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#51 [#138]:

Name: Hammerman Opening Theme
Origin: Hammerman (1991)
Link:

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Nominator: paulg (1/15)

(2.5, 6, 9.3)

[Its kinda funny, but its already been made fun of by so many people that I have nothing to contribute.]

"So Gramps opened up the bag! And took out the magical shoes!"

Honestly, the only thing wrong with the song is how obvious a pick it is--I like comedy songs, I like cartoons, I wanted some lighter rap songs (and it doesn't get lighter than MAGICAL SHOES).

...well obvious in hindsight, I mean. It's not as obvious a choice as ponies or something, but this is very much my type of thing. Not much to say about it though. You either enjoy the pure insanity of this intro or you don't.

[Final Thoughts: On the one hand, I can kinda see why you'd be surprised by the high placement since we don't actually know each other. But as someone who

1.Loves cartoons.

2.Loves obscure things.

3.Loves joke nominations.

4.Likes finding rap songs that are light and easy to get into.

It's like...there's no way this was getting a low score.

...Except for the initial impression where it did? I think, as the write-up alluded to, I was just a bit bitter that I was going to have to do a write-up for it. Like 'everyone has already made fun of this song, there is nothing left for anyone to say anymore'... but over time, I had to admit that I was actually enjoying it. Like everything about it.

1: The absurdity of the concept.

2: The intro being so much longer than a cartoon intro needed to be.

3: MC Hammer feeling the need to not only explain where the main character got his powers (he was given magical shoes), but to explain where the previous owner got them (he was also given the magical shoes--just a long, long time ago.).

...I kinda want to know where the hip hop motown dude got the magical shoes. Did any episodes go into his backstory? And is that backstory also best summed up as "he was given the magical shoes"? And if so, who gave them to him and where did they get them? Have these magical shoes been passed down since the dawn of time? I am very invested in this story.

The sad part is that I'm not even being sarcastic right now! I would pay to hear Hammer just keep talking (TALK!) about the history of these magic shoes.

4: The background speaker who contributes absolutely nothing to the story, just shouting single words for no apparent reason. Ordering MC Hammer to TALK might be justifiable (if he hadn't already started telling the story by the time the background speaker yelled at him), but the way he felt the need to repeat Stanley's name is so...so stupid.

MC Hammer: They met a guy named Stanley.

Speaker: STANLEY!

Like I'm finding it so hard to contain my laughter right now; this song is a masterpiece and I have half a mind to move it into first place.

But... no, I think I'm happier leaving it here. Just outside the top 50. It's a harder call to make than it should be, but I'm going to let the joke die here.]

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I haven't written an elimination for paulg, but I will write it, and it'll be much better than when we had "Meow".

In Memorium

Lowest Ranked Song: Apprentice Season 7 Opening (291st Place)

Highest Ranked Song: Hammerman (51st Place)

You had a nice variety of songs and, as I love joke songs and nominations, I appreciate that you had (I think) the highest ratio of them--while Hammerman was the funniest, Belly also had a good run and I may have undervalued Zoo Song a bit.
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