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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Between the Scenes - Trevor's Confusing Birthday Song Experience

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Trevor describes how his mom taught him a high energy, upbeat birthday song from Disney instead of the more somber and traditional "Happy Birthday to You." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.6

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0:04.1

It's funny because I never grew up singing the traditional happy birthday song.

0:09.6

Like it wasn't something in my life.

0:11.9

So my mom would either sing the Stevie Wonder happy birthday and then the like you know

0:17.0

the happy birthday to this that one and then there was the and then there was another one

0:21.4

that my mom found back it was like a Disney happy birthday was Donald Duck's birthday

0:27.6

and Disney made their own version.

0:29.0

I think this was in like 1988 or something and it was just like happy birthday.

0:33.7

It's Donald's birthday happy birthday to you.

0:37.4

So she sang that to me when I first remembered birthdays like when I could remember the song

0:41.5

that's how my mom always sang it to me.

0:43.0

She'd be like it's Travis birthday happy happy birthday to you because it's a party.

0:48.8

A party and then I'll be there like yeah I was like that's the birthday song right?

0:53.9

So now I'm like four years old five years old six years old and I'll start going to like

0:56.9

kindergarten and all of that and then we get there and then the teacher comes and like

1:00.7

we're gonna sing happy birthday and they turn all the lights on the candles and it's like

1:04.0

everyone's singing along and then they're like happy and I'm like happy birthday.

1:08.8

It's Johnny's birthday happy happy birthday to you.

1:12.6

Come on happy birthday it's a party a party today it's a celebration and then she's like

1:20.1

no what are you doing?

1:21.1

She's like you're singing it wrong and then I was like what are you talking about that's

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