It All Makes Sense at the End
2009-04-08 · song · Hank · 3:36 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Philosophy & meaning · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, recurring series
In an original song, Hank voices a man near the end of life who tallies how he spent his years and concludes that 57 years loving 'you' makes it all make sense.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Song: an old man adds up his life (bed, chewing, pooing, work, TV) and finds 57 years loving 'you' makes sense of it
- ★★ In the song, a narrator near the end of his life does calculations to figure out how his life was spent. (fiction) — 00:00:15
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★★★ The narrator's tally: 27 years in bed, two chewing, six months wooing, almost three pooing, 25 working for a hated boss, but 57 loving 'you', so it all makes sense. (fiction) — 00:00:32
“So I guess it all makes sense at the end.”
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★★ The narrator regrets over seven years of watching television but says he will never know how long he spent looking into the beloved's eyes. (fiction) — 00:01:19
- ★★ The narrator has understood life only through numbers: 80 years alive, 57 with 'you', yet it somehow is never quite enough time. (fiction) — 00:02:12
Humor (significant)
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The narrator lists years spent chewing and wooing, then addresses the listener's curiosity. — 00:00:39
“And, I'm sure you're curious, almost three years pooing”
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He spent 25 years working for a boss. — 00:00:47
“that I wanted to kill when I didn't want to die”
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He spent nearly a full year masturbating. — 00:01:05
“Second only to the year we spent copulating”
Mentioned
Only in the description or credits: It All Makes Sense at the End
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