ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Timothy" by The Buoys

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

"We need to come up with a premise that's really controversial." "I have a modest proposal...."

[@waynechapman9823]

I always enjoy a good joke at Jonathan Swift's expense. The guy was such a yahoo!

[@GriffinPilgrim]

Now that's a cultured reference!

[@charlieparker5346]

@@waynechapman9823 This makes it sound like you think Swift was serious about the cannibalism, just so you know. You might want to elaborate so people don't think you don't get satire

[@morganrobinson8042]

@@charlieparker5346 Irony has layers man.

[@waynechapman9823]

@@charlieparker5346 Oh, I know it was meant to be satire. I'm just riffing on it. The guy was brilliant, and I'm not the one who decided "Gulliver's Travels" was just for kids. That seriously undervalued his worth as a satirist!

[@Doctor4077]

"Timothy was so lacking in taste...and to be clear I mean the song was lacking, Timothy was probably delicious." Oh Todd. Never change.

[@becauseimafan]

I cackled at that bit 😂

[@Kayjai97]

I lost it there, that was great

[@604116]

Todd must have recently watched the movie A Boy and His Dog

[@Nougatbars]

Mom wondered if I was OK, because that made me cackle like a hyena.

[@gamerguy425]

man I need to watch the video before checking the comments more because y'all SPOILED the joke for me. no literally.

[@sirhenrymf]

That whole Liz Phair episode was worth it just to bring back the “coladas, that is” joke.

[@lenah9027]

that liz phair episode was fantastic in general

[@sirhenrymf]

@@lenah9027 yeah, it’s one of the best. Honestly every single Trainwreckords is a gem.

[@TransSappho]

I could fucking hear the smile on his face when he said it

[@bullmonty764]

Personally I found that one really hard to get through. Same with the Lauryn Hill episode

[@roguishpaladin]

I'm glad it paid off, and I hope it means we get more Rupert Holmes on the show in the future.

[@ToddintheShadows]

More evidence for Rupert Holmes being a filthy, filthy liar: I could not find any evidence of any connection between Andy Kim, "Sixteen Tons," and Rupert Holmes/Scepter Records. So take his story here with a grain of salt. (Timothy himself needs no salt.)

[@baron_von_brunk]

By the way, I was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, and both of my parents are Baby Boomers: I never once heard of The Buoys nor Dakota in my entire life.

[@burningcloudbeats4186]

Thanks Todd!

[@ThePynnacle]

His son here. I can get you some actual proof. And my dad is the cleanest guy you'll ever meet. Also, funny you mention the Partridge family, Rupert did songs for them too.

[@ReprobateMind]

@@ThePynnacle asking to fact check another comment do you have a brother called Timothy? And was he named after the song?

[@knightwing5169]

The "sounds like a recipe" remark makes me think he's at least partially trolling us.

[@neugey]

So now I'm hearing "If you like pina coladas, and getting caught in a cave"

[@alisaurus4224]

I am CACKLING

[@roguishpaladin]

"If you're not into living, and can spare half a brain"

[@nathanalbright]

If you like eating ribs at midnight in a dark coalmine vein....

[@stormwatcher1299]

Then you just might be Timothy, and you're gonna be slain *cue the guitar solo*

[@calumbishop7082]

Still a more tasteful reference than ‘Funstyle’ (Side note: two videos in a row that reference pina coladas in some form)

[@averagebritishguy7082]

Fun fact: Rupert Holmes had a son named Timothy. There's no info if he was born before or after this song came out, and I can't tell which would be worse.

[@alisaurus4224]

His son Nick is in the comments here so maybe you could find out

[@josephtelegen8754]

I am going to be thinking about which would be worse for a year now.

[@yerdasellsavon9232]

All three

[@synchronizedelbow5702]

And thus, the phrase " Bun in the oven" was popularized.

[@TimBurVlogs]

Rupert has been on Gilbert Gottfried’s podcast a hundred times but this song had never come up! Or at least I don’t think it has.

[@SamAronow]

My respect for Rupert Holmes has just increased exponentially.

[@ThePynnacle]

Thank you. My appreciation for you has increased exponentially.

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

You're that guy that commented on one of JJ McCullough's videos! And I think he mentioned you in one of his videos too.

[@xww6849]

I mean... the Edwin Drood music slaps

[@ThePynnacle]

@@xww6849 you’re damn right. Also he’s got some pretty damn good songs that are only popular in The Philippines and Japan. He hates escape with a burning passion. He said it’s the one song he put the least amount of effort into ever.

[@ThePynnacle]

@Joshua EdwinRoehl kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJTNp4KLbJ11iJY

[@JamoboBorg]

I kinda like the little violin chirps that come after they sing Timothy, it's kind of like the narrator having a pang of guilt every time they have to mention that name and bring back those memories.

[@squigg7107]

Oh, I like your theory.

[@ItsSomeDeadGuy]

Agreed!

[@mrmusickhimself]

I imagine thats the sound Timothy's bones made when they cut through them.

[@billyweed835]

Or the violins are meant to be like Timothy, screaming for help as he's killed.

[@Demiglitch]

I get it thematically, but it sounds like shit and it makes me not want to hear the song again.

[@JoshuaFagan]

I don't know why, but the fact that the production on the song is pure 70s cheese just makes the actual content that much darker in contrast.

