Babylon 5 Hocky Pocky Funny Scene

[@thedragon133]

And he still maintained his accent while singing. That's a great actor there!

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

And sang well!

[@matttuozzo9010]

Mimbari be like "but... what if the hokey pokey *is* what it's all about?" and then spend five thousand years meditating on it.

[@christosvoskresye]

... after which the religious caste declares a jihad against non-hokey-pokey races.

[@Diego-zz1df]

Interrupt their meditation and they'll slaughter you, your family, your friends, your neighborhood, your city, your continent, your planet, your whole species, until only a handful are left. And at the very end, when the few survivors are making their last stand, begging for a miracle before throwing their lives into the fire, they'll surrender and pretend everything's OK. Like, Delenn, Lennier and even this old man were wonderful characters, but it pissed me off that nobody really brought up the fact that the minbari are genocidal maniacs.

[@na3044]

better make a ritual of it... fucking minbari cunts

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@Diego-zz1df The humans did fire first and kill some of them.

[@Diego-zz1df]

@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio Correction, the humans opened fire after the minbari approached with their gun ports open and disabled most of their systems with an invasive scan. Their own leader realized this was a stupid move. And even if the human ship was 1,000% in the wrong, that doesn't change the fact that the minbari were genocidal maniacs fighting to exterminate humanity till their religious mcguffin said human souls were holy. They were also petty, sore losers who were all to happy exterminating a technologically inferior species till one of them destroyed one of their ships in an unsporting manner. **ONE SHIP** in a war where the minbari were doing surprise attacks fleets that couldn't fight back, destroying every ship with practically no losses of their own and leaving no survivors. I want to reiterate that: The minbari warrior cast had a burning, seething hatred for Sheridan because he destroyed the only capital ship they lost in the entire war and they hated the religious caste for stopping their merry genocidal killing spree.

[@cshubs]

I was addicted to hokey pokey, but I turned myself around.

[@CommisarHood]

Slow clap

[@orkz7258]

Then you did it wrong, you were meant to turn yourself about, not around. Now you are facing the wrong direction.

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

wom wom wooom......

[@ianmoseley9910]

Originally Hokey Cokey, allegedly a skit on Catholic ceremonial during Mass

[@rickfalletta1979]

Was it a 12-step program?

[@Sleipmon]

His reaction to ring around the roses would be funny. "Their children sing happily about a plague?"

[@jmcenanly1]

The song was sung by the survivors

[@waltherppx6314]

That's ring around the rosie

[@hagamapama]

No, technically it's "ring around of roses."

[@DrownedInExile]

Centauri would probably find the ring around the rosie song quite charming.

[@XR171]

These Earthers, why do they all fall down with such Joy???

[@megatronsfury8048]

Londo is one of the most incredible characters of any TV show ever. His range of emotions, personality shifts, one liners etc. Incredible writing matched only by a career defining performance by the actor playing him. Glorious.

[@foxxygradius7858]

The Hokey Pokey is a ritual of solidarity. The simple motions, set to a beat and clearly defined by the song, make it easy for anyone to participate in contrast to other dances that you have to know before you start. The eponymous Hokey Pokey is the only part that is completely undefined, and this is for good reason; It serves as a moment where you break from the pack and do your own thing, before returning to the fold by 'turning yourself around'. This moment of individuality strengthens the group by affirming that it is made of many singular minds with their own perspective. So, that's what it's all about.

[@DaneInTheUS]

Don't tell Londo

[@dagwood00049]

Thank you Master Yoda.

[@MistahBryan]

Thanks for ruining it for us :)

[@DorianMichaelsIII]

The whole thing is funny as hell, but when *I* personally lost it was the sight of how Londo wags his finger when he says, "I have been studying it for *seven days*!"

[@pollall2793]

DorianMichaelsIII Centauri may see weeks and days as different. A week for them may be a month to us.

[@Patriotgal1]

@@pollall2793 No they use Earth Standard time.

[@pollall2793]

Patriotgal1 They say they use standard time, not earth days... I think, I may be wrong, but like I said, Centauri may use days and weeks differently.

[@SleepingPepper]

@@pollall2793 It is made obvious by the show that the station runs on earth military time. Though it is certainly possible that Londo only worries about that in regards to officially scheduled council meetings.

[@darrendi-lorenzo2622]

Especially when he loses it and shouts "IT DOES NOT MEAN A THING" 😂😂😂

[@fearmonkey]

This is one of the great things about B5, it had such great humor mixed in with its great tragedy,.

[@KyleRuggles]

Yes!! I love it! Re-watching it after first watching it as a kid. On this episode now. :)

[@raenfox]

Oh my god, after all these years, this scene still cracks me up.

