One Hippopotami (Allan Sherman)

[fmthomas522]

brings back memories. I wish I still had my original 33rpm vinyl. Thanks for posting this.

[muso149]

Anyone know the Composer of the original orchestral work?

[cputb1]

@muso149 - Some maintain that "One Hippopotami", is a parody of "What Kind Of Fool Am I", written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.

[Lteuling]

AS someone who teaches English to non speakers (mostly Spanish speaking) I identify with this 100%. Spanish has its inconsistencies, to be sure, but it has nothing on English.

[FuzzyElf]

Wow, I've never heard of this. Great video!

[cputb1]

@FuzzyElf - Thanks for the view and comment.

[greysatin]

Haven't heard that song in AGES, well done of the images. :-) Thanks

[cputb1]

@greysatin- Kind of you to coment. Thanks!

[mlaiuppa]

Excellent job!

[cputb1]

@mlaiuppa - Thanks for viewing!

[JeffTibb]

3 people are half pairs of doofi

[amtigas]

He's voice is something unique!

[worotan]

Good visuls, dude!

[cputb1]

@worotan - Thanks dude!

[gazstaf]

As a kid I knew every lyric from "My son the nut"

[celebrityroasts27]

My son the nut was the first record I remember hearing back in the seventies. Thanks

[scooterdude96]

I always liked Allan Sherman's stuff. Thanks much for the great pictures...But like spectertracy said the mice should be animals.

[Tumbipungi]

Of what song is this a parody ?

[Tumbipungi]

@Tumbipungi

What Kind of Fool Am I

[Diarmid63]

Very nice video very apropos to the song. I was wondering what you were going to do about a paraphanalia

[cputb1]

@Diarmid63 - For a long time, I was wondering what I was going to do about it to, hahaha1.

Thanks for the comment.

[Be3tBe3t]

I've loved this song for years. You are to be cheered loudly for making such a great video!

[cputb1]

@Be3tBe3t - Thanks! Very kind of you.

[spectertracy]

I just want to point out this song was written before computers so the computer mice are way out of place. They should be the animal, you know the mouse? LOL!

[Secretfan09]

somebody should put on "grow mrs. goldfarb" and "turn back the clock"!!!!!!

[horticountant]

Favorite line: "and that's a single siz!"

[Cowcharge]

Hehehehe, we had all his albums when I was a kid. I had "Eight Foot Two, Solid Blue" in my head all afternoon.

[landosalemchainsaw]

I found out today that it isn't meese

I feel lied to

[LISTUNUP]

An awesome talent that left a wonderful legacy of humor and thoughts that make you go hummmm. Thank you cputb1. Thank you Allan I love my single siz....:-)

[generalTiffnay]

I was singing this song today and WOW what a great video. Thanks for this treat

[cputb1]

@generalTiffnay - Thanks general T! You put a smile on my day. And it needed one, hahaha.

[utopiandesign]

A masterpiece of humor in both audio and video. Great coordination, cputb1. There should be an award for this.

[cputb1]

@utopiandesign - Wow, thanks! Very kind of you.

[crossdresserstore]

Classic comedy, excellent collection of pics for the vid. Very well done. Thank you for helping to keep such great classic alive!!!!

[RosemaryCPT]

I grew up on Allan Sherman, and still entertain with his parody of "Five Foot Two." But this tune is one of my all-time favorites, silly and punny, and the illustrations are adorable. Thanks!

[PDtoots]

@RosemaryCPT - Thanks for the comment.

[stuckinnebraska]

Great stuff.  the first time I remember hearing Allan Sherman was when I was about 11. He had an album, "My Son the Folksinger." Great songs like Harvey and Sheila and My Zelda. The younger generation has Weird Al. It was Allan Sherman for us. I was telling my kids about "One Hippopotami just the other day. Can't believe I found it here! "When you go to the delicatessen store, don't buy the liverwurst." It's been here since October first and today is the 31st of May!

