Steam Powered Giraffe - On Top Of The Universe

[@Metroid22540]

"BACKground vocals and whatnot, Rabbit!" 'BACKground vocals and whatnot, Rabbit!' Twins. Being twins. God that improv was adorable.

[@mushroomshrub]

I find it insanely amusing that identical twins would choose to use the "and he has a stupid face!" line as part of their act.

[@piratechick818]

Lmao "I thought her name was Penny?" "No, that was a blender." "You sure go through your appliances" "That was more of a one night stand." "What about that one nightstand?" XD Such clever play on words hehehe

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Kate L. “That was just a one night stand, as well.”

[@qkazoo8806]

"Jenny the Toaster....?" "Like an actual toaster, Rabbit?" "You fell in love with a toaster?"

[@hecklife6636]

Yes. You can't judge the love of a robot and their toaster though.

[@saym0.0]

thats the joke, the spine

[@roniroo8194]

I'm just making toast the spine I'm JuSt MaKiNg ToAsT tHe SpInE I ' M J U S T M A K I N G T O A S T T H E S P I N E

[@bluetablepainting]

The person who recorded this has done a service to the whole world. Wonderful!

[@leonbrown954]

Yes 👍

[@mind9726]

Ik!

[@DrunkenWarlockDWEI]

Min D IKR

[@Audaylon]

watched it about 50 times now. it's such amazing performance

[@p0cketwatch]

"Oh, uh, Rabbit, y'dropped the love of your life on the concrete, right there." Probably my favorite line. God, I love these old videos.

[@theamericanyoutuber]

When? When was that?? XD

[@leafung8445]

At about 8:17

[@redfog42]

Best harmony!

[@GleefulPuddle]

"Now pay attention, this represents hope!" I have the strongest wish to see Rabbit do an interpretative dance for On Top of the Universe now...

[@torigarcia969]

The argument is twice as funny when you rememeber they are identical twins. :)

[@first782]

o-o who are?

[@first782]

Neil is Alive *Inhales* well now I just dont know what to say

[@MICEBATH]

Now Mr.Dolf he didn't mean it. (I think)

[@yurifromddlc]

100th like.

[@M3Lucky]

What! How?? They're twins?

[@BigMuddyCountry]

love how the spine and bunny are talking about each other being ugly but they are twins :p

[@byakuyatogami2905]

It's called a suicide kill

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

Rabbit at this point. I miss Rabbit's harmonies.

[@philpants44]

@@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 gotta agree. rabbits facial expressions and movements seemed alot more refined back then. but glad shes done what she wanted

[@PinDrop09]

I love how at the time it would've flown over the audience's heads when the Bennetts say "AND HE HAS A STUPID FACE" but now that we know about them three years later its kind of ridiculously funny.

[@beholdnonsense5100]

"I'm just using my creative license to add some background vocals and whatnot, Rabbit" "'Background vocals and whatnot, Rabbit' that's what you sound like!" That kills me every time, the imitation is flawless

[@charlottecampbell7091]

Upgrade is the perfect mother figure. "Cover your eyes, children!"

[@sui11106]

Upgrade is so cute.

[@BanksBanks420]

Spine: NOO!!! THERE ARE KIDS HERE!! Rabbit: **proceeds to make toast**

[@MatchaTheVibeking]

Uh rabbit are you sure that's appropriate for a family setting like the park? I'm just makin toast, spine. fucking dying xD

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

I love how the battle stances fit there characters.. The Spine was in a Kerate pose and Rabbit was doing 1800s style boxing

[@wumbothewombat1280]

It’s interesting-I feel like The Spine’s been getting sillier in recent performances and videos, and I think part of that is due to the energy Zero brings, but watching these Balboa Park videos makes me feel like he’s going back a bit to early Spine who was less rigid of a straight man and goofed off more, like in this video. It’s nice to see their performances evolve and change over time 💜

[@charlottehi3210]

"I'm not so sure that's appropriate for a show like the whole park" -the Spine

[@autumnbutler5716]

Bless them for wearing head to toe black in San Diego honestly 💀💀

[@leslietextor3753]

I really enjoyed this longer version of the routine. The Spine's dancing and his strong legs are quite nicely done.

[@theamericanyoutuber]

3:05 “I could pull this lever at any given time!” “This lever?” “Not yet, Upgrade..!”

[@atomic_bomba]

5:28 Having the toaster in the bathroom was hillarious subtlety.

[@postforums6801]

8:22 Rabbit "Really should buy me a watch for x mas" Little girl: "No!"

