“I ain't the sharpest fruit in the shed...”

December 9, 2019 10:34 AM

Smash Mouth’s “All Star” played with melons and Toto’s “Africa” played with sweet potato and squash by YouTuber Pupsi.
posted by Fizz (20 comments total)

[Previously.]
posted by Fizz at 10:36 AM on December 9, 2019

"YouTuber"
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 11:01 AM on December 9, 2019 [23 favorites]

Wow, that is several talents channeled in one very weird direction.

I love it.
posted by solotoro at 11:02 AM on December 9, 2019 [4 favorites]

Pupsi totally needs to get together with his fellow Finns Lauri and Anni from the Hydraulic Press Channel (also Beyond the Press) for a mash-up or two.
posted by hangashore at 11:17 AM on December 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

You say potato, I say pototo.
posted by emelenjr at 11:18 AM on December 9, 2019 [8 favorites]

Wow.

Next: Steamed Hams on yams
posted by Mchelly at 11:31 AM on December 9, 2019 [5 favorites]

this made me realize how much this song starts out sounding like early Joe Jackson
posted by thelonius at 11:42 AM on December 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

those melons had impressive intonation
posted by exogenous at 12:06 PM on December 9, 2019 [3 favorites]

I can never resist a weird cover of Africa.
posted by supermedusa at 12:14 PM on December 9, 2019 [2 favorites]

He missed an opportunity to smash pumpkins in there too.
posted by ChuraChura at 12:15 PM on December 9, 2019 [2 favorites]

Next play every track on Can's Ege Bamyasi with okra.
posted by Beardman at 12:40 PM on December 9, 2019 [2 favorites]

The melons were surprisingly endearing to listen to, but if I hear All Star once more I'm going to push a cliff off a cliff.
posted by CynicalKnight at 12:43 PM on December 9, 2019 [3 favorites]

...if I hear All Star once more I'm going to push a cliff off a cliff.

Rat Race (2001)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:03 PM on December 9, 2019 [2 favorites]

if I hear All Star once more...

I used to feel that way, but Neil Cicierega's Smash Mouth-centric mashup albums took me on a strange journey – it started with rage, stopped by ironic amusement, and finally ended up at (mostly) unironic appreciation.

In unrelated news, I'm not allowed to choose road trip music anymore.
posted by ripley_ at 1:32 PM on December 9, 2019 [6 favorites]

I won't be satiated until he covers Toto's second biggest hit, 'Rosh Hashanah', on Challah and Gefilte Fish.
posted by prinado at 2:54 PM on December 9, 2019

I like the insertion of the tuning guts at 0:50.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:04 PM on December 9, 2019 [2 favorites]

The amount of eye contact makes it feel like very... adversarial melon ocarina-ing.
posted by zamboni at 3:07 PM on December 9, 2019 [5 favorites]

I thought it was bad to play with your food
posted by kinnakeet at 3:28 PM on December 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

The next two videos autoplay queued up for me were "serenading the cows with my trombone (Lourde, Royals)" and "50 ways to cook an egg" by Bon Appetit.
posted by jrochest at 11:39 PM on December 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

Related: The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra.
posted by yankeefog at 2:22 AM on December 10, 2019