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* HeAlsoDid: After Ed Robertson did a shout out to ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040211151032/http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=2/7/2004 in his blog]], he eventually had a role in that show, Captain Butch Flowers, and collaborated with Creator/RoosterTeeth some more (they did ''[=RvB=]'' intermissions for a Barenaked Ladies tour and directed the video for "Odds Are", while Robertson starred in Captain Dynamic and with the band wrote a song for ''Film/LazerTeam'').
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* HeAlsoDid: After Ed Robertson did a shout out to ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040211151032/http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=2/7/2004 in his blog]], he eventually had a role in that show, Captain Butch Flowers, and collaborated with Creator/RoosterTeeth some more (they did ''[=RvB=]'' intermissions for a Barenaked Ladies tour and directed the video for "Odds Are", while Robertson starred in Captain Dynamic and with the band wrote a song for ''Film/LazerTeam'').
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** For a while they stopped playing "If I Had $1000000" in concert, because they got sick of fans [[ProducePelting throwing Kraft Dinner]][[note]]Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Americans[[/note]] at them during the song. Now they play the song, but they place donation boxes for food shelters at their concerts and request that fans leave their Kraft Dinners there instead.
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* RarelyPerformedSong: For a while they stopped playing "If I Had $1000000" in concert, because they got sick of fans [[ProducePelting throwing Kraft Dinner]][[note]]Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Americans[[/note]] at them during the song. Now they play the song, but they place donation boxes for food shelters at their concerts and request that fans leave their Kraft Dinners there instead.
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** When the band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, he appeared onstage with them when they played "If I Had $1000000", the only time all six members performed live together.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There really is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaduct a net on a bridge]] near where Steven Page lives to stop jumpers from "raining down on the cars and trucks below".
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There really is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaduct a net on a bridge]] near where Steven Page lives to stop jumpers from "raining down on the cars and trucks below".below", as mentioned in the song War on Drugs.
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* ChartDisplacement: Americans might be surprised that their sole #1 in Canada wasn't "One Week", which did top the charts south of the border, but follow-up "It's All Been Done". And their only other Top 40 hit on the Billboard charts was "Pinch Me", instead of an earlier, better known song such as "Alcohol" or "If I Had $1000000".
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* ChartDisplacement: Americans might be surprised that their sole #1 in Canada wasn't "One Week", which did top the charts south of the border, but follow-up "It's All Been Done". And their only other Top 40 hit on the Billboard charts was "Pinch Me", instead of an earlier, better known better-known song such as "Alcohol" or "If I Had $1000000".$1000000".
* {{Corpsing}}: Steven Page can be heard trying in vain not to lose it on both "The King of Bedside Manor" and their incredibly ridiculous cover of "Jingle Bells." You can practically see Page and Robertson smiling on the last verse of "If I Had $1000000" and trying to hold it in after Page ad-libbed the "not a real green dress" line.
* {{Corpsing}}: Steven Page can be heard trying in vain not to lose it on both "The King of Bedside Manor" and their incredibly ridiculous cover of "Jingle Bells." You can practically see Page and Robertson smiling on the last verse of "If I Had $1000000" and trying to hold it in after Page ad-libbed the "not a real green dress" line.
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** As a young man in the 1980s, Steven Page was a devoted fan of Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, the original lead singer of Music/DuranDuran before Simon Le Bon joined, and who at the time was the singer for the folk rock band The Lilac Time. Page began corresponding with Duffy in 1987 through fan letters before Page formed the Barenaked Ladies, and eventually the two began writing songs together. The results of their collaboration include the BNL hits "Jane" and "Call and Answer". The two also recorded an album together in 2005 under the name The Vanity Project
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** As a young man in the 1980s, Steven Page was a devoted fan of Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, the original lead singer of Music/DuranDuran before Simon Le Bon joined, and who at the time was the singer for the folk rock folk-rock band The Lilac Time. Page began corresponding with Duffy in 1987 through fan letters before Page formed the Barenaked Ladies, and eventually the two began writing songs together. The results of their collaboration include the BNL hits "Jane" and "Call and Answer". The two also recorded an album together in 2005 under the name The Vanity Project
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** Similarly, Kevin Hearn is a fan of relatively unknown Dutch band ''Nits'' and has played with them at their 30 year celebration in 2004, also getting their drummer Rob Kloet to play on his solo efforts.