[@murciadoxial8056]

Let me make it darker, the narrator got so traumatized by the experience that he blocked it from his memory.

[@Vaderi300]

Don't listen to Irish Folk music then :P

[@mrglibb]

@@Vaderi300 Irish folk music is an absolute gold mine for this kind of dark shit. Quite a bit of it in the indie scene too, and Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave recorded one my mum always loved called 'Where the Wild Roses Grow' for the album 'Murder Ballads', which has a bunch of them.

[@danielflanard8274]

@@mrglibb Appreciate the heads up. Always on the lookout for obscure and/or underrated songs that are perfect for Halloween. The first half of the 20th century had some doozies.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@murciadoxial8056 Huh? "Let me make it darker." 😒Really?

[@billkelly1197]

Billl Kelly (lead singer) thanks for the coverage!!Good job!

[@Ervalo]

Pretty cool that you replied in a kind way to this video mr Kelly. Greetings from the Netherlands where you are the singer of a golden oldie.

[@Rfk1966]

Dakota was a good band who just needed that one breakthrough song

[@julieporter7805]

Thank you for singing us a strange, bizarre, surprisingly catchy and memorable, but mostly nauseating song. ❤ If it's any consolation, I think "Give Up Your Guns" is way better..

[@tegantalks9612]

Todd: most of the people I cover on this show are too big and important to notice me. Al’s Todd: gets noticed by Halsey and 2 different one hit wonderland artists.

[@herison7554]

10/10 callback to peñis colada from the Liz Phair trainwreckord ep

[@iarefalcon8070]

The fact that Todd’s show has “early years” new subs might not know about fills me with such a strange feeling.

[@robbybevard8034]

Well, he HAS been doing it for 11 years now...

[@Vitorio582]

I found his channel last year (with a One Hit Wonderland episode even) but I started watching his videos non stop in that day and in about a week or so I was already familiar with his content

[@sanityisrelative]

@@robbybevard8034 why do you have to say it like that?

[@neverhowever3231]

idk i feel like most of his new subs probably watched some of the backload, i found him a year or two ago and i’ve definitely seen the majority of his videos

[@multismashify]

11 years...I've been on this ride for 11 years...Wow.

[@theuselessmember]

Never heard of this song, but omg, when Todd said they were stuck in a mine and it’s about one dude, I could totally see what the song is about a mile away.

[@richardgadberry8398]

This song CLEARLY inspired the movie "Ravenous"

[@mitkitty]

Yeah, as soon as he said that i went 'oh no'

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

I honestly thought they were just gonna rip off "Big, Bad John" and have Timothy be the hero. That took a turn I wasn't expecting.

[@cocolime6496]

@@richardgadberry8398 I was thinking of the game Until Dawn

[@rubywest5166]

I just saw the thumbnail and understood it

[@leftofthedial1378]

Ah yes, the ever-so rare 2-hit wonder: Rupert Holmes. Imagine how great it'd be if he combined the two hits into “If you like people carnitas.”

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

He actually had THREE hits; his third hit was called “Answering Machine.”

[@inaccurateprophecy8971]

@@QueenOfTheNorth65 I thought that one was called So Sick

[@Malkmusianful]

how about "if you like peñis coladas"

[@hiimemily]

I nearly choked on my laughter at "people carnitas", holy shit.

[@iSkully99]

If you like timothy

[@ashleyneku5432]

I might be wrong, but I feel like the darkest part is the implication that they didn't just eat him, but also kill him. They didn't wait to see who would die first and eat them, no. They conspired together to kill and eat the outlier while they still had the strength to do it.

[@phastinemoon]

If poor Timothy was lucky. The other horrible implication is that they ate him ALIVE AND CONSCIOUS.

[@wobedraggled]

Strings are clearly saying "help me"

[@8bitdiedie]

It reminds me of the high-pitched, screechy violins you hear in horror movies (eg. Psycho) so it matches the lyrics really well.

[@Panthersoup]

When Todd started explaining the premise of the song I immediately said "do they eat Timothy?!" to myself and kept muttering "please eat Timothy" under my breath until the "for just...a piece...of meat" line and I cheered in triumph

[@cremetangerine82]

@@Tornado1994 Goddamn, that’s dark! Now I can’t stop laughing.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Reminds me of Excitable Boy.

[@imagiguard]

i thought the same thing, but my exact thoughts were “…i know where this is going… mmm mmm human flesh”

[@erikdaniels0n]

“BOO, GO BACK TO EATING PEOPLE!”- Toddintheshadows, 2020

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

They are playing cannibalism song woo hoo.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Here is my take on Shirley Temple where she was going to eat you like “Timothy”. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKKlm6WdftGaj7c

[@Musicradio77Network]

And then, Erika Dawson of the Dawson Gals eats you up like “Timothy” in a song. Got that? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn_aepx8jsl1bq8

[@SemperErato]

"pranked a creepypasta onto the radio" made my whole day

[@katwil89]

That little violin chirp after "Timothy" is really creepy for some reason.

[@XPrinceOfDorknessX]

It makes me think of the knife music sting from Psycho

[@Santoryu90]

I like it

[@seanrosenau2088]

A 'pang' of guilt. A nervous 'twitch'.

[@WobblesandBean]

To me it's the scream of Timothy here as he gets eaten alive

[@XenRiddle]

It might be the canary in the coal mine.

