Jib-Jab Releases New Bush and Kerry Parody

AKAImBatman writes "Our friends over at JibJab have just released a new flash movie called, 'It's Good to be in D.C.'. As per 'This Land', this movie pokes fun at both Bush and Kerry, with some stop-overs for the Vice Presidents former, current, and hopeful. Check it out before they get sued off the 'net again!"

Comments

I'll take "Stuck in my head all day" for 800, Alex

[Skyshadow]

This afternoon while I'm sitting in some useless status meeting, I'll be hating myself for checking that out.

Although it will be nice to never again see John Ashcroft's scary face again without picturing a Pride shirt under his suit....

Seriously, though, none of JibJab's stuff this year as been as good as the couple they did in 2000 with the rapping Al Gore/Dubya or (my personal favorite) the monster-sized Hillary, Guiliani and Rick Lazio attacking New York. I can't find any of those online anyplace now -- does anyone know if they're out there someplace?

Leno played it Thursday night

[RealProgrammer]

It's great.

The Republicans are in bed with Big Oil and the Democrats are in bed with everybody else.

Beautiful.

Re:Leno played it Thursday night

[captnitro]

Really makes you wonder what kind of STDs you can get from corporations.

STDs are bad, but I'd hate to have Chronic Inflammation of Negligence.

JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Jagasian]

It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time.

How did JibJab ever become so popular? It isn't entertaining. It is actually very derivative. I stopped the video about 45 seconds in.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[karnal]

That's too bad you don't find the humor in it.

But lots of others will, I assure you. While you're at it, is there anything else you don't like?

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Anonymous Coward]

"It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time."

The reason why you feel this way is simple.

You been doing Tech Support for too long, thus devoid of nay emotion what so ever.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Anonymous Coward]

The reason why you feel this way is simple.

You been doing Tech Support for too long, thus devoid of nay emotion what so ever.

And "you been" reading slashdot for too long, "thus devoid" of "nay" spelling or grammar ability "what so ever".

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Palshife]

It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time.

Your post made me feel the same way.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[DrAegoon]

It's a caricature. It's supposed to be derivative. It distills the accusations of both sides into two 60 seconds of comedy. At least do yourself the favor of watching the whole thing; the overall message of "go vote or let the supreme court decide" is not a bad one. If you don't get the references to the madness of this campaign that's fine, but a lot of people will.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time.

Your post made me feel the same way.

Your mom made me feel the same way.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not a question of "getting" the humor, but of actually finding it humorous, and also a visceral backlash against mediocre comedy being propelled to pop stardom. In any case, they'll be dancing with hamsters and badgers in a few months.

AND FUCK SLASHDOT FOR STILL FORCING ME TO POST ANONYMOUSLY YOU FUCKING FUCKHEADS.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Rayonic]

It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time.

Your post made me feel the same way.

Your mom made me feel the same way. You stay away from my mom.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Anonymous Coward]

AND FUCK SLASHDOT FOR STILL FORCING ME TO POST ANONYMOUSLY YOU FUCKING FUCKHEADS.

Don't blame slashdot, blame the biased Republican mods that are also probably Microsoft astroturfers and pedophiles.

And you're right, this just wasn't funny. It was stupid and a waste of time.

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there a new Strongbadstarrunner out?

Re:JibJab is Boring and Overrated

[Different Tan]

Ah, so thats where we've been going wrong; we shouldn't have tried to make the Americans appreciate irony, we should all just start to 'spik moore leek theez' and where funny hats.

Biased?

[Confessed Geek]

The last one seemed just a tiny bit right leaning, though enough of an equal opportunity offender to just be amusing... This one seems VERY Right leaning. There are shots of B&C with buckets of money but they have Bin Laden and Saddam holding a Pro Kerry banner, and portray Edwards and Kerry as Gay lovers. All politicians deserve a good mocking now and then - well often, but this seems mildly duplicious when one side gets a mild tease and the other gets a full blown character assasination... And it was supposed to debut on the Tonight Show. Wonder if that had anything to do with the increased slant?

Re:Biased?

