The Stupids - I'm My Own Grandpa

[@StarWarsMoments]

I just love that the audience gave in and jammed to the song.

[@matthewsmith3078]

The synchronized head and hand movements get me each time. No way I can stay in a bad mood after.

[@sawboss5794]

You know what... let's just go with it.

[@okayoni6342]

Haters will say it's scripted.

[@matthewsmith3078]

@@okayoni6342 😡

[@tatesedar598]

Guess Luke & Leia got retconned here 🥴

[@PaulieLauraXombie1331]

I still own the VHS my wife didn't believe this was a real movie till I showed her. She said that movie looks ridiculously stupid.. Exactly!

[@sailaab]

i know, right!🙃🙂

[@Dilirium23]

And still better than It's Pat!

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

"The solomon brothers" is a good one too.

[@playlistking4303]

What movie is this?

[@Dilirium23]

@@playlistking4303 The Stupids

[@hadensasser4937]

This guy: 🎵I’m my own grandpa!🎵 Philip J. Fry: Welcome to the club.

[@AdamAddictL]

More like the other way around,since this was before Futurama’s time 😂

[@dannyrichardson8019]

Farnsworth even says the line: "Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!"

[@AdamAddictL]

@@dannyrichardson8019 Your point? This movie,HELL,even just the song by itself came WELL BEFORE Futurama. If anything,the movie or the song is where they got the idea for the joke in Futurama!

[@hughmann706]

@@AdamAddictL Well, Fry went back in time so he became his own grandpa BEFORE this movie came out. Check and mate!

[@AdamAddictL]

@@hughmann706 I’ll see your check and raise you a “that doesn’t count to beat this movie because Futurama is a cartoon,this movie was in,and this SONG was made in LIVE ACTION “ 😎😎

[@jasonpatterson8091]

This is a banger of an old song. In the end it's just a guy who marries a woman with an adult daughter, then his dad marries the daughter. That alone is enough to make him his own grandpa. All the kids and such mentioned in the song are filling. And of course the chain of silly connections goes out infinitely in both directions. For anyone who is confused by the geneology: in short, his wife's daughter is both his stepmother and stepdaughter. Since he's father to his own mother, he's his own grandpa, ignoring all the steps.

[@technolefty]

Gawd. Thank you for this! That's been (low-key) bugging me for 30 years!

[@orchunter8388]

Taint hard. Down t holler weuns has ta know dis stuff. Haven’t near got ta the complicated stuff.

[@saferoundhouse5910]

Oh okay I get it now thanks! ^^

[@liontamer2810]

It's so cool that it's possible without incest

[@Bapuji42]

How did his son become a brother-in-law to his father?

[@ComradeKoopa]

I made up a game in high school called Hillbilly Math and this made me think of it. The premise is to make a statement like "my dad's cousin is my sister's grandchild." Then you have to work out the relations on a piece of paper with a family tree.

[@enderjed2523]

And how many times were there Hapsburg scenarios?

[@ComradeKoopa]

@@enderjed2523 What is that?

[@enderjed2523]

@@ComradeKoopa Inbreeding, as that’s what house Hapsburg was known for

[@ElPayasoMalo]

@@enderjed2523 I mean, royalty in general were known for that, but that family really took it into overdrive.

[@NickRoman]

@@enderjed2523 , I believe it's Habsburg. But whatever right.

[@joshs.6155]

I learned this song when I was 10, I'm 35 and still know the lyrics. Every couple years it reappears in my head and I start singing it, much to the joy of my wife. I also know every song from the first south park movie. But take any of my favorite real song from bands I like and I can only remember one or two full lines lol

[@namelesswalaby]

It’s easy mmmmkay

[@phily8093]

Same. Except I dont have anybody in my life to annoy with it.

[@jstra]

I had totally forgotten about this song but was amazed to realise I remembered every word of it!

[@salazardeltoro4561]

Lmao, yes

[@sailaab]

phily8093.. same as you🙃🙂😕🙇🏻‍♂️

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

This song is from the 40s. My grandmother had it on a Time-Life Collection of Oldies. She would play this and my cousin and I would laugh our heads off at how goofy music was. Our favorite song was Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti). We would ask her, "You REALLY listened to this as a kid!?" We could not believe it.

[@gordonbrooks13]

I'm curious: Was the version you remember recorded by Guy Lombardo?

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

@@gordonbrooks13 No.

[@noonedude101]

Ah, a MASH classic.