[coconutpep1]

kudos to the video

[cputb1]

@coconutpep1 -Thanks for the view and the kind comment!

[sunvana]

wow very nice job on the vid

[cputb1]

@sunvana, Thanks for watching!

[shawnconnry001]

•In modern usage, the word paraphernalia most commonly refers to equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity as in "Beth is such an avid sports fan, her walls are covered with baseball paraphernalia"

[Diefuzzykatze]

rotflol

[emonster2001]

comic genius

[lberelson]

Great tribute to Allen. And the visuals were VERY helpful!

[cputb1]

Thanks Iberelson!

[yougotcrad1]

Hilarious

[EMCEMITCH]

on one of his lps steve allen wrote the liner notes lauding his talent

[jeffandjune]

Love Allen. I still have both of his books (now highly prized and hard to find) and some recordings, but this is a great tribute in video form.  I think Mr. Sherman would love the video you made for his song, but can you imagine what he would write now? Can you see his influence on so many comedians and Disc Jockeys over the last 30 years?

[cputb1]

Great comment jeffandjune. Yes, I agree. he was great influence on the humor of today. Thanks.

[BloomBaby55]

That was great! Loved Allen Sherman since I was a kid. Thanks for the memories.

[TomatoeAssassin]

Thanks for posting this.

I used to have his Greatest Hits waaaayy back before CD's. I practically wore out the record before it mysteriously walked away.

[cputb1]

Hey, thanks for the comment!

And thanks for stopping by. I've got a couple of other A. Sherman bits on here somewhere. Hope you check 'em out.

[MrCinheaven]

thanks for keeping this brilliant man alive

[cputb1]

Thanks for chiming in Mr Chinheaven! And the view. Appreciate it!

[UndeadUser]

I've never heard this song, but I am now in love with it!

Thanks for posting!

[cputb1]

Sorry I missed you comment. But thanks for yours!

[Kind67]

I love this video! Thank you so much for putting it together and posting it for us to enjoy!

[cputb1]

Wow, thank you Kind67!

[gitarguy06]

is allan sherman family freindly

[cputb1]

Thanks for dropping by gitarguy06.

[bookwormx221]

oh absolutely! He was a good Jewish boy. Much loved and missed.

[gitarguy06]

oh, cause i kind of thought that last part was suggestive, so, what were they panting about

[bsabruzzo]

"what were they panting about" They just got back from walking their pair of poodle (Peedles?).

[DPhily]

The clip showed that they were embraced kinda making love, hence the panting...DJ

[gitarguy06]

tough he is very freindly to family

[bspechtful]

Funny

[cputb1]

Thanks for bchecking it out bspechtful.

[thecalbah]

This is a really adorable video.

[cputb1]

Thanks!

[PCSongman]

Aw, this is just great. One of Allan's most inventive parodies. Thanks for putting it up and adding the video.

[cputb1]

Well thank you PCSongman! Very kind of you to leave a comment.

[knoxarama]

its so hard to find 'downtown' from him.

[cputb1]

Sorry for missing your comment.

Crazy Downtown is on the greatest hits CD. And it must be available on iTunes, I woukld think.

Thanks for stopping by.

[DoubleDutchBust]

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[cputb1]

Sorry for missing this. I didn't get a notification that you had posted a comment, and WoW what a comment it is!

Thanks for stopping by DoubleDutchBuwst!

[DoubleDutchBust]

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[cputb1]

Indubitably.

[guyfroml]

L'est we forget Alan's genius to "The Cat in the Hat."

[jazmaan]

I just watched "The Cat in the Hat" last week. In the credits I was surprised to learn that Sherman didn't help write the lyrics, they are pure Dr. Seuss. I felt like a "Credunkulous Shmunk!"

[Maestrojosh87]

I thought the lyric was "Cretunkulous Shnunk."

[rudyinthe505]

Has anybody seen Jason Alexander (George Costanza) sing this on PBS? This song still makes me laugh every time I hear it.

