This song stuck in my head after that scene in Simpsons. I couldn't get it out, so I decided to face the enemy and listened to this original version. And now it's ...stuck foreverrrr!
If that isn’t the truth though. My husband and I keep coming up with all these old songs and go to TH-cam and find them and sing along with them. Isn’t it great that we can look up all these old songs and sing along with them? I love TH-cam.
I'm sorry to hear it man, my condolences. My brother passed in April this year, 33 years old :( I'm 36. He wasn't supposed to die before me, mom and dad. My parents played this song in the car when we were kids and man, we laughed - we didn't understand it, we just liked the way he spoke. Then as an adult I'm listening now and it asks "How's my precious little brother" ... shit hits hard man. Who'd have thought such a funny and light hearted song could bring a tear to my eye. Good sir, I hope you find peace in the lessons and life your father gave you.
This the one song I remember from when I was younger. It's been a while. Even if you live for a hundred years, somethings just pass and are gone forever. I'm glad to see this Tresure is still here. Don't wait to live your life. Do it now. And don't ever wish to live forever, it might come true
Haven't seen this in decades!! We loved it as kids. Thank you for including the lyrics as we could never remember all of them. We were laughing too hard,!!
Nope...she isn't resting in peace. Her soul is doing other things. Christianity is ignorant. People don't "pass away"..we croak. The Body ends, but the Soul continue on to do many other things. If you mean the Bible God to bless her, you really should read the Bible completely, word for word, page by page. You wouldn't ask that of that book character if you do. Obviously, I have...read the the book that way. Honestly.
@@biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 when did I ever imply that I like reading books after all there’s a thing called PDF, also I’m Wiccan I don’t read the Bible cuz it goes against my religious beliefs I moved away from Christianity for a lot of reasons I don’t wanna get into cuz A it’s no one’s business and B I find talking about churchy things to be uncomfortable. But otherwise thanks for the comment much love
@@Yur_Commentator "When did I ever imply that I like reading books?" Ever? Maybe some time in one of your previous lives? "There’s a thing called PDF." Yeah, ehhh...Books are better. I like both. "I’m Wiccan I don’t read the Bible cuz it goes against my religious beliefs I moved away from Christianity for a lot of reasons." I was a hard-core Christian, look at my Avatar, and I know the Bible very well..I read it completely several times. I can go toe-to-toe if needed with them. Because I read it completely, I switched to Pagan. The Bible doesn't go against any "Beliefs" of Pagan or Wiccan, it uses and copies from Pagan/Wicca. You know who Mithra is, right? Where do you think the idea of Jesus/Yeshua comes from? Someone didn't help you very well in your switch from Christian to Wicca. Sad face. I left Christianity because I noticed all of the flaws, errors, contradictions. I also peered deeply into the Christian past. I've read the correct translations of Cuneiform, and from Cuneiform You...Will..Find..the deepest Pagan/Wicca roots. "A. It’s no one’s business and B. I find talking about churchy things to be uncomfortable. But otherwise thanks for the comment." If "Churchy" stuff is uncomforable, dear one, then you haven't arrived at confidence in what you Know beyond beliefs. From someone that _knows_ what that means. Wink. It's not anyone's business, well, true enough if you're not ready. I'm very confident, and I'll talk Church stuff if someone cares enough to challenge me. When you're ready, if you choose to become ready, you will be able to also. Don't challenge others until you're ready. To be ready is to challenge yourself first. Love without conditions, is something the Gods and Goddesses do, not conditional love..which is what's in the Bible. Blessed Be, because you are. If you don't reply again, be WELL. Happy Yuletide (perverted into Christmas), Samhain (perverted into Halloween), Beltane..and so on. Warm smile.
My grandparents had this album also. Every summer as kids we would fly to visit them and I’d listen to that album over and over. They had two of them. This song parody was my favorite. They passed the records on to me. I have them still safe and sound 😊. Great memories!
@@mre4u422 Yeah they do.. just the wrong ones Here in Germany the melody was used in the 80's and 90's for the commercial (from a cake factory). The melody is catchy, so it will be used forever for something like that and while back than it wasn't always easy to even find out what the source of some song is.. the internet changed that, so everyone who wants to know about the melody that keeps repeating over and over in ones brain can find out and I am sure that a lot will end up with originals like this one.
I used to hear this on WKRC radio when i was a 10 year old kid. Now, im 60 and still enjoy hearing this. Thanks for the memories and reminding me of all that laughter so many years ago.
Fun bit of music trivia. Lynrd Skynrd got their name from the character in this song & the fact that their drummer had a Gym Teacher named Leonard Skinner in high school & that sealed it.
Did you know that at a Lynrd Skynrd show once, the EMCEE announced, "Everybody. Lenard Skinner." The crowd went wild. Then the Gym teacher came out and said the he was Leonard Skinner and then introduced Lynrd Skynrd.
Here in England I used to hear this on the radio when I was growing up in the 60s my mum singing along, she appeared in a few amateur shows herself, happy memories, RIP mum.