[@quadling3521]

The irony of the title of escape: the pina colada song is we can never truly escape the pina colada song.

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

Or the mine

[@hedgehogsonic11]

Escape (the piña colada song) isn't a title it's a command

[@roguishpaladin]

Do YOU like pingas coladas?

[@ShadowSorel]

neither could timothy

[@galleryofrogues]

I like that song tho

[@louiscallahan3720]

I see that Liz Phair joke, Todd. I SEE IT

[@likecrazyhorse]

The Doordash ad I got halfway through hit different this time

[@cyanmanta]

TIMOTHY is on the way with your DoorDash order. Enjoy!

[@TheInfernalOnionz]

😆😆

[@bullet4myex187]

I got incogmeato after he said they’re playing the cannibal song lmao

[@patrickracer43]

@@cyanmanta more like: "Doordash is on the way with your order, Timothy"

[@emberkeelty4689]

Told my friend "I can't believe this is the backstory of the pina colada man" and she got confused for a minute about what I meant, and now we have decided that it is in fact the same character narrating both songs. He likes getting drunk and washing away his sins, isn't into meditative/mindfulness exercises... How can he be open with his wife when he can't even be open with himself??? (It's okay, she probably killed someone too.)

[@cartoonjoe]

Yeah....*him*.

[@Champiness]

If you like eating coworkers Getting caught in a mine

[@HedgieDaUmbrehog]

@@Champiness if you think the flesh of your coworker Would go great with red wine

[@DestinyKiller]

This comment thread is the best hands down

[@dyldragon1]

Well now that they're communicating again maybe they've got one more thing to bond over

[@Landibert]

I actually kinda like this song and the "chirping" that comes on when they say Timothy.

[@RobinTheBot]

I think it's pretty funny honestly.

[@miriamscuderi4680]

I interpreted as the chirping of a canary, since they are in a mine, but maybe I am overthinking this...

[@neophobicnyctophile8264]

The arrangement I always heard was simplified to a C/Am, G, F progression that omitted the chirping strings in the chorus, so I find them kind of jarring, actually 🤣

[@neophobicnyctophile8264]

And it usually ended with, “... and she’s buying a stairway.... “To heaven...”

[@silvertamagachi]

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I also liked that 2 seconds of that Dakota's song too (though having looked the rest of it up, it's pretty boring besides that great chorus). I think I just like cheesy 70s-80s songs with kinda whiny male vocals. I'm okay with learning this about myself.

[@casketbase7750]

Todd: “You could’ve eaten Timothy. You could’ve *been* Timothy! This is really dark. He is in agony!” Midroll ad: “Eat at Applebee’s.”

[@samstuff8554]

The good news is that we found Timothy he’s at Applebee’s the bad news is that he’s the miners special

[@antibishonen]

Eating there ironically is fun!

[@nathanalbright]

Mmmm, ribs....

[@rocketgrunthyunho]

I got an ad about smart water

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Applebees! Applebees! Why on earth did we gooooo?

[@HollowGolem]

I can't believe there was no mention of the Streisand effect being intentionally invoked by the guy who would eventually go on to _write songs performed by Streisand!_ It's gold.

[@qty1315]

Every band was doing that at the time. It was the age of Alice Cooper, lots of bands were trying to make the next controversial hit. Look at what Kiss was doing before Destroyer, tons of weird sex lyrics in an effort to get controversy. Deuce was about a blowjob, and when that didn't work they doubled down with Going Blind. "I'm 93 and you're 16."

[@mimkyodar]

Its not really the Streisand Effect though.

[@dgh8220]

I work at an underground mine, I am going to spread the word of Timothy to all that I work with. This will become our anthem. Thank you Todd.

[@cremetangerine82]

Hopefully, you don’t get fired… or eaten.

[@seanrosenau2088]

This song or Big John

[@artistwithouttalent]

Personally I prefer Sixteen Tons, but I can imagine that getting more played out than Kenny Loggins at Naval Air Station Miramar.

[@Logitah]

Next on "How to freak out your boss"... XD

[@ThePynnacle]

You should thank Rupert.

[@piwright42]

"They ate him!" Raw. "They ate Timothy!" Raw. They most likely had nothing to make a fire with and in most mine collapses air is a precious commodity... so yeah, they most likely ate old Jimbo raw.

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

Unless they opened the abdominal cavity or he had HepB his raw meat was probably safe to eat. But also, any meat is safer than starving

[@TwighlightLugia]

Maybe it was a salt mine, so that they could've at least seasoned him.

[@chrismulwee4911]

They could have died from eating raw uncooked Timothy, surprised they didn't, or maybe they did sometime after the song!

[@yelloweyeball]

"God, what did we do?" has to be one of the unintentionally funniest lyrics ever written. Sounds like something a mad scientist would say in a bad 50's scifi B movie.

[@seanrosenau2088]

MY GOD MAN, YOU'RE MAD!!

[@Jury4318]

"Todd, What did we do!?" lol

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@Jury4318 😒

[@tdarkhorse4]

i can practically hear the mst3k guys making fun of the line.

[@Demiglitch]

YOURE A NUT! CRAZY IN THE COCONUT!

