MST3K - United Servo Academy Chorus

[bhandsdes]

One of our fans overdubbed this on the Mormon Taberquackle Choir--does anybody remember the Smothers Brothers?--which--no disrespect intended, but funny, right?--did more than anything to bring their brilliance into the mainstream. But we can no longer experience it. So sad. Please bring it back.

[JackKlompus13]

I love it when the top two comments are both really awesome.

[smsteve888]

@JackKlompus13 'Tis such a rarity on youtube, sadly.

[juliebogen]

Legit goosebumps on that last few chords. Before "Hinky Dinky" of course.

[80MWH]

Is the end where Mike tries to stop the group from singing some kind of reference to Hogan's Heroes?

[Adamgontierfan19]

If Kevin Murphy released an album I would buy it so freaking fast his voice is incredible

[goreombola]

What are they singing at the end?

[Fredausable]

@goreombola Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous (Mademoiselle from Armentieres)

[goreombola]

@Fredausable Thanks!

[SpinyNorman13]

No show is this cool nowadays.

[donwantstobesedated]

If you listen really really closely you can hear them laughing off camera.

[pntk17]

I would kill to join this Academy.

[crazypants88]

Kevin Murphy... what else needs to be said

[Ariela1230]

WHY DO I SEE THIS AS A RINGTONE!!!

1:24 SERVO DON`T!!! (peter griffin comes out of nowhere) O well a bird bird bird Bird birds the word

[jshodan10]

just so everybody knows, these guys arent gone, theyve just moved on to rifftrax, check em out at rifftrax.com

[InvaderTK]

1 person is Coleman Francis

[jakesbrain]

What the hell kind of voice is Mike doing? He sounds like an NPR host.

[Optimalillusion]

@jakesbrain

Exactly!  What Strong Bad referred to as "Smooth and Sarmy."

[FMNikoyo]

@jakesbrain It sounds an awful lot like Jack Perkins.

[danejasho]

Like #300. Love mst3k. Thank you Joel, Jim, Mike, Frank, Trace, KEVIN and the rest. You guys are the best!

[wiregreyhounds]

Just beautiful. Bravo, Vice Brigadier Sir Thomas "Bullhead" Servo.

[ph13rwun]

The song that the United Servo Academy Chorus Men's Choir sings at the end is "Mademoiselle from Armentieres", also known as "Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous". It originated during world war one.

[Laceykat66]

An absolutely abysmal movie, but this made up for it.

Thank you for the post.

[Lesbomarx]

The dislike was clearly for that her rinky dinky parlafoo song.

[TheHambone12]

@Lesbomarx Or an internet troll, whichever.

[rinoz47]

I think mike can be considered 'vaguely european'.

[itwontbez]

I know the point with this sketch is, as with anything MST3K did, to be funny. But whenever I hear this I can't help but marvel at Kevin Murphy's singing talents; I actually listen more to the harmonizing than the lyrics themselves!

[HoserSaysWhat]

Kevin Murphy was born to be Tom Servo. Plain and simple.

[homebuiltindoorplane]

brought a tear to my port:)

[TheHambone12]

A like/dislike ratio of 270 to 0. And to think we couldn't all agree on one single thing.

[chucklove909]

Man this is great!!

[killelele]

238 likes, 0 dislikes

^like.

[YTelf]

@killelele

I think this is one of the only youtube videos I've ever seen where that's the case. It just goes to show how much respect have for a fantastic show like MST3K

[LouisLambert]

@killelele ^like

[eeedeebee]

@gunnysakk. dedicated to your thursday night. : Þ

[kalamantinaa]

This is epic, Bid is the word. LMAO.

[guns4hire2000]

Wow. I guess these guys were all blown up in the last episode...

[GeneralZugg06]

*sniff* that was beautiful

[ZaKane09]

So Servo is a fan of Colin Firth, well he is probably happy that he won the oscar last sunday!

[vlcupper]

194 Likes and 0 Dislikes. Damn straight.

[Jellicoid]

I can't watch this without getting teary eyed.

[AleksendrLim]

just another fyi - there's another version of Kevin et al performing at JoCoCruiseCrazy 2011 (filmed from above), courtesy of: IcemageTravels

[AleksendrLim]

Kevin actually performed this live only last week, with a little help from his friends! Check out: Rifftrax Choir JoCoCruiseCrazy 2011

[PolyphonicTheory]

@lackofattack I thought it was "Bowlhead" like... his head is a bowl?

[femoman]

"Arr-inky dinky parley voooo!"

Also, this is my 100th fav'ed video.

[crowtservo]

I watched this yesterday and I've had this song stuck in my head ever since then. I even listened to Baby Got Back to make it go away and it just didn't work...

[ReiAyanami06]

Was this even on Clowns in the Sky? If not, then it should have been.

I need this on my iPod right nao

[Vitocorleone123]

so beautiful :) ahha

[Fuzzyfire]

seriously, one of the best songs to ever come out of MST3K

[KaoKun]

This actually gave me chills aha. Kevin Murphy has such a lovely singing voice.

[ninjawraith17]

South Park, Family Guy, Simpsons, American Dad don't even measure up a QUARTER of the talent MST3K had.

