it's a gas - alfred e neuman

it's from 1963 and it's vulgar and so funny if like burping sounds.
notice: i do not own any rights for the music or the image (or the burping).
enjoy...at your own risk!

[@ready4sea301]

I heard this so many times as a kid-you’d think I’d be over the novelty but I’m sitting here in my 60’s laughing just the same

[@cyndyatkins7461]

Hilarious. I remember playing it as a young kid. Absolutely howling with laughter in front of my parents. Good, clean fun. I still remember it after all of these years. So glad I found it on KZbin.

[@cherylg63]

We laughed very hard when we were kids too 😂😂😂

[@shenzhong2942]

this made you howl with laughter? you guys must’ve been easily impressed back in the 60s lol

[@jwh475ezc]

One of the funniest things that has ever been created imo. When I was a kid my friends and I howled in laughter, especially 1:40 - 1:42.

[@stephaniestolz9419]

My uncle, 8yrs older got it. My grandad heard the belching and told him not to play it around his mother, my grandma. A few years later, in algebra my teacher would put 2 problems on the blackboard. 2 of us, whoever solved their problem before the last blecher won! Understanding that this was early 70's and a prize of movie tickets, pop, and popcorn was cool. It's a gas.

[@General_X]

Anyone else remember this coming with an issue of the magazine? I think it was a cardboard record if I’m not mistaken lol

[@andreasjunge2144]

Yes, I do. I think I got it around 1994? Lost mine. Still hating that.

[@dagnabbit6187]

You sped it up to 78 and it sounded like a fart !

[@ernestitoe]

It was plastic and either it was tucked between pages or was a tear-out. I think the latter.

[@wndy59]

There's a stereo version of this, but this ain't it :(

[@halbie71]

Yes, I remember this from when one of my older brothers bought this issue in 1963. I was 10 years old at the time.

[@anthonycannatajr9482]

I remember my mom and her friend always saying, "It's a gas" or "it was a gas"! 1963 was a long time ago, thanks for the memory.

[@AmericanShia786]

King Curtis plays a nice Tenor Sax on this novelty record.

[@MonteMontgomery1]

Is that true? Also, who were the other players?

[@suzycreamchez123]

That makes it even more cool!

[@1960jack]

Love this song!!!! Brings me back to my teens in the early 70’s!!!

[@Houseitch]

Yes! I had to have it!

[@deannfleming3672]

I was in the 7th grade in 1975, when I first heard this! 😂

[@harponercam]

Absolutely HAD it. It was a back cover piece of cardboard in the Mad Magazine itself, and I had to tape it to the turntable to spin or it hung up on the needle and stayed in one place. I know every beat and belch f it, I was 9 or 10. Earrrrrrrrrrp? Don't worry, Think Pink! Pepto Bismol. Roger Kaputnik.

[@bobdebolt3321]

A kid brought it for show and tell when I was in grade three, the kids just roared with laughter. Try doing that today

[@davidtrousdale120]

This is an absolute classic!

[@barbaramoran8690]

In some cultures belching was a way to say Thank you for a good meal this song is a HOOT .I was about 14 when that issue of Mad came out I bought it .

[@brookcrowley4254]

In 1980, the song was re-recorded for the disco flexi-disc which accompanied a special disco edition of MAD magazine.

[@janelaitinen9433]

YES I DO!!! WE HAD IT!!! OMG I AM SO GLAD I FOUND THIS!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jejohn665]

It’s a Gas! Haven’t heard this since I was a kid listening to Dr. Demento!

[@will89687]

RIP MAD Magazine

[@Quanuck]

It's not dead, they just changed the name to the "New York Times"

[@yeremyche]

@@Quanuck xD

[@SuperSheeeeeit]

Weirdly, I still get one, every three months.

[@j.epstein7723]

@@SuperSheeeeeit subscribers still get it, they just dont sell them at retail and stuff.