[philbert26]

The last one seemed just a tiny bit right leaning, though enough of an equal opportunity offender to just be amusing... This one seems VERY Right leaning. There are shots of B&C with buckets of money but they have Bin Laden and Saddam holding a Pro Kerry banner, and portray Edwards and Kerry as Gay lovers.

I thought This Land hit both candidates equally. This one wasn't as funny. The gay stuff didn't bother me (they did Ashcroft too), but the Osama thing was bad. Especially since some terrorists have endorsed Bush! And it was supposed to debut on the Tonight Show. Wonder if that had anything to do with the increased slant?

Is NBC and/or the Tonight Show pro-Republican?

Re:Biased?

[Confessed Geek]

Is NBC and/or the Tonight Show pro-Republican?

Not really sure. I know MSNBC has at least a few "news entertainment programs" that are far right, but honestly I havn't watched any of the big 4 Networks for so long that I really don't know :(

It was an honest question not an insinuation.

Re:Biased?

[RealProgrammer]

As a conservative, I felt the opposite. I think hitting each side where the other would do it was the right way to go.

After all, what if they had shown Bush/Cheney as lovers and Kerry/Edwards as pawns of Soros, Heinz, and the ABA?

Not as funny.

Re:Biased?

[Anonymous Coward]

This might be a problem in news reporting but comedy? I don't see the issue. If you didn't like it well that's just too bad. I thought it was funny and I thought it jabbed both candidates equally.

Re:Biased?

[Confessed Geek]

Mock Bush's intelligence and his fake accent, his monkey face. Mock Cheney for his haliburten connection and words on the floor (that was good), Mock Kerry as a Mass. Snob and Edwards as a "boy wonder" and ambulance chaser. That would have been parody and satire. THat woud have been funny since it has SOME reference to truth, but this one just felt, well like they splashed some raw sewage around on one side and tweaked a nose on the other.

After all, what if they had shown Bush/Cheney as lovers and Kerry/Edwards as pawns of Soros, Heinz, and the ABA?

Thats just the point! Why throw in outright slander when there are real issues you can zing both sides on?

Re:Biased?

[stienman]

And for my part I thought it was very left leaning. It made some clearly false accusations about Kerry (gay? Bin Laden supports? Right!) but pulls a few punches about Bush and Co going staying in Iraq purely for money, which is not so clearly false. Who cares about ketchup? The only 'possible' issues it brings up about either candidate are bad for Bush.

Doesn't matter, though, I thought it was funny. If you believe it will affect the undecided then you are essentially saying that enough of the american public is less intelligent than you that they will affect the outcome of the election.

-Adam

Re:Biased?

[Scrameustache]

The Tonight Show definatly has a pro-Bush feel to it.
They make efforts to retain the viewership of as many people as they can, but they bash Kerry with more enthousiasm.

Also, Kerry was on Letterman the other day, and Leno went into a heavy Kerry-bashing stint for a little while.

I watch too much late night TV...damn insomnia.

Re:Biased?

[Scrameustache]

This one seems VERY Right leaning.

Wow! You got mod-bombed into oblivion there.
I guess some people didn't want to hear it huh?

Re:Biased?

[Scrameustache]

I thought it was very left leaning. It made some clearly false accusations about Kerry (gay? Bin Laden supports? Right!) but pulls a few punches about Bush and Co going staying in Iraq purely for money, which is not so clearly false.

So, putting something totally made up next to something at least partly true, and presenting them as equals.
Does that make the made up stuff more believable or the true stuff less so?
Would you say that they presented the current administration's apparent money-driven policies as a joke that shouldn't be taken any more seriously than the possibility that Kerry and Edwards are gay lovers, or that they presented the notion that Kerry is endorsed by terrorist as being as truthfull as the link between Cheney and Halliburton?

Either way Bush & co. come out on top. Hence, the context makes it lean to the right.

Re:Biased?

[Scrameustache]

I think hitting each side where the other would do it was the right way to go.

But, if one side is lying and the other isn't, then endorsing a lie isn't the right thing to do.
Whichever side that might be...

After all, what if they had shown Bush/Cheney as lovers and Kerry/Edwards as pawns of Soros, Heinz, and the ABA?

