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The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece

2008-10-01 · song · Bill Martin · 4:50 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, guest or collab

A video by Bill Martin, posted with Hank's thanks, performing a cover of Hank's song about the unbeatable video-game villain who throws the Tetris pieces and withholds the straight piece, opened by a short dream skit about the brothers playing Tetris.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Opening skit: a plea for a straight piece and a dream of the brothers playing Tetris that becomes real

  • ★ a guest: In the opening skit, voices playing the brothers recall playing Tetris together and a dream of it becoming real, ending in alarm over John. (fiction) — 00:00:34

00:01:49 — Cover of Hank's song 'The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece'

  • ★★★ Bill Martin: The song casts the unseen figure who throws the Tetris pieces as the greatest video-game villain, one nobody can defeat and who never gives the straight piece. (fiction) — 00:01:49

In the description and comments

  • ★★ Hank's description thanks Bill Martin for this cover of 'The Tetris Piece' and for putting the video together, and lists participants who left their names. — video description
  • ★ Hank's description says the song will be a free download on the Dr. Noise MySpace page once its player updates. — video description

Humor (dominant)

  • The video opens with a desperate plea to the unseen Tetris-piece thrower. — 00:00:10

    “give me a straight piece oh give me a straight piece”

  • The song ranks the Tetris-piece thrower above every other video-game villain. — 00:01:49

    “He sits there on his blocky throne, he'll be there till you die”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Central: The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece

Also: Tetris

Taking part: Bill Martin

Also centred on The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece: October 18: Live from Datyon: PARTY BLOWER SOLO · Tetris Day! · Tetris Day!

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