[@dariowiter3078]

Good one, guy! 😂😂😂😂😂 👍👍👍👍👍

[@AB-kg4xo]

Ah, the memories ♡ Lol love it

[@duckpond-studio]

I listened to this constantly when I was a Kid, until my sister threw it out. My friends would LOL just talking about it. The best part is at 1:41 (triple consecutive burps) kills me! without a doubt the beast music ever recorder. What a Gas!

[@charlenemack7040]

People would actually send photos of their children who looked like Alfred E Newman to the magazine. They were very proud of this fact. And the photos actually did look maybe 90% like Alfred E Newman.

[@seanwatts8342]

Mad Magazine was the ORIGINAL alternative media.

[@raychung5213]

Yes, I had a copy when I was 11 years old that I played and played loudly so much that it upset my dad and he tore it up.

[@tashalynn29]

Lol

[@figment1988]

Principal Skinner: So, we meet again, Mad Magazine.

[@Knight14649]

I bought the album when it came out. I was about 11…. Every song was great… It warhead only song on the album where Alfred E. Neuman himself, was credited with the vocals..

[@charlenemack7040]

Two months ago I had a drum cover musician on KZbin drum to this song. Everybody thought it was funny.

[@Victor1930]

A favorite in the neighborhood where I grew up!

[@upsondownes7346]

The flexi was on Worst from Mad #9 (1966). I remember it was in the 5th grade a girl brought the record to school. She's a teacher in San Diego today. It's possible that they reused it as a bonus insert on other issues. Originally the song was on an entire album Bigtop Records produced in 1963.

[@paulnicolosi4792]

Yes. 1966

[@marie-caroline.moir2979]

Yes, and I’m pretty sure it was square, too, but perhaps I’m just remembering the page that you perforated to get a round 45 to pop out? My Pops had this and my big brother and I rocked out to it when we were little, before bed. The best was when you serendipitously needed to burp while the song was playing, and you could try to fit it into the song. My Pops is pretty rad, so he big-time encouraged this behavior. 😂

[@GestapoPussyRanch]

They just don't write music like this anymore.

[@mikefortier7081]

Gestapo Pussyranch I could see Ninja Sex Party writing something like this

[@maxdingotm]

for good reason

[@cigdamagelungs]

Lol

[@shannonburninhell8906]

Where. Is. Ur. Sence. Of. Humar ?"

[@pauljohnson3340]

@@shannonburninhell8906 *Where is your sense of humor?* Is that what you were trying to say?

[@ge0rgeharris218]

This was the start of the craziness of the sixties. I remember I was about 17 and when I bought this issue this was inside! It was good for a laugh and passing it around! Music was starting the psychedelic Era! And in 1968 I would find myself in the Marine Corps and on my way To Vietnam!

[@robdobrusin6733]

Still laughing more than 60 years later.

[@billmcallister2770]

My brother subscribed and I remember playing that record over and over.

[@downsb1972]

I still have mine!!

[@marie-caroline.moir2979]

Me, too! I had to battle an ex-boyfriend in The Octagon to get my Pops' 45's when he passed--tons of good stuff in there, but I have to admit that this record was the major draw.

[@lestiep7]

Oh yeah! My sister and brothers played that record until it was worn out!

[@larrylarry1]

Dick DeBartolo, MAD magazine writer, is the belcher on this recording. Classic! 👍

[@27GX76R]

I got it as the re-release cd. Still laughing

[@nathangates620]

heard this in the 70's as a kid and still love it now!!

[@brianbbad]

This is the song that plays in my head during my refractory period. Not sure why. Possibly the greatest record of all time.

[@ezroland]

Yes, THE greatest record of all time.

[@MiltonJenkins]

Now if they only had one for flatulence...

[@VinceHiggins-OTW]

I heard it off the original sheet vinyl that came in the magazine.

[@shannonburninhell8906]

I. Mean. We. All. Belch. Why. Not. Enjoy. It.

[@queyntelover]

Waste of a perfectly good fart!

[@irafutterman5557]

King Curtis on tenor sax!