[@t33than]

6:43-6:45 when you remember they're twins XD

[@theamericanyoutuber]

I know! XD

[@DasOmen02]

cheeky fuckers X3

[@cr8ivnaym834]

The Spine's Wonder Bread toast dance is incredible

[@Clawedhands]

7:50 "AND HE HAS A STUPID FACE! " XD "THE JON HAS A STUPID FACE!" "What?!" Poor jon... that's like my favorite

[@AgaricRook]

I once asked them about it and they said the general rule of thumb is the person who does the majority of the vocals usually also wrote the song (which makes sense). This makes me wonder though as quite a few of the songs I enjoy the most are Jon songs, so I'm interested in what the future will be for those songs now that he's not around.

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

Not as harmonious since Rabbit died. ;-{

[@azetac_]

Athena The Great and Powerful *I'm sorry **_since w h a t_*

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Athena The Great and Powerful Rabbit didn’t die..?

[@erinlada6617]

ElectricDoggo Rabbit is certainly not dead, Athena just seems to have mistaken Isabellas transition as getting a new character in the band

[@tylermech66]

@@erinlada6617 the 10 year anniversary has a hilarious bit where The Jon comes in and is confused by when he meets Rabbit again, thinking something's changed about her since the last time they met. Then the new hat is mentioned and he takes that as the change. Never change spg.

[@Jakers457]

Upgrade is adorable.

[@proctordoctor5756]

What i would've given to see this performance live.

[@mojofreak0]

I noticed that the Jon never pulled the lever for the trapdoor... He should of pulled it after "Musical Arguments *click* Ahhhhhh..." and Rabbit would make it seem like there was a trapdoor.

[@abbieramsay5672]

“Are you sure that’s appropriate for a family setting like the whole park!?”

[@insertsmileyfacehar]

"cover your eyes children" ... I CAN'T

[@monicadaniels784]

I really like this, but all I can think of is how much pain Bunny was in at that time. So glad she found her way to be genuine. Wish I'd seen them but they are so West Coast.

[@taylorbreckenridge6390]

I miss this bit. So sad that most of their fanbase probably doesn't know it exists.

[@Leongon]

This, the dark portal banter and balloon ride in Sound of Tomorrow, and the bar fight before Automatonic Electronic Harmonics in the Hatchy era, are my favorite bits. I miss them.

[@taylorbreckenridge6390]

@@Leongon their buscing days were my absolute favourite. I still love them, but the new stuff will never be as good as the vibe they used to have.

[@DanieDionysus]

True. I miss it too. The new stuff is lovely but the old stuff is so very robotic. So authentic feeling somehow.

[@mehbleh7553]

Upgrade was so the mom of the group

[@EddieB-ready]

Then she had something incestuous going on with spine... I mean, I know you didn't mean the actual mom, but bear with me here

[@moganhoow]

I thiink they're funnier back then, before they got on stage. i mean don't get me wrong, they're still really funny but in these videos they're a lot funnier.

[@tylerbryson642]

Their focus is more on the theatricality and music now, not comedy. That's my perception anyway.

[@MagicTurtle643]

This occurred to me too while watching it just now. But it's important to note that the bits in this video are very well-rehearsed. If you watch other On Top of the Universe segments from this era, they're identical--because they stayed to a script. It's reprov essentially. Nowadays, they still do reprov but it's a lot more flexible. For example, they just did two live KZbin shows two weeks apart, and the intros to Honeybee were totally different. Zero's character introductions were nothing alike either. They have a few reprov bits because they have to interact with Bebop, Qwerty, Steve and the Walter Workers, but anything with just the bots talking changes every show. And the last KZbin show, in particular, had me literally laughing out loud. :P So basically this old bit is so funny because they had done it over and over and over and tweaked it many times.

[@moganhoow]

I feel bad for this post now :( they're a very good band.

[@neilisalive4892]

MagicTurtle643 I really love the intro for their video of Captain Albert Alexander. Rabbit's a genius

[@tilasole3252]

I search for this song by "making toast" 😅

[@ash-fm5qo]

They have ALWAYS been good, ALWAYS. I hope they never change for the worse.

[@salmaankamaloodien1983]

lmao awks

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

Too late. Rabbit is dead. Replaced by Bunny.

[@erinlada6617]

Athena The Great and Powerful How do you mean? The character is still the same Rabbit as has always been in the band since the start, and Bunny is just the nickname of her actor

[@Leongon]

@@erinlada6617 People to this day keep confusing the person's nickname with the character's name after the transition.

[@stitchgor3]

@@athenathegreatandpowerful6365rabbit is rabbit

[@SkeetRadar]

this band makes me happy

[@misterygirlcprm18]

I really enjoy the actual SPG, but Gosh, I would have liked to get to know them at these times. :)

[@BlinkinFirefly]

+Paomore R Me toooooo! Why was I not aware of them for so looooong!!!