I didn’t grow up in The States, so this was only a part of my childhood from that one quick cameo in The Simpsons, but I’d never looked it up. Instead, I was looking for the song Granada, composed by the Mexican Agustín Lara, and bumped into this full version. Turns out it still holds up. Had me cracking up the whole time he was singing. The performance, the ridiculous hat, and the silly lyrics are really terrific!
My parents used to sing this to us when I was a kid. My late father was hilarious, and it has become one of my fondest childhood memories. Thank you so much for posting this. You've made my day.
Even though I am French Canadian. we watched the Ed Sullivan show and I remember this song...Whenever I visited my parents in Montréal as a grown adult, when I got up in the morning I would sing to them...Hello Mother....Hello Father...it became a tradition...
I was introduced to this song by my parents when I was growing up. They are both gone now. Precious memories. The original song was instrumental and part of a classic piece of music. I don't recall the composer.
Sherman was a tv producer whose schtick was to take classical or pop standards and create funny lyrics for them. He cracked up enough people that he was encouraged to perform at parties and finally on records. This was the song that made him a national sensation. My other favorites were "Crazy Downtown" "Harvey and Sheila" and "One Hippopatomi". He died at age 48 from complications with obesity.
My fifth grade art teacher would play this album on her record player for us if we promised to be quiet and keep this on the Q. T. Sure miss those days sometimes.
@@gagtager The old memory isn't what it was, but getting old isn't for the faint hearted! 😕 That's really nice of you to ask Richy, because it's just me nowadays, so thank you. x
@@santi044 that's very sweet of you Santi....yes, still here and coming up 72...where do the years go, and I swear this last year was the quickest yet. 😅 Thank you for taking the time to write, you're obviously a very nice person, and I appreciate it. I hope that your year has gone well too and that the next one will be good to you. Take care. 🙋♀️👍🤗 x
My dad introduced this this song to me and my sisters when we were kids, along with Purple People Eater, Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, They’re Coming to Take Me Away and many others. Have had this song memorized for decades. Still laugh at it and have made sure my grandkids all heard it. Used to be able to hear them all on Dr. Demento radio broadcasts about 20 years ago. Those WERE the good old days!
My nana had a cassette that had this and a ton of silly songs like the itsy bitsy yellow polka bikini and a song about bubblegum on the bedpost. I listened to it all the time.
Is it around 60 yrs since I first heard this recording on radio, its as hilarious now as it was back then and at the time it was never off the radio. Another great comedy classic.
It is still funny, 60 years later! I saw this when I was a kid, and never saw it again til now. And he is still funny, especially his deadpan delivery.
My stepfather used to always sing this song. It’s one of my best memories. RIP Larry!! I can’t believe I’m 40 and just now looked this up and learned all the words. I always say “hello mother hello father here I am at camp granada” when I call my mom and she gets a laugh every time.
My aunt always played this every year when she dropped me off at a church camp and although I wasn’t born until about 70 years after it was written this song is engrained it my childhood forever. By the way I loved the camp, it’s not like I hated it, it was just a funny song to listen to on the drive.
I was 10 when this came out, in 1963 my folks had the album. I also was sent to summer camp as a kid. The camp was in-town, about 30 minutes from our house in the suburbs. The camp was also in a suburb , but the area that wasn't developed yet, so it seemed like it was out in the wilderness, at least to my 10 year old self. It was a day camp, but there were 5 weekends through out the summer, where we stayed overnight. The camp provided horrible old fashioned folding cots. Basically canvas slings, on a folding wooden frame with legs beneath. We didn't even sleep outdoors,....but in the camp buildings, where a clean lavatory was a few steps away. But to a 10 year old, with zero camping experience, it was challenging. I had never slept away from my home, with other boys. I did enjoy the food we cooked over a campfire, and we did get into some night time hijinks,....the counselors told scary stories around the campfire. We learned classic camp songs, and the whole group of us sang them. We made fun stuff by gluing clean popsicle sticks together with Elmer's white glue,.....like a bird house, a small lamp shade, we wove vinyl lacing to make lanyards. Typically, I hated having to go to it all summer long, but by the time it was over,.....I didn't want to leave. There was a swimming pool, hiking trails, a miniature golf range, a horse shoe throwing area, archery, softball, volleyball, places to play tag and group player activities. I attended it for 3 Summers. It was just for boys, and I didn't know any of the other kids, they weren't from my suburb. But I made new friends, & some them remained my friends through my years in junior high school. I lost touch with them by time I went off to high school. When I was 13, I attended a Summer camp for creative kids. It was a Music, Arts and Crafts camp. By that period of time, I had already begun to make Art.
Arther on (a re-run of) "King of Queens" the other night was doing exercises to this song. Gosh it is O L D ! I had it way back when. I think High School which I graduated from in 1969, so it was before that. O L D ! !
