I’d Rather Listen to This Than the Original

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1. secondgenfan says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:31 pm

   My brain broke a little bit.
2. John Scalzi says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:36 pm

   I believe that might have been the point.
3. Seth G says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:37 pm

   Elmo is the Grover of our kids’ generation. Teaching kids to talk in the 3rd person for decades!
4. Marc Moskowitz says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:43 pm

   Also better than the original: Billy Joel & Marlee Matlin singing “Just The Way You Are” to Oscar the Grouch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHC3M7KL2ns
5. Annalee says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:50 pm

   I’m pretty sure the world is a better place for having this in it.

   Don’t judge me.
6. Chris Sears says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:51 pm

   John, you’ve just guaranteed that Whatever will be one of the first sites killed by SOPA. :-(
7. Xopher says:
   January 19, 2012 at 5:55 pm

   OK, I listened to the first minute and a half, and if I’ve ever heard the original I can’t figure out what it is. Could someone enlighten me?
8. Jennifer Davis Ewing says:
   January 19, 2012 at 6:11 pm

   Xoper: got me…I was wondering that myself. Anyone? Anyone?
9. Jennifer Davis Ewing says:
   January 19, 2012 at 6:15 pm

   Mark Moskowitz: Maybe my brain’s spent too long in the gutter, but the yellow wig thing Oscar puts on around 2:36 in that video looks sorta like pubes with a phallus sticking out on top of Oscar’s head. Interesting reworking of the song, though.

   :-)
10. leonr says:
    January 19, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    If you don’t know the original consider yourself lucky :) It’s by a group called LMFAO, and I’ll leave it at that
11. Craig Ranapia says:
    January 19, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    That didn’t break my brain as badly as Elmo and Katy Perry, but it’s a close run thing.
12. musictheorysean says:
    January 19, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    “COOKIE!!!”

    And Jamie Foxx.
13. TransDutch says:
    January 19, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    For those who are unacquainted with the original:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyx6JDQCslE

    And until this moment, this was my favorite parody of the song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvjbLYXnQmE
14. TransDutch says:
    January 19, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    (I had no idea putting the links in the post would automatically convert them into inline videos)
15. ron d dash says:
    January 19, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    You know… Under SOPA or PIPA, you would be hosting infringing material. Say “Good Night and That’s All Folks!” to your site…
16. DigitalAtheist says:
    January 19, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    JOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHN!

    You WILL suffer for this… I promise! Boiled in ants! Covered in water! Beat with a steak! Fried at the horsewhip. I PROMISE you WILL suffer! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
17. AliceB says:
    January 19, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    Just to prove how clueless I am, I thought that the “original” you were referring to was the Elmo song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSYadh2xmcI
18. Sara says:
    January 19, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    Its my fault I suppose, but I now have an ear wig of this insanity.
    I watched Elmo and the original Transdutch linked – by the time I got to the Jewish one, it was an almost overwhelming need to self destruct by watching.

    This is why the internet is bad.
19. Rick says:
    January 19, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    Wow ! Funny and almost ROFLMAO ! Thank you for this post. I have enjoyed your musings for quite a while now, and today I feel compelled to write to say “Thank You”.
20. MVS says:
    January 19, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    My 4 year old loved it. My 14 year old watched and tried to be all “cool” but she gave up, cracked a smile and started signing along.
21. Greg says:
    January 19, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    could. not. look. away.

    ;)

    awesome.
22. Bruce Diamond says:
    January 19, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    He’s Santa and he knows it.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8yJogJEEM
23. Dana says:
    January 20, 2012 at 4:23 am

    Like a fresh coat of paint, on a turd.
24. neeroc says:
    January 20, 2012 at 8:00 am

    The LMFAO version cracks me up every time I hear it, I automatically picture the ‘wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle – yah’

    Oh and now my 4 year old will be headed to school singing I’m elmo and I know it. *g*
25. BigHank53 says:
    January 20, 2012 at 9:19 am

    “Better than the original version” is an absurdly low bar to get over. Elmo-height, one might say.
26. aphrael says:
    January 20, 2012 at 9:41 am

    A group of air force cadets did a highly amusing parody of this song, too.

    http://www.towleroad.com/2011/12/afasexy.html
27. Maggie Brazeau (@missysedai) says:
    January 20, 2012 at 10:54 am

    Aw, I love Elmo!
28. Bill-in-DC says:
    January 20, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    I liked it and I’m not a Seseme fan. I looked at it out of curiosity (and as someone who has the day off I have the time to). Haven’t watched the original yet…

    I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t like it. It was fun. But…everyone’s different (as we all know – in good ways and bad and everything in between).

    Maggie just finished her bath and is settled on the bed ready for a nap. She says hi. There’s a reason to worship cats. They deserve it.
29. christy says:
    January 20, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    Going the other direction from the LMFAO links, this is my favorite Elmo link. Like John, not necessarily a fan, but if you’re of a certain age you’ll probably like this. WARNING: This song WILL cause you to walk around humming it for at least a while.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxardpBReQc
30. Nikitta says:
    January 20, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    I watch the original once in a while – because it always cracks me up. How anyone can fail to appreciate the humour of the original is beyond me.
31. Gulliver says:
    January 20, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    @ AliceB

    Just to prove how clueless I am, I thought that the “original” you were referring to was the Elmo song.

    I thought the same thing. Though to be fair, I may have heard the “Sexy and I Know It” and subsequently blocked it out.

    Incidentally, I never noticed before, but I don’t think Snuffleupagus is firing on all cylinders. I know some old stoners that behave very similarly.
32. Eric says:
    January 21, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    If you don’t like Elmo, you owe it to yourself to see the documentary “Being Elmo”. And if you do like Elmo, you really owe it to yourself to see the movie.
33. zvaavtre (@zvaavtre) says:
    January 21, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    @Eric, Absolutely.

    http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/beingelmo/
34. Origuy says:
    January 22, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    I thought at first that this was produced by the Sesame Street people. They should know better than to put an apostrophe in “Kids look at these crayons.”

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