[@GiovanniCloud]

7:28 I didn't know I was watching "Top 10 anime betrayals!"

[@BlinkinFirefly]

7:28 looks like an interesting episode of Robot Wars XD

[@theamericanyoutuber]

XD Thanks! That was an awesome comment!

[@geligniteandlilies]

If you don't fall in love with Spine at 6:20, you're wrong. Gosh what a cutie-dork.

[@Uppy21]

Rabbit: Well I bring my love?? YAAHHAHH~ -toss- Spine: Uh Rabbit you dropped the love of your life right there on the concrete. Rabbit: Yea-heh..hah...You guys, uh...you need to buy me a watch for Christmas. Lil girl with ping tails: No .o. THAT LIL GIRL'S SO CUTE!

[@theamericanyoutuber]

6:43-6:46 and 6:49-8:01 ... Poor Jon. :) He wasn't even doin' nothin'!

[@theamericanyoutuber]

And, all that when you remember they're identical twins. :D

[@theamericanyoutuber]

AHH!!! I miss them so much! DX

[@mind9726]

The American KZbinr they’re still around, ain’t they?

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Min D Yes, the band still exists, but several members have come and gone. I also miss when they performed in Balboa Park, since all they had to rely on was their instruments and their own raw comedic timing and talent, since you could see them so up-close and personal. Nothing against the current set-up, it’s just a bit too bright and flashy for me now. Their songs and comedy are still amazing, though.

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Min D Love your profile picture, by the way. :)

[@clawton16]

I love hearing only the adults laughing at the "one night stand" joke lol

[@drevinaflynn]

6:43 sketched me out so much, even though i do know they are twins XD

[@jixaw9383]

Drevina Flynn I CANT STOP WATCHING THAT PART THEY EVEN GOT THE RASPYNESS WHAT THE HECK

[@keepingmypeace7438]

Drevina Flynn I wouldn’t have noticed it was rabbit imitating him had I not seen this comment! I thought he just said it twice like a glitch.

[@OakloreGaming]

I love the banter after Rabbit interrupts Spines wonderful dancing. Thanks for this!

[@septuarii]

4:14 and so on. I lost it. I completely lost it.

[@user-oq1pr4iu8m]

Did you ever find it?

[@YoonDragoon]

lol The Spine at 6:20

[@saym0.0]

forever devastated that they added a guitar solo instead of the wonderbread toast verse in the studio version

[@njmacriley]

The best song ever written about a toaster.

[@pool7e89]

7:50 Pooor jon......

[@aslychair3096]

Watching people in the background have no idea what's happening is almost as good as Wonderbread toast.

[@aimee5739]

Awwww. Poor The Jon. Always the buttmonkey of the skits lol.

[@leahmiller9642]

I love you rabbit and poor jenny the toaster lmafo

[@AgaricRook]

Between the notion that a group of professional musicians know knowing that there is no such thing as a 'key of s' and the notion of a group of professional mimes goofing around about a concept that doesn't exist, I would think it would be pretty safe to guess that it's more likely they are making a joke.

[@noobatcoc]

I only saw her once But that was all I needed And now I know she's what I've been looking for And only she will do I haven't slept for days Can't focus on anything She's always on my mind And God it'd be so kind If you could let me be For my entire life I never knew what love was like But now I've felt its touch And its far too much For me to hold inside Feels like I'm On top of the universe On a shootin' star Life is so wonderful And everything is by far (So spectacular) Feel like I've never felt Seen things I've never seen Being with her will make me happy And I'm falling in love (Don't catch him) Few girls will offer you A love that feels like this Don't ask for any more Just run and go with it Feels like I'm On top of the universe On a shootin' star Life is so wonderful And everything is by far (So spectacular) On top of the universe On that shootin star Life is so wonderful And everything is by far So spectacular

[@kenziekat4172]

Can i just hug them all? XD

[@hithere7080]

Erin was the best at moving mechanically

[@geligniteandlilies]

Oh god, The Spine is made of Slinkies. David, how do you do that??

[@junosaturn5851]

you can tell that Rabbit and The Spine are played by twins XD

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

OH MY GOD RABBIT SOUNDS LIKE THE NARRATOR IN BATTLEBLOCK THEATER!!!!

[@jessicahammer4387]

OML I NEVER EVEN- this is a revolution

[@littleblu33]

About 6:50 does the Spine call Rabbit goose?!

[@0101Incognito]

yes.. yes he does.

[@jukeboxblues8871]

Its in reference to Rabbit calling Spine "Maverick".