I remember the first time I heard this on Ed Sullivan, sitting on the floor with my older brother and little sister sharing a bowl of popcorn. Mom and dad hilariously laughing.
I remember and still enjoy Sherman's delivery of this song. I am surprised that after all this time, I could sing along perfectly and laugh while I'm doing it.
I always enjoyed Allan Sherman-who we lost way too soon! I used to okay his second album, “My Son, The Celebrity” over and over again when we had no tv in Germany in the mid-60s. Allan! Where are you when the world needs a funny guy!?
Been listening to fantasia while doing homework, and EVERY TIME the Dance of the Hippos comes up, I have the phantom voice of this guy whispering lyrics in the back of my mind. Couldn't remember what they were but I could hear it anyway
My dad literally just sings the first line from this song and I never knew what he was talking about...until this showed up in my recommended for some reason.
Kids now a days don't know how good they have. Before the internet we had to sign songs like this from memory. Our memories and those around us who remembered. It was tough. If you didn't remember or know someone who did, than you just didn't get it. NOW songs like this are at the touch of everyone's fingertips!!! With the full version with the words to the song and even if they're not with the song, you can always google for the words. I'm glad that I'm still around to enjoy having social media.
I remember discovering this record in my parents collection. I became a fan. They had two Allen Sherman albums (My Son The Nut and Allen Sherman Sings Funny Things, This Time With Strings). I listened until they were worn out.
I love the way that Allan Sherman sang this song! I'm pretty sure that he wrote the lyrics and the music. I have a dvd set of game shows from the 1950s and the 1960s. During the show called "Shenanigans" Allan Sherman introduced a new board game that his uncle Milton Bradley created called "Camp Grenada." The copyright date for this particular show is 1964. I remember my older brother used to sing that "Camp Granada" song a lot. It's a fun song to sing. The board game called "Camp Grenada" that Allan Sherman's uncle Milton Bradley created was based on this song. Allan Sherman was the co-writer of this song.
He wrote the words but not the music. It is the Dance of the Hours from the opera “ La Gioconda” by Amilcare Ponchielli. It also appears in “Fantasia” danced by hippos and alligators.
My father and grandfather sang this together all the time, my grandfather now suffers from alzimers and is in a home, i hope i will be able to sing this with him for the first tike before he goes
I remember hearing this years (no make that decades) ago on the radio, but never remembered enough to be able to look it up. Delighted to have finally found it 9thanks to a comment on Facebook).
In honor of a nutty buddy who totally enchanted my childhood. I miss him terribly. He would perform this for us at the twirl of hat. Lovely childhood and beautiful memories.
My good friend Stan Fiedler(Janesville, Wisconsin) use to play this a lot! He had an Arcade for the kids from the mid 1950s-1992! He'd play it in the arcade after the kids left at night on his Pioneer reel-to-reel machine! R I P, Stan!
I learned “Return to Camp Granada” first as a kid. Counselors actually taught it to us at summer camp. A lot of this stuff is spot on. Ahhhh to be 11 again.
Apparently one of my greatest high school mates family was going to buy the actual camp that the song is based off of. I was told that the writer who my friend doesn't know is Allen Sherman went to the camp that the song is about but it wasn't called Camp granada. It was just named that after the song, but turns out that the place might be haunted because my friend showed me a picture he took of a room in one of the bunks. In that picture in the corner of the room you can see a dark area and what looks like to be a figure of some sort squatting in the corner. He said he did not see it until his girlfriend spotted it out in the picture. I saw the picture and yeah it gives me chills. The picture itself haunts my friend because he saw nothing when he was there in person but it shows up in the picture.
Showed this to my mum. She laughed hard and even looked kinda sorry in the "I've been here one whole day"-part. Not a surprise since she is a retired teacher. :D
In highschool I was with a group of kids and we would go out every other weekend and collect all sorts of samples from the different rivers in my state. Twice a year we would camp out over the weekend. We would drive the teachers nuts singing this on the bus on those two trips. Yeah we were nerds but we had a lot of fun.
For some strange reason this song popped into my head , I recalled it from my youth. Eventually I remembered Allan Sherman as the artist, and how funny and popular the song was at the time. So I checked TH-cam to see if I could find it and here it is. TH-cam is an amazing site and there is nothing from my childhood I haven't been able to find, tv shows, songs events etc. Thanks to all the people who have shared all this content I thouught was just memories.
I'm afraid this song has been with me since way before the Simpsons - seems it's the same age as me - LOL! Still love it, from my childhood and I'm now almost word perfect ! Thanks for the upload !
what is funny about this? it seems pretty old to me lol what is the joke, that the kid isn't having a good time at camp? that he's singing it? maybe it's referencing something I don't get
Was looking up more Sherman songs yesterday. I'm pretty sure my parents had one of his albums next to the big record player that we rarely used outside of Xmas; I was too young then to appreciate it and listen. Now I am kind of in awe at his genius for music comedy and glad for TH-cam, the biggest record player of 'em all.