[@bullet4myex187]

Holy shit lmfao I can’t stop laughing. Todd yelled “they’re playing the cannibal song woooo!” And immediately an add for incogmeato came on

[@alisaurus4224]

Incogmeato is a great pun tbf

[@emmal7510]

"Hey, a new Todd in Shadows. Let me just start this playing while I fix myself a late night snack." Chalk that up under things I have regretted saying this year.

[@StuartLynx]

Right below "It'd be cool if some shit happened so I don't have to go to class"...

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Joe had a late night snack too.

[@amandas2639]

My mom has said she and her friends in school were so scandalized by this song, and she's been convinced ever since that Timothy was actually a chicken. I can't wait to ruin her day with this new knowledge. Thanks, Todd!

[@RobertJRoman]

She's making a dark joke. Watch the last episode of MASH.

[@revjim123]

Mmmm, mine chicken!

[@bryede]

I'm sure Timothy's just one more thing that tastes like chicken.

[@JellyBabie1984]

@@RobertJRoman That is exactly what I thought as soon as I read it lol.

[@rubberwoody]

the fact that he "felt so full" when he was resuced probably meant that he didnt have to kill timothy if they just held out one more day. kinda spooky

[@anothermoonmission7042]

Maybe it's just because I was raised on The Decemberists, but I would love to hear an acoustic folksy cover of this song that leans into the horror. However, I also love the creeping realisation of what this very shiny upbeat song is ACTUALLY about because I had never heard of it before now and I do feel a little bit ill.

[@psychotophatcat]

The Violent Femmes would've made this incredible. They did "Country Death Song," so why not "Timothy"?

[@celestem4069]

I really want to hear the Decemberists cover this song.

[@dilificus]

I can see my future. Six months from now, I'll find myself singing "Timothy... Timothy..." and I won't be able to figure out where the hell I heard that song or what it is.

[@MixMasterLar]

Been six months, how's it going?

[@Hawkster52]

I unironically love the fact that there was a top hit about cannibalism. That is amazing.

[@tinysodacans]

As someone who loves morbid humor, everything about this gives me life.

[@fangsabre]

If you havent already, check out The Misfits

[@209clayton]

im not alone in thinking this

[@RoguSpanish]

You might like Infant Annihilator then. Or, is that a little too far on the "morbid" side?

[@TearfulMoon]

Is it weird that I don't see anything particularly wrong with this song? Probably too many episodes of ask a mortician.

[@toetotipthatsabart5048]

I’m surprised this isn’t a legendary song for how gruesome it is. There’s something haunting about the tension building as we realize what happened to Timothy. If modern rock bands covered it, it would sound immaculate.

[@sweesbees]

The whole “Timothy was based on a true story” thing honestly kind of seems like the rumour that an episode of Invader Zim influenced a murderer to steal organs. It may possibly be true, but honestly it doesn’t really benefit anyone if it turns out it is true.

[@amphioxusanniversary]

Tbh, there are probably enough mining disasters where the number of miners rescued is fewer than the number of miners trapped for it not to be much of an issue. Quoth: "Stealing from one is plagiarism; stealing from many is research"

[@fermintenava5911]

I guess all those creepypastas had to get their ideas *somewhere*

[@stormwatcher1299]

I was waiting for Todd to finish that up with "......and his name actually was Timothy."

[@Borninxixax]

The Invader Zim thing is actually true. Dude cited it as part of his motivation at the trial

[@DestinyKiller]

I wouldn't be surprised if the original story got him thinking and with as many mining accidents have happened? It most likely has happened before

[@mrsmatsushima]

"Timothy- the miner that eats like a meal!" I.. immediately got an Applebee's commercial after he said this...

[@multismashify]

Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood.

[@almightycinder]

I got a vegan chicken nugget commercial.

[@MH_0015]

I got Grubhub

[@ToasterBrain51702]

i got doordash

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

I'm just imagining a crossover commercial jingle of the two now. TIMOTHY! *Violin chirp* APPLEBEE'S! *Violin Chirp*.

[@AaronAnaya]

It’s hilarious that this song’s B-side is called It Feels So Good.

[@patchchrist]

I actually like the B-side better. It's a good blue-eyed soul song, but weird choice for a B-side tho.

[@AaronAnaya]

@@patchchrist I’ll have to check it out then.

[@calebhernandez681]

Timothy was evidently high in fiber.

[@makinapacal]

@Richard Trischka You forgot "It Tastes so Good!"

[@Johnsrocknvinyl77]

The whole albums pretty good I own it on vinyl

[@mabryperry1829]

For some reason, when I saw the title, I thought of the Bad Lip Reading of Hunger Games where Katniss says "The police ate Timothy!" I had no idea how right on I was.

[@chuckbatmangaming]

I wonder if they were referencing this song

[@michaelcebulski4916]

OK, right at the point that Todd says "Timothy: the miner that eat's like a meal!" a Kwik Trip commercial pops up with a fried chicken ad. No words in this ad at all, just background music and a seductive plate of fried Timothy...I mean chicken! CHICKEN!

[@kkskilletfan66]

For some reason the absurdity of the song along with both Todd’s comments and the stick figure animation has me laughing so hard that I’m crying.

[@CustardCream515]

The virgin Buoys: yeah lets pretend we didn't know about that mining disaster The chad Beegees: yeah man lets name our first hit after a mining disaster

[@thomasball5432]

A fictional mining disaster, there was no disaster in NY in 1941. Apparently it was inspired by the Aberfan disaster in 1966, although that bears little resemblance to the disaster depicted in the song.

