Space Weird Thing

[@MontyBoosh]

I vote we change the name of Earth to 'home space ball'.

[@woodfur00]

It's not everyone who gets their thing put up on the page top place by the funny square guy himself. Nice!

[@timothymclean]

+woodfur00 Almost. "Square" isn't one of the ten hundred most common words. xkcd.com/simplewriter/

[@woodfur00]

Timothy McLean Oh, shut up.

[@BrennanJTC]

I thought it couldn't get better than the kazoo solo. Then she sang "Five hundred hundred hundred hundred feet" and I lost it.

[@evanhoward3140]

I am very glad that "and the stars look very different today" and "Tell my wife I love her very much -- she knows" did not change. They are my favorite lines from the song.

[@tylercoles6385]

I have rarely been as proud of our Home Space Ball as I am right now.

[@romulusnr]

i imagine it all started with someone saying "you know Marian, from a certain angle, you kind of look a little like a young David Bowie." and thus this lemonade was brewed.

[@Cernoise]

I've watched it at least seven times now, and I'm still finding more things to love about it.

[@TomBortels]

Weird part is - it still gives me the chills.

[@GreatlordShadox]

"Home Space-Ball" eh? Okay then, Top Space Man, in your lunchbox, next to that Space-Night-Light Ball. I figured it had something to do with _Thing Explainer_ but I couldn't quite put my finger on it until I checked xkcd.

[@PianoPlayerT]

Please give me a small time while I get my mouth-bottom-part from the room-bottom... Very well done! More good number things to you for making very all the way with the changing the way-it-was-before of the man and woman doing-things-way ... Okay, enough of that. :D Bonus points for your thoroughness of the traditional gender reversal, it was a nice touch and a fitting tribute to Sally, and everyone played their part well. And I legit got tears in my eyes at the end.

[@woodfur00]

You can use the word "floor." It's even on the front of Thing Explainer. Ten hundred words is more than you think.

[@DanielHarveyDyer]

woodfur00 You need this: splasho.com/upgoer5/

[@UrbanScalawag]

It's official. This is what the Internet was made for. Nobody needs to make anything else now. This wins.

[@adamlevermore]

Awwww ... I loved this enough already, and then you put that audio clip at the end, and I loved it even more.

[@mariancallable]

Adam Levermore Happy birthday Sally!

[@robinlightfoot5275]

The impression of Ground Control Guy at the end is on-point, as is the whole thing. SO GREAT.

[@matthewrease2376]

The "hundred hundred hundred hundred feet" part killed me holy shit this is amazing

[@Demento56]

This is the lowest budget thing I've ever loved so much.

[@alaskarobotics]

Work with the budget you've got :)

[@GrahmUSM]

All of my favorite things just happened at once and now I fear I will never experience joy again!

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

This is beautiful. And it makes me laugh every time. Also I may or may not be the only one who notices a covered up Rebel Alliance crest on the helmet. But who cares, the lyrics and the music are good.

[@BrianWisti]

Still the best David Bowie tribute.

[@TheSentientCloud]

Best tribute, but I still say the best cover of the song was the ISS version that was actually done in space because it was fucking done in actual fucking space aboard an actual fucking space station. :P

[@245ti]

If this end points towards space, you will not be going to space today.

[@takeshikitano3]

Sharing this for the morning. RIP David Bowie.

[@NathanDial]

I think I've now watched this song more than I've seen or heard the original. This is the first time I really payed attention to it though ... and it's amazing. Excellent job, performers.

[@ChrisBridges23]

Is it weird that I kinda want Chris Hadfield to cover this now?

[@Astragali]

Chris Bridges Yes. Which is why IT MUST HAPPEN. :)

[@b4ux1t3-tech]

Chris Bridges Preferably in space. With the same props.

[@MyRedPony1]

+Chris Bridges Chris Hadfield covered it a few years ago. It's freaking awesome. Even Bowie said it was "the most poignant version" he'd ever heard. youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

[@Astragali]

+MyRedPony1 Chris Hadfield covered the original Space Oddity, not *this* version.

