Hello Mother, Hello Father

Wait a minute, it's stopped haling. Guys are swimming, guys are sailing. Playing baseball, gee that's better. Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter.

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deadbeef4@reddit

Marge, did we send Lisa to Camp Granada?

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DunkinEgg@reddit

Coke is good here; crack is better I’m so fucked up I can barely write this letter

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celticfrog42@reddit

Greetings from Camp Hiawatha. LOL. I wonder how many answers you are going to get.

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cUnexttuesday2@reddit

It’s DEAR MOTHER DEAR FATHER, WHAT IS THIS HELL YOU HAVE PUT ME THROUGH

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Bonchesca@reddit

I can sing every line and relate.

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Felon_musk1939@reddit

You may be thinking of the Allen Sherman tune "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" which was popular with the Silent Generation and so played to many of us as kids.

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sugarlump858@reddit

I also love his 12 Gifts of Christmas. It's a Nakashuma!

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TrainingLittle4117@reddit

My dad had that album!

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Impressive_Crazy_223@reddit

Greetings from Camp Hiawatha

Swimming’s cool here, won three races

But I miss your nice fresh towels and pillowcases

You miss Downy

It’s so pleasing

April freshness, that’s one reason

Downy softness, that’s another

Downy softness makes a difference

Love, your mother

why, why, WHY can I still remember entire 80s commercials but not what I had for lunch?

much prefer the original version of this song but for some dumb reason this is the one my brain hangs onto.

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PutridSalt@reddit

Same here, definitely the Downey commercial version.

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Wutzdapoint@reddit

I just rented from Granada

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mtcwby@reddit

My brother and I had that entire album memorized and I can probably still remember all the lyrics.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

It was a parody of that song.

Hello Mother, Hello Father

I’ve been smoking marijuana

Coke is good, crack is better

I’m so f*d up I can’t even write this letter

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First-Ad-7960@reddit

Dr. Demento was not a regional thing.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

I don’t know Dr Demento. I’m referring to the parody version:

Hello Mother, Hello Father

I’ve been smoking marijuana

Coke is good, crack is better

I’m so f*d up I can’t even write this letter

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Longjumping_Code_649@reddit

This is a very old song. My parents' generation knows it.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

It was a parody of that song.

Hello Mother, Hello Father

I’ve been smoking marijuana

Coke is good, crack is better

I’m so f*d up I can’t even write this letter

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gmhelwig@reddit

Is this about the song released in 1963, so just slightly before GenX but very much within our hearing?

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

I’m referring to the parody version

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bizzybaker2@reddit

I had the Looney Tunes record from Mattel I believe (am 54yrs old) and if I recall this song was on that.

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No-Guard-7003@reddit

I used to listen this song on Oldies 103 in college.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

No idea 🤷🏻‍♀️

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gmhelwig@reddit

https://youtu.be/er50h8W8vWg

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Shytownmofo@reddit

Hello mother, hello father I been smoking marijuana Coke is cooler, crack is better I'm so fucked up that I cannot write this letter

I'm sure there's a whole bunch of variations on it, but thats the one I learned in 4th grade circa 1987

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

I’m referring to the parody version, not the original exactly!!

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InevitableStruggle@reddit

How is this a GenX thing? The song by Allan Sherman clearly belonged to us boomers. It was 1963.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit (OP)

It was a parody of your song.

Hello Mother, Hello Father

I’ve been smoking marijuana

Coke is good, crack is better

I’m so f*d up I can’t even write this letter

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Immediate-Echo-8863@reddit

My name is Teddy Ruxpin. And I am here to kill Mommy and Daddy. Robin Williams. Live at the Met 1980-something

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Opening_Sandwich242@reddit

It was a soup advert -

“I’m missing home (He is, rather) So thanks for bringing Heinz new Home Style The potato chunks will make your mum smile”

What a waste of brain cells, why did I choose to remember this?!!

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StellaEtoile1@reddit

In an ad from where I grew up it was Hello mother, hello father, I just rented from Granada, I was watching Archie Bunker when I found my old TV was just a clunker.

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