[@jeremyclements2460]

Tom Arnold's crowing achievement in cinema and selfless gift to all of humanity: "I'm My Own Grandpa"

[@iVenge]

Did you mean crowing, or crowning? It works either way.

[@veritylife8432]

This movie is the greatest as far as my family is concerned, my children and I were going thru a bad time and needed a break from the stress, we were cold and tired and I took them to a movie just to get warm and rest in a safe place. this movie mad us laugh so much we were able to forget for a while that life was no longer what it once was. I always thought if I met Tom I would thank him for his service to my family. He made a big difference!

[@iexlrate1]

I met Tom in a airport in CA 30 years ago, he was a pretty chill guy!

[@iamgroot95]

Its 2023 and this movie is still hilarious and doesn't get the hype it deserves 😤 👏

[@FantomL0rd]

Amen

[@Morgil27]

This movie gets hype?

[@Redmayne152]

@Morgil No he said it DOESNT get the hype it deserves

[@drmattathias]

@@Redmayne152 So it gets hype, just not the hype it deserves.

[@Redmayne152]

@@drmattathias Dude, let's be real this movie gets no hype

[@MadDemon64]

I'm gonna need a flowchart to make sense of this.

[@aleisterlavey9716]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4rPe3tuZsmGn9k here you are

[@SparksMC]

Same

[@HaapsaluYT]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHXVpJx9rJZ5f9k explains it pretty well

[@zenleek2129]

Ahah it's simple really. A dad with his son. A mother with her daughter. The son marries the mother. The dad marries the daughter. Both couples have a new child. That's it.

[@amog8202]

Have we got a show for you.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

And no time travel, who'd have guessed it?!😂

[@paddycakes.]

I’m still surprised that some people don’t know this movie. It’s a classic and this song is *chefs kiss*

[@agk9700]

What is this movie

[@williamheath9985]

@@agk9700 The Stupids

[@GrimoireOfTheSage]

@@agk9700 The Stupids. That is the name of the movie, not a comment on the scene. . . or maybe it is both.

[@bengermanb]

My sister and her friend constantly re-watched the part where the smoker blew up because she ignited her airbag. They laughed and wheezed each time.

[@gew12]

Why are you surprised. Everybody can't know every film. I wouldn't label it a classic as for that it would need to be in the official 100 best films of all time. I've never heard of it until today and I'm a film fanatic.

[@mohammadk79]

This is more complicated than the family trees from Dark, and that involved time travel!

[@JonesNate]

It's the marriages that make it happen. The kids are just filler for the song.

[@1stAid]

I love how, at the very end, he just has a big, sincere smile on his face while the lady's just looking at him with concern or disgust.

[@RareVBlue]

It's crazy that this song was actually written 76 years ago by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe after reading something written by Mark Twain in which Twain proved it would be impossible for a man to become his own grandfather. So they wrote this song to prove he was wrong.

[@EbuCallinav]

The more you know....

[@mishmashmedley]

so they proved him right...

[@galerios1]

This movie is an underrated gem. I still laugh at this years later. It's so dumb but it's so stupid it's funny. This song was actually written by a comedy country singer named Ray Stevens. The dude is hilarious and had several comedy hits, including The Streak, Mississippi Squirrel Revival, Sitting Up With The Dead, and It's Again Margaret, just to name a few.

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

Ray Stevens didn’t write this - this song is before even his time. But I agree he’s hilarious.

[@JakeHawken]

I hate to admit how much I loved this movie when it came out.

[@JakeHawken]

Same. “THE DRIVE BEE!!!”

[@lyingcat9022]

“Oh a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I’m my own Grandpa”

[@nicholasmarshall8430]

"Lets get the hell out of here, screw history!"

[@ajspice]

This seems like a song that should have been WAY more popular when I was a kid.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

If you were a kid shortly after World War II, when the song was written, it was pretty darned popular.

[@ajspice]

@@jasonpatterson8091 Um...not sure if you are fucking with me or not, which is commendable to be honest.

[@Enigmatic..]

My teachers had us all sing this in assembly in primary school back in the early 90s lol.

[@seasonings2taste115]

I went to school with a guy whose parents divorced. Dad remarried a new woman a couple years ago. Mom remarried her ex father in law (ex husband’s dad) and had a son. His half brother is also his uncle and his dad is his step brother, grandpa is stepdad.

[@fliprodriguez5250]

Damn they the only two families in that town?!?!