This song stuck in my head after that scene in Simpsons. I couldn't get it out, so I decided to face the enemy and listened to this original version. And now it's ...stuck foreverrrr!
Ah! That’s exactly what I did!
"Marge, is Lisa at Camp Granada?"
If that isn’t the truth though. My husband and I keep coming up with all these old songs and go to TH-cam and find them and sing along with them. Isn’t it great that we can look up all these old songs and sing along with them? I love TH-cam.
No King of Queens xd
Me too man
My dad played this all the time when we were growing up. He just passed at 85. This brings back memories.
I'm sorry to hear it man, my condolences. My brother passed in April this year, 33 years old :( I'm 36. He wasn't supposed to die before me, mom and dad. My parents played this song in the car when we were kids and man, we laughed - we didn't understand it, we just liked the way he spoke. Then as an adult I'm listening now and it asks "How's my precious little brother" ... shit hits hard man. Who'd have thought such a funny and light hearted song could bring a tear to my eye. Good sir, I hope you find peace in the lessons and life your father gave you.
Rest in peace dad.
@@fromthegamethrone Rest in peace bro.
@@robertl.crawford4369 thanks man x
sorry to hear that, my condolences to you and your family
This the one song I remember from when I was younger. It's been a while. Even if you live for a hundred years, somethings just pass and are gone forever. I'm glad to see this Tresure is still here. Don't wait to live your life. Do it now. And don't ever wish to live forever, it might come true
Marge? Is Lisa at Camp Granada?
If we both survive
Probably
so i’m not the only one
Buy me Bonestorm, or go to Hell!
Haven't seen this in decades!! We loved it as kids. Thank you for including the lyrics as we could never remember all of them. We were laughing too hard,!!
Marge, is Lisa at Camp Granada?
I bet Bart is stealing BoneStorm.
"Buy me BoneStorm or go to hell."
awelcruiz I was dying laughing from that 😂
awelcruiz “now, to put this where no one will ever find it”
Just literally anyone come here for any other reason than that reference?
I clicked on this video thinking to myself "I am going to be pissed off if this isn't the top comment".
For those of you wondering what Ptomaine poisoning is. Essentially another word for food poisoning.
Good to know. Thanks
@@teorijaludaka I kind of just guessed that since, he said it was after dinner
When I was an ickle-pritty, all those years ago, and only so high, I used to think he was singing 'toenail poisoning . . '
It’s an outdated term now though, it’s no longer used medically (used to back when this video was made)
It's okay. When I heard Clapton singing JJ Cale, I thought he was saying, "I get high I get high-- ptomaine."
2024 am on the other side of the world enjoying this iconic performance. Such a great legacy.
Well played Mr Sherman.
There playing ads on the (UK) radio with the same tune, so I had to look this up.
My grandma had this song on Vinyl before she passed away
God bless her soul may she Rest In Peace while dancing in the sun with Allen Sherman
Nope...she isn't resting in peace. Her soul is doing other things. Christianity is ignorant. People don't "pass away"..we croak. The Body ends, but the Soul continue on to do many other things. If you mean the Bible God to bless her, you really should read the Bible completely, word for word, page by page. You wouldn't ask that of that book character if you do. Obviously, I have...read the the book that way. Honestly.
@@biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 when did I ever imply that I like reading books after all there’s a thing called PDF, also I’m Wiccan I don’t read the Bible cuz it goes against my religious beliefs I moved away from Christianity for a lot of reasons I don’t wanna get into cuz A it’s no one’s business and B I find talking about churchy things to be uncomfortable. But otherwise thanks for the comment
much love
@@Yur_Commentator
"When did I ever imply that I like reading books?"
Ever? Maybe some time in one of your previous lives?
"There’s a thing called PDF."
Yeah, ehhh...Books are better. I like both.
"I’m Wiccan I don’t read the Bible cuz it goes against my religious beliefs I moved away from Christianity for a lot of reasons."
I was a hard-core Christian, look at my Avatar, and I know the Bible very well..I read it completely several times. I can go toe-to-toe if needed with them. Because I read it completely, I switched to Pagan. The Bible doesn't go against any "Beliefs" of Pagan or Wiccan, it uses and copies from Pagan/Wicca. You know who Mithra is, right? Where do you think the idea of Jesus/Yeshua comes from? Someone didn't help you very well in your switch from Christian to Wicca. Sad face.
I left Christianity because I noticed all of the flaws, errors, contradictions. I also peered deeply into the Christian past. I've read the correct translations of Cuneiform, and from Cuneiform You...Will..Find..the deepest Pagan/Wicca roots.
"A. It’s no one’s business and B. I find talking about churchy things to be uncomfortable. But otherwise thanks for the comment."
If "Churchy" stuff is uncomforable, dear one, then you haven't arrived at confidence in what you Know beyond beliefs. From someone that _knows_ what that means. Wink. It's not anyone's business, well, true enough if you're not ready.
I'm very confident, and I'll talk Church stuff if someone cares enough to challenge me. When you're ready, if you choose to become ready, you will be able to also.
