Hey, when I was in Tokyo Disneyland last December, it was a medley of It’s a Small World and Jingle Bells together. We went on the ride both days we were there. ;)
I plan to go back just to go thru that ride again and again and again….in the meantime, I’ll just hum the New World Symphony…my son swears by it for ear worms. Oops, that didn’t work….
Clifford D Simak once wrote a short story about a man who set out to find what makes a tune catch in your mind that way. He was trying to create the ultimate catchy song. Someone later found him, after his computer finished calculating and composing the song, locked mentally into it. The song was so catchy he could literally think of nothing else.
The hook of the story is why didn’t the janitor who found him get caught by the song too? It seems he was tone deaf.
That Brady Bunch theme stayed stuck in my brain for four years. “Here’s the story of a man named Brady, who was . . . . . .” Goshdangit!! it’s there again . . .
I find the best cure for earworms is to replace it with the “approaching war” theme from the Leningrad symphony. It will stick even more firmly, but Schatakovich is far more bearable than Tin Pan Alley jingles.
oranaiche over 11 years ago
♪ ♫ And did those feet in ancient time…. ♫ ♪
Odd Dog Premium Member over 11 years ago
Opal you are an evil woman, don’t you know that song is contagious if even mentioned?
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
Even Scar of “The Lion King” despises that song. He did ask Zazu to “sing something with a little bounce in it” after all.
Linux0s over 11 years ago
Not even surgery can remove it.
orinoco womble over 11 years ago
How come it’s seldom a song you like that gets stuck?
baldhedjer over 11 years ago
Face hole leakage, and “It’s a Small World” stuck in your head. Quite the day in comics!
pelican47 over 11 years ago
Would this qualify as the most despised song (and/or tune) ever?
GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago
It just get me to thinkin’ about that old time rock and roll.
dunner99rok over 11 years ago
Hey, when I was in Tokyo Disneyland last December, it was a medley of It’s a Small World and Jingle Bells together. We went on the ride both days we were there. ;)
jeanie5448 over 11 years ago
that song is very evil, but at least I am no longer humming Oklahoma………..sigh
Plods with ...™ over 11 years ago
Amen
Plods with ...™ over 11 years ago
oops – too late
jprozeboom over 11 years ago
Don’t cha just hate that when it happends. I think the medical term is “ear worm”. No know cure.
magicwalnut over 11 years ago
I plan to go back just to go thru that ride again and again and again….in the meantime, I’ll just hum the New World Symphony…my son swears by it for ear worms. Oops, that didn’t work….
Kerovan over 11 years ago
Clifford D Simak once wrote a short story about a man who set out to find what makes a tune catch in your mind that way. He was trying to create the ultimate catchy song. Someone later found him, after his computer finished calculating and composing the song, locked mentally into it. The song was so catchy he could literally think of nothing else.
The hook of the story is why didn’t the janitor who found him get caught by the song too? It seems he was tone deaf.
coolhand000 over 11 years ago
That Brady Bunch theme stayed stuck in my brain for four years. “Here’s the story of a man named Brady, who was . . . . . .” Goshdangit!! it’s there again . . .
Nancy J Stout over 11 years ago
Hope my husband doesn’t see this, it will drive him up the wall.
jtviper7 over 11 years ago
I think it will rattle in Opals head… It’s empty in there anyway.
route66paul over 11 years ago
There was a Superbowl bet by 2 DJs (who worked for the ABC) that the loser has to ride It’s a Small World for 8 hours. They were at DL live that day.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
I find the best cure for earworms is to replace it with the “approaching war” theme from the Leningrad symphony. It will stick even more firmly, but Schatakovich is far more bearable than Tin Pan Alley jingles.
angusdad over 11 years ago
Supposedly, the way to get rid of an earworm (hearing the same song over and over again) is to sing The Girl From Ipenema.
dfroark over 11 years ago
Just picture Calvin’s poster in your minds eye and the laughter and grinning will drown out the song..
Number Three over 11 years ago
That song is cute and I went on the ride in Disneyland Paris. It was amazing.
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tbritt99 over 11 years ago
Went on the Small World ride back in the 70’s @ Orlando. You need to be deprogrammed afterwards.
Kathy M T M Premium Member over 11 years ago
my daughter worked on the ride for a few months. I would have ripped the hair out of my head after one hour.
LuvThemPluggers over 11 years ago
I went to Dizzyland with some children last time and had that (fill in name of unmentionable song) in my head for weeks!
Lamberger over 11 years ago
Ear Worm!
Khorla over 11 years ago
That’s so cute.
Hawthorne over 11 years ago
AaaackKK! Brain worm! Stop! I never saw this strip!!
boldyuma over 11 years ago
Strange coinkydink just happened as I read this strip.The ice cream truck just went by playing..“Turkey In The Straw.” lol