Presenting the right-wing "lets change the constitution so that all men, unless gay, are created equals" as gay lovers? That wouldn't have made any sense. Pawns of Heinz? You think that if they are elected they're gonna start waging a war against terror by invading tomato-producing countries? Again, makes no sense.

There seems to be a bias because they present absurd stuff about the dems with the same context as legit stuff about the reps. Pretty much saying "the Halliburton, blood for oil thing is to taken as seriously as the Kerry-Edwards gay love jokes". I thought people seeing a right-wing leaning in the "this land" cartoon were being paranoid, but this one is pretty obvious.

Re:Biased?

[spitzak]

Oddly enough I thought the first one was somewhat left-leaning, and I'm left-leaning as well! Perhaps the thing is more balanced than anybody thinks, considering how confused everybody is!

(I have not seen this new one so I can't say anything about it)

Re:Biased?

[Anonymous Coward]

The only 'possible' issues it brings up about either candidate are bad for Bush.

Well, considering the issues good for Bush vs. bad for Bush, that's just statistics.

Re:Biased?

[Confessed Geek]

The last one seemed just a tiny bit right leaning, though enough of an equal opportunity offender to just be amusing... This one seems VERY Right leaning. There are shots of B&C with buckets of money but they have Bin Laden and Saddam holding a Pro Kerry banner, and portray Edwards and Kerry as Gay lovers. All politicians deserve a good mocking now and then - well often, but this seems mildly duplicious when one side gets a mild tease and the other gets a full blown character assasination... And it was supposed to debut on the Tonight Show. Wonder if that had anything to do with the increased slant?

==
Wow! You got mod-bombed into oblivion there.
I guess some people didn't want to hear it huh?


Yeah. I found that interesting myself. I've got Karma to burn so I'm not too concerned. I wonder if a lot of republicans got moderator points today, it was just too obvious, or people REALLY like JibJab?

The Other interesting thing is that all the downward mods are "Overrated" which slashdot rumor says does not come up for meta-moderation, so it might imply that the people moderating it down thought it might be injust and would reflect badly on their karma. Or maybe it WAS over rated ;)

Anyway, Good point about the obviously untrue ideas making the true ones seem less credible. The gay jokes were just so... 3rd Grade. The original really was quite amusing. I wonder if they were a one hit wonder or if they have gotten more riled up as Nov 2 comes closer.

After the VP debates I was wondering why they even bothered to talk to the supporters of each side. What else are they going to say besides "our guy won"? But then I realized this election has so thoroughly polorized the country that they probably couldn't FIND anyone left who wasn't already on one side of the fence or the other. At least if you ask a campaign manager their can't be any pretentions of an unbiased opinion.

Re:Biased?

[Anonymous Coward]

They make efforts to retain the viewership of as many people as they can, but they bash Kerry with more enthousiasm.

Also, Kerry was on Letterman the other day, and Leno went into a heavy Kerry-bashing stint for a little while.

That's ok. David more than makes up for it. After Bush made a fool of himself in the debates Letterman really mocked him good.

Re:Biased?

[Anonymous Coward]

While I agree with your logic entirely, I think you are taking this whole thing to seriously. It just a stupid gag and doesn't even qualify as satire. "This land" was great satire and very funny and dare I say, balanced. This was just goofy.

It seems to me they ran out of good ideas and used whatever they had.

Re:Biased?

[Ohreally_factor]

You've got my total agreement. With all the possible issues they could have used in their satire, they chose to make some up? This piece not only reeks of bias, it also stinks of a half-assed job by jibjab. This is the best they could come up with?

Re:Biased?

[Scrameustache]

it also stinks of a half-assed job by jibjab

Sure does.
The last one was too sucessfull, they HAD to make a sequel, wether they had anything good to do it with or not.

Re:Biased?

[WCityMike]

I really think you're pretty far off on this one. On the Republican-mocking side, we've got an obvious sign of a Halliburton-bought presidency, the Supreme Court deciding the 2004 election, a gay John Ashcroft, and a flip-flopping McCain. The folks at Jib Jab seem to really focus much more on the comedy aspects than they do on striking a precisely equal balance of mocking.

Re:Biased?

