Jonathan Coulton - Christmas Is Interesting

[@ladyfuchsia]

Awesome! It's brilliant to see Paul and Storm with Jonathan Coulton live - especially since I've never seen it in the flesh! Thanks for uploading. :)

[@legolug]

Quite possibly the best Christmas song out there.

[@drippingyellowmadnes]

Way to go with the tropes reference! Christmas is definitely interesting, but it's still one of my favorite times of the year.

[@Masterkavi]

Great song to sing around the Christmas tree...

[@charlesns]

It's from the animated TV show "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" about one of the items on the Island of Misfit Toys - along with the elf who wants to be a dentist and a train with square wheels (also mentioned in the song) there is a squirt gun that only shoots jam.

[@Canadaman000]

lynch + coulton + weird al = puts laughter into life

[@Ramorek]

So fucking love jonathan coulton!!

[@TotzthePlaid]

It's a reference to the Rankin-Bass "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Herbie's an Elf who'd rather be a dentist, and both the square-wheeled train and jam-shooting squirtgun are residents of the Island of Misfit Toys.

[@bubamaramama]

Actually the wife recieves hair combs; not the kind to comb with, the kind you put in the hair to decorate and hold it. Love that story.

[@p0nette]

i don't understand all the reference, but i love this song :D

[@charlesns]

I don't get the wig on a chain reference - I'm assuming the reference to the watch and the hair brush are about "The Gift of the Magi", where the husband sells his watch to buy combs for his wife's beautiful hair, which she has sold to buy a fine change for his watch, but I don't get the wig on a chain bit.

[@yacanman11]

I do believe I am the 38,000th viewer... interesting..

[@BeckyRoo100]

'like a stick in your eye' Hilarious!

[@icouldntthnkofaname]

whats the jesus part amean about a squirt gun that only shoots jam?

[@timhulsey]

You got the reference: In "Gift of the Magi" the wife sells her hair to a wig-maker.

[@KenTelevision]

I know I know can't you see citizen Kane singing the chorus, LOL!

[@isaiahtech]

darkriftwalker, you might be reading into them a bit much. He was making a song every weak and while funny and well written, there probably was not a ridiculous amount of metaphorical thought put into it.

[@Rafeki97]

i think it refers to disappointment

[@mikeandrewp]

Rosebud!

[@brodieboy255]

And stigmata

[@TotzthePlaid]

Nahh. Weird Al is still the Weird Al. JoCo doesn't do song parodies, and that's the majority of Yankovic's fame. I'd say that JoCo is more the new TMBG/BnL with their mix of quirky and deeply emotional songs.

[@JtheEpic]

@Canadaman000 Lynch+Coulton+Minchin*

[@jlopp22]

You know, there was some lady laughing when he said that...

[@88fuzz]

JoCo > Weird Al