[@AlexSDU]

I wonder what his expression would look like if he hear the London Bridge song. "They sing about a tragedy, for their children! In a happy tune!!"

[@donleonsroszavilla5734]

+AlexSDU Ever listen to the " Sound of Silence " ? The classic late 1970's or Disturbed.

[@ArcturusMinsk]

"Don't believe me? Ask the computer what 'ring around the rosy' means!"

[@lovipoekimo176]

Same goes for the Ring Around the Rosy and the "10 little Indians" songs.

[@Ranadinn]

Rock-a-by baby.

[@terraclaiborne2088]

He'd be nasty if he heard "Row, Row, Row your boat"!

[@ghfun1]

true story. I never heard about this song until I saw babylon 5 and then in our school we had one hour of dancing in the school gym and they played the song lol couldn't stop thinking of Londo when I danced it lol

[@PackerBronco]

Missing B5 scene: Morden: Ambassador Mollari, what do you want? Mollari: I want to know what this song means! "You put your left arm, you take your left arm out, you do the hokey pokey and you turn ..." Morden: Okay. Okay. BESIDES that? Mollari: I want my people to reclaim their rightful place in the galaxy. I want to see the Centauri stretch forth their hand again, and command the stars! ... AND I want to know what that song means! Morden: Sigh. I'll talk my associates ...

[@girlgarde]

Shadow escort 1: /to Morden/ I'm sorry but I have NO clue what that song means! Shadow escort 2: Me neither! It's a mystery even to us! Believe me, we've studied it in great detail and in Lorien's name, we can't figure out what it means! Shadow escort 3: /sighs/ You Humans puzzle even US at times..... /mentally pleased/ which makes your people all the more interesting....

[@crashcobalt92]

You think they could’ve defeated the Shadows that way? By making them look into this song until they went slowly insane and gave up?

[@PackerBronco]

@@crashcobalt92 Either that or tell them the secret of Swedish meatballs.

[@ingerrozen1044]

That would have drive Morden nuts

[@danielharvison7510]

@@crashcobalt92 A little scenario from Star Trek with some nutbag unsolvable maths puzzle comes to mind. The Hokey Pokey is a much more interesting stratagem though!

[@Nerdicronia]

It actually _does_ have meaning: It help the child to figure out "Oh this is my left foot, this is my right foot. Left hand, right hand. Front, back." It helps them to remember which major body part is what, and to remember what is right and what is left. There you go, Londo. Just helped it make a little more sense to you. :)

[@PackerBronco]

I wouldn't tell him that. The Centauri might start applying that song to their ... attributes.

[@Zeithri]

It's also a song about life if you analyze it more clearly. Meeting people, fumbling around in life, tumbling around in the bed, rinse repeat.

[@Nerdicronia]

@@Zeithri o.0 That seems to be giving it more meaning than it actually has.

[@Nerdicronia]

@@PackerBronco Just saw this...You're right, but it's a HUMAN song, so yeah, let's not get into that. 😂

[@julianbryantjb]

This song and Swedish meatballs is what Sinclair passed on to other races in sharing a part of earth when he went back in time. The Kiribati have that song too.

[@johnbanks4761]

i dont remember that..will have to rewatch

[@Revan2908]

A pretty good commentary on how weird we humans are lol

[@keyalpha1]

Yes, you are.

[@WarbirdPhoenix]

Minbari are adorable at times.

[@kimnice]

..and at times they try to genocide the whole human race

[@hagamapama]

That was partly our fault you know.

[@christosvoskresye]

@@hagamapama If you accept one excuse for some people being "partly responsible for their own genocide", you rationalize all genocides. In the final analysis, she was probably responsible for as many deaths as Londo.

[@ziggymcdougal]

@@christosvoskresye that is true but keep in mind the events leading up to Human Minbari first contact. Londo expressly warned humans against sending a cruiser to Minbari space. The generals responded with "hey we beat the dilgar, the Minbari shouldn't be too bad," and "The centauri are just trying to keep their monopoly on us." In the end, yes it was ultimately the Minbari and Delen's fault, but maybe sending in an unarmed transport to make first contact would have avoided the incident altogether.

[@saalkz.a.9715]

@@ziggymcdougal "...then send one ship, one ship only. Anything more could be perceived as a threat. And if that would happen they would never return home..." "Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you!" "I tried to help you, you refuse to listen..." "I only hope in your stumbling around you do not wake the dragon..."