Don't challenge others until you're ready. To be ready is to challenge yourself first.
Love without conditions, is something the Gods and Goddesses do, not conditional love..which is what's in the Bible.
Blessed Be, because you are. If you don't reply again, be WELL. Happy Yuletide (perverted into Christmas), Samhain (perverted into Halloween), Beltane..and so on. Warm smile.
My grandparents had this album also. Every summer as kids we would fly to visit them and I’d listen to that album over and over. They had two of them. This song parody was my favorite. They passed the records on to me. I have them still safe and sound 😊. Great memories!
@@mrssilencedogood4825 good for you mate memories are written with that song
I remember this song when I was a kid . Am now nearly 70 I still laughed.
I love this song in the 70s this was a theme for downy fabric softener😊
Not sure how much longer this song will be around, kids today don't get any of the references.
@@mre4u422
Yeah they do.. just the wrong ones
Here in Germany the melody was used in the 80's and 90's for the commercial (from a cake factory).
The melody is catchy, so it will be used forever for something like that and while back than it wasn't always easy to even find out what the source of some song is.. the internet changed that, so everyone who wants to know about the melody that keeps repeating over and over in ones brain can find out and I am sure that a lot will end up with originals like this one.
Me too I still sing it to myself, haha
@@mre4u422 old man yells at cloud
I used to hear this on WKRC radio when i was a 10 year old kid. Now, im 60 and still enjoy hearing this. Thanks for the memories and reminding me of all that laughter so many years ago.
Fun bit of music trivia. Lynrd Skynrd got their name from the character in this song & the fact that their drummer had a Gym Teacher named Leonard Skinner in high school & that sealed it.
Just watched this on Netflix ...the more you know 😁
I just learned about this reference. Previously, everyone only mentioned the gym coach.
Did you know that at a Lynrd Skynrd show once, the EMCEE announced, "Everybody. Lenard Skinner." The crowd went wild. Then the Gym teacher came out and said the he was Leonard Skinner and then introduced Lynrd Skynrd.
@Deven,good searching &Oh so True!!!
Skiiiiinnnnerrrrr!!!!
I haven't heard this since I was a kid listening to Dr. Demento on the radio! ❤
Here in England I used to hear this on the radio when I was growing up in the 60s my mum singing along, she appeared in a few amateur shows herself, happy memories, RIP mum.
I didn’t grow up in The States, so this was only a part of my childhood from that one quick cameo in The Simpsons, but I’d never looked it up.
Instead, I was looking for the song Granada, composed by the Mexican Agustín Lara, and bumped into this full version.
Turns out it still holds up. Had me cracking up the whole time he was singing. The performance, the ridiculous hat, and the silly lyrics are really terrific!
My parents used to sing this to us when I was a kid. My late father was hilarious, and it has become one of my fondest childhood memories. Thank you so much for posting this. You've made my day.
Even though I am French Canadian. we watched the Ed Sullivan show and I remember this song...Whenever I visited my parents in Montréal as a grown adult, when I got up in the morning I would sing to them...Hello Mother....Hello Father...it became a tradition...
I thought Clint Eastwood made your day?
@@thomaspick4123 I like that!
I was introduced to this song by my parents when I was growing up. They are both gone now. Precious memories. The original song was instrumental and part of a classic piece of music. I don't recall the composer.
@@joseedaoust7347 French Canadian? lol give me a break. You're an English speaking country, stop being such a pretentious flog
Sherman was a tv producer whose schtick was to take classical or pop standards and create funny lyrics for them. He cracked up enough people that he was encouraged to perform at parties and finally on records. This was the song that made him a national sensation. My other favorites were "Crazy Downtown" "Harvey and Sheila" and "One Hippopatomi". He died at age 48 from complications with obesity.
@Maxwell Moller l ol
Did you forget "Here's To The Crabgrass?"
Allan was way ahead of his contemporaries. A lot like Ernie Kovacs.
Both geniuses from another time.
My fifth grade art teacher would play this album on her record player for us if we promised to be quiet and keep this on the Q. T. Sure miss those days sometimes.
F for a fallen fat-buddy.
I remember singing that as a kid all the time
same!
Me too. We are aging ourselves
@@annbrannigan3958 Nah, we'll always be young if we remember this song. I used to sing it with my "mudder" I mean Mother. 😄
@@nancydemoss8421 I used to sing with my Fadduh. My Muddah didnt know the words. LOL.
I still do
Just coming up to my 70th....boy this brings back wonderful memories of a simpler, much happier time. 😄
Hope you’re doing well :)
@@gagtager The old memory isn't what it was, but getting old isn't for the faint hearted! 😕
That's really nice of you to ask Richy, because it's just me nowadays, so thank you. x
hope your still well and had a good 71st!
