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Where were you when you first heard "Batman Smells?" (vanity)
Posted on 12/05/2010 6:27:36 AM PST by MNDude
I'm trying to learn the origins of the playground parody "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg...". What year and where did you first here this parody?
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To: MNDude
Early 60’s in elementary school.
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posted on
12/05/2010 7:52:28 AM PST
by
MV=PY
To: MNDude
Your post is the first that I've ever heard of that.
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posted on
12/05/2010 7:57:11 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
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To: JD91
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posted on
12/05/2010 7:58:50 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
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To: alice_in_bubbaland; ecomcon; KosmicKitty; MV=PY; caver; MNDude
When Ben was a pre-teen kid (the 60s) it was:
“Jingle Bells Santa smells,
Easter's on the way.
Oh what fun it is to drive in a [something something] Chevrolet”
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:01:08 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
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To: JaguarXKE
Bart Simpsom might have popularized it, but I had heard it a LOOOONG time before the Simpsons were a segment of the Tracy Ulman Show.
But I heard it the MOST after the Bat-movie with George “Bat-nipples” Clooney.
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:01:20 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: BenLurkin
” In Grandpa’s Chevrolet, Hey!” :)
To: MNDude
December 1972 in an elementary school in Missouri.
It appeared that it had been making the rounds prior to this for a few years as the older kid in my elementary school were the ones who taught it to us younger kids.
My impression at the time was that it had probably originated during the run of the very popular Batman television show during the 1960’s.
Cheers
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:21:08 AM PST
by
DoctorBulldog
(Here, intolerance... will not be tolerated! - (South Park))
To: coloradan
The Batmobile lost a wheel
and the Commissioner broke his leg.... Such was my version back in the day.
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:22:04 AM PST
by
Shqipo
(I stand with AZ!)
To: DoctorBulldog
Erratum: “...older kids in...”
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:22:16 AM PST
by
DoctorBulldog
(Here, intolerance... will not be tolerated! - (South Park))
To: Tijeras_Slim
To: MNDude
Mid 1960’s (I’m 50).
However Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939, so I’m guessing that kids started singing it about December 1939.
To: MNDude
It was a big hit among my first grade class in 1967. This was the same time that the Batman TV series was at the top of the ratings.
Holy useless trivia, Batman!
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:41:06 AM PST
by
kennedy
(I am a Kennedy. Where do I go to claim my Senate seat?)
To: MNDude
School bus, Chicagoland, November 1967.
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:44:43 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Cowgirl of Justice
Hehehe, I haven’t heard that one in years! I seem to remember I first heard the McDonald’s song around 1969.
Cheers
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posted on
12/05/2010 8:49:04 AM PST
by
DoctorBulldog
(Here, intolerance... will not be tolerated! - (South Park))
To: MNDude
Late ‘60s. Most likely when the show was on TV for the first time.
To: mass55th
"Hitler"
I remember hearing that little ditty on the school playgrounds back in the fifties. At the time (six years old) I didn't know who either Hitler or Mussolini were. But I thought it must be horrible if something that important doesn't work.
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posted on
12/05/2010 9:11:21 AM PST
by
driftless2
(For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: mountn man
"teacher hit me with a ruler"
I think the first line of the song was "mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school." Most grade school kids are just little seditionists.
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posted on
12/05/2010 9:15:36 AM PST
by
driftless2
(For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: coloradan
Funny, I had to sing it over again to remember our version:
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid an egg,
The Batmobile blew a wheel
and the Commissioner ran away.
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posted on
12/05/2010 9:15:42 AM PST
by
Ladysmith
("A community organizer can't bitch when communities organize." Rush Limbaugh)
To: MNDude
BTW - I just checked with one of my younger nephews. He informs me that the song has morphed and has more verses now and days. Here is the version the kids in his school are singing:
Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg,
the Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away!
Batmans in the kitchen,
Robins in the hall,
Jokers in the bathroom
peeing on the wall.
Penguins on the potty,
His arms too short to wipe,
Catwomans in the litter box
And the Riddler smokes a pipe.
O, Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg,
the Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away!
Cheers
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posted on
12/05/2010 9:18:55 AM PST
by
DoctorBulldog
(Here, intolerance... will not be tolerated! - (South Park))
To: driftless2
It continued when we listened to Alice Cooper.
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posted on
12/05/2010 9:19:14 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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