[@krism8335]

Imagine someone teaching him about the song that doesn't end

[@Captainridiculousawesomesauce]

Lol! Holy cow I forgot about this scene! That is friggin AWESOME! I just love how Londo is mad as hell because he cannot figure out what the heck the song is. The best part is where is says he studied it for a week and even had a computer analyze it. Awesomesauce.

[@Aggedor1959]

One of the MANY scenes that made Babylon 5 great.

[@KyleRuggles]

YES!

[@starflame34]

Started watching this series again. Damn, I love this show and it's characters! Now imagine all the ambassadors watching Star Wars for the first time. XD

[@donleonsroszavilla5734]

+starflame34 Or Star Trek ?

[@Tounushi]

@@donleonsroszavilla5734 Or Stargate, for that matter.

[@williamfields7287]

Of all the Space Based Sci-fi shows, movies, and everything else, I have always considered the Shadow ships to be most Bad Ass of them all. I know that they are not invulnerable, but they are the closest to being the ultimate fighting machine.

[@jaylawson6264]

The hoky poky is the meaning of life Valin taught them our song

[@TheAussieBlue]

Why has the Hokey Pokey survived so long? Because it's simple, easy to remember, comes with a silly dance anyone can do, and is a great way to make children shut the hell up for five goddamn minutes.

[@williamfields7287]

I was just thinking of this scene earlier today so I decided to search for it and here it is. Thank you for posting it. One of these days I'm going to post some clips that I call "Ivanova Ism's" that are scattered throughout the series. She was great. "Sooner or later, BOOM"

[@xxlCortez]

Gotta love Londo's persistence to satiate his curiosity.

[@vguyver2]

Now that I think about it, I wonder how all the species would react to horror movies of our erra. "The sheep are eating people!? HOw did you domesticate such beasts!?"

[@akigreus9595]

It puts the Babylon 5 on the internet or it gets the White Star again.

[@johnbanks4761]

I love how upset Londo gets over this song, there are so many other songs he'd be even more furious about three blind mice, london bridge is falling down and it's raining , it's pouring...all dark songs that would freak out a kid if they actually listened to the lyrics.....IN 2019, im watching this again..Still cracks me up.."i've been studying it for 7 days..i had the computer analyze it..." HAHAHA 2022- watching it again......making my friday afternoon, brilliant..and Delenn advising her friend, "don't tell him" hahaha

[@donleonsroszavilla5734]

+john banks The " Classic Chieldren's Songs " are for De- sensitive children to the Unfairness in Life. Life is Crule, so best get use to the Fact.

[@turtlelover5988]

Why thank you for ruining my childhood

[@jmcenanly1]

To Londo, mother Goose would sound like Stephen King.

[@johnbanks4761]

Don't get me wrong, i love those old nursery rhymes..Just would really get on Londo's last nerve haha

[@Nerdicronia]

Actually, I think he would like those. They teach the children that Life isn't all rainbows and lollipops. It helps them to become a stronger individual, not so naive and 'soft'. I bet Centauri children's stories are even worse. :|

[@lafortya]

I like Delenn better with her original head here. Bald with the bone crown looks cool.

[@Thalanox]

Me too. I just started on Season 2 the other day, and I'm still adjusting to the changes.

[@0doublezero0]

What about the pilot episode? When she didn't have so much of the feminine features?

[@Thalanox]

I'm not a fan of the pilot episode's version. There are a bunch of things that changed from that episode, including concepts that were dropped. Dropping the androgyny of the minbari was a good decision, in my opinion.

[@Hibernicus1968]

Mira Furlan would doubtless have left the show had they continued with that makeup. It was simply too time consuming to put on, and then the actor couldn't hear because of the foam rubber prosthetic over their real ears. Bill Mumy had the same problem, but he admits in an interview that he only tolerated it because Lenier was a supporting character, and had far more limited screen time, so he could go days at a time without being needed on set. As a main character, it would have been a lot more demanding for Mira Furlan to put up with. Andreas Katsulas probably had it as bad, but fortunately for us, he endured it.

[@AreaLabMen]

It's a song that helps kids learn the parts of the body AND to help them tell their left from their right. Kind of like "Aloutte, gentile aloutte" in French.

[@Nerdicronia]

Exactly! For all of his supposed superior intelligence, he can't figure that out! The answer is IN THE LYRICS, for crying out loud. xD

[@mm06360]

Its like Swedish meatballs, the moment you find out the reason behind it, you will go mad. Or as Douglas Addams theorizes, it will be replaced by something even more strange.

[@williamfields7287]

I wonder if they serve Swedish Meatballs in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe ...