[@roguishpaladin]

Hey, disasters actually do well in the 70s. There's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot, of course. Harry Chapin had several - the surreal "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" and the serious "Sniper" notable among them. The 70s liked story songs, and disasters make good stories.

[@EternalYorkieMom]

@@roguishpaladin Danceband on the Titanic and The Rock are my two favorites of Harry Chapin’s macabre story songs

[@SailorMaxie]

@@thomasball5432 r/whoosh

[@artistwithouttalent]

Staying Alive was about a mining accident?

[@ofanichan]

"They're playing the cannibal song!!! WOOOOOH" this is the most excited I've ever seen Todd lmfao

[@BrandonA1]

Todd covering a song I had never heard of for OHW. This is what I live for

[@ECL28E]

@Cat Egorical Yeah. It opens up old neuron paths I forgot I had when I hear these

[@embunchofnumbers]

Same

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

A lot of songs I have put in my internal playlist I got from Todd: >"Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown >"Hyperactive" by Tomas Dobly ">Could've Been Me" by Billy Ray Cyrus >"Convoy" by C.W. McCall (to be fair, I mean the movie version-the pop version still sucks) >"In a Gabba da Vida" by Iron Butterfly >"Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Riders (Yeah, I know, but I didn't grow up with 80's music, so I have a lot of holes in that scene) >"Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba (Same goes for a lot of 90's music) >"Just a Friend" by Biz Markie >"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr And now I might seek this out.

[@avosmash2121]

Honestly I love enjoying obscure things I dont know of as much as the memorable 1 hit wonders cos often as not, they have just as interesting a story and discography to share, and I even have to say I actually enjoy this one song.

[@TSGPhilipp]

I was born in 2004, so this is are most OHW episodes for me

[@My-Fair-Googie]

The visuals of the song’s plot are a true enhancement. No one should listen to this song without them. Beautiful work, Todd. Another classic.

[@lillianward2810]

Particularly like the bib labeled “BIB”

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

To be fair I’m pretty sure it was his titlecard artist Krin.

[@timothyhorgan6548]

Todd: you could have been Timothy! Me: I am Timothy

[@timdecoursey287]

Same

[@timothyhorgan6548]

@@timdecoursey287 oh what up?

[@tafua_a]

Where on Earth did you go?

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

And you were delicious 👍

[@mythiot]

I am also Timothy (with the letters rearranged)

[@CyberPhoenix001]

"THEY'RE PLAYING THE CANNIBAL SONG! WOOOOOO!" I lost it. 😂

[@paulseifert6598]

I love that song! Reminds me of.... cannibals.....

[@sashafortis]

Americans are so awkward about cannibalism. In Australia a cannibalism song made it into the top ten for weeks and has remained a classic kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33Rp6eLntd7qJo

[@CyberPhoenix001]

@@sashafortis Oh my God, I remember that song! That's so hilarious! 😁

[@DeeJayObi]

@@sashafortis That's actually a banger of a song! Thanks for that :)

[@roguishpaladin]

@@sashafortis The video's unavailable to me, so I'm guessing it's region-locked?

[@einootspork]

That moment of "Oh, no" when you realize where the song is going...

[@murciadoxial8056]

I saw that coming the moment they said that the only ones that came out of the mine were joe and the narrator.

[@zephyrus339]

For those interested the comments at 15:34 read: "This song is so beautiful, goosebumps." "This is real music, like they don't make any more!!" "beautiful" "always liked this record, I think I (found?) it on a goodmorning vietnam or goodmorning saigon tape. "Not at all, like so many fathers who grew up in that time, I got my children acquainted with ' my' music. Just like you (do with?) those ... of now." "A nice song about an outlaw - a western. And those guys of Toppop managed to (combine it?) with movieshots of cars in this clip. The last three lines were cut off so I made I guess of what they could have said and put it in brackets. I also tried to preserve any incorrect grammar in the translation so don't blame me.

[@MagereHein]

I'm Dutch and I was in secondary school when "Give Up Your Guns" was a hit here. Didn't like it then, don't like it now, but today's the first time I heard that "Timothy" song. It doesn't make things better.

[@yltraviole]

@@MagereHein Strange, judging by your name I thought you'd enjoy it!

[@Ashestoashesjc]

omg i learned about this song a few months ago and very much did not expect a todd episode about it. BLESS

[@HollyAnneThePaganChaosWitch]

Holy shit. Hi, Ashe. Didn't know you liked Todd in the Shadows. GG.

[@munjee2]

9:44 todd left out the very scariest one of them all "animals (mals)"

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

That one should’ve been a spooktacular episode lmao

[@pionosphere]

"We started with cannibalism! We're not going to top that. It's all downhill from here" -- Todd, from the shadows, in 2020

[@zombiedodge1426]

Lil Nas X: hi

[@antibishonen]

It didn't affect the South Park creators

[@spectrallik]

This is the third song a band on this show has done about mining disasters, after “Blue Sky Mine” by Midnight Oil and Chumbawamba’s cover of “New York Mining Disaster 1941”

[@Musicradio77Network]

“New York Mining Disaster 1941” was originally done by The Bee Gees and it was their debut hit, and that was in 1967.