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** Similarly, Kevin Hearn is a fan of relatively unknown Dutch band ''Nits'' and has played with them at their 30 year 30-year celebration in 2004, also getting their drummer Rob Kloet to play on his solo efforts.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Though he had been seriously considering leaving for some time, getting busted for possession of cocaine (right as the band were promoting a ''children's album'', no less!) proved to be the last straw for both Steven Page and the rest of the band, leading to his departure in 2009.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Though he had been seriously considering leaving for some time, getting busted for possession of cocaine (right as the band were promoting a ''children's album'', no less!) proved to be the last straw for both Steven Page and the rest of the band, leading to his departure in 2009. Since he left, Page has reunited on stage with the band only once, in 2018 when they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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* PromotedFanboy: Steven Page is an avid fan of Music/TheMountainGoats and has performed with them during the Ships and Dip cruise.
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* PromotedFanboy: PromotedFanboy:
** As a young man in the 1980s, Steven Page was a devoted fan of Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, the original lead singer of Music/DuranDuran before Simon Le Bon joined, and who at the time was the singer for the folk rock band The Lilac Time. Page began corresponding with Duffy in 1987 through fan letters before Page formed the Barenaked Ladies, and eventually the two began writing songs together. The results of their collaboration include the BNL hits "Jane" and "Call and Answer". The two also recorded an album together in 2005 under the name The Vanity Project
** Steven Page is also an avid fan of Music/TheMountainGoats and has performed with them during the Ships and Dip cruise.
** As a young man in the 1980s, Steven Page was a devoted fan of Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy, the original lead singer of Music/DuranDuran before Simon Le Bon joined, and who at the time was the singer for the folk rock band The Lilac Time. Page began corresponding with Duffy in 1987 through fan letters before Page formed the Barenaked Ladies, and eventually the two began writing songs together. The results of their collaboration include the BNL hits "Jane" and "Call and Answer". The two also recorded an album together in 2005 under the name The Vanity Project
** Steven Page is also an avid fan of Music/TheMountainGoats and has performed with them during the Ships and Dip cruise.
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*** {{Averted}} with the song itself. All of the band, including Steven Page, are adamant that they still enjoy hearing and playing the song and are very proud to be known for it.
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* OneHitWonder: In the United States, they're known almost exclusively for "One Week", though "Pinch Me" barely made the Top 20. In the 2000s they became known for the theme song from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Averted in their home country of Canada.
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* OneHitWonder: In the United States, they're known almost exclusively for "One Week", though "Pinch Me" barely made the Top 20. In the 2000s they became known for the theme song from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. Averted in their home country of Canada.
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* QuoteSource: Provides the page quote for:
** TheAlcoholic ("Alcohol")
** IfIWereARichMan ("If I Had $1000000")
** MenAreStrongWomenArePretty ("What A Good Boy")
** MirthlessLaughter ("One Week")
** SickeningCrunch ("Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel")
** Music/YokoOno ("Be My Yoko Ono")
** TheAlcoholic ("Alcohol")
** IfIWereARichMan ("If I Had $1000000")
** MenAreStrongWomenArePretty ("What A Good Boy")
** MirthlessLaughter ("One Week")
** SickeningCrunch ("Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel")
** Music/YokoOno ("Be My Yoko Ono")
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* ThrowItIn: Robertson and Page ad-libbed the between-verse banter on each take of "If I Had $1000000". Then in one take Page changed his response line to Robertson's "I'd buy you a green dress" from "with a tastefully-rounded neck" to "but not a real green dress, that's cruel," ([[BrickJoke a riff on an earlier line]] [[ItsFakeFurItsFine about a fur coat]]), and everyone liked it so much they used that as the album take.
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* ThrowItIn: Robertson Steve and Page ad-libbed the between-verse banter on each take Ed recorded different takes of "If I Had $1000000". Then in one take Page changed his response line to Robertson's "I'd buy you a green dress" from "with a tastefully-rounded neck" to "but not a real green dress, that's cruel," ([[BrickJoke a riff on an earlier line]] [[ItsFakeFurItsFine about a fur coat]]), $1000000" every day while recording ''Gordon'' and everyone liked it so much they used that as the album take.best ad-libs for the final version.
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* FanNickname: Their 1990 independent demo tape ''Barenaked Lunch'' is commonly referred to as ''The Purple Tape'', while their self-titled 1991 tape is referred to as ''The Yellow Tape''.
