Dear Penis...

November 4, 2002 5:35 PM

Dear Penis... Won't you come out to play? [A flash animation performed by Rodney Carrington and cartooned by Chris Dill.]
posted by Carlos Quevedo (18 comments total)

Excellent!
posted by philip_buster at 5:54 PM on November 4, 2002

That's a fine piece of music, and I like the animation as well. Aaaaaand, that's basically everything that could possibly be said about this post. Goodnight, ever'body!
posted by cortex at 5:56 PM on November 4, 2002

it could do without the laugh track.
posted by Hackworth at 5:58 PM on November 4, 2002

Who here likes dorayaki? I love dorayaki.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:04 PM on November 4, 2002

I laughed. I cried. It became a part of me.
posted by eyeballkid at 6:12 PM on November 4, 2002

I'm guessing the animation was slapped onto a live recording.
posted by cortex at 6:22 PM on November 4, 2002

Whenever I hear a live audience that's indistinguishable from a laugh track I automatically think "The Cosby Show." When I combine that with a singing penis, I envision the scene where the entire family performs a musical number ("Please don't Go" or something like that), except now Rudy is now a phallic siren. And then I decide to shotgun more cheap beer.
posted by Stan Chin at 6:26 PM on November 4, 2002

except now Rudy is now a phallic siren. And then I decide to shotgun more cheap beer.

When you mention "Rudy", I automatically think of "The Cosby Kids" cartoon, and not actually Rudy, but that kid with the weird pink hat pulled over his face with eyeholes in it, giving "phallic siren" nightmarish overtones.

I'd shotgun a cheap beer myself if I weren't at work.
posted by hama7 at 7:35 PM on November 4, 2002

I like it, cute. Reminds me of this song [Real, sorry] by Christine Lavin, somehow.
posted by GriffX at 8:03 PM on November 4, 2002

I'm guessing the animation was slapped onto a live recording.

Yep, it came from the (hilarious) syndicated morning radio program The Bob and Tom Show, on which Rodney Carrington is often a guest. It can also be found on Gimme an 'F', one of their compilation albums.
posted by DakotaPaul at 8:44 PM on November 4, 2002

I would like to add that dorayaki is delicious.
posted by DakotaPaul at 8:46 PM on November 4, 2002

I'm guessing the animation was slapped onto a live recording.

I'm guessing the animation was slapped onto a studio recording with a laugh track.
posted by mediareport at 10:24 PM on November 4, 2002

That was funny... sorta! Did anyone see Tuesdays (11/4) Daily Show on Comedy Central? There was an annimated piece about mid-term elections that was even funnier. Wish I had a copy of it.
posted by LouReedsSon at 1:25 AM on November 5, 2002

Ummm, that's NOT a laugh track. Those guys (Bob and Tom) really do laugh like that through everything that is recorded during their show.
posted by internal at 6:06 AM on November 5, 2002

Ummm, that's NOT a laugh track. Those guys (Bob and Tom) really do laugh like that through everything that is recorded during their show.

Which is yet another reason they probably use a laugh track, internal. Laughing constantly like that is not as easy as it sounds, so lots of radio shows use laugh tracks heavily on a day-to-day basis to add just the right note of morning zoo hilarity. I'll bet a lot of folks get fooled. I'd have to listen to the show to be sure about this particular case, but those laughs sounded way too forced and crisp to be spontaneous.
posted by mediareport at 7:10 AM on November 5, 2002

Speaking of penis flash...
posted by Recockulous at 12:14 PM on November 5, 2002

Now THAT"S fun! :)
posted by LouReedsSon at 2:26 PM on November 5, 2002

Here's the real song with lyrics. (2 second google search)

By Rodney Carrington with no laugh track.
posted by hama7 at 2:17 AM on November 7, 2002