[@airmojo]

I had this record & I assume the magazine that it came in... a very thin plastic/vinyl record... I think I had to tape it to the turntable so it would lie flat & play better... I would play it with my three younger brothers and we would howl with laughter... mainly because we always played it at a higher speed... I always wondered what happened to it... I suspect my mother through out all my Mad magazines and comic books at some point... I wish I was smarter back then & saved all my cool stuff in a safe place !

[@onlythebiggesthitsoneleano8461]

1:41 when I’m trying to make the kids laugh

[@dannygaines1352]

I do. Bought it...parents hated it!!!

[@andregregoriev-bacha6076]

I musta been 9 when 1st heard this tune came in the magazine... I'd add farts 😅

[@lilyflower4962]

The best gift ever from the center of a Mad Magazine!

[@marvin7114]

this music it's so creepy

[@kevinpyle8425]

Yes. It was a "blow in" as they're called in the trade. He also did "I Love Her ( Because She's Me Watch Her Mom & Pop Fight)". BTW - In Sweden, the magazine was called "Gas".

[@marksky5326]

I remember listening to the song listening to the doctor demento show.

[@jarniwoop]

I remember when this came out and a 6th grade classmate brought this to school to play in Mrs. Harberson' class. She stopped it after a few seconds.

[@truesanta4818]

It was included in an issue of Mad. It was square.

[@kangadillo]

The one at :41 sounds like a question.

[@TheGamecock366]

I remember hearing this on the Dr. Demento show

[@dariowiter3078]

Me too, back in the early '80s. 😁

[@johndorcic4488]

The voice of our generation. Blowin’ In The Wind indeed.

[@k.o.8769]

there must've been a reissue... i was born in '62, but remember pulling it out of the mag as a kid......so late 60's or 70's was a reissue.... ;D

[@frankconti6591]

This is a true gem !!!🎉😂 #AlsoOnTheLp

[@bobmazzulli1970]

You gotta love this!!!

[@louiswalsh1647]

I Love MAD magazine

[@wrem9706]

This is also on the Bigtop album 12-1306 "Fink Along With MAD".

[@Musicradio77Network]

Yep! It was the second and last album on the BigTop label. The first one was “MAD Twists Rock & Roll”.

[@peterwelch114]

OMG😂 about 3 months ago for no particular reason I thought about the record! I’m 72 years old now. I googled it and couldn’t believe it was there!! I played it of course and cracked up all over again! In this day and age, they’d probably allow farting!!

[@aaronmorag9173]

glad you liked it. enjoy

[@andrewvelonis5940]

I wonder if the Mad Magazine people wanted to have flatulence rather than eructation, but couldn't get away with it.

[@michaelmallette2835]

The lyrics are amazing

[@arvantis]

This came out in 1963. They ("The Bunch of Usual Idiots") created another classic ( same "format") called:. "She Got A Nose Job" ( Now She's the Prettiest Girl in Town). It had to be played @ 33 1/3 RPM, even though it was the size of a 45. I got in trouble because I would (gently?) force the arm on our Magnavox stereo "over" to play it. My Dad was pissed!!! He (my Dad) hated it. I went to summer camp with a kid that could burb "on command". I was so jealous. I acquired that "skill", when I "grew up"? If my kids would have brought this home, I would have sang / burped right along with it!!!!

[@Musicradio77Network]

I got this record yesterday, and played it on my GE Wildcat and the needle skipped like hell, because it was a cardboard record. I tried it on my Victrola all-in-one stereo system and it plays fine, but it shuts off automatically right in the middle of a song, that sucks!

[@shelleysiragusa6729]

Yes, it was a 45 and square! We loved it!

[@tituslawoffice4778]

There is an updated version of this, from about 1980, boogie style.

[@k.o.8769]

i was wonderin.. i had this, but but was only 1 in '63, i wondered if they'd done a reissue...

[@makocaballerohijodelbanqui6435]

Smells like mcdonalds

[@Brians7474-se6qv]

I had the album that this song was featured on.

