-04-22T01:35:15Z")
Yep, that’s it, and, gotta admit, I really laughed my ass off to tears at that, especially the bong xylophone bit. What a Delight! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/5 "2009-04-22T02:26:44Z")
Admission time. When I was a kid and we’d watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang every time it was on, I thought they were saying “Old Man’s Shoe” in that song. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/6 "2009-04-22T03:14:55Z")
“Me Ol’ Bamboo” was the only fun number in a dreadfully dull movie. The only other positive angle to “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was that Dick Van Dyke had learned his lesson, and didn’t even TRY to sound English! ---
**Author:** ![Winsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Winsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winsling)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/7 "2009-04-22T03:17:27Z")
[Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQgXccbxHbM) link to the original ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/8 "2009-04-22T04:31:55Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Ahhh, I almost said Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Thanks much!!! An understandable error, the Sherman Brothers wrote both. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/9 "2009-04-22T14:18:23Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > An understandable error, the Sherman Brothers wrote both. And it does sound reminiscent of “Step In Time.” Thank you for asking this, OP. I’ve been racking my brains trying to think of what song they were parodying ever since I saw it Sunday night, but I never would have come up with the answer on my own—it’s been too long since I’ve seeen _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. ---
**Author:** ![dannysays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dannysays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannysays)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/10 "2009-05-26T02:56:50Z")
This drove me crazy too. It’s Me Ol’ Bam-Boo from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-family-guy-bag-of-weed-song-a-parody-of/493911/11 "2009-05-26T20:19:20Z")
I see the parody, though does “Me Ole Bamboo” actually make sense in context?