[@djokealtena2538]

Now imagine him being confronted by the effect of The Macarena or Bohemian Rhapsody

[@Tounushi]

Londo's an opera enthusiast, so he must expect music and songs to convey stories and messages, i.e. to mean something tangible. So of course he blue-screens after hearing a song that's simply meant to be fun.

[@bellgrand]

Dammit, now it's stuck in my head.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Was just rewatching xfiles and one episode has this song constantly and it reminded me of this Symmetry:-)

[@Demondragonkinggav]

Hokey pokey teaches hand eye coordination or am I wrong on that XD.

[@fingerboxes]

I feel like this is a very realistic depiction of what human/alien relations would be like. The song tells you it's "what it's all about" so logically, it's a good place to start examining human philosophy. It's taught to the youngest children so it's something that should be fundamental to forming their worldview. It's used as a communal bonding ritual among small children.

[@mwhyte1979]

Love how his voice raises in volume as he tells them that it makes no sense.

[@Demondragonkinggav]

also teaching them about left and right and parts of the body XD.

[@brav0wing]

"I had the computer analyse it!!!!" Now, that's freaking funny.

[@thebaccathatchews]

I"m following someone on twitter watching B5 for the first time, and she's making the argument that the Hokey Pokey is a metaphor for rebirth. She makes a convincing argument.

[@keyalpha1]

Londo, your new record from Earth has arrived. It's called The Disco Duck.

[@fffreddie]

It's spelled Hokey Pokey. Sheesh

[@farmerned6]

Hokey COKEY - if you ruddy colonists are going to keep using English, use it properly!!

[@CoyoteSeven]

@@farmerned6 Thine owne Englyshe hath much to be desyre'd.

[@Hyzentley]

Three aliens getting confused about an human children song - I love little scenes like that, they make these worlds somehow feel so much more real

[@Xerxes2005]

One of my favorite of this kind is after Garibaldi disappears and G'Kar and Zack Allan get in his room. G'Kar sees a Daffy Duck poster. G'KAR: I was studying this picture. Is that one of his Gods? ZACK: That's Daff... Well, uh... in a way, it is. Let's say it's the egyptian god of Frustration. G'KAR: Hahaha! Most appropriate!

[@ryszardnanke3860]

Did he ever heard AC/DC style parody of this song made by Jim Breuer ? That would give him a heart attack.

[@jointedlimb]

dont they have 3 hearts?

[@daverage4729]

Love how frustrated Londo gets...lol!

[@bradyvelvet9432]

Show him the Cooking by the Book remix featuring Lil Jon! 😂😂😂

[@crashcobalt92]

Anyone else wondering how he'll react to the Macarena song, or Mambo #5?

[@vguyver2]

"I recently learned The Duck Dance but it is also singing! So strange that humans want to dance like this little animal that nibbles people to death. There are 140 variations of the song and dance. BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!"

[@erikgrindsater6111]

thats "cats"...

[@vicsrealms]

Was just thinking about this and had to come look it up.

[@peskylisa]

I don't think I could ever listen to Hokey Pokey in the same way again! Love b5!

[@Sasuke81a]

I like to see a Vorlon try to dance in their countersuit.

[@Nerdicronia]

ENcounter suit. Had to; inner nerd wouldn't shaddap about it...It would be pretty funny to see if they can do it without falling over. Those things look bulky. xD Anyways, I think it would be even more amusing for a young human to be teaching Mollari about how the song works: Adolescent: "See, it helps us to figure out which is the left hand and foot, and which is the right hand and foot. Helps us to remember what the body part's name is too. So yeah, it does make sense, just not in the way you would think it does." Molllari: "Do you not have books for zat sort of ting?" Adolescent: "Yeah, but this is less boring." Mollari: "Ah, I see! So it is education put into a more entertaining form." Adolescent: "Pretty much. Just don't tell the smaller kids. You'll ruin it for them."

[@hermitthefrog53]

I used to be addicted to the Hokey Pokey. But I turned myself around!

[@cnault3244]

The only response to give Londo is "zooty zoot zoot".

[@avengermkii7872]

Peter Jurasik is just a great actor. His accent is literally a New York accent but over exaggerated.

[@grayswandir47]

I would think that the song would be like Swedish Meatballs. That every culture would have a song that they use to help their children learn left and right.

[@josie5165]

I remember seeing a theory where the origin of the "Hokey pokey" came from Ireland's criticism against the Catholic church. Mocking the priests that put one hand over something to bless it, take it out, wash their hands in holy water and sprinkle baptisms. Then turning away from the congregation to pray and turning back around. And then reading from the bible in latin which not many people could understand at the time. A lot of them would refer to the Catholic Church rituals as a bunch of "hocus pocus" or to avoid getting in trouble "hokey pokey". I could see them singing this this bars and kids picking it up.