[amycoolerthanyou]

i recognize the melody. I know that his songs are parodies, so what was the original song? i cant find it anywhere on the internet!

[cputb1]

It's based on What Kind Of Fool Am I.

[kjames90755]

Oh, What a Fool Am I!

[54rein]

Bravo! while I love looking at old footage of Allan singing his songs, I have to admit it's more fun watching the brilliant visuals you have so skillfully blended in. It is as if this his how the master himself would have presented his work if he were still alive today to upload to youtube. Very well done!

[cputb1]

Wow! Thank you 54rein. You made my week!

[54rein]

Glad to do it for you. You deserve it. I noticed as I scrolled down to find me, that one Ny...99 made reference to "Pop hates the Beatles"

Actually that clip "I hate the Beatles" is part of a routine Al did on the Dean Martin Show, and the clip is on youtube! And, also available, there is Allan singing his "crazy downtown".

in response to Petula's Downtown.

[jonceramic]

"And if you have two goose, that makes one geese. A pair of mouse is mice, a pair of moose is meese."

"A parallelogram is just a crazy square!"

Still hilarious all these years after first listening to my grandpa's records 30 years ago. Thanks for making this video. If you have any "guilt" about spreading the Allan Sherman word, just go buy his 6 CD boxset they put out on Rhino a couple of years ago. It has crazy stuff you've never heard before and is well worth it.

[cputb1]

Great comment jonceramic.

By posting the three A.Sherman bits I have up on my channel, it was my hope that a younger generation would become exposed to one of the greatest pioneers of song parodies.

Now I realize that many of the references in his recordings are very dated, but that just, in my opinion, adds to the charm of them.

I'll check out that Rhino set.

Thanks again.

[stoopidu1]

I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for posting!

[cputb1]

Well thank you stoopidu1.

[mrpuniverse2]

brilliant

[cputb1]

Yep, Alan was just that. Thanks for viewing.

[NYCity99]

This was great. Thanks.

One of my favorites was, Pop Hates The Beatles.

[cputb1]

Thanks NYCity99!

[NYCity99]

You're welcome. I already sent the links to my buddy. He was the one who turned me onto him.

[jingledell666]

Oh hell, this was one of my favorite Sherman tracks. Fun!!

[cputb1]

Thanks for dropping by jingledell666.

[6funswede]

Thank you so much for this video. It's visible on my own channel, but I love American comedy songs. Your video was good fun too. Keep it in here, and take care! :-)

[cputb1]

Tusen Tack 6funswede!

[Agrimorfee]

This is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. Thanks for the vid.

[cputb1]

Thanks for stopping by and commenting Agrimorfee.

[cDubbed1]

I had no idea Alan Sherman had so many songs, and they're all priceless!

[cputb1]

Yep, a lot of good stuff in his catalogue.

[isabellissimo]

That is hilarious! Funniest song I've ever heard in my life!

[cputb1]

Yep, Allan was the best. Thanks for commenting.

[japanime99]

well done!!!

[cputb1]

Thank you japanime99.

[cputb1]

Wow. Thank you magicman2001.

And about Allan being a genius. I totally agree. Thanks so much for your comment.

[magicman2001]

A testimony to his, shall we say "genius"?

Also the guy had some vocal chords to get over singing his own work much like Weird Al, Weird Al who was VERY influenced by this man.

The video is great because it succeeds in showcasing his talent.Allen Sherman would have been proud. GREAT JOB!!!!

[ZoeToots]

LOL...This is hilarious! Love it

[mechanicalmagician]

I am so jealous, fantastic video, wish I had the skills and programs to make them like that. I have everyone of Allen Shermans records and made one video of Call Me, but yours is so much better. Please make more!

[cputb1]

Thanks mechanicalmagician! I just use PowerDirector 6 (I think it currently retails for around 89 bucks), and PhotoImpression4 (10 bucks), and MS Paint.

And then I just kept goofing around with it here and there till it felt done, hahaha.

There's trial versions available of those programs. You might want to give 'em a test drive.

