Furry Old Lobster

[DrFlabbergaster]

someone must have said "them there otter not be called lobsters"

[thepancake55]

i want a furry old lobster

:D

[marinpetricevic7]

When exactly were otters called lobsters?

[RChiTheWonderChick]

@marinpetricevic7 - Ask John Hodgeman.

[TheOmega11]

@marinpetricevic7

When Coulton was a young boy.

[thepancake55]

@marinpetricevic7 no such thing at otters pft theres lobsters and furry old lobsters

[haemphyst]

Furry Lobsters tasted like chicken...

[haemphyst]

Oh, CHRIST!!! That's funny! ROFLMMFA OFF!!!

BWAHAHAHA!!!!

[infinite0monkeys]

Yeah, otters were called lobsters a while ago!

[8088samjam]

*sob*

[cfhartin]

@navysloth What do you mean? Those are lobsters!

[GuestUser127001]

Needs a replay button, too short!

[barrusDemonPlucker]

Are no more old lobsters any more due to the oil spill

[TherealJSB23]

Amazing song, needs more love

[P3scador10]

Thumbs up if Griff got ya hear

[yoshirobicheaux]

LOL at the comments under mine argueing on such a good song SHAME ON U ALL *groves to the beat a bit*

[Elbot]

@vanman988 -_- Fuck yourself with a frozen cactus.

[Dusthunter0]

12 people are new lobsters

[Dusthunter0]

12 people are new lobsters

[MaxTuretsky123]

adorable video!

omg cute!

[ZeroZX999]

Wait..."They are ugly and small and not tasty at all"? Then wouldn't that imply that... Oh my god! John was eating Otters! D=

LOL This song is hilarious.

[CopperFox001]

@ZeroZX999

He was talking about the other kind of lobster at that point :P

[cowfordflorida1]

i hope people realize this is fake

[MidwayWuzzupman]

I miss you old lobster

[nakenmil]

11 people prefer new lobsters.

[SirchHanom]

1:37 and 0:46

Zeig heil...? Not you too, furry old lobsters..

[damnyoustamos]

They're not nazi saluting, they're applauding.

[Rognik]

@SirchHanom That's "Sing Hey Hiedy Ho". Clean out your ears, please.

[nybotheveg]

@SirchHanom dw dude they are just clapping

[SokomameKokumotsu]

@vanman988 I was referring to the fact that there were otters called lobsters. You need to check your facts on that. I do agree however that lobsters were never called long crabs and always had the name lobsters upon their discovery.

[MegaAstroFan18]

@SokomameKokumotsu Wow really? Lots of stupid people besides Elbot. Otters were never called lobsters, that's a joke.

[SokomameKokumotsu]

@MegaAstroFan18 I hate when people reply to my comments I made a long time ago. I'm sure I've done plenty of soul searching and thinking sense I posted whatever I posted (not that I can find it sense it was so long ago) so please let it be.

[MegaAstroFan18]

@SokomameKokumotsu Yes but everyone's been doing it in this video so I figured, meh, what the hell.

[SokomameKokumotsu]

@MegaAstroFan18 Fair enough.

[SokomameKokumotsu]

@vanman988 If you're going to argue with some one first check your facts, then learn to spell.

[Regisigh]

Great video, great song. Goodjob ^-^.

[MegaAstroFan18]

Just a little disclaimer: The comment by Elbot is not true information, it's from the book called The Areas of My Expertise which is a bunch of fictional historical records. This song is based on that book. Yes it may seem odd that anyone would actually believe that otters were originally called lobsters, but there are some stupid people out there.

[damnyoustamos]

You, sir, are woefully uninformed.

[MegaAstroFan18]

@Elbot A. I didn't call anybody an idiot, not yet anyways. I was pointing out that just in case people thought I was crazy to think there were people that dumb. B. You apparently proved me right. You actually believed this was a song about fact? Do you not know ANYTHING about animals or history? Have you ever looked in a book? Hell you can do easy searches on the web which show this song is a joke. NOW I'm calling you an idiot. Idiot. And yes I do have that right: Section 2 of the Charter.

