Countries of the World, courtesy of Yakko, Rob Paulsen, and Yung Wind Boi

January 26, 2019 1:20 PM

Yakko's World is a fine song to identify and locate the countries of the world in under two minutes, but as noted in the Genius page for the song, it's from 1993, so it's a bit dated, but also there are some errors. Rob Paulsen, the voice of Yakko himself, updated The Countries of the World song for 2017, tacking on additions and corrections at the end, where monotoning YouTuber Yung Wind Boi merged "fixes" into a 2018 edition, and cites his sources.
posted by filthy light thief (4 comments total)

I MUST note that the song was written by Randy Rogel, who already had a writing gig at Batman The Animated Series and used this song lyric to 'audition' for Animaniacs. Respect for the writers!

Also notable, it was part of the series' second episode...
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:47 PM on January 26, 2019 [1 favorite]

Meanwhile, Wakko's America is still perfectly up-to-date.
posted by qntm at 2:41 PM on January 26, 2019 [5 favorites]

My favourite anachronism in the song is 'Both Yemens' Yakko keeping the dream of the People's Republic of South Yemen alive.
posted by Space Coyote at 3:11 PM on January 26, 2019 [5 favorites]

AAAA STOP CLAPPING AAAAHH
posted by lucidium at 12:20 PM on January 27, 2019 [1 favorite]