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I Know (A Song in Ten Words)

2009-02-26 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Projects · comedy performance

Hank performs 'I Know', a song built from only ten words, written for the Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge; ill with the flu (the 'tiny chicken'), he also does a fake-ventriloquist gag and recommends thisisnottom.com.

What is said

00:00:00 — Song 'I Know', built from ten words

  • ★★★ Hank performs a song that he says uses only ten words. (playful) — 00:00:03

00:01:27 — The song has ten words; Hank has the flu - the tiny chicken has returned

  • ★★ Hank says he has been struck down by the flu ('the evil goddess Influenza'). (playful) — 00:01:27
  • ★★ Hank says the tiny chicken, remembered by long-time viewers, has returned and is laying tiny eggs in his brain that come out of his nose. (joke) — 00:01:34

00:01:48 — Written for the Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge, up at Quick Stop Entertainment on Thursday; fake-ventriloquist harmony gag

  • ★★★ Hank wrote the 10-word song for the Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge, submits it today, and it will be up with other 10-word songs at quickstopentertainment.com on Thursday. — 00:01:48
  • ★★ Hank claims no ventriloquist can do what he does - he sings while a puppet 'sings' harmony - then admits he is not actually a ventriloquist. (joke) — 00:02:02

00:02:17 — Recommends thisisnottom.com, a set of riddles taking a turn for the awesome

  • ★★ Hank recommends thisisnottom.com, a set of riddles and challenges he has been following that are rewarding to solve and seem to be taking a turn for the awesome. — 00:02:18

00:02:42 — Don't do it on NyQuil; Hank has to sleep and do his taxes

  • ★ Hank advises against working on the riddles while on NyQuil, which makes things more difficult. (playful) — 00:02:47
  • ★ Hank has to go to sleep and do his taxes, and will try to do both at once. (playful) — 00:02:52

Humor (dominant)

  • After a full love song of tangled 'I know / you think / baby' lines, Hank reveals the constraint. — 00:01:27 > «That song only has ten words in it»
  • Hank, down with the flu, asks if viewers remember the tiny chicken. — 00:01:38 > «and it's laying its little, tiny chicken eggs in my brain.»
  • Hank says no ventriloquist can do this, sings a note while a puppet seems to sing harmony. — 00:02:04 > «I'm not actually a ventriloquist»

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