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Oct 3rd: Baby I Sold Your Dog On EBay

2007-10-04 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Everyday life · comedy performance

Hank performs an original comic song, 'Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay', about a man who sells his partner's destructive dog to pay the bills, dedicated to the Yeti on her birthday, and asks John to talk about the happy dance project next.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; a song dedicated to the Yeti on her birthday, 'about a woman scorned'

  • ★★ Hank introduces his song, dedicated to the Yeti on her birthday, as a song about a woman scorned. (playful) — 00:00:42 · Sarah Urist Green

00:00:47 — Song 'Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay': the narrator sells his partner's dog on eBay to pay bills

  • ★★ In the song, the narrator tells his crying partner he sold her dog on eBay because they had bills to pay, choosing to keep his PlayStation 2 instead. (fiction) — 00:01:11
  • ★ The narrator says the dog escaped, ate everything he owned and peed on season two of Deep Space Nine, so he shipped it overnight to a buyer in Buffalo. (fiction) — 00:01:34
  • ★ The narrator calls the dog ugly and constantly pooping, says he got a hundred fifty dollars for it, and knows there will be hell to pay. (fiction) — 00:03:06

00:03:51 — Sign-off: asks John to talk about the happy dance project tomorrow

Humor (dominant)

  • The narrator explains why the dog had to go rather than his games console. — 00:01:22 > «it was either him or my playstation 2, which doesn't even eat food and will never ever pee on the duvet»
  • Listing the dog's crimes, the narrator names the last straw. — 00:01:53 > «He peed on season 2 of Deep Space 9 That's crossing the line»
  • The narrator describes shipping the boxed dog to its buyer. — 00:02:12 > «the guy online paid for overnight shipping so the very next day he was in Buffalo»
  • In the closing verse the narrator sums up the dog's obedience training. — 00:03:36 > «he could sit but he absolutely couldn't stay»

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