[Epistax]

I just wanted to say that I found it left leaning. The charges against the right are valid, whereas the charges versus the left are silly. Money and oil vs gay lovers? Their Kerry bashing is complete silliness while their Bush bashing is truthful.

I'm not complaining about it at all, I am just suggesting you look at it a different way.

Nice

[GrievousAngel]

Lacked the genius of "This Land," but this whole election cycle has become so divided and embittered, it felt good to laugh at it once again.

Not bad, but...

[TheSHAD0W]

Mock the Vote released one I think is even better...

right leaning

[phyruxus]

I must be losing my edge :)

This one did attack Kerry while letting Bush off easy. I thought the first one was as fair as I could hope for in these anti-dissent "with us or against us" times. I wouldn't be suprised if JibJab got some flak - or some cash - or both to take Kerry down a peg and take up Bush's banner while riding the coattails of their prior, more balanced anim.

Raging Bush apologetics from b-baggins, j0nb0y and N3WB13 in 3... 2... 1...

Re:right leaning

[Squinky86]

Um, they were both equally attacked- Bush/Cheney for Halliburton, Kerry/Edwards for being gay... the former is true, the later is not true as far as we know. So, it was a funny parody that equally attacked both sides- I failed to see any bias.

Direct link, please

[wowbagger]

Does somebody have a link to the swf that does not go recursive and keep spawning frames within frames?

Re:Direct link, please

[Anonymous Coward]

Use a real browser, retard.

Re:Direct link, please

[stienman]

Yes. [3.89MB]

At least until they change it...

-Adam

Re:Direct link, please

[Rick the Red]

http://images2.shockwave.com/afassets/flash/goodto beindc.swf

The link works, but Slashcode added an extra space in the text. That's supposed to read "goodtobeindc" not "goodto beindc."

Everybody's a critic

[RealProgrammer]

Hey, lighten up. It's Friday.
It's not offensive, really.
If you didn't laugh, too bad.

As for wasting your time, what have you been doing on /., working on that third Nobel Prize?

"How did JibJab ever become so popular? It isn't entertaining. It is actually very derivative. I stopped the video about 45 seconds in."

[How did the parent ever get modded up? It isn't interesting. It's actually fairly predictable. I didn't even read it, really.]

There, see how easy it is to go negative? Not much fun, either.

NBC/The Tonght Show

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

I saw this on Jay Leno last night. It was commisioned by NBC/The Tonght Show (according to Leno).

IF (SAVED TO HDD);

[danalien]

and you have trouble playing it (from the HDD), like getting a 'save as' dialog add this to a .html-file:

<EMBED width="100%" height="100%" name="plugin" src="goodtobeindc.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

BTW - change width= & height= if it's to big for ya :)

not biased?

[phyruxus]

let's look again..

Bush: Halliburton reference in opening scene.
Bush/Cheney in money barrels.

Kerry: Showed with Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, and (I think) Ayatolah Khomeini;
Edwards says "I love to hug and kiss this guy" (gay reference #1),
Gay man asks "are they gay", Kerry/Edwards respond "we won't say" (gay ref #2),
Kerry/Edwards in bed in a pink room with a "Justin" poster on the wall (gay ref #3),
Daschle says he's gay (gay ref #4),
Clinton appears & is slapped twice by Hillary,
Dan Rather of CBS appears,
Teresa Heinz-Kerry burns a bra and bursts into flames,
and Kerry is shown holding Heinz ketchup (this last one is minor so I'm counting it 1/2).

The count of knocks is Bush 2, Kerry 8.5. I agree it was a funny parody, but the bias is obvious. Unless you saw 6 insults to Bush I missed, which I doubt, but please point them out to me if I did.

One last thing... good on you Squinky86 for disagreeing in a mature way instead of just flaming (as usually resort to.)

Re:not biased?

[elmegil]

Daschle says he's gay (gay ref #4),

That was Ashcroft, our esteemed Attorney General, a guy on the right.

Re:not biased?

[Squinky86]

I had counted all the gay references as 1. If you are to count the money/oil references, they are equivalent. The parodies against each party are equivalent. Kerry/Edwards/Clinton/Heinz/Ginsburgh... was parodied only 2 seconds longer than Bush/Cheney/Scalia/Rhenquist/Daschell... It was a funny parody, there was no bias in it. I believe your views are a bit distorted in one direction...

