I used to listen to an actual play podcast wherein one of the cast was really good at specifically identifying phrases and sentences that could be sung to the opening lines of “Camptown Races” and singing out “DOO-DAH! DOO-DAH!!” My favorite one was “Polynesian shark-tooth sword.” (This might be a Kingdom of Loathing thing?)
And then, of course, there’s the xkcd and resulting generators that, beautifully, find Wikipedia articles (or really any random line of text) that can be sung to the tune of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” I especially like the ones where they fit surprisingly well and you’re also like, “wait, why is that a Wikipedia article?!” like “Private Purchase Naval Weapons,” or the ones that are only singable because of a parenthetical clarifier like “Silver Comet (roller coaster).”
This is the best thing I have seen on the entire internet in my entire life
I used to listen to an actual play podcast wherein one of the cast was really good at specifically identifying phrases and sentences that could be sung to the opening lines of “Camptown Races” and singing out “DOO-DAH! DOO-DAH!!” My favorite one was “Polynesian shark-tooth sword.” (This might be a Kingdom of Loathing thing?)
And then, of course, there’s the xkcd and resulting generators that, beautifully, find Wikipedia articles (or really any random line of text) that can be sung to the tune of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” I especially like the ones where they fit surprisingly well and you’re also like, “wait, why is that a Wikipedia article?!” like “Private Purchase Naval Weapons,” or the ones that are only singable because of a parenthetical clarifier like “Silver Comet (roller coaster).”