[@MyRedPony1]

I didn't say he did.

[@Waboodoo]

The music words look even better with the "xkcd-substitutions" addon. Spaaaaaace!

[@ninamorch5358]

I love this. "ten-less-one" is so great. The picture is amazing and well done as well.

[@pymandres]

i can’t believe people use the word “lunch” more than “nine”

[@SuperThomasShaw]

Is that a rebel insignia on the head safe? Awesome.

[@patrace]

Thomas Shaw From an old Halloween costume!

[@ithatisalex]

This has restored my faith in humanity for another week. Rescheduling GCW for middle of June.

[@drummerpablo1]

This was one of the best bit of flashing lights with song I've ever seen.

[@SarahShay]

Oh my god, this is the best thing ever, maybe? I love you guys so much right now.

[@tentor8501]

half hundred less one people do not have the word set to understand this beautiful song

[@JonathanPuddle]

This is literally the best thing on KZbin. Amazing!

[@EmmettMcMullan]

Space night light ball??? I lost it. Hahahahaha

[@DarrylGlen]

Hahaha, wonderful! You ladies are wonderful.

[@alphakretin2387]

He went to space today.

[@therealmicksa]

Okay now do it without _any_ of the 1000 most common words.

[@Andrew-gu8uw]

Rahaan the Barbarian pls no

[@owensmith8646]

This did amaze me, and make me chuckle. Well done!

[@braxtron5555]

really really really wonderful thing you've done here

[@grr8008]

I think the best part of this is the fact that the helmet is a Star Wars rebel pilot helmet.

[@bigtwest01]

This is absolutely amazing : ) Thanks for making this!!!!

[@danwatkins9733]

Brilliant! Loved the kazoo solo.

[@thoughtsintime]

"Sweded"! :D Let's be honest, it's also going by that a bit of a tribute to "Be Kind Rewind" which is an almost criminally under-appreciated movie! ...in fact one of the rare occassions when you don't want to shoot Jack Black on sight! :D Nicely done - you guys have a really nice sounding harmony going here, should do more if you can.

[@mariancallable]

thoughtsintime It is, we are big fans of that film! We love it very much!

[@charliep1973]

This is the best thing I have seen on the thing made of lots of computers joined together in the world today.

[@thefuzzyslug]

Super amazing! This is my most favorite thing ever.

[@AlanLastufka]

This is pretty great!

[@bing0bongo]

I really want to see more do-overs of music using only the ten hundred most used words!

[@momstar3050]

This is simply brilliant.

[@DaggerPen]

This is a work of art.

[@will2dye4]

Home space ball is blue, and there's nothing I can do...

[@Dazlidorne]

I was going to try to say something clever like I like the first one better, but this is a really cool video. Great job.

[@kilo3989]

This video is so good and I love it.

[@kilo3989]

I have to come back to this video every several months because it is very good

[@Jimbo29Palms]

Great kazoo work. Cool.

[@imthescatguy]

"home space ball" i love it already

[@SpencerCongdon]

Great idea, perfect doing.

[@Yaknose]

Oh, this is beautiful!

[@ivanterrible7362]

The kazoo solo killed me. I had a good life.

[@BenLe42]

This is just the best thing

[@abraveastronaut]

I'm really glad "Tell my wife I love her very much" made it through intact.

[@hollysmith9464]

Cool. Cool cool cool. Especially Aaron.

[@TeamPowerAwesomeTeam]

Awesome!

[@jmh1189]

Thank you Woot Stock! and thanks for sharing your poop stories!

[@michaelmichael8406]

That was brilliant.

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

Looks like you're being linked to from the XKCD homepage. Not bad!