@@santi044 that's very sweet of you Santi....yes, still here and coming up 72...where do the years go, and I swear this last year was the quickest yet. 😅 Thank you for taking the time to write, you're obviously a very nice person, and I appreciate it. I hope that your year has gone well too and that the next one will be good to you. Take care. 🙋♀️👍🤗 x
@@penjim2013 thats good to hear and thank you you too!
My dad introduced this this song to me and my sisters when we were kids, along with Purple People Eater, Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, They’re Coming to Take Me Away and many others. Have had this song memorized for decades. Still laugh at it and have made sure my grandkids all heard it. Used to be able to hear them all on Dr. Demento radio broadcasts about 20 years ago. Those WERE the good old days!
I forgot about flying purple people eater 😢. My dad used to sing me that and this song
I first heard this song on a cassette tape named "Funny Songs" it alsonfeatured Buffalo Herd by Roger Miller.
My nana had a cassette that had this and a ton of silly songs like the itsy bitsy yellow polka bikini and a song about bubblegum on the bedpost. I listened to it all the time.
Was on one of my Dr Demento tapes
No swearing no cussing and amazingly humorous.
This is supposed to be funny? Comedy has clearly come a long way since the 60s.
Everyone who disliked this was probably caught shoplifting at the local Try-N-Save.
What?
@@intergalactichumanempire9759 black Friday
@@connieburgh3212 oh i get it, they were black
@@anactualalpaca7016 yes
@@intergalactichumanempire9759 It's a Simpsons reference lol
Love this. Memories. God bless everyone. Love from Ireland.
Oh man, this song brings back a lot of childhood memories. I used to listen to this song all the time. Just a truly great classic.
Is it around 60 yrs since I first heard this recording on radio, its as hilarious now as it was back then and at the time it was never off the radio. Another great comedy classic.
It is still funny, 60 years later! I saw this when I was a kid, and never saw it again til now. And he is still funny, especially his deadpan delivery.
it's okay...
My stepfather used to always sing this song. It’s one of my best memories. RIP Larry!!
I can’t believe I’m 40 and just now looked this up and learned all the words. I always say “hello mother hello father here I am at camp granada” when I call my mom and she gets a laugh every time.
I like that!
I'm 40 now too and am finally seeing this for the first time!
RIP, loved you tons. I always reflect and have only fond memoriePIR LARRY YOU AR E MISSED always in my heart and forever
My aunt always played this every year when she dropped me off at a church camp and although I wasn’t born until about 70 years after it was written this song is engrained it my childhood forever. By the way I loved the camp, it’s not like I hated it, it was just a funny song to listen to on the drive.
I can’t wait for you to be born in 10 years ig…
I was 10 when this came out, in 1963 my folks had the album. I also was sent to summer camp as a kid. The camp was in-town, about 30 minutes from our house in the suburbs. The camp was also in a suburb , but the area that wasn't developed yet, so it seemed like it was out in the wilderness, at least to my 10 year old self. It was a day camp, but there were 5 weekends through out the summer, where we stayed overnight. The camp provided horrible old fashioned folding cots. Basically canvas slings, on a folding wooden frame with legs beneath. We didn't even sleep outdoors,....but in the camp buildings, where a clean lavatory was a few steps away. But to a 10 year old, with zero camping experience, it was challenging. I had never slept away from my home, with other boys. I did enjoy the food we cooked over a campfire, and we did get into some night time hijinks,....the counselors told scary stories around the campfire. We learned classic camp songs, and the whole group of us sang them. We made fun stuff by gluing clean popsicle sticks together with Elmer's white glue,.....like a bird house, a small lamp shade, we wove vinyl lacing to make lanyards. Typically, I hated having to go to it all summer long, but by the time it was over,.....I didn't want to leave. There was a swimming pool, hiking trails, a miniature golf range, a horse shoe throwing area, archery, softball, volleyball, places to play tag and group player activities. I attended it for 3 Summers. It was just for boys, and I didn't know any of the other kids, they weren't from my suburb. But I made new friends, & some them remained my friends through my years in junior high school. I lost touch with them by time I went off to high school. When I was 13, I attended a Summer camp for creative kids. It was a Music, Arts and Crafts camp. By that period of time, I had already begun to make Art.
This song plays at the summer camp I work at! One of my all time favorites.
Sounds like bad advertising lol
@@watchmarley9268 I doubt the kids listened to the lyrics- it played right before lunch.
We sang it, too. Were singing it while doing dishes at camp. We got a little out of hand with the silverware...but we laughed a lot.
I lose it whenever I see this video! The classics NEVER get old! This is TRULY a classic!
This got old after 30 seconds
You had to live in that era. Jonathan Winters was also big at that time and then Bill Cosby came into the picture.
@@r3tr0actiongamer24 Like your att.......span became old?
what is funny or good about this? was comedy just less funny back then
@@biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 it's just not particularly funny is it
My dad passed in March 2021, COVID. He was 70 yrs. old, he used to sing parts of this when I was growing up.