[Elbot]

@MegaAstroFan18 Uh-huh. Go be an internet tough guy somewhere else, bub.

[MegaAstroFan18]

@Elbot Not being an internet tough guy. That when someone challenges other people over differing opinions. I'm not challenging you and I never did. I explained my first comment, called you an idiot and pointed out you're wrong about me not having the right to do so. Or another word I can use: dumbass.

[comedytonighttt]

So I'm trying to think of the percussion sounding instrument used in this song.....Anyone know???

[Jacalynrose]

@comedytonighttt

a tambourine?

[ChisaMagick]

This reminds me of the time I was driving, and my sister yells "hey look at all of those spotted deer!!!" (they were cows -_-;)

[jertog]

@ChisaMagick Ahahahaha, that's just awesome, calling cows spotted deer...Ya know, the only actual deer I know of that have spots are fawns (babies), never knew a bovine was a cervidae! :P Your sister sounds like a brilliant individual for noticing this! /sarcasm. Thanks for making me laugh my ass off dude, that was truly funny :)

[narutosbestfan]

The Lobster with nothing but name should be removed like Pluto! (ONLY DIFFERENCE IS PLUTO SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REMOVED!"

[Regisigh]

cute little otters lol.

[KoalaOdder]

He says that the "New lobsters" arent tasty at all. Does that mean that he used to eat otters?

[narutosbestfan]

0.0 ? ... ... Maybe... O.x ?

[GusF]

@KoalaOdder I had the same thought myself.

[rabidbunnies2]

@KoalaOdder who cares? he's lying. new lobsters are delicious.

[SporeKeith]

I would pay good money to hear Roger Whittaker sing this song. Then I would die forever amused.

[Regisigh]

@SporeKeith agrew

[Regisigh]

@SporeKeith agreed.

[isaiah123112]

kinda sad

[Mrcakeman34]

When i was a young boy i followed the path, down past the dunes to sea. There on the warm sandy beaches we'd lie, three old lobsters and me. Theyd wistle and squeal as they ran through the waves, their fur so sleek, furry and fair. Now when i go down the beaches are empty and bare. Sing hey-hidey ho where'd the old lobster go? His body so furry and brown! Sing ho-hidey-hey have they all gone away? for we haven't seen many around! ....... me miss the old lobsters....

[Bexilulz]

;< Lulzlulz, It is very sad :< Lulzlulz, Bring back the Old Lobsters! Lulz! DESTROY THE EVIL CRUSTRACEONS!

[reducedtonothing]

very catchy i like this one!

[SanityIsForTheWeak0]

I'm confused >.> Isn't a lobster one of those claws creatures? Why the fuck is it showing otters then??

[jertog]

Because back in the day, Otters *WERE* called lobsters. However, in the modern world, they're called Otters, and Lobsters are the tasty bugs from the ocean floor.

[SanityIsForTheWeak0]

Ah... "Furry Old Lobster", now I get it :P Thanks ^^

[Sykoze]

learn to read the description. He's referencing the book "The Areas of my Expertise" by John Hodgman, which is a satirical book about the world, inluding one passage on how New England used to be inhabited by otters, at the time called "lobsters" but the introduction of the crustacean variety drove them to extinction. It's all a load of crab, but it's still funny.

[EvilZombieClown]

lol he used video from the Monterey bay aqaurium.. lol its sad that ive been there so many times i could tell it was their Otter exhibit within 2 seconds of seeing it.

[Iheartdogdemons]

I've probably been there just as much. xD I live near it. I recognized the exhibit as well.

[lolmatt103]

cool song! :D

[Bluijedi]

joco rules!!! lol

[tastycupcakepastry1]

wtf??? lololololol

[zellychan]

Save the ottttttters, hey hiddy ho!

[mr99cm]

lol odders

[Alvaris]

I thought ol JoCo was on drugs till I looked it up.

now I just lolz

[Iwantsunflowerseeds]

very sad

[ICE9RLN0]

man, that said it all

[aidan76543]

Otters are so cute. :)

[Smikay]

no there lobsters silly

[treeformlol]

The WoW ones are some of the best imo >.>

They are perhaps the only ones which dont literally take everything he is saying and show a picture for it ^.^

[lorethxlycian]

ya i agree

[blithium]

Well, what would you suggest putting when he says "brown"? A banana?