[@rasmusmalmberg6468]

"Timothy himself was probably delicious" made me _cackle_

[@bazilkush388]

Please do a one hit wonderland on “there she goes” by the Las. Such an interesting backstory behind that band

[@1987MartinT]

I kinda respect these guys for having the balls to put out a song this dark.

[@cremetangerine82]

The only reason I know about this song is from an episode of MST3K, “Monster a-GoGo” - Joel: “Listen, Crow, it’s a well-known fact that Timothy...was a duck.” There is also a rant from the ‘Bots of the astronomical stupidly of “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”, since Rupert Holmes wrote both songs!

[@WobblesandBean]

That's offensive to my people

[@cremetangerine82]

@@WobblesandBean Ducks?

[@ParsnipPizza]

Thats also my prior insight to Timothy

[@jbwarner8626]

I know Todd is an MST3K fan, so I was waiting for that clip to show up and I was shocked that it never came.

[@amyzheng7202]

i know what MST3K stands for, but i can't help thinking it's a stylization of "mistake."

[@amandas2639]

"Muscle and blood and skin and bones...that sounds like a recipe!" THIS from the goofy af Pina Colada song guy?! Jesus Christ. His wife's lucky she just met up with her distant husband on a blind date and that he didn't cook and eat her, apparently.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@Gabe Davis The irony of saying that when you're the one who took this comment at face value and not as a joke itself....

[@pronkb000]

"Moldy? Old? I'M GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT!"

[@TheSufferingDarkness]

@Joshua EdwinRoehl stop plugging that link! It’s one thing to do it once, but how many comments on this video and others have you pasted that shit?!

[@amandas2639]

@Gabe Davis Wait, did...did you think I was actually being serious? Maybe take your own advice there, my dude.

[@roippi3985]

LOL please let peñius colada keep appearing in Todd’s content

[@ToastyJunebugs]

I feel "He ate that guy's entire skeleton" should be some sort of saying. Like for someone who's very driven.

[@thefischdeo]

I watched this video this morning and 14 hours later, Timothy is still on my mind. That violin chirp kinda makes the song for me; it sounds like a dramatic horror violin being strangled-which is fitting for the ridiculous concept. This video has some amazing jokes in it too, so there's that too. Uh oh, I totally love it.

[@jasonguarnieri4127]

Props to whoever provided the visuals for this episode. Something about how they pair with the song actually makes it kind of disturbing.

[@YokosukaVictoria]

Rupert: Muscle and blood and bone. Sounds like a recipe! Todd: NO IT DOESN’T! Me: Someone hasn’t seen Fullmetal Alchemist.

[@fatimagic1365]

5:29 well, let's get to verse two: "hungry as hell/no food to eat" okay let's just end this whole video right here. just...no. thanks for uploading this right before i get ready to go to bed, todd.

[@furonguy42]

Plot twist: Timothy used hypnosis to help the others believe they had full stomachs, then found a way out of the cave and used a phone booth to alert the authorities that his colleagues were stranded, then, before he could return anywhere else to be witnessed outside of the cave, he tripped and landed in a pool of invisible ink, thus making him disappear forever.

[@ToasterBrain51702]

this actually happened to me

[@CorgiConnect]

@@ToasterBrain51702 Yeah me too, about ruined my whole day.

[@cartoonjoe]

You had me until the invisible ink part...

[@stormwatcher1299]

Thank you, this song disturbs me every time and that makes it better,

[@goatwhisperer5232]

Plausible.....

[@TesnuzzikArt]

When I heard Give Up Your Guns I was so confused because I actually knew that song and not Timothy, but it all made sense when Todd said it was a hit in the Netherlands... Pretty sure people still vote it into the annual top 2000 here :')

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Joel: It is a well known fact that Timothy was a duck

[@SaraBanartist]

Dammit! I was going to do this one!

[@repulsethemonkey1396]

It is also well know that Jeremiah was a bullfrog

[@cremetangerine82]

That’s from the episode “Monster a-Go-Go”!

[@galleryofrogues]

Did Timothy also “begin to cluck?”

[@birdiejett3163]

You gotta love a boomer-era song as genuinely cursed as this one

[@StuartLynx]

Yeah Boomers were fucking psychopaths, even though they like to pretend they're not

[@ACETYGRA]

@@StuartLynx Why else do you think they voted for Trump?

[@waywardlaser]

"I don't know why no one remembers it" Because only one song was in Shrek

[@Thobeian]

@Richard Trischka To understand the Gen Z ethos, you must understand two things: Shrek and Spongebob.

[@TiagoJoaoSilva]

Soooooomebody...

[@stevethepocket]

@@Thobeian It checks out. "Meme culture" is basically the end product of a generation growing up with cartoons that think making references is an acceptable substitute for telling jokes.

[@ficus3877]

Aaaaand Shrek’s sidekick is.... A donkey! Or is he? Donkeys are often confused with what?: MULES! You know who else was confused with a mule? TIMOTHY!!!! By god, it’s all connected!

[@roguishpaladin]

@@stevethepocket Just to be clear...you know you're a jerk and that no one should respect you or what you say, right?

