Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes
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Bad Jokes is Homestar Runner's first Puppet Jam with They Might Be Giants.
Cast (in order of appearance): John "Flans" Flansburgh on guitar, John "Linnell" Linnell on accordian, Marty "Marty" Beller on skins, Puppet Homestar "Homeslice" Runner on vox
Date: May 24, 2004
Running Time: 1:14
Page Title: Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes
Transcript
{Puppet Homestar appears. They Might Be Giants are behind him, John Flansburgh with a guitar and John Linnell with an accordion. Marty Beller is off screen on drums.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!
{TMBG start to play rock music.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} I'm tellin' bad jokes now,
Really bad jokes now,
Tell a bad joke to me,
Girl!
Lady!
Why did something cross the road,
I don't know,
Make it up,
Bad jokes, come on,
I'm really great at tellin bad jokes,
I'm tellin bad jokes now,
The ones you've heard a million times,
The kind of jokes that little kids tell ya,
Why was I stapled to the chicken?
I don't know man,
I wasn't stapled to any chicken!
FLANSBURGH: {yells} Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Nice belt man!
Bad jokes,
Bad bad jokes,
Uh!
{They stop playing and singing.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Solid! That's pretty good, guys. Layin' it down back there.
BELLER: Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: On the skins— {floor tom hit interrupts his train of thought} I— {floor tom hit}
BELLER: {whispers} Nice belt!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {whispers to himself} Nice belt...? {to Beller} ...Nice belt indeed!
Fun Facts
- The "Bad Jokes" in the song reference the following jokes:
- A: Why did the chicken cross the road?
B: I don't know, why?
A: To get to the other side! - A: Why did the {any animal} cross the road?
B: I don't know, why?
A: Because it was stapled to the chicken! - A: What did zero say to eight?
B: I don't know, what?
A: "Nice belt."
- A: Why did the chicken cross the road?
- This is the first puppet toon in which The Cheat does not appear.