I miss you dad.
he can't hear you Sandra
Sending all my love.
my Dad would play an LP of all these songs back in the 70's. Good memories
Arther on (a re-run of) "King of Queens" the other night was doing exercises to this song. Gosh it is O L D ! I had it way back when. I think High School which I graduated from in 1969, so it was before that. O L D ! !
This video was surprisingly only uploaded a month ago, I would have thought someone would have uploaded this a decade ago lol
Pretty sure this is a reupload. I watched this about a year back.
I remember the first time I heard this on Ed Sullivan, sitting on the floor with my older brother and little sister sharing a bowl of popcorn. Mom and dad hilariously laughing.
I remember and still enjoy Sherman's delivery of this song. I am surprised that after all this time, I could sing along perfectly and laugh while I'm doing it.
This man is extremely talented in working in his facial & hand gestures into the song.
Not really, he hardly added any flair
I always enjoyed Allan Sherman-who we lost way too soon! I used to okay his second album, “My Son, The Celebrity” over and over again when we had no tv in Germany in the mid-60s. Allan! Where are you when the world needs a funny guy!?
Been listening to fantasia while doing homework, and EVERY TIME the Dance of the Hippos comes up, I have the phantom voice of this guy whispering lyrics in the back of my mind. Couldn't remember what they were but I could hear it anyway
My dad literally just sings the first line from this song and I never knew what he was talking about...until this showed up in my recommended for some reason.
LOLOL God works in mysterious ways!!! LOLOL
Your phone was spying when it heard your father saying it
Cannot remember just how long it has been since I heard this last, it will be measured in decades.
This song has been a part of my childhood n my parents too. ❤
Kids now a days don't know how good they have. Before the internet we had to sign songs like this from memory. Our memories and those around us who remembered. It was tough. If you didn't remember or know someone who did, than you just didn't get it. NOW songs like this are at the touch of everyone's fingertips!!! With the full version with the words to the song and even if they're not with the song, you can always google for the words. I'm glad that I'm still around to enjoy having social media.
i thought this song was part of a fever dream turns out it’s real
Dead ass
I heard it on a flea commercial I think
Edit: it was on a K9 Advantix
Also the origin for Lynryd Skynyrd*
I always thought it was from a cartoon
@@mith2946 No. They named themselves after a high school coach who told them they would never make it
I remember discovering this record in my parents collection. I became a fan. They had two Allen Sherman albums (My Son The Nut and Allen Sherman Sings Funny Things, This Time With Strings). I listened until they were worn out.
One of the few songs I've heard *many* times and never gets old. 😀
Hilarious song from back in the day 👍, those lyrics are so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOL!!!! Thanks for sharing this 👍💖 be blessed and safe 🙏.
Best regards from Camp Garanotta
I love the way that Allan Sherman sang this song! I'm pretty sure that he wrote the lyrics and the music. I have a dvd set of game shows from the 1950s and the 1960s. During the show called "Shenanigans" Allan Sherman introduced a new board game that his uncle Milton Bradley created called "Camp Grenada." The copyright date for this particular show is 1964. I remember my older brother used to sing that "Camp Granada" song a lot. It's a fun song to sing. The board game called "Camp Grenada" that Allan Sherman's uncle Milton Bradley created was based on this song. Allan Sherman was the co-writer of this song.
Very cool info!! Thank you ‼️👍😀Very interesting 😀👍‼️
@@veronicagallo2035 You're welcome. 😊
He wrote the words but not the music. It is the Dance of the Hours from the opera “ La Gioconda” by Amilcare Ponchielli. It also appears in “Fantasia” danced by hippos and alligators.
Allan based the lyrics on letters of complaint which he received from his son Robert who was attending Summer Camp Champlain, in Westport, New York.
Allen Sherman was a great talentsnd a very.
funny guy,!
My father and grandfather sang this together all the time, my grandfather now suffers from alzimers and is in a home, i hope i will be able to sing this with him for the first tike before he goes
I LOVE LOVE THIS SONG. AND OTHER OLD SONGS LIKE THIS ONE......
A random pop up in my feed & a big blast from the past….totally forgot this song existed!
His LP, My Name is Allen?, was in the house we bought in 1963, along with several other albums. My favourite was the "Air Force high" song.
I was 13 when this song first aired. Brings back a lot of memories from my Boy Scout days & field trips.
I remember this growing up in the early 60's! Blast from the past!
I was 10 when this came out. My friend down the street would blast it out of his house during the summer. The song was very popular.
I remember hearing this years (no make that decades) ago on the radio, but never remembered enough to be able to look it up. Delighted to have finally found it 9thanks to a comment on Facebook).
In honor of a nutty buddy who totally enchanted my childhood. I miss him terribly. He would perform this for us at the twirl of hat. Lovely childhood and beautiful memories.
My dad gave me this original 45 & i still have it today 💜
We wore out the one we had at my friends' house in about 1963.
My good friend Stan Fiedler(Janesville, Wisconsin) use to play this a lot! He had an Arcade for the kids from the mid 1950s-1992! He'd play it in the arcade after the kids left at night on his Pioneer reel-to-reel machine! R I P, Stan!