[@mark9294]

@@fliprodriguez5250 well you also need compatibility

[@PALACIO254]

Cool

[@johnnymilne2105]

Now, many many years ago When I was twenty three I was married to a widow Who was pretty as could be This widow had a grown-up daughter Had hair of red My father fell in love with her And soon the two were wed This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life My daughter was my mother 'Cause she was my father's wife To complicate the matters Even though it brought me joy I soon became the father Of a bouncing baby boy My little baby then became A brother-in-law to dad And so became my uncle Though it made me very sad For if he was my uncle That also made him the brother Of the widow's grown-up daughter Who, of course, was my step-mother I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grandpa My father's wife then had a son That kept them on the run And he became my grandchild For he was my daughter's son My wife is now my mother's mother And it makes me blue Because, she is my wife She's my grandmother too I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grandpa Now, if my wife is my grandmother Then, I am her grandchild And every time I think of it It nearly drives me wild For now I have become The strangest case you ever saw As husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grandpa

[@cosmealcantar9396]

Okay now that I read this makes sense now kind of I thought this guy time travel like fry I'm Futurama.

[@johnnymilne2105]

@@cosmealcantar9396 yeah. Listening to it is very confusing lol

[@GeraldMMonroe]

Does someone have like a flow chart lol. And this all seems to be based on societal definitions, he still isn't his own grandfather. I was assuming "I time traveled to the past, spied on my hot grandmother, fell out of a tree, and had sex with her..."

[@Sarah-yd9gt]

The only piece of information you need is that he married an older widow and his new step-daughter later married his father. He is 23. Let's say the widow is 45 and her daughter is 18. Let's estimate his father's age to be 50. So, his 50-year-old father married a cute 18-year-old redhead that wasn't related by blood. Relationships by marriage that are awkward on paper are not that difficult to form because people meet by way of social gatherings, including family gatherings. Example: My husband's ex-wife was older than him. She had adult children from a previous marriage. One of these children was already a single mother herself who eventually married my husband's brother. (The age difference is only about a decade.) If my husband had not divorced his ex-wife and married me before his brother married his step daughter, my husband would have been his own in-law. To the stepdaughter's children, my husband would have been both grandpa and step-uncle simultaneously. He would have been his own "brother of a son-in-law" to himself, a relationship that doesn't have a unique name in English and wouldn't make for a very good song.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

@@cosmealcantar9396 It doesn't involve the nasty in the pasty, but rather a serious of convoluted relationships and dubious in-law statuses.

[@jerryb7956]

Why does Tom Arnold always look like he's about to try and sell you a cheap Kirby vacuum knockoff?

[@Scipio488]

His incomparable depth of insincerity.

[@rursus8354]

The public joyfully accepted the ethics of the situation and sung in chorus with our hero, the self-grandpa.

[@DJZeroAlphaPage2]

This is the best film adaptation of a children's book.

[@lonnie_toons]

This movie is for children?

[@MissMuttonmeat]

It's based off a children's book called the Stupids.

[@jamespryor5967]

@@lonnie_toons It's rated PG.

[@princessmarlena1359]

I love those books.

[@mentalcupcakes8142]

Fun Fact: This song was written by Ray Stevens, who has many other hilarious songs such as Mississippi Squirell Revival, The Streak, Sitting Up With The Dead, etc.

[@philliplang7956]

"Mississippi Squirrel Revival" Oh man I love that song! Loved it since I was a kid. Something about it made me laugh so hard when I was a kid. I'm gonna have to look it up again, hadn't thought about it in a few years.

[@elementblue780]

Ray Stevens didn't write this song. It was written by a couple of guys (I can't remember their names) in the 1940s and the country duo Lonzo and Oscar were the first to perform it, also in the 40s. Ray Stevens' version is a cover.

[@Thommy2n]

I learned this at the campfire sung with guitar by a troop-leader at a boyscout camping trip. It came after the song of the woman who swallowed a fly. I always wondered where it came from.

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

It didn’t come from this movie - it was already nearly 50 years old when The Stupids included it. It’s been around the block.

[@_Artichoking]

Philip J Fry be like

[@scottjackson1420]

This is just about the funniest thing I've seen in years. I love this to pieces.

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

Watch the whole movie. If you can go in knowing it will be dumb and not expect anything else, it will reward you handsomely.