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* ThrowItIn: Robertson and Page ad-libbed the between-verse banter on each take of "If I Had $1000000". Then in one take Page changed his response line to Robertson's "I'd buy you a green dress" from "with a tastefully-rounded neck" to [[BrickJoke "but not a real green dress, that's cruel"]], and everyone liked it so much they used that as the album take.
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* ThrowItIn: Robertson and Page ad-libbed the between-verse banter on each take of "If I Had $1000000". Then in one take Page changed his response line to Robertson's "I'd buy you a green dress" from "with a tastefully-rounded neck" to [[BrickJoke "but not a real green dress, that's cruel"]], cruel," ([[BrickJoke a riff on an earlier line]] [[ItsFakeFurItsFine about a fur coat]]), and everyone liked it so much they used that as the album take.
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* PromotedFanboy: Steven Page is an avid fan of Music/TheMountainGoats and has performed with them during the Ships and Dip cruise.
** Similarly, Kevin Hearn is a fan of relatively unknown Dutch band ''Nits'' and has played with them at their 30 year celebration in 2004, also getting their drummer Rob Kloet to play on his solo efforts.
** Similarly, Kevin Hearn is a fan of relatively unknown Dutch band ''Nits'' and has played with them at their 30 year celebration in 2004, also getting their drummer Rob Kloet to play on his solo efforts.
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* HeAlsoDid: After Ed Robertson did a shout out to ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040211151032/http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=2/7/2004 in his blog]], he eventually had a role in that show, Captain Butch Flowers, and collaborated with Creator/RoosterTeeth some more (they did ''[=RvB=]'' intermissions for a Barenaked Ladies tour and directed the video for "Odds Are", while Robertson starred in Captain Dynamic and with the band wrote a song for ''Film/LazerTeam'').
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* ApprovalOfGod
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* ApprovalOfGodApprovalOfGod:
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* FanNickname: Their 1990 independent demo tape ''Barenaked Lunch'' is commonly referred to as ''The Purple Tape'', while their self-titled 1991 tape is referred to as ''The Yellow Tape''.
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* QuoteSource: Provides the page quote for:
** TheAlcoholic ("Alcohol")
** IfIWereARichMan ("If I Had $1000000")
** MenAreStrongWomenArePretty ("What A Good Boy")
** MirthlessLaughter ("One Week")
** SickeningCrunch ("Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel")
** Music/YokoOno ("Be My Yoko Ono")
** TheAlcoholic ("Alcohol")
** IfIWereARichMan ("If I Had $1000000")
** MenAreStrongWomenArePretty ("What A Good Boy")
** MirthlessLaughter ("One Week")
** SickeningCrunch ("Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel")
** Music/YokoOno ("Be My Yoko Ono")
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* CreatorBacklash
** For a while they stopped playing "If I Had $1000000" in concert, because they got sick of fans [[ProducePelting throwing Kraft Dinner]][[note]]Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Americans[[/note]] at them during the song. Now they play the song, but they request that you put your Kraft Dinners in the donation boxes.
** For a while they stopped playing "If I Had $1000000" in concert, because they got sick of fans [[ProducePelting throwing Kraft Dinner]][[note]]Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Americans[[/note]] at them during the song. Now they play the song, but they request that you put your Kraft Dinners in the donation boxes.
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** For a while they stopped playing "If I Had $1000000" in concert, because they got sick of fans [[ProducePelting throwing Kraft Dinner]][[note]]Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Americans[[/note]] at them during the song. Now they play the song, but they place donation boxes for food shelters at their concerts and request thatyou put your fans leave their Kraft Dinners in the donation boxes.there instead.
** For a while they stopped playing "If I Had $1000000" in concert, because they got sick of fans [[ProducePelting throwing Kraft Dinner]][[note]]Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Americans[[/note]] at them during the song. Now they play the song, but they place donation boxes for food shelters at their concerts and request that
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* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Several examples, actually. In addition to ''Snacktime!!'', there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtXoKOwTo2M "The Ballad of Gordon"]], an {{Anvilicious}} yet catchy PSA the band did very early in their career. They've also contributed songs to other children's compilations.
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* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Several examples, actually. In addition to ''Snacktime!!'', there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtXoKOwTo2M "The Ballad of Gordon"]], an {{Anvilicious}} yet catchy PSA the band did against racial prejudice very early in their career. They've also contributed songs to other children's compilations.
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* BigNameFan: Ed is one of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', which led Creator/RoosterTeeth to in retribution make special intermissions for the band's 2004 tour, and later give the singer the role of Captain Flowers. The band and the company still collaborate on occasion.
