THE TOP 13 FUNNIEST SPIKE JONES SONGS

Hey! Yes, it's me! And I'm even posting a night early since the COMIC is all caught up for the week. Also because I kinda missed the update this past Sunday due to some prior commitments (see: The Super Bowl {Yeah Steelers!}). Anyway, moving on, at least temporarily, from toy-type lists, is something completely out of left field. Growing up, into my young adolescence and teen years, I became a huge Dr. Demento fan, thereby, sort of by proxy, moving on to the genius of Weird Al. However, within the early phase I became a versed fan of Spike Jones and His City Slickers. And I owe my love for this group all to my Grandma and Grandpa who had a bunch of his stuff on vinyl and cassette (and likely still do, I haven't asked them in a while.) Now, even though Spike Jones is really easy to locate and download, I really haven't listened to him in a bit and I thought it was time I did with a new extended list. If you've never heard Spike Jones, you're in for a treat. If you have, sit back and relive some favorites. Here's a bit of background from Wikipedia:

"Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and ridiculous vocals. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, the band recorded under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers and toured the USA and Canada under the title The Musical Depreciation Revue. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, performed a drunken, hiccupping verse for 1942's "Clink! Clink! Another Drink" (reissued in 1949 as "The Clink! Clink! Polka"). The romantic ballad "Cocktails for Two", originally written to evoke an intimate romantic rendezvous, was re-recorded by Spike Jones in 1944 as a raucous, horn-honking, voice-gurgling, hiccuping hymn to the cocktail hour. The Jones version was a huge hit, much to the resentment of composer Sam Coslow. Other Jones satires followed: "Hawaiian War Chant," "Chloe," "Holiday for Strings," "You Always Hurt the One You Love," "My Old Flame," (referring to Peter Lorre's voice and eerie scenes in contemporary movies) and many more."

13) CLINK, CLINK, ANOTHER DRINK

12) NEVER HIT YOUR GRADMA WITH A SHOVEL

11) YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE

10) HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT

9) CHLOE

8) SHIEK OF ARABY

7) LAURA

6) COCKTAILS FOR TWO

5) DANCE OF THE HOURS

4) THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE

3) THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE

2) DER FUEHRER'S FACE

1) YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS