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(YouTube) Video Woulda been Scatman Crothers' 99th birthday today - so here he is with his ukulele and "Mean Dog Blues"   (youtube.com) divider line 35
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RevLovejoy 2009-05-23 10:34:31 AM  
What a cool guy he was. Unfortunately I can't get the image of him getting the axe buried in his chest cavity during The Shining.

 
AlgertMan 2009-05-23 10:35:14 AM  
He was a brave Autobot

 
FrancoFile 2009-05-23 11:04:05 AM  
Hong Kong Phooey FTW.

 
RevLovejoy 2009-05-23 11:15:12 AM  
RevLovejoy: What a cool guy he was. Unfortunately I can't get the image of him getting the axe buried in his chest cavity during The Shining.

...out of my head, is how I should have finished that comment. I can't get that image out of my head. There.

 
AsBaile 2009-05-23 11:20:47 AM  
"There ain't nothin' in room 237 - - so stay out!"

 
Nem Wan 2009-05-23 11:33:14 AM  
i723.photobucket.com

 
Rock_Strongo 2009-05-23 11:41:58 AM  
I didn't realize this was teh guy from the shining until just now, I had to IMDB it to confirm. wow. super talented.

 
deathon2legs 2009-05-23 11:45:46 AM  
I've never seen such a huge freakin' ukulele in my life. Pretty cool.

 
AliasUndercover 2009-05-23 12:06:27 PM  
It's a bass ukulele...

 
PumpUpDaFark 2009-05-23 12:33:39 PM  
I can't get the image of the poster he had on his wall in the The Shining.

 
Architecture Of Aggression 2009-05-23 12:35:42 PM  
I'm sure some imdboogoogling would help me but wasn't this the dude who let the patients have a booze and hooker party in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

 
ertznay 2009-05-23 12:36:35 PM  
He was great in Bakshi's 'Coonskin'. His number during the credits is awesome. RIP Scatman.

 
MiddleyMcCentrist 2009-05-23 12:50:17 PM  
I wonder if he's still going from retirement home to retirement home and riling up old folks.

/kick the can!

 
Skleenar 2009-05-23 12:51:02 PM  
Love the way he loses the lyrics, scats, then admits it to the audience all without losing the tune, but not without bragging about being talented enough to do so.

awesome.

 
Miss Stein 2009-05-23 01:06:37 PM  
farm4.static.flickr.com

 
verbaltoxin [TotalFark] 2009-05-23 01:26:32 PM  
That's not a ukulele. It's a tenor guitar.

 
vudukungfu 2009-05-23 01:46:07 PM  
verbaltoxin: That's not a ukulele. It's a tenor guitar.

Baritone ukelele.

 
lohphat 2009-05-23 01:52:01 PM  
You've got ukulele in my guitar!

Less filling!

/got nuthin'

//goes out to play kick the can

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2009-05-23 01:54:44 PM  
I came for Hong Kong Phooey references. I left reasonably satisfied.

 
Japancakes [TotalFark] 2009-05-23 02:20:47 PM  
"Scatman Crothers
He and I are brothers
He's got an extra nipple
and I'm fascinated"


Today's test of the "Fark obscurity level"

 
johnnyboog 2009-05-23 02:30:52 PM  
Im the Scatman!!
be ba bop ba bop

 
TheBlackFlag 2009-05-23 03:25:16 PM  
I always took a shine to that fella...hard not to.

 
satanicsantoku 2009-05-23 03:32:28 PM  
he was also in Ralph Bakshi's movie Street Fight, and like a gazillion other movies. the man had the skills to pay the bills.

 
starlost 2009-05-23 03:33:24 PM  
he has an annoying raspy voice-so what?

 
BenJammin 2009-05-23 05:17:03 PM  
I wish we didn't grow old.

 
BalugaJoe 2009-05-23 06:22:08 PM  
#1 Super Guy

 
feanturi 2009-05-23 06:28:28 PM  
starlost: he has an annoying raspy voice-so what?

3/10

 
offacue 2009-05-23 06:30:04 PM  
BenJammin: I wish we didn't grow old.

There's only one alternative.

 
Objectus 2009-05-23 07:13:57 PM  
I'm the Scatman!!! Webopdopdoodopbop. oh wait wrong Scatman.

 
RadicalMiddle [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-05-23 09:50:15 PM  

 
Bakudai 2009-05-23 10:52:02 PM  
RevLovejoy: What a cool guy he was. Unfortunately I can't get the image of him getting the axe buried in his chest cavity during The Shining.

Shining Scatman Cut (NSFW???) (new window)

 
syrynxx [TotalFark] 2009-05-24 06:11:05 AM  
Bakudai: Shining Scatman Cut (NSFW???) (new window)

Sweet jesus, that's funny.

 
Bloodcorn 2009-05-24 02:27:04 PM  
satanicsantoku: he was also in Ralph Bakshi's movie Street Fight, and like a gazillion other movies. the man had the skills to pay the bills.

skills

 
dodecahedron [TotalFark] 2009-05-25 01:22:50 AM  
deathon2legs: I've never seen such a huge freakin' ukulele in my life. Pretty cool.

That's because it's a Martin tenor guitar, not a ukulele. It has a longer scale than a baritone uke and has steel strings. Uke strings are nylon or gut or monofilament.

 
hypers36 2009-05-25 03:16:11 AM  
Pour one out.

 
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