Jonathan Coulton - Christmas Is Interesting

[Masterkavi]

Great song to sing around the Christmas tree...

[yacanman11]

I do believe I am the 38,000th viewer... interesting..

[mikeandrewp]

Rosebud!

[Canadaman000]

lynch + coulton + weird al = puts laughter into life

[JtheEpic]

@Canadaman000

Lynch+Coulton+Minchin*

[bsf95]

Wow, I JUST NOW got the Citizen Kane reference. >_>

[legolug]

Quite possibly the best Christmas song out there.

[luster89]

if i wan't for people like jonathon, or wierd al, or stephen leach (spelling) who sing funny, fun songs i don't know what i would listen to, to cheer me up :)

[binderfind]

Jonathon Coulton = The new Weird Al

[TotzthePlaid]

Nahh. Weird Al is still the Weird Al. JoCo doesn't do song parodies, and that's the majority of Yankovic's fame. I'd say that JoCo is more the new TMBG/BnL with their mix of quirky and deeply emotional songs.

[88fuzz]

JoCo > Weird Al

[TotzthePlaid]

"Maybe you're a squirtgun who only shoots jam\/ Now you know how Jesus feels"

Best couplet on Smoking Monkey!

(The opening couplet from "Ikea" is second, and also the best opening couplet to any song ever.)

[Ramorek]

So fucking love jonathan coulton!!

[KenTelevision]

Oh my god! It's a Christmas miracle! Look Emo Teeny-bopper, Look Hard-Rock Messiah, look modern glamor Diva! Folk songs do exist! Yes Virginia there are modern bards!

[BeckyRoo100]

'like a stick in your eye'

Hilarious!

[AtrumExcessum]

darkriftwalker, you might be reading into them a bit much. He was making a song every weak and while funny and well written, there probably was not a ridiculous amount of metaphorical thought put into it.

[TotzthePlaid]

This song was on the album "Smoking Monkey" from 2003. Thing a Week started in the Autumn of 2005. He had as much time as he wanted to put this one together.

[mohawkworrior3]

he should try out for last comic standing

[traxitus]

This guy is genius! The whole thing about these songs is they dont actually make sense but they do a little like family guy in song i guess.

[darkriftwalker]

Oh, they do make perfect sense. The thing is, it's about Christmas tropes, metaphors, and complex literary references.

Also Christmashate, and the various ACTUAL interesting facts about same: Hell, suicide rates doubling is STATISTICALLY interesting.

Another potential point for the song: Interesting does not equal GOOD.

[drippingyellowmadnes]

Way to go with the tropes reference! Christmas is definitely interesting, but it's still one of my favorite times of the year.

[KenTelevision]

I know I know can't you see citizen Kane singing the chorus, LOL!

[p0nette]

i don't understand all the reference, but i love this song :D

[phishwithextracheese]

Yep, thats christmas alright

[icouldntthnkofaname]

whats the jesus part amean about a squirt gun that only shoots jam?

[Rafeki97]

i think it refers to disappointment

[brodieboy255]

And stigmata

[TotzthePlaid]

It's a reference to the Rankin-Bass "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Herbie's an Elf who'd rather be a dentist, and both the square-wheeled train and jam-shooting squirtgun are residents of the Island of Misfit Toys.

[bubblemum]

*bonks head* Duh! I can't believe I didn't see that! I always liked that story, too. And hated the way the Muppets ruined it with Emmit Otters Jug Band Christmas. Thanks for the info.

[bubblemum]

What is the reference "He takes you watch and he gives you a hairbrush, your wife gets a wig on a chain" from? I recognize the others. This is my fav Christmas song now.

[natpasq]

It's from "The Gift of the Magi" by O Henry. A couple sells things they value to buy gifts for each other. The wife sells her hair to buy her husband a watch chain. The husband sells his watch to buy his wife a set of hairbrushes. Irony ensues.

[jlopp22]

You know, there was some lady laughing when he said that...

[bubamaramama]

Actually the wife recieves hair combs; not the kind to comb with, the kind you put in the hair to decorate and hold it. Love that story.

[psychclops]

Any chance you shot the next number, too? Chiron Beta Prime?

[natpasq]

Sorry, I didn't.

[ladyfuchsia]

Awesome! It's brilliant to see Paul and Storm with Jonathan Coulton live - especially since I've never seen it in the flesh! Thanks for uploading. :)