Songs to make you laugh, with 'Weird Al' Yankovic
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🗓️ 9 April 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Featured artists and songs:
1. Tonio K: "H-A-T-R-E-D"
2. Robbie Fulks: "Fountains of Wayne Hotline"
3. Tenacious D: "Tribute"
4. Spike Jones: "Der Fuehrer's Face"
5. Bill Oddie: "BLIMPHT"
6. The Hazzards: "Just A Temp"
7. Garfunkel and Oates: "Google"
8. Tom Lehrer: "The Elements"
9. Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Erika Henningsen, Ashley Park & Busy Philipps: "Famous 5eva"
10. Flight of the Conchords: "Hiphopopotamus Vs. Rhymenocerous (featuring Rhymenocerous And The Hiphopapoatumus)"
11. Shel Silverstein: "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out"
12. Weird Al: "One More Minute"
13. Weird Al: "The Saga Continues"
14. Bad Lip Reading: "Seagulls! (Stop It Now)"
15. Fun With Animals: "Goin' To Pasadena"
16. Spinal Tap: "Big Bottom"
17. The Lonely Island: "Lazy Sunday"
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| 0:24.0 | Did you know that April is National Humor Month? |
| 0:29.0 | I did not know that. |
| 0:30.0 | I shouldn't know that. |
| 0:32.0 | It is. And yet I did not and it has been since |
| 0:35.8 | 1976 that was the year it was founded by comedian Larry Wild to according to the |
| 0:41.5 | organization's website, |
| 0:43.3 | I'm quoting this, to heighten public awareness |
| 0:45.6 | of the therapeutic value of humor. |
| 0:48.3 | And it goes on to say that laughter and joy, |
| 0:51.0 | the benchmarks of humor, lead to improved well-being boosted morale increased |
| 0:55.8 | communication skills and an enriched quality of life I had no idea laughter enjoy |
| 1:01.0 | was good for you yeah I gotta say I disagree that's a |
| 1:04.5 | revelation. Maybe it's better to just not think too much about things or |
| 1:11.0 | break them down too much as I often say we like to keep it pretty shallow here at all songs |
| 1:16.6 | considered but I did think that what we really need to do is an entire show |
| 1:22.1 | with some of the funniest songs of all time so we can, you know, prudently, |
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