[@erasmus1982]

I clicked onto this video cause I thought it was a testimony of a child who remembers his past life as his own grandfather. But it turned to be a funnier choice that made me smile! ☺️

[@grant5501]

I watched this movie once as a kid. I'll never forget the part where he says things with more wheels go faster so he chooses the roller skate to chase the guys in a car.

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

This has got to be the funniest video I have seen in a long time

[@Angelfreak94]

I have never seen this movie before and while scrolling through facebook i saw this clip and cought my attention lol i wanna watch this now since its an oldie i might enjoy

[@DRYeisleysCreations]

I have yet to see this film, but this is may new favorite version of this song.

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

I first heard this song about 4 years ago at the age of 57 & loving it

[@golvic1436]

Wow... I forgot this movie existed. This takes me back.

[@orryrobb5160]

All I can think about is this song, watching House of The Dragon.

[@tonypepperoni229]

omg.. i remembered the title instantly and this melody and lyrics has been in my head once in a while since I heard it and over time dont even remember the origin. thats so weird

[@blakearius]

the song is from 1947.. but this dumb movie is how probably most people alive heard it

[@tonypepperoni229]

@@blakearius you know what maybe I have heard it on Doctor Demento before now that you mention it or somewhere but I hadnt seen this movie since the 90s so maybe it was in there but who knows

[@ashleykoivisto8138]

I remember hearing that song in science class my sophomore year. Our teacher played it.

[@SchardtCinematic]

Such a classic song.

[@Enigmatic..]

My school actually had us sing this back when i was a kid. I remember singing this in assembly back in primary school in the UK in the early to mid 90s.

[@Kiddman32]

First time I ever heard this song was by a barbershop quartet, some 40 years ago. Of course, there have been other recordings of the tune, but the barbershop performance was the greatest!

[@ElFreakinCid]

Explaining Homestuck relationships be like...

[@OrangeColt]

Ecto biology you know

[@BigKame09]

Back when this came out, my parents told us we weren't allowed to tell anyone we watched this movie.

[@ronpaulssecretary]

I think the reason this is so confusing is because it's all by marriage. As a kid i didn't understand that.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

This was funny but now I am stuck thinking about the logistics of dating one of two conjoined twins. I imagine HOW they are connected would play very heavily into that.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

There have been instances of a set of conjoined twins each having relations with another set of conjoined twins. Imagine being in bed with your girlfriend just trying to watch a movie while your brother(who is attached to you) is trying to get flirty with *his* girlfriend, that is attached to yours.

[@romainsavioz5466]

@@ShaggyRogers1 and depending on the organ situation

[@jacoblocey312]

One of the best movies of all time.

[@sailaab]

Still fresh.. despite nostalgia

[@Stuffinround]

Music has such a way with bringing people together

[@jedhawkins1769]

A catchy, singalong song with a bizarre and complex twist about a confusing mess of a family tree. How creative can you get?

[@KamisKisses]

Never gets old

[@chrishalford2488]

I love “Spike Jones”!! LOL

[@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH]

Don't remember this movie, may have never seen it. But this is literally the only other movie I've ever seen 1990s Alfalfa in lol.

[@cing9545]

And suddenly the music starts out of nowhere xD that's hilarious

[@t.vampiro4800]

Never seen this until it was reccomended. 🤣

[@muhammadrauf2600]

Wow, I can't believe I actually enjoyed this nonsense when I was a kid 😅 lol

[@timgrove5757]

Me to lol it's a guilty pleasure

[@isiahdaley477]

Lmfao

[@reivu]

it’s not nonsense! it totally checks out 😎

[@sarahpeterson6497]

I love it now. Especially since it annoys my nine year old😆

[@HoodGoblin]

Literally the only thing I remember from this movie

[@seanryan3020]

The Stupids are like the Addams family: They appear freaky, but their family bond is stronger than most "normal" families!

[@kellzkillz1451]

Mine and my dads favorite movie to this day..😂

[@jay42k]

I read many years ago that this was originally pitched as a live action The Simpsons movie and for one reason or another it wasn't made but instead turned into this movie.

[@Mr_brut3]

That kid was the boy who played Alfa Fa innthe Little Rascals ..... 😎 👍

[@SpideyVids]

I haven't heard that song in decades. 😂

[@hopehughes3425]

Why all the sudden I was thinking of the Jerry Springer show. That would have been so much cooler to have had Jerry Springer interview him and after that everyone would go Jerry Jerry Jerry!