[GenghisKhan44]

@ninjawraith17 And it doesn't have half of the filth that those shows have. :-)

Long live Mystery Science Theater 3K.

[cannedkitty]

this song makes me sad

[xMandyVx]

Move over Peter Griffin. Tom Servo has taken your place as king of "The Bird Is The Word" in my eyes.

[Gjkl345]

Family Guy's Peter has just been demolished, now reigns Tom Servo as the new champaign of the Bird of The Word. Well really the only original.

[TreesOfBaylor]

lol the number of songs used for this is funny

[NoelDantes]

respect, much respect for his talent

[ElveeKaye]

I wish I could vote this "love" instead of merely "like." :o(

[wakingpoofer]

rinky dinky rinky dinky parlez-vous!

[Ryushinku]

A sketch so good, they brought it back for season 9's Quest of the Delta Knights...and it was just as excellent there.

[customcartoons]

there's a point where this goes beyond funny and starts being just amazing

[r06u3AP]

Yes. Isn't that incredible? At the time, they thought they were being humorous. But it became something quite fantastic.

[miztheheartless]

@customcartoons

Oh, you mean all of it?

[shagohodshalashaska]

RAUS! RAUS!

[nemetsky]

I love this skit.

[Herr12]

Absolutely overwhelming.

[usuallydead]

Kevin Murphy had by far the best singing voice of the MST3K crew. Rare gems like this song gave the show such spice as to make it a timeless classic.

I'm super glad that Murphy came back to work with Nelson in Rifftrax. Anything is better with Murphy's voice.

[kingslice75]

Hinky Pinky Parlez-Vous! ROTFL!!

By the way how do the other Servos have legs? :)

[Mibawls]

I'm guessing they got them from the same online store Tom got his Trucker Body from in Riding With Death.

[wakingpoofer]

Yes only the fantastique Tom Servo could sing such a beautiful accumulation of vocal ecstasy and then follow it up with hinky dinky parlez vous

Bravo sir!

[JamesOhGoodie]

I want to know how they came up with these lyrics. They're beautiful and yet hilarious.

[gustavoPJones]

Lifts from I Get No Kick From Champagne, Afternoon Delight (a smarmy song from 1975), Beautiful Balloon, Blackbird, Fly Me to the Moon, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Surfer Bird, Big Country, an Oldsmobile jingle, a 60s airline jingle (move our tails for you), and Shenandoah. There are a couple I missed.

[JamesOhGoodie]

See I thought it was "Broken Wings" by Mister Mister instead of "Blackbird".

[ErichoTTA]

What's with Mike's accent?

[iscream22]

Vicupper, i COMPLETELY AGREE!! It was around 1999/2000 that many movies, music groups started to seriously suck! Im only 24 & i hate the popular music/films of today. It seems our pop culture of the past had meaning to it when these days it seems so plastic and everything is simply to make a buck. LOVE THIS VID BY THE WAY!!

[Ropieroo]

Kevin Murphy harmonizes very well with himself

xD

[daiklaive]

@Ropieroo I met him at a convention recently and in person his voice is almost mesmerizing.

[RandomEncounterFilms]

@Ropieroo I was just thinking that. Kevin should sing more!

[124085]

is it just me or does tom have a thing for athority?

like when Pearl gave him complete control over the satellite's crew to see what would happen.

that, or he just looks awesome in his uniform. XD

TOM SERVO FOR PRESIDENT!

(well he's better then the last two guys)

[vlcupper]

The end of MST3K marked the end of originality.

[hottdaddy69]

Yes very true. i just finally found out thats why i watch this. you cant really get anything this well.. original.

[stevokwhl]

@vlcupper

as well as the Death of Fun!

dont forget the Death of Fun!

[Jellicoid]

@vlcupper No, it just marked the end of something amazingly awesome.

[macoronikevin]

LittleKurriboh favorited it... it must be good...

[HazyChase20]

Of course it's good! When else are you going to heard a bunch of Tom Servos singing about flying using previous songs!

So yeah, I know I'm not alone in saying that this is beautiful.

[testfan13]

surfin bird reference+Tom Servo= win

[Bristol92]

wow! that was wonderful! *claps*

[TheNilvarg]

One of the best MST3k sketches of all time.

[mindbodylightsound10]

It's pretty impressive that Kevin Murphy sings all the harmonies and the solo.

[12Hamanhaingen]

I am now considerably freaked out.

..in a good way!

[masterchief601]

Dude, I used to absolutely love this show; until they canceled it :(

[switzerlicious]

i still love it

[ShoeUnited]

@masterchief601

I still do love this show even after they cancelled it. ;D But I know what you mean. There was a hole in my life between scifi showing reruns and the dvd box sets. If only Rhino or somebody had the ability to get me a Blu-Ray perfect collection to mirror what I have.

[masterchief601]

@ShoeUnited I should have cleared that up. I still love this show, it's one of my favorite shows of all time. I just started buying the box sets and I can't stop lol this show is so original and fantastic.

[ShoeUnited]

@masterchief601 It's ok, I was just teasing. ^-^ I have yet to know a MiSTie to say "f*k this" to the show.