I don’t know if this was a regional thing or what, but it’s time to put this thorny issue to bed so that we can grow closer as a community.
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Jingle bells/Batman Smells…
- Thread starter Octopus Prime
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Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
I've never heard the first one, like ever.
Additionally, is it "The Batmobile/Lost its wheel/And the Joker got away" or "The Joker stole/the Batmobile/And the Penguin got away"? Or perhaps the last line is "And the Joker did ballet"?
I've also read "Santa Claus/Lost his drawers/Over the motorway".
I've also read "Santa Claus/Lost his drawers/Over the motorway".
Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
This seems pretty definitive if you ask me.
Edit: That might be region locked for people who CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
I've also never heard "and Robin flew away".
This may have perhaps been an Octohouse original lyric, based on evidence
However, if the point of this famous holiday single is to denigrate Batman, and his Mission, saying that he smells “from 100 miles away” makes far more sense than “Robin laid an egg”
That doesn’t mean anything. Go to your room!
However, if the point of this famous holiday single is to denigrate Batman, and his Mission, saying that he smells “from 100 miles away” makes far more sense than “Robin laid an egg”
That doesn’t mean anything. Go to your room!
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Fascinating but be warned it also goes into the racist history of Jingle Bells parodies.
www.cracked.com
The Secret True History Of 'Jingle Bells, Batman Smells'
Everyone's heard 'Jingle bells, Batman smells ...' But where the hell did this ridiculous parody come from?
www.cracked.com
He definitely strikes me as the kind of guy to use cologne instead of taking a shower.
It's a good thing he has a butler to do the laundry.
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But that wouldn't help if the Batsuit is dry clean only.
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But that wouldn't help if the Batsuit is dry clean only.
I had no idea there was an older source for "Batman smells" than the Simpsons. Never heard any other parody version of Jingle Bells. In retrospect, the idea that the Simpsons writers would just invent a Batman-themed Jingle Bells parody is pretty weird, but on the other hand it's not that much weirder than some kids coming up with it and having it sweep the nation and the world, which is apparently what happened?
There are other examples of this (although I'm blanking at present). The global children's playground information network, in an age before the internet, was wild.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
"This isn't a mud pit, it's a Dutch oven. And I'm the chef."
Purple
(She/Her)
It's a metaphor. A metaphor for a particularly sulfurous smelling fart. Like a rotten egg, you see.
If it's good enough for Robert Goulet then it's good enough for me.
A little late commenting on this, but having been in elementary school in the 80s, I can attest that we were singing it well before The Simpsons came into existence.
Okay, have to go. Time for my vanilla pudding and then shuffleboard!
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Yeah, I primarily remember it from school. Sort of like how Mike Myers often repurposed old schoolyard jokes. I don't begrudge him that, but I always feel like he would run across another writer who didn't know them and he was like "well, we are doing it."
Important information:
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This Christmas season: become familiar with the alignments of Jingle Bells
* Lawful good: Only sings the chorus, no repeats or additions. * Lawful neutral: Knows the opening verse. * Lawful evil: Knows the other verses too and will sing the whole song. * Neutral good: only sings along if someone else has started. * True neutral: doesn't sing at all. * Neutral...
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Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Reminder that this song IS eligible for my top 50 Holiday Songs list
Top 50 Winter Holiday Music Nomination Thread: ♪Holiday VoooOOOoooOOOte, Holiday VoooOOOooote♪
"Hehehe, hello, friends, it's me, the Christmas Creep! People have been warning you all about me this time of year. I get it. Christmas sucks all the air out of the room and there are other holidays going on within the next few months. Oh, don't misunderstand me, I do love Christmas...
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