[@dorianschmidt6827]

That's gold Jerry.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

With a title like "The Stupids", I don't know what I was expecting. lol

[@writteninthestars02]

This movie really is incredibly underrated

[@stev106]

I don’t care what people think. I adore this movie.

[@pattonjeffrey6]

this slapped when i was a kid

[@GoliathsChamp]

Unforgettable movie.

[@TomMSTie1138]

Maury Povich: "You ARE your own grandpa!"

[@SheenUser]

My dad used to play this song for me as a child beacuse it was so silly. Finding it on my youtube page just reminded me of my father

[@cherylphelan2422]

Reminds me of this year’s 2024 DNC convention.😂🤣🤣🤣

[@zeadisow6966]

The Habsburgs be like:

[@henrymanzano2201]

Ok,two things: 1) I need to sit down and watch this movie in its entirety. 2) Based on what I've just seen,we need to make "The Stupids: The Musical" happen!

[@ThunderFx00]

A classic movie man with a classic song. Although I swear it always makes me think about the OUAT family tree lol.

[@ThatPillow]

Imagine being part of this family and being asked to draw your family tree

[@sikhsikhsikh]

this is peak comedy

[@aaroncampbell80]

This is something more confusing than The Doctor’s family tree from Doctor Who

[@Justawesomebro1]

Philip J Fry: and I took that extremely personally

[@AdamAddictL]

The Stupids: Doing the “I’m my own grandpa”thing YEARS before Futurama 🤣🤣🤣 ….*ALSO* one of the earliest movies to use CGI 3D animals(the pets in the movie)

[@RED01SEA]

This movie did the DARK Twist years ago !!!!!

[@whiterabbit4113]

This is the first I've ever heard of or seen this song and it's by far one of the most funnily confusing songs I've ever seen xD

[@animefan25]

Did this movie premiered before or after Futurama?

[@averycheesypotato]

Before. It’s old. And the song is older still

[@bigmad6454]

I remember reading the books in 4th grade

[@MACMETALFACE]

Interesting i just watched this last week for the first time as an adult. This movie is so dense it’s nuts. You look a way for a second you miss a joke it a bit.

[@unlikelysuspect5491]

I've seen this episode of Futurama before

[@EmeraldView]

Wow. That kid is SOOOO freakin' cute. Oh yeah, so is this song. LOL

[@adamn7516]

Thats Bug Hall from the Little Rascals movie that came out a few years before.

[@EmeraldView]

@@adamn7516 Seriously Bug? Haha. That's some name. Well.. he's as cute as a bug. LOL

[@adamn7516]

@@EmeraldView I believe his real first name is Brandon but if memory serves his parents nicknamed him Bug.

[@EmeraldView]

@@adamn7516 Ah okay. That makes more sense. Thanks.

[@BopperBippity]

This is once upon a time in a nutshell, except the characters were *mostly* unaware of this as it happened

[@jefferyreed4073]

I think my family on my mom side try out for this movie an they said sorry we dont need any professionals

[@alexmcdonald8041]

My Dad's girlfriend Stephanie introduced this to me and my dad and now I can't stop singing it. My dad hates it. He said In the words of Rachel Phelps from Major League, "I hate this f...ing song."

[@TheCoppoy]

fun movie it was! 😂😂😂 Manbush Drive B

[@ajstudios9210]

This happened to Philip J. Fry. I never forgot this weird song. It's been years since listening to it.

[@leesimmons5453]

Tom Arnold's greatest role.

[@Wapako]

I love how they all bop to this song ahah

[@hanselbarlowe2575]

Glad he sang the explanation it made what would've been really complicated situation so simple

[@JohnSmith09123]

I forgot this movie existed

[@myyoutube887]

Here in the land of Granddauughters who have no complaints

[@triclopsgamer5934]

Amazingly being your own grandfather can exclude the possibility of incest. Wow.

[@greybeard5123]

The traditional no-incest incest is boy meets girl and they get married. Just before marrying, they are totally unrelated. Then each of them lose a parent (usually to old age). Remaining parents start spending time together, and then they marry too. The original couple - who were totally unrelated when dating and when they married - are now brother and sister.

[@user-cn5cv6wm3s]

It's really strange indeed 😂😂

[@Danny2113182]

Otherwise known in the GOT & HOTD universe, "Business As Usual!"

[@zach11241]

For him, it was complicated. For Alabama, it was Taco Tuesday.