Re:not biased?

[phyruxus]

I only saw 2 money/oil references, the ones I listed. Did I miss some?

As for my views being distorted, do you mean biased? I do support Kerry. I am liberal. So I have a bias. However, I think "distorted" is a little strong here. I won't take offense but I will point that out.

Re:not biased?

[Squinky86]

Yeah, I didn't mean it in a harsh way at all and I apologize for that. I just meant to point out that Kerry/Edwards et al were knocked on for about the same length of time as the Bush/Cheney crew. I didn't see any bias in the video.

Re:not biased?

[Ohreally_factor]

The other gay guy was New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey. Note that he appears in front of a "Welcome to New Jersey" sign. IIRC, McGreevey is a Democrat.

Re:not biased?

[Rayonic]

> Daschle says he's gay (gay ref #4),

Assuming you didn't mistake him for John Ashcroft, you mistook him for Governor McGreevey of New Jersey (who, faced with mounting corruption charges, admitted that he cheated on his wife with another man.)

I thought the video was funny, but too many gay jokes. They should have dropped either McGreevey or Ashcroft. (In the interest of humor, I'd say keep Ashcroft. He's more well known, and his gay bit was funnier.)

Also, I thought that jab at McCain was a RIOT.

Re:not biased?

[Rayonic]

> Unless you saw 6 insults to Bush I missed, which I doubt, but please point them out to me if I did.

#1 - Ashcroft admits he's gay. (A play on his supposed homophobia.)

#2 - Supreme Court says they might have to decide the election outcome. (Reference to the myth that the Supreme Court stole the election for Bush.)

#3 - Cheney swears. (Only swore publically once, as did Kerry.)

But you missed one against Kerry: Kerry says he's "sensitive"

Also, I don't think that was Tom Daschle.

Re:not biased?

[Anonymous Coward]

#3 - Cheney swears. (Only swore publically once, as did Kerry.)

The Senate floor is a different kind of "publically" than a rural sidewalk.

Re:not biased?

[Anonymous Coward]

"gay man" = James McGreevy (gov. of New Jersey)

the bra burner was Jodie Foster I believe

the gay suit is John Ashcroft

I think there is more "left"-centric satire in this because they found more from the left to make fun of...

Al Gore was hilarious, so was Cheney cursing, Kerry with the ketchup, Mcgreevy bounding infront of all the politicians, the governator in the thong with machine gun.... I just wish it was longer...

Re:not biased?

[Rayonic]

Rural sidewalk? I thought it was in an interview in Rolling Stone magazine.

Though I also seem to recall Kerry calling a Secret Service agent a "Son of a Bitch" for allegedly knocking him over while snowboarding.

Eh.

Good message

[Hackie_Chan]

The first one was much funnier, but this one has a much more important message. I really appreciate this one because it encourages people to go vote.

Link

[Anonymous Coward]

http://images2.shockwave.com/afassets/flash/goodto beindc.swf

Er... gay?

[darken9999]

What's with all the gay jokes? Take them out, and there's not a whole lot left. Looks like the Jib Jab guys are out of ideas.

Re:Er... gay?

[Anonymous Coward]

i totally agree...that was my first impression as well. just kind of nasty and funny for maybe fifth graders.

Re:Er... gay?

[Minna Kirai]

What's with all the gay jokes?

That's the natural result of the base song they selected.

They took "Dixieland" and made it "DC Land". The original frequently used "away":

1. I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
2. 
   In Dixieland I'll make a plan to live and die in Dixie
   Away, away, away down south in Dixie

The only thing they could come up with for "away" was "I'm gay".

Gay guy? "Hooray, Hooray?"

[emotionus]

Who was the guy that shouted Hooray, Hooray?

Re:Gay guy? "Hooray, Hooray?"

[bug506]

Jim McGreevey, governor of New Jersey. He came out, admitted having an affair, and then resigned.

Re:Gay guy? "Hooray, Hooray?"

[Ohreally_factor]

Well, part of the problem was that he put his lover on the payroll. So, even of you're open minded and not bothered by his sexual orientation, you should be bothered by the corruption.