[DarkmuffAB]

Old lobster were better :'(

[TadakoXIII]

omfg, what a sad song!!! ;___; poor furry lobsters!!

[classickill225]

wow warthog ur pretty blind or you just dont check post

[warthog73X200]

Sorry, furry old "Lobster"

and all i see is otters... is there something i'm missin?

[TheAlmightyChton]

in Maine, 'lobster' was the name for the salt-water otter. It disappeared around the time the shellfish lobster arrived. It's a fictional story by john hodgman, in his book 'The areas of my expertise'.

[ZOyacks]

You guys do know it's based on a fictional short story, right?

[GruntofAction]

This guy should do a cover of The City of Life from The Brave Little Toaster..He would be perfect.

[deskfloorwatchcup]

Im surprised my biology teacher has never mentioned this? did no one know about the lobsters?

[Beremor]

Your teacher is obviously human. This explains everything.

[Bertziethegreat]

At the time the song was written, no one knew about the furry lobsters.

[daajesse]

:( Sad

Good work with tha vid

[Maltheo1]

FTW <3

[aroundthwo23d]

sad face :( WHERES MY OLD FURRY LOBSTER WAHHHHHHHH THERE GONE!!!!!! RP version *walks to the shore plays with his lobsters next day :( .... t th..... THERE GONE!

[salvo711]

this makes me cry :(

a toast to the furry old lobsters of old!

SING HAY HIDEY HO, WHERE THE OLD LOBSTERS ROAM...

[Aquaswimmer103]

just so you know its "where'd the old lobster go"

[salvo711]

oh.

thanks.

-.- lol

[TheOtherKB]

Get the lyrics right PLEASE.

[tahuta5]

why do they calling them lobsters if they are otters?

lobsters arent furry, at least not last i checked

[PuissantAlgernon]

No, honestly. Look it up.

[PleaseNoFatChicks13]

@Elbot actually thats not correct the furry old lobster never exsisted its just a fictional story from the book the areas of my expertise

[Elbot]

@PleaseNoFatChicks13 I've never read the damn book, I'd heard references to it, but wasn't aware that it was fiction. Mostly because I never bothered to look it up.

[Dracowrath1]

@Elbot Right, cause lobsters wernt around until 1980. Guess everyone was just eating long crabs?

[typacsk]

@Dracowrath1 That makes me think of "long pig"...yeesh.

[Elbot]

@Dracowrath1 -__- Die plz.

[Dracowrath1]

@Elbot How about no?

[Alvaris]

@Elbot that was also a ficitonal story made up by the book's author, who was associated with Coulton.

Lobsters never ousted the otter in Maine.

There is however a furry lobster they found in the Pacific Ocean.

[thomas19406]

@Elbot thats sad how did they go extinct. let me guess it was because of something people did to make their habitat unlivable

[MegaAstroFan18]

@thomas19406 You know it's not real right? 'Furry old lobsters' were invented by John Hodgeman (you know, the PC guy from the Mac ads) for his mockumentary book.

[sandwichofshadows]

@thomas19406

no it was something new lobsters did to make their habitat unlivable.

newyork just banished the hardshell variety there as a way to remove it from central park with horrible consequences for the east coast sea otter aka lobster

[MagicFluffybunny]

The chapter of Areas of My expertise on this was fantastic.

[vgwiz831]

This song rocks!

[gotsponge0912]

BAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[jertog]

the only thing about this song I dislike is where JC says that lobstahs aren't tasty, come to Maine and say that and be prepared to be lynched!:P

[Codemonkey7331]

everybody has their own tastes

[MartianSpore]

But otters aren't lobsters. :S

[Lamboyobayou]

they were replaced

[TheOtherKB]

YES THEY ARE!

[lerbelz]

loved it

[Influx27]

Lol, this makes me think of that South Park Episode, the one that's a spoof of Buck Rogers.