[@patrickracer43]

"Timothy was probably delicious" bruh, I'm deceased, like Timothy

[@bigguys45s29]

Armie Hammer’s new theme song. RIP, Timothee. :(

[@polinagonch]

this is actually hysterical

[@julieporter7805]

Oh how much that fits now. 😆😎

[@KaijaSchmauss]

I can honestly say I never saw the outcome of that song coming at all. I figured Timothy probably died from, like, lack of oxygen, or dehydration, or something else really sad but totally common for the situation. But no. It was cannibalism.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Honestly? The song would be a lot less horrifying if they ate him after he died of something more natural, like a heart palpitation, or more accidental like tripping and falling on his pickaxe. Granted, it would still be a song about cannibalism. But it wouldn’t also be a song about two men bashing their coworker’s head in with a rock, and tearing the meat from his bones with their bare hands in a desperate act of self preservation.

[@amphioxusanniversary]

@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick Well, there technically is nothing in the lyrics that indicates Timothy wasn't already dead when they ate him!

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

@@amphioxusanniversary Well, no kidding, that’s how that works. They weren’t chewing on him while he was alive and wriggling. But if you’re saying that the song doesn’t state that THEY killed him, I’d also disagree with that. It’s very strongly implied. Joe says that there’s only enough water for two, before taking a swig and handing the canteen to the narrator. This implies that Joe was, in no uncertain terms, singling out Timmy to be eaten. If Timmy was already dead, why would he say that? Of course there’d be only enough water for two, because there were only two people alive down there to drink it. They murdered Timothy, and ate him.

@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick That doesn't make sense mathematically. You die after 3 minutes without oxygen, 3 hours without warmth, 3 days without water, or 3 weeks without food. (Roughly) Point is 2 people's supply of water would still only last 3 days, but lack of food wouldn't be an issue. Your best bet is to all drink some of the water approximately 24 hours after the cave in and hope to be rescued within the next 2 days (as much beyond 48 hours after disappearance chances of being found at all go down anyway) and otherwise thirst to death. *Actually actually your best bet is to drink your piss within the first few hours of being trapped as you'll buy yourself another day, then drink the water that will buy you two days for a total of three underground before major issues, after that drinking your piss won't be an nutricious anymore.* No point eating Timothy, pretty sure drinking his blood might be too salty/not the same thing as water, you can't get nutrients from it in the same way. But even then the chances of being found more than 3 days after a cave in are so slim you may as well choose to slowly die of thirst than prolonging it by killing someone, cannibalising them and still dying underground. This isn't me being prudish about cannibalism, the Franklin Expedition was a complete shit show but the men were heroes and couldn't be blamed. They actually had a plan, eating their fellow shipmates might have got them home, and in practice it did for the Uruguayan Rugby team who survived 72 days on top of a mountain by eating the dead passengers of their plane crash (as well as the various people who died post crash from things like an avalanche) ironically all devout Catholics who thought "God would punish them" for eating people, like what the fuck being stranded on an Ande isn't punishment already? And then the Pope himself absolved them years later.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

@ Okay, firstly my point in mentioning the “enough water for two” line was to acknowledge how, in this situation, John made the call that if all three of them were to drink from the canteens that they’d run out faster and all of them would likely die of thirst. John was implying that it would be a LOT easier for two people to share water until they’re rescued than it would be for three. John was deliriously hungry, they had no food, they had little water, if they killed and ate Timothy they would have food, and they would have one less person to share with. It’s simple logic, and I don’t understand what you’re not getting. Also, when the fuck did I say ANYTHING about drinking Timothy’s blood? Where’s your head at? Also, I’m sure the next time I’m starving to death in a mind shaft I’ll be able to do that mental math in my head, smart guy. I’m not even moralizing here. I’m not judging them for eating Timothy because it’s bad form to criticize how somebody acts in a crisis. I’m simply not denying that they ABSOLUTELY ate that man.

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

Crow: "Hey! Rupert Holmes wrote 'Timothy!' That was about cannibalism! When was that popular?" Joel: "Listen, Crow, it's a well-known fact that Timothy was a duck." Tom Servo: "Wait a minute, let's review here." (MST3K, "Monster A-Go-Go")

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

Timothy was actually the talking duck that inspired the "Got any grapes" video. The miners who ate him were found to be innocent and given the key to the city.

[@HVolnWhatnow]

American folk artists in the 60’ & 70’s: Oh man, we gotta study the greats! Irish singers, what’s your tradition? Irish singers: HOPE YOU LIKE CORPSES AND PROTEST BOYO!

[@alisaurus4224]

I loved the most beautiful girl in all the world AND NOW SHE’S DEAD

[@perpetualsneeze]

I used to direct a kids Celtic ensemble, and one of the hardest things I had to do every year was track down a traditional Celtic song for 10 year olds to sing that wouldn’t result in me being fired

[@artistwithouttalent]

O COME OUT, YE BLACK AND TANS

[@thatguyoverthere11]

To be fair, the way he repeats "muscle and blood and skin and bones," I could totally picture him repeating it a few times and then breaking into "Stir-whip, stir-whip, whip-whip, stir! Stir-whip, stir-whip, whip-whip stir!"

[@scorch527]

In 2019 'Give up your guns' got voted the 1515th best song ever made in the yearly Top 2000 list of the largest radio station in the Netherlands. The highest it ever came was 250th place back in 2003. Boomers here absolutely love it. And despite me being born in the early 90s I can still instantly recognize the song, yet I've never heard of Timothy before.