Re:Gay guy? "Hooray, Hooray?"

[J-Piddy]

Actually, I think the most interesting thing about McGreevey is what he's done since the entire scandal. He's actually taking steps to clean up politics in New Jersey! His effort to stop companies who donate to state politicians from receiving contracts is huge, and only someone who has nothing to lose would be able to do it.

It DID debut...

[Futurepower(R)]

"And it was supposed to debut on the Tonight Show."

It DID debut on the Tonight Show, last night, 2004-10-08. The Tonight Show paid for it to be made.

Anyone smart enough and knowledgeable enough about current events to be a comedian is smart enough to understand a few of the facts about George W. Bush's lack of analytical ability. Both David Letterman and Jay Leno joke about that, perhaps 3 times a week.

Inside the U.S., it is possible to get fired from advertising-supported media for being too obvious about thinking negatively about George W. Bush. Outside the U.S., even government leaders call George W. Bush "moron", "idiot", and other words that are not so positive. The foreign leaders are wrong, of course. He is not a moron. George W. Bush's failings are entirely consistent with the characteristics of dry alcoholics: Angry, secretive, dishonest, insensitive to the feelings of others, and, at times, extremely likable.

Most people in the U.S. have very, very little understanding of the activities of their government. But there are people who are beginning to see the hints of corruption. The Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD sold 2 million copies the first day.

--
15 of the 19 9/11 attackers were Saudis. Many don't like the U.S. Gov. influence on their country.

ashcroft not daschle

[phyruxus]

Ah, I stand corrected. So it's 7-3 then.

Direct Link

[Anonymous Coward]

Direct Link

Re: JibJab movie

[FrogAlarmClock]

Ah, yes, JibJab, the Zionist web site which constantly makes light of what is the undoubtedly the most pressing problem of the international community; the United States of America's Satanic alliance with the fascist Israeli government which continues to occupy the lands of the noble Palestinian peoples. The fact that Slashdot would actually link to a site which so shamelessly broadcasts these Zionist views deeply disturbs me.

About your sig

[DAldredge]

If 15 of the 19 where so upset about the influence the US has with Saudi Arabi, why didn't they attack the Saudi Royal Family and try to remove the people that are allowing the US to have that influence?

Football Fans for Truth - funnier than Jib-Jab

[rm3friskerFTN]

Funnier than Jib-Jab ??? Football Fans for Truth

The evidence is compelling:

Last month, John Kerry lauded "Lambert Field" during a visit to Wisconsin. He has yet to acknowledge Lambeau Field, the historic home of the Green Bay Packers.

John Kerry also praised the Ohio State Buckeyes football team--during a visit to Michigan.

John Kerry throws a football like a girl.

In the first debate, John Kerry promised the American people he'd keep his eye on the ball. In the first presidential debate, John Kerry said, "As president, I'll never take my eye off that ball. " Football Fans for Truth has collected reams of evidence casting doubt on his ability to do so.

QUESTION: Is there an equivalent "spoof" website for Bush? Perhaps a speech impediment website?

Re:Football Fans for Truth - funnier than Jib-Jab

[Gryphn]

I don't know about any web page of Bushisms. I'd say Bish is a bad parody of a real President.

Cogito, Ergo Kerry.

Not very funny, and slanted for Dubya

[shanen]

The previous one, "This Land", managed to be pretty fairly balanced and funny, but this one definitely spends most of the time on Kerry and let's Dubya off lightly. I don't think it was coincidental that this one had corporate sponsorship, and I'd like to know what degree of interference they got from their new owners.

"I, for one, welcome our new 'Tonight Show' overlords."

Jon Stewart is much funnier.

No lawsuit this time

[Erbo]

The new JibJab animation uses the tune of "Dixie," which is quite a bit older than "This Land Is Your Land." I'm not quite sure how old, but I do know that Abraham Lincoln ordered it played shortly after Lee's surrender in the Civil War, suggesting it was well-known as of 1865. It's decidedly in the public domain by now!

Re:I'll take "Stuck in my head all day" for 800, A

[hannesgreim]

Yep, just found them on a Russian site:

http://www.multzone.ru/multiki/jibjab/