[@dhunter1133]

"You think THAT'S bad? They have a song where a small primate chases a rodent around a fruit bush until the rodent suddenly, unexplainably explodes; 'Pop Goes the Weasel,' they call it. What kind of sick people are these humans?"

[@valer48]

IT MEANS NOTHING!

[@alexandermathieson4774]

wait until you find the hippy-hippy shake Londo ,

[@mad7206]

Comedy gold

[@bananielrush8602]

I died laughing when I first saw this because it’s so true. It means nothing

[@marifromky]

HOKEY POKEY

[@Ranadinn]

He doesn't get it because he has forgotten how to dance.

[@Cayladran]

This is the kind of stuff that would make meeting alien cultures incredible. Sure the exchange of science and beliefs or technology and history would be incredible, but it would be the empathizing responses of, what the shit is this silly thing!

[@Foebane72]

Alright, Londo, don't get yourself worked up over it.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

I wonder what he would say if he had to sit through a kindergarten class at recess.

[@lBabayLutiyl]

If he would try to understand Kalinka he will stuck for years =)))

[@mr.stargazer9835]

Its about life. Simple as that.

[@KoshVader]

It's a bit different to the one I've heard both in terms of lyrics and tune slightly.

[@irynatyshko9156]

+KoshVader Well, he's an alien, we could forgive him for some inaccuracy )

[@benjo_5]

... Or that's how the song evolved in two hundred years

[@londontrada]

I've always sang Hocky Cokey. have I seriously been singing it wrong my whole fucking life?

[@RogueDragon05]

It's Hocky Pokey in America and Hocky Cokey in some other places like Britian I think... so in short, yes you've been wrong your whole life cause you did'nt do it the American way! grins

[@smcneal057]

LOL!!!! I think that song would confuse any alien species.

[@drcarp7377]

Yes, but what if that is precisely what it's all about?......lol!

[@808INFantry11X]

Poor Londo one of the most logical people gets stuck trying to understand one the most illogical songs.

[@milan2c]

Instead of "I rather enjoyed the song" why couldn't he have said "Doesn't he understand?"

[@matthewbradley3395]

Hocky Pocky? Hokey Pokey.

[@stephengibbs8342]

"Hokey Pokey"

[@Boxghost102]

he has good rhythm

[@Avenger85438]

Cleary he didn't know what it was all about.

[@RobertEWaters]

Hokey pokey.

[@theJellyjoker]

What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?

[@happytravelling]

It's Hokey Pokey

[@jimbo3356]

I HAD THE COMPUTER ANALIZE IT!!!!!!

[@d.slattarra2934]

HOCKEY PUCKEY!

[@mgg4brentwood]

Please correct the title of this posting. It's "Hokey Pokey", not "Hocky Pocky".

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Pffft. It's actually the Hokey Cokey but we won't quibble..

[@bakusgf9161]

I watched that part... So funny!

[@louiseturner9811]

This is very funny.

[@animationfanatic2133]

7 days 😂

[@jarednil69]

HOKEY POKEY NOT "HOCKY POCKY" LOL😜

[@OpenMawProductions]

I really want to see just what the computer had to say.

[@taumpytears6999]

had the computer analyze it? shouldnt have installed windows 10

[@erikgrindsater6111]

well, 10 gets u further than vista at least...

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

He'll be like WTF!

[@PaiSAMSEN]

I only wonder what would Kosh think about it.

[@Hiraghm]

I wonder how many comments correct the spelling of "Hokey Pokey".

[@kuribayashi84]

Lol, we Humans are so random.

[@williamdaliege1016]

What would he have done with 'Surfin Bird'?

[@Tyracks]

He would have self-decapitated I suppose. I mean... Hokey Pokey compared to ummm ma-ma-ma mau and did you know the bird is a word? Huh.. my head feels a bit odd, come to think of it... Oh my...

[@LadyMizra]

how did he sing this without laughinh

[@rasnac]

In all these sci-fi shows, Eath culture means only American/western european culture, but if we look at it demographically it should be Chinese/Indian culture.

[@phgamer4393]

hah. not if the west has anything to say about that. lets see who gets to the stars first. :-p

[@TheBadboybrian]

Not as funny as trying to "kill insects" before they develop Language skills!! =D nOw thats funny! =D This... not so bad.

[@lBabayLutiyl]

Yeeeeeeeeeessssssssss

[@joevecchio6988]

Just don't tell him about the bird

[@jeffreycollins8634]

Hey, everybody knows that the bird is the word.

[@jessejauregui]

Is Fun a human concept?