[@bullmonty764]

Well, if Todd’s *this* desperate to bring back old trends like the Halloween Spooktacular, you know what that means He must get to Steal My Sunshine already (seriously, how long have we been begging?)

[@Cthulu1985]

If we're going that route, Todd might as well pick some Lou Bega and some Mambo No.5.

[@babscabs1987]

La Macarena?

[@ShadowSorel]

i have been begging for propane nightmares for like 6 months

[@billslocum9819]

He should do a Great White North series of Canadian one-hit wonders. You got "Steal My Sunshine," "Sweet City Woman," "Take Off," "The Americans," and that Beatle-breaking single, "Ringo." All from that place where everything works together in harmony except the letters "o" and "u." (Technically, Rush also was a one-hit wonder, but as Geddy Lee shows up on "Take Off," so maybe not.)

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

Hey, he takes requests.

[@NickJohnCoop]

The moment he went on about nothing to eat I laughed and laughed, because I knew exactly where it was going

[@fangal12]

The same. I'm still laughing 😅

[@davidmatoushek9111]

The fact that they were living in Wilkes-Barre, which is a couple miles from where I live, still surprises me. The fact that a cannibalism song managed to chart in the past surprised me even more.

[@merchantfan]

Band: Is from Pennsylvania Record Label: You are called Dakota now

[@LittleMissLounge]

If someone managed to do a good mashup of this and Kesha's "Cannibal" I would give them half my savings. Edit: Damn, they ate Timothy raw? Not even the Donner Party or the Uruguayan rugby team did that.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

My friend's Halloween party has karaoke. Thank you in advance.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Did you sing the song?

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Unfortunately I didn't have the time to learn the words. I did, however, sing Wicked Woman by Coven. I can thank Todd for that one, too.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@SaltpeterTaffy That's cool. But I'm sure you'll get it down by next year.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

@@Shadamyfan-rs8xc Oh for sure. It'll take maybe an hour.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@SaltpeterTaffy 👍

[@timothy4097]

You reviewed a song about me! Thanks Todd. Edit: oh.

[@DEADxEYEx]

I'll tell you what its super weird hearing an entire song with my name in it so much.

[@Celticelery]

The context must make it hard to swallow.

[@thesyrupdude]

You must be eating your feelings right now

[@timothy4097]

Same. Leaves a bad feeling in my stomach.

[@tskxm]

I've never heard this song before but I'm so happy it exists. I need more upbeat sounding cannibal music.

[@Lordvoivod]

Me: "Hey, the bouys aren't known primarely for this song" Todd: " The duthch love this other song for some reason..." Ah....

[@Rick-hl1cz]

Last time I was this early to a Todd video, he still liked Imagine Dragons

[@mmrw]

I’ve never been this early lol

[@burningicecream9095]

Todd liked Imagine Dragons at one point?

[@sigh824]

Oof

[@moonflower1759]

In his defense their first album's not that bad. Pretty catchy songs. They kinda went off the rails after that.

[@samoria7530]

Its Time is still a fantastic song

[@snorlaxcrossing95]

Their next hit could have been “The Donner Party” aw shoot missed opportunity :/

[@bcubed72]

They could have at least included recipes in the liner notes...

[@burningicecream9095]

Last time I was this early Todd still did Spooktaculars every year FR tho I am impressed he’s been able to find enough spooky material to do this for as long as he has, even if he’s missed a good number of years. He could try stockpiling some ideas for future Halloweens taking ideas from the audience, maybe.

[@iIliterati]

I'm from the Netherlands and neither me nor my fiancee have ever heard of Give Up Your Guns. But we asked her dad if he knew it, and he starting singing it word for word haha

[@rocketbackhander6280]

I heard "Him" on a random yacht rock playlist and MAN that song is A MILLION TIMES BETTER than the Pina Colada Song. It's so good.

[@ramshaimam]

when you said you were bringing OHW Spooktacular edition back on twitter I thought it was a joke, but this is a pleasant surprise and a welcome return

[@timthememer2785]

'You could've been Timothy!' Well, that's a reminder I should never work in a mine...

[@lowenergyvideos7246]

"ITS A SONG ABOUT EATING PEOPLE!" "Yes but is it any good?" "Well sure, if you cut the meat real lean and be sure to cook it evenly, don't just leave it on the grill be sure to-....wait, you meant the song didn't you?" "Yes but this is MUCH more interesting"

[@NeoMegaMan]

Alright there Hannibal xD

[@cartoonjoe]

😆

[@artistwithouttalent]

Mmm, tasty longpork. Hard to season properly.

[@bareakon]

"Is it any good?" "Varies from person to person." And "It's priest. Have a little priest" "Is it any good?" "Sir, it's TOO good, at least. Then again they don't commit sins of the flesh. So it's pretty fresh" Seems like "Is it any good?" is the universal setup line for a cannibalism joke.

[@ItsSomeDeadGuy]

Todd, thank you so much for covering this song! I was introduced to it by my uncle, who had a strong love of bizarre music from the 70s and 80s and a sick sense of humor. I remember being shocked by the lyrics and shocked even more by the catchiness of the chorus. I'd honestly forgotten all about it! My uncle passed away several years ago, so your video reignited a really fun memory of him.

[@werked]

“Timothy himself was probably delicious...” funniest aside I’ve heard this week. You rock.