[lakotamo]

lol he singin song about a furry lobster wen wat he describing is and otter. casue latr he says that the wierd lobsters dont hav fur, wiskers, or paws on them.

[WoWplaya01]

lo nvm

[WoWplaya01]

thpose are otters not lobsters...

[sor3999]

Sea otters are the best kind of otters

[eziekial101]

Damn straight!

[mcawesome321]

lol otters.

[ThePoisonSword]

I really enjoyed this. The video was very well made, and the song is good. I was confused at first when I saw that the song was about lobsters and you were showing otters, but after listening to the song it makes sense. And of course, Jonathan Coulton makes good music. Nicely done on all parts.

[mohamed10abu10noura]

moving it is .

[Spheda]

furry old lobster is nautical slang for sea otters.

[k0mpassi]

dude what is a furry lobster??? -.-

[MuroKhan]

it's refering to the animals on the video. I believe their otters...

[MuroKhan]

they're, not their...

[Elekks]

He calls sea otters furry lobsters.... and jokes that the "REAL LOBSTERS" are very ugly in comparison.

[VorpalTheRabbit]

Otters are also known as lobsters.

[mike34393439]

I thought a furry lobster was something you bought from a sex shop :S

[HerrKolosimo]

to my shame, I must admit: I thought something similar^^

[guardianlink12345]

dude one of the clips of the otters was taken from the sonoran desert museum in tucson, arizona, i went there and live in tucson

[gruntsbaneook]

SAVE THE DOLPHINS! (so we can eat them later)

[Green3y]

the environment is dying because humans are progressing! get used to it!

[Viorica8957]

If we won't protect the environment for selfless versions, we should at least do it out of selfishness. How are we going to sustain ourselves after all of our food and water resources have been depleted?

[Spheda]

as a certain Dr. Malcom from JUIRASSIC PARK once said, "life finds a way." go rent it or something, it's an awesome movie if you can listen to the parts that don't have dinosaurs.

[PinguimMarco]

Eating Soylent Green and drinking... ahn... lol

[wowmaniac111]

Runescape is gay.

[Zeetermin]

@ DiamondbackCobra

meh, id kneel to an otter overlord.. and then stab it and take the throne, later turning myself into an otter and ruling with an iron rudder!

[Nemesis0320]

*Kneel's down*

ALL HEIL LORD ZEETERMIN, FOR HE RULES WITH AN IRON RUDDER!

[DiamondbackCobra]

It's sad that otters are gone, but really... At least we don't have to worry about them uprising like in South Park. :)

[Dreadmantisthe2nd]

ya they could've eaten all our entrails on their tummies!

[DaPinkPimps]

"We shall eat all of your entrail upon our tummehs!"

- The Atheist Otters - South Park - Go, God, Go!

[meerkat123]

They will they are gunna take over like on south park reason being because we use tables instead of our bellies!!!

[Zeetermin]

man i wish i could sing.. i have no talent for it.. i can do difficult equations in my head but i can't sing.. it annoys me

[Zeetermin]

Quote: "hate the taste of them but I will eat them all to extintion!" why eat lobsters when you can shotgun them and get the satisfaction of their blood all over the floor?

[Mrad93]

Maybe God just called them back home *sheds tear for our furry friend*.

[Zeetermin]

im addicted to this song XD

[Xalagor]

So am I. Shower singing ftw.!!!

[mrmom123]

the otter will come back - its old monkes dams (for fishing near there mmonasterys) that destroyed there habitat and now the monks are gon the fams are going - do remember if u ever meet a mounk - kill it!! yes it!!!

[brashcaran]

I never liked lobsters and when I saw this on AOTS it made me hate them so much more, I hate the taste of them but I will eat them all to extintion!

[TallBob32]

Rest in peace, Furry Old Lobster. I will always remember your cute, furry ways of peace, understanding, and eating clams off your chest.

[sSereth]

Johnathan Coulton is awesome.

great video!

[Xtraeme]

Catchy!

[sirana]

great video indeed. will it be availlable on the Jonathan Coulton Project homepage (www.jocovideo.com)?