[@jamesunderwood904]

I challenge "Weird Al" Yankovic to do his own variation, replacing the burps with farts and spruce it up at the end like in the song "Tequila" but shout out " Beano "

[@ummagowa]

When I got this Mad Magazine it was a thin black plastic record within the pages.. It was square but the cut was, of course, round out to the borders. I forget what speed it was to be played. I forgot the year as well. Anyone remember?

[@andrewvelonis5940]

That's the way I remember it too.

[@michaelmikolissargalis6542]

This is a first; in my lifetime, that a record was inserted in a magazine and didn't raise the price as far as I could remember. $0.25 Cheap. They had stickers, funny labels, and other things added now and then. What a crew of people they had contributing to all of that nonscience going on. I wonder if they ever had a scratch and sniff issue? Mad is still going strong after all of these years. How ridiculous is that? What Me, Worry?

[@StMikey]

This was "covered" by a sassy, obese woman on "The Gong Show" back in the 70s. Judge Elke Sommers' reaction to the first atomic belch was priceless. I don't know if KZbin has the clip somewhere or not.

[@blondedbythelight703]

It's Smug Doug. Duh!

[@albear972]

If (h)itler were alive at that time,and being a n early rock n' roll fan that would have been his favorite song. It's a gas!

[@sidguill]

I had this I wish now I still did.

[@billbrovold]

One of those songs that as a kid, I got the lyrics!

[@gregorylammers8024]

Never heard this mouth-farting li'l ditty!

[@DateTwoRelate]

I thought this was incredibly hilarious. As a 5-year-old.

[@rebeccarodrigues2540]

Mom told me about this song. I think it's so funny in kind of an innocent way.

[@yowzephyr]

Yeah, I remember this well. I was a kid. I bought a copy of MAD Magazine and a paper like record was in there. So of course I took it out and played it. Did the guy yell "It's a gas!" only once? I remember him saying it several times. Maybe memory plays tricks. But I think you don't have the entire recording here. I guess you felt it was too long? Anyway it's a gas hearing it again!

[@andrewvelonis5940]

No, he only yelled it once.

[@yowzephyr]

@@andrewvelonis5940 Okay, I believe you. It is best just to say it once.

[@giltracy505]

Wow what a gas!

[@grantwood9080]

Hilarious!

[@wwilentz]

Talk about your glottal attack!

[@famat161]

Yes. But can you dance to it.

[@dennisxyz5784]

No farting?

[@charlessentenat1250]

Still waiting for the cover.

[@taylordiclemente5163]

What a sad contrast between the juvenile humor of the boomers and the Discord (that's a chat app) humor of the zoomers...

[@ericdavis101]

Nice sax solo! Urrrrpppp!

[@screwyootube1]

Don’t forget to STAY DE-MENTED!!!

[@kennyscott1089]

I’ve still got this somewhere

[@richardg9638]

did this record come in the magazine? on cardboard?

[@wangdangdoodie]

Rory Stewart

[@rotorblade9508]

I don’t remember seeing something creepier than this. What could be more horrendous? A monkey, a pig, a spider, a crocodile? No these are natural lifeforms we have got used to them for millions of years but this drawing is deformed in the ugliest possible manner even if it doesn’t look aggressive

[@David-tw2vx]

Do believe that's King Curtis on sax there...

[@crimsonwolf9099]

Ah, how refreshing! They just don't know how to make music any more.

[@jacintoguevara2692]

Cool, starts with a Farfisa organ.

[@gearysheridan2688]

🌷 Hare Kṛṣṇa 🌷

[@shannonburninhell8906]

Very. Funny

[@shannonburninhell8906]

😂😀😄😂😂😁

[@leandrodfcorreia2]

This is a work of art. Did the disc come with an extra song on the other side?

[@rushglick7513]

No.

[@russraman]

@@rushglick7513 No, the 45 disc was a thin piece of red plastic bound-into the magazine and perforated so that it could be torn out in order to play on your "Victrola"...

[@grantwood9080]

Americana!

[@ttott0013]

Found it on paper

[@आहिंदगर्ल]

MAD

[@aljustal6554]

This was gastronomically covered by Los Straitjackets in 2018, which you can hear here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iauxaKNpl5Jjopo