[@DWor-]

Very cosmic INDEED! You know, I actually found this from someone sharing it via email? Rare, eh? I wasn't sure I could hang on but I was down with this. A lovely distraction from my workload and stress. I'm so curious if you had to slow the film or just move in slow-motion. And if there is a blooper reel I'd ADORE to see it! You are all so well played, keeping the expressions to monotone. The other thing that's great is how much "Space Oddity" fanwork is out there. "Major Tom" by Pete Schilling gave us a happy ending for the poor man. Then I've got an old poster of Darth Vader here with a caption I wrote underneath: "The Force Is Strong With Major Tom". Enjoyed that bit about T-shirts. Cheers!

[@filkerdave]

This is farking brilliant.

[@BlkwtrPrk]

I feel like I should be high to watch this, but I'm on the ground and I enjoyed it anyway.

[@gorgolyt]

Asides from anything else, that was actually a really good kazoo solo.

[@JohnArktor]

Sooo very very cool !

[@HaganeNoGijutsushi]

You get the all-computers-together thing!

[@carslayer]

That was fantastic

[@chrischung2598]

oh wow, this is awesome!

[@delwoodbarker]

Shock and awe, I say, shock and awe.

[@DukeBeasley]

Magnificent.

[@thaliasaytransrights8118]

You have won the internet!

[@CurtisDominguezYo]

This is flawless. XD

[@danielmelcer2334]

If you are sitting near your space car and there is nothing you can do, you are not going to home space ball today, or maybe ever.

[@smurfton94]

Daniel M. He never goes back to the Home Space Ball in the old song. :(

[@mellamobob]

I died at lunchbox. Why is that a more popular word than, say, 'earth' or 'thousand'?

[@cjnetter]

Brilliant! Simply Brilliant!

[@rollespil1000]

Earth: "Home space ball" brilliant :)

[@DeaFX]

omg i love you guys subbed, liked, this shit deserves more views!!

[@nalanan]

I lost it at "up-go". It was amazing.

[@Wolfsbane1100]

This was fucking beautiful.

amazing!

[@SineCalvin9]

Go Sally, Go.

[@tunercvr]

Nice mouth buzz sound maker for the part of the song with no singing! Happy times.

[@justsignmeup911]

"Major" is in the 1000 most common English words. According to the list at esldesk.com/vocabulary/words , so are "eight", "engine" and "whose".

[@markfdesimone]

But "Tom" isn't, so I bet they had to find something else besides "Major Tom"

[@ChristophBurschka]

"Home Space Ball" :D

[@Dustshoe]

Bowie's songs are again interesting and take on a different quality when covered by the female of our species. Some or many of his songs may as well have been written for the ladies to sing, such is the peculiar quality of them.

[@gravityvertigo13579]

This is fucking terrific.

[@iamactuallygirlbean]

Haha love this!

[@leestuurmans2837]

I like to look at this.

[@DocWorm]

This was more well-made than the original

[@Shparky]

Molly! Yay!

[@Sableagle]

I came here from the place of the man who did the up-goer five picture with words, because he put push-words about it on his place. I did not know the first song-move-picture so I thought this was a strange man-woman dance world-door thing. At the end there is a piece of sound from a man and a woman whose name is the first letter of said and of all and of look and of long and of year. I do not know why that is there. Who was she? Why another man said he cried is not clear to me. Our ten hundred most-used words include, in order: oil, learn, America, food, children, problem, cried, war, king, rule, power, love, brother, happy, laughed, smiled, killed, fight, died, safe, dollars, science, wife, sister, suffix, dead, gun, death, fear. Oil ... ... ... ... ... ... war ... ... ... ... ... ... science?

[@Talon3000]

Brilliant :D Also, is that a Rebel Alliance logo on the helmet? xD

[@jarod997]

Hello, from xkcd!

[@sharonjackson1981]

Very entertaining.

[@DonSMDT]

YAY!!!!

[@Parker-wh7tt]

This word thought uses only the five hundred more common words!

[@bw000m]

top space maaan

[@ericwiddison7523]

My favorite detail is how the swapped genders included replacing the long haired women near the end with hairy men. The whole video is amazing.

[@dirahl]

Weird, but cool. I know some people dislike what they see as the simplification of language, but then, some people have had their sense of humor amputated. We should make allowances for the handicapped.