"Marge, is Lisa at camp granada?"
😂
My parents had all his albums. I was a bit disappointed when I went to his channel and none of the songs on those albums were there.
I learned “Return to Camp Granada” first as a kid. Counselors actually taught it to us at summer camp. A lot of this stuff is spot on. Ahhhh to be 11 again.
How do you have 500 subs and no videos
@@pluspens2134 Is it not obvious?
Truly a blast from the past and a really good one. Really clever lyrics.
Moo
Maybe he didn't have the "best voice", but the "Baby Boomers" (myself too!) LOVED THIS man' COMEDIC TALENT!
Had to share this with my son it is a favorite of mine when I was a kid he loved it
Classic song! All time favorite
This album was released when I was five years old. I still have my original copy.
Lucky you.
I was 14 years old when I heard that song 1962 my whole family loved it we were happy then
great now i’m burdened with knowing that if my father ever finds this video i will never know peace
I feel SO old when I watch this, but it's definitely a song stuck in my head for decades.
I remember Alan Sherman on TV when I was very small. I cant believe how much of this I remember. Mudda Fadda kindly disregard this lettah.
lol I sang this as a kid!!! Those were much better days.
I remember when I was young we used to sing this. I also remember having his record albums
Apparently one of my greatest high school mates family was going to buy the actual camp that the song is based off of. I was told that the writer who my friend doesn't know is Allen Sherman went to the camp that the song is about but it wasn't called Camp granada. It was just named that after the song, but turns out that the place might be haunted because my friend showed me a picture he took of a room in one of the bunks. In that picture in the corner of the room you can see a dark area and what looks like to be a figure of some sort squatting in the corner. He said he did not see it until his girlfriend spotted it out in the picture. I saw the picture and yeah it gives me chills. The picture itself haunts my friend because he saw nothing when he was there in person but it shows up in the picture.
Showed this to my mum. She laughed hard and even looked kinda sorry in the "I've been here one whole day"-part. Not a surprise since she is a retired teacher. :D
Every time I see Hello Mudah, Hello Fadda, I put it on my phone!!! Love it so much!!!
My elementary school teacher had this on an LP comedy album...she'd play it for us once or twice each year.
Good times!
I remember when this song came out and was played on the radio...
In highschool I was with a group of kids and we would go out every other weekend and collect all sorts of samples from the different rivers in my state. Twice a year we would camp out over the weekend. We would drive the teachers nuts singing this on the bus on those two trips. Yeah we were nerds but we had a lot of fun.
MAAARGE is Lisa at Camp Granada?
For some strange reason this song popped into my head , I recalled it from my youth. Eventually I remembered Allan Sherman as the artist, and how funny and popular the song was
at the time. So I checked TH-cam to see if I could find it and here it is. TH-cam is an amazing site and there is nothing from my childhood I haven't been able to find, tv shows, songs events etc.
Thanks to all the people who have shared all this content I thouught was just memories.
If I didn't have YT and this TH-camr, this song would have been forgotten along with many of my memories of back in the day. Thanks~
Oh, I remember this! So good to hear the original version again!
I remember having to sing this at the end of summer camp to our parents lol
😂😂😂
Lol
Oofff 😂
That would have been awesome to see as a parent!
I'm afraid this song has been with me since way before the Simpsons - seems it's the same age as me - LOL! Still love it, from my childhood and I'm now almost word perfect ! Thanks for the upload !
My father loved this! I know most of tbe words because he would sing it. I was in grade school.😊
This song was huge when it came out. I remember hearing it everywhere. It won a Grammy too.
I still have this album. I love it
My son is leaving for camp tomorrow. It's his first time away from home for a week. This song keeps playing in my head.
This never gets old. Love it!
what is funny about this? it seems pretty old to me lol what is the joke, that the kid isn't having a good time at camp? that he's singing it? maybe it's referencing something I don't get
That was hilarious. I've known the beginning lines forever but just now listened to the whole thing for the first time. True comedy gold. I love it!
Golden moments of television history...!!
Hope the later generations can appreciate and hold on to all these historical moments of humanity!!
I love this song .. Keep safe to all..
I totally remember this song and the words! I LOVE IT!!! Brings back lots of memories and still makes me laugh!!
I often sing this when I'm alone or hanging around my chickens lol
one of many songs that go through my head
Nice, I sing anytime anywhere and also to my chooks :)
Hopefully the chickens give you a standing ovation (yes, pun intended!😜 )
Was looking up more Sherman songs yesterday. I'm pretty sure my parents had one of his albums next to the big record player that we rarely used outside of Xmas; I was too young then to appreciate it and listen. Now I am kind of in awe at his genius for music comedy and glad for TH-cam, the biggest record player of 'em all.
saw this on my dash, and immediately thought of ER- one of the many scenes with Doug and Carol. Love getting to hear the full song lol
I have loved this since I was a kid