Thanks again! Very kind of you.

[senorpreston]

Just curious cputb1, what program did you use to make this video? Thanks

[cputb1]

- Power Director 6

- Microsoft Paint

- PhotoImpression 4

Thanks for checking out the vid!

[MaxwellsDemon2000]

He that's great, great work, sure will watch all something looking forward to :)

[cputb1]

Thanks MD20000.

[mrs2n]

Love Allen Sherman. And you did a SUPER job putting together the graphics. Very talented! Keep it up.

[cputb1]

Wow, thanks for the king words. I sure appreciate it!

As I too am a big A.S. fan, I've been goofing around with a 3rd Sherman tribute thingy that I may be posting later tonight. Hope you check it out.

Thanks again mrs2n!

[TheValkryie]

I had a Sherman LP as a kid. Mom found it at a garage sale. I wore it out. This was my all-time favorite Allan Sherman songs.

Well, presented!

[cputb1]

Thanks for the comment TheValkryie!

[SoloPilot6]

Well done!

[cputb1]

Thank You. Nice of you to drop by and comment!

[MoronDude]

This is one of my favorite songs. Bravo!

[cputb1]

Thanks for checking it out and commenting.

I appreciate it!

[speeedskater]

thanks, enjoyed listing, this guy was great, my mother had 2 or three of his albums while I was growing up.

Love the video, great job!!

[cputb1]

Thanks!

[Michaelbos]

he was good, when funny was real funny

[mdlees]

Yay

[mdlees]

Yay

[mdlees]

Yay

[mdlees]

Yay

[BeachSaint]

This is very good!

[DwarfWife]

I like it. Two thumbs up.

[bigred997]

If you put this together, then bravo!

[cputb1]

I dun did. Thanks!

[hallbe]

Simply wonderful!

[cputb1]

Wow, thank you sir.

[kalacaw]

Blast from the past! The pictures were perfect, CP! :)

[cputb1]

Many Thankses!

[brabon]

one of my fav albums as a kid...thank god for youtube, cuz that album is now unplayable

[cputb1]

Yup, thank God for the tube!

[myrnaukelele]

Good one CP!

[cputb1]

Thanks for taking a look.

[cputb1]

Thanks sista. I apppreciate it!

[sherysista]

Oh a total BRAVO! :::applause::: I haven't had these thoughts in years...I'd love to hear "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" My Mom use to play that a lot. Left my face with a huge smile, Great Job CP!

[tldavis61]

Excellent, I feel culturally deprived for having never heard this song before. Wonderful job!

TL

[cputb1]

Hey thanks TL!

[jaredcicon]

Nice video CP. Great work on the visuals. I vaguely remember this song. I think my dad had an LP with 'it' on the playlist. Your clips deffinitely made it more pallatable the second time around.

My little Jolie loved it too.

J.C.

[cputb1]

Alright! Thanks a lot AntaresInScorpius!

[AntaresInScorpius]

lmao that is funny i have never heard this song. I playlisted it.

[Babbaboooey]

Well done!

[cputb1]

Thanks.

[KirkHouston]

LOVED IT!!!!!!!

[cputb1]

Thanks for taking a look!!!!!!

[nancyfoundtime]

i was sure i had one of his albums! alot of guy lombardo, dixieland, everything else. when i start editing, this could be fun! well thanks for my waisted time lookin in albums on this busy day! gotta love ya! bouy

[cputb1]

Haha. Thanks NFT!

[juhler]

never heard of him but funny

[cputb1]

He did some classic comedy albums in the 60's, but it's all very American centric, so it he probably didn't get much play in Europe.

Thanks Juhler.

[PDXvlog]

JP from PDX here: Haha, I'm familiar with the song, but the vid adds so much more! cputb1 FTW. :D

[cputb1]

Thank you JP.

[drschnaggels]

The plural of half is hole ? LOL! This was my first ancounter with Allan Sherman's , Thanks for sharing!

[cputb1]

Thanks for watching!