[@avshutsach]

actually that is at the other end of the park. they are looking at the photohrapic arts museum

[@parkerkasony8600]

Well actually at 6:56

[@hollyshones2383]

if you turn on the captions, you'll be glad to find out that they are fucking wasted.

[@mere8320]

I need Upgrade in my life....

[@sad_beansidhe]

this is the best version, by far

[@warriortheamazon4503]

I wish I was there when they were playing Balboa Park, I would have love to experience their shows like this

[@jamesgehlen]

Ahhhh, I remember those days at Balboa. Thanks to you all!

[@justsototallystyle]

this is one of thoes videos that you can watch over and over and laugh the same way every time.

[@kid_monkee]

The one dislike is penny

[@larj97]

I love how they always find creative ways to not stand close to each other XD

[@Pikadillycode]

Miss these guys like this, Its great there up there now And getting the fame but I think They have lost that imagination Spark, doing it for so long will Do that but love watching these Old vids of when they made ppl Laugh and just having fun

[@stitchgor3]

Yeah

[@arandomfandomgirl8187]

This video is... so spectacular😂

[@theamericanyoutuber]

The InkyArtist Yeeess!!! (randomfangirl)

[@leahmiller9642]

man I so would have loved to have seen this live I love them, and the spine and rabbit be still my heart lmafo... (I'm all blushy now 😊😊😊😊

[@pjgrl2]

I remember them at the zoo. ugh I wish I got video back then.

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Why did Peter Walter ever let them out of the house?

[@jeremybosse5088]

This is their best sketch they did so far

[@mariofaurrieta6456]

123 years this year

[@theamericanyoutuber]

mario faurrieta “One, two, three! Steamboat shenanigans! Steamboat shenanigans! The band that you hear was built from metal and gears!”

[@mariofaurrieta6456]

125

[@wejamon84]

i would like to know more about Rabbit's one-night stand, and also about that one night stand.

[@starmantifreak]

I live in San Diego and have my whole life, I remember being a little kid and going to see them at the park or the zoo. I would beg my parents to go specifically to visit them, and it was one of the most important things to me at that age. I had their first CDs on my Tinker Bell Boom box

[@stitchgor3]

Wow!

[@tilasole3252]

Wow! I watched this video I do not know how many times, but always end it too soon. Always listen to it till the very end!

[@theamericanyoutuber]

1:55 *goggles flash*

[@madisonanderson8443]

She was on sale at Sears

[@redfog42]

This was their best line up, IMO. I know! 😁

[@sleepysteev2735]

Is it just me or have The Spine's legs only gotten *longer* over the course of their career?

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Steven Coleman Yes, they have.

[@bagesys7227]

Given that they started when they were still in college, it makes sense

[@stitchgor3]

Somehow

[@lemwoods9698]

Hope I was one of the kids sitting there XD

[@HLigget]

David said somewhere that they've pretty much been sticking with the same set list for a while now, mostly because they're extremely busy recording Album 3 (and 4,and 5...) doing videos, doing shows, and getting ready for Walter Robotics Expo. Maybe if things calm down a little they can rehearse some of the other songs they do and pop them into shows. :)

[@Spac3Rat12]

Thirteen years ago today and it’s still good 😊

[@TanukiYT]

The Bagpipes XD

[@theamericanyoutuber]

Bryce Bagpipes?

[@Lorevaire]

"She goes up to eleven"

[@kodacha72]

I love how Rabbit goes down to Spine's level at 6:31

[@cocolossal69]

Love that bit .... Hey... suup? I see you're doin a littlle dance there.. 💜

[@thundercleese]

It is of the utmost importance that you upload all of your spg footage!

[@TheElectriccabaret]

Such an awesome band

[@kaaskop01]

damn.. spine moves a lot xD

[@stories222]

They still perform this one with Hatchworth, I saw it at the Yule mas show last year, it's an interesting take on the song. The last few shows they been keeping a somewhat centralized set list, they occasionally switch songs, but this isn't one they play very often. It's kind of a shame because it's one of my favorites, this and scary world, neither are played often, but it makes that much more interesting and special when they are played.

[@MrNoUsername]

6:21 The Spine’s dance is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@ravenmomo5884]

this was yesterday 10 years ago nice

[@geloofinmolko]

This is the song that I would really love to see live as well.

[@AgaricRook]

@FantasyAdventuress Yeah, basically they are something like 100 year old robots that now have nothing better to do then sing for the amusement of others. I've always meant to upload more of their skit stuff, but aside from what I include in the song videos I never seem to get around to it.

[@SageGrim]

you dont know how many times ive watched this video