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* ExplosiveStupidity: [[PlayedForLaughs Played for]] BlackComedy in "Ten-Finger Johnny".
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They have appeared many times on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with Music/JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' movies, wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for ''WebVideo/TheGuild''[='=]s 2010 April Fool's Joke, and performed the theme songs in season 5 of ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' (as "the Bards"). Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, Creator/FeliciaDay, [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.

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They have appeared many times on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with Music/JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' movies, wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for ''WebVideo/TheGuild''[='=]s 2010 April Fool's Joke, and performed the theme songs in season 5 of ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' (as "the Bards").Minstrels"). Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, Creator/FeliciaDay, [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.
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They have appeared many times on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with Music/JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' movies, wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for ''WebVideo/TheGuild''[='=]s 2010 April Fool's Joke, and performed the theme songs in season 5 of ''WebOriginal/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' (as "the Bards"). Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, Creator/FeliciaDay, [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.

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They have appeared many times on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with Music/JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' movies, wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for ''WebVideo/TheGuild''[='=]s 2010 April Fool's Joke, and performed the theme songs in season 5 of ''WebOriginal/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' (as "the Bards"). Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, Creator/FeliciaDay, [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.
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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.

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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, Music/JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for WebAnimation/HomestarRunner ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's ''WebVideo/TheGuild''[='=]s 2010 April Fool's Joke.Joke, and performed the theme songs in season 5 of ''WebOriginal/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' (as "the Bards"). Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Creator/FeliciaDay, [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.


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* TropeName: Title of the Song, their parody of boy band ballads, is written entirely in this fashion.
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* DoubleEntendre: "The Captain's Wife's Lament." Full stop.

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* DoubleEntendre: "The Captain's Wife's Lament." Full stop.A three minute song (in recordings - ten minutes plus live, with the pirate jokes added) leading up to an inevitable IncrediblyLamePun regarding an alternate name for sailors, in conjunction with the name of a particular bodily excretion.
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* BrickJoke: The second verse of "Six Guys Ten Teeth" has the narrator's friend, Skeeter get laid out by a stripper after, "diggin' 'round for change for his dollar." The third chorus later informs the listener, "If you can bail Skeeter out then you can join the team."
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Three consecutive songs on the album ''Gumbo Pants'' are "If Music/JamesTaylor Were on Fire", "If Music/BobDylan Were Hiding at the Bottom of a Well", and "If James Taylor Were on Fire at the Bottom of a Well".
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* HeroicComedicSociopath: Storm at the end of "That's the News of the Week".
---> '''Storm''': The other day I killed a hobo with a hammer,
---> '''Both''': And that's the news of the week!
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* TranslationByVolume: Their song "International Language" has this. "LOVE IS LOUDER THAN WORDS."
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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Shake Machine Parts I & II"
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** "Title of the Song" points this out explicitly, as you'd expect, since it's an explicit [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of the popular tropes of 1990s boy-band romantic songs.
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They will host the upcoming webshow "Learning Town", on FeliciaDay's GeekAndSundry Youtube channel.

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They will host the upcoming webshow [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7atuZxmT957CmcVYWWkiAUUnAl8h4BnJ "Learning Town", Town"]], on FeliciaDay's GeekAndSundry Youtube channel.
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* TruckDriversGearChange: Their parody of {{Coldplay}}, "I Will Sing a Lullabye", includes the famous key change from "Fix You".
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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.

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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with WilWheaton Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.
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* InstantSoprano: "Why, Baby, Why?"
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*** If it doesn't take over fifteen minutes to perform "The Captain's Wife's Lament" (which is technically a three minute song), something's wrong.
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* OverlyPreparedGag: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" again - over ten minutes of pirate jokes and Arrs from the audience, leading toward the above-mentioned Hurricane of Pun

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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with WilWheaton and [[{{Mythbusters}} Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.

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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with WilWheaton and [[{{Mythbusters}} [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.



* AffectionateParody: ''Live'' is an affectionate parody of their friend and frequent collaborator JonathanCoulton, specifically his songs about mad scientists who are sad and lonely.
** ''If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men'' parodies TheyMightBeGiants, friends and touring partners of JonathanCoulton.

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* AffectionateParody: ''Live'' "Live" is an affectionate parody of their friend and frequent collaborator JonathanCoulton, specifically his songs about mad scientists who are sad and lonely.
** ''If "If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men'' Men" parodies TheyMightBeGiants, friends and touring partners of JonathanCoulton.


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* OverlyLongGag: Most of the fun of their live performances of "The Captain's Wife's Lament" is to see how long they can stretch out the first half of the song (the part before the [[HurricaneOfPuns Hurricane of]] IncrediblyLamePun). It's not uncommon for their performances of this song to exceed ''ten minutes'' as a result. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It really is very funny.]]
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** ''If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men'' parodies They Might Be Giants, friends and touring partners of JonathanCoulton.

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** ''If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men'' parodies They Might Be Giants, TheyMightBeGiants, friends and touring partners of JonathanCoulton.
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** ''If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men'' parodies They Might Be Giants, friends and touring partners of JonathanCoulton.
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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with WilWheaton and [[{{Mythbusters}} Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.

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They have appeared many times on TheBobAndTomShow (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a RiffTrax with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other RiffTrax movies, and they wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for HomestarRunner WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for TheGuild's 2010 April Fool's Joke. Along with WilWheaton and [[{{Mythbusters}} Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, FeliciaDay, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.
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* [[RandyNewman Every Movie Is Better With Randy Newman Music]]: Especially ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''ThePassionOfTheChrist''.

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* [[RandyNewman Every Movie Is Better With Randy Newman Music]]: Especially ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''ThePassionOfTheChrist''.''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.
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They will host the upcoming webshow "Learning Town", on FeliciaDay's GeekAndSundry Youtube channel.
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** AudienceParticipationSong: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" and "A Better Version of You", among others.


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* EndingFatigue: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] on "Shake Machine" (as "Shake Machine, Part II").
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* RefugeInAudacity: Nugget Man is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, tribute to Robert C. Baker, who had passed away the year prior, and his contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Nugget Man ''Nugget Man'' is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, tribute to Robert C. Baker, who had passed away the year prior, and his contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Nugget Man is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, tribute to Robert C. Baker, who had just died, and his contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Nugget Man is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, tribute to Robert C. Baker, who had just died, passed away the year prior, and his contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Nugget Man is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, account of Robert C. Baker's contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Nugget Man is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, account of tribute to Robert C. Baker's Baker, who had just died, and his contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pick a song, you'll find one.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Several...''Frogger: The Frogger Musical'', the first time you hear "I Will Sing a Lullabye"...



* OlderThanTheyThink / CoveredUp: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" was originally a song for [=DaVinci=]'s Notebook--Paul and Storm's old group. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slWesdezt58&feature=related Watch it here]].
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