Talk:Yakety Sax

message: I agree about the PSP videos having nothing to do with the song, but the Passion parody was hilarious and built entirely around the song, as well as being a perfect example of the best of the internet humor which has come from this song.--Sean 01:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passion of Benny Hill 

message: The word "song" is used repeatedly and inappropriately instead of "instrumental" or "tune" MansLaughter 19:02, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Manslaughter made a valid and important point. An article that uses the term song to mean any piece is not just un-encyclopediac; it's an embarrassment. TheScotch (talk) 21:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a song 

message: This page says 1961, but Randolph's page says 1963, as does an obit. --Calair 05:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it was his version for Monument that was released in 1963, as you've indicated (and the entry was corrected to reflect this).  That version was recorded in December of 1962, based on the matrix numbering system Monument used then (A12W- was the matrix prefix, the code as follows:  A = 1962; 12 = December; W = 45 RPM). Within the page, a reference to his earlier 1958 recording for RCA Victor was added. –Wbwn 09:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of release? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Yakety-Sax-45804.jpg

message: Just wondering why people keep removing Randolph from the songwriting credits. He is clearly credited on the record's label, and  I'd like to know what information people are using to assert that he didn't have anything to do with the authorship of the song. Anothermelbournite 13:06, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Original research, true or not, cannot be used. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If it happens again, post a complaint about the user(s) who are doing that, on WP:ANI, on the grounds of persistent vandalism. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 23:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And by the way, I didn't do it. Currently, at least, the deleter is this IP address  whom I have now warned to Stop It. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 23:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing credits? 

message: Is this song in the public domain? I researched for an answer and it looks like it is. However I'm not sure. Anyone know? --Fez2005 (talk) 03:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know for sure, but since it's not that old, I don't see how it could have got into the public domain unless the copyright owner failed to renew it. Considering how consistently popular it's been over the decades, that would have been a financially devastating oversight. In other words, I would be very, very surprised to discover that it's in the public domain. TheScotch (talk) 17:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public domain? 

message: There are probably several hundred, if not a few thousand, TV shows, movies, Looney Tunes shorts, plays, etc that have used Yakety Sax in silly scenes of some variety.  This list would literally extend for dozens of pages if we included all of them.  I think that the statement "Yakety Sax is often used on television as a soundtrack for outlandishly humorous situations. It is frequently used to accompany comedic chases." is sufficient to serve the purposes of this page.  Beyond that, there should be at most a few, well-sourced samples.  As Wikipedia:"In popular culture" articles states: "Detailing the impact in popular culture can be a quality part of a topic when this kind of content is properly sourced and consistent with policies and guidelines. However these lists can attract non-notable entries and should be carefully maintained...Exhaustive lists are discouraged, as are passing references to the article subject." Niremetal (talk) 04:06, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You omitted the very-well-known Benny Hill usage that occurred in pretty much every show, yet you retained a single isolated occurrence in the Jon Stewart program and on My Name Is Earl. And in an earlier attempt, you had retained an item that mentioned how it referred back to the Benny Hill usage, while removing the Benny Hill reference itself. Therefore, I conclude that your slash-and-burn is arbitrary and capricious. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you go to Google, there are endless references to the tune's use in the Benny Hill Show (many people actually think its name is "The Benny Hill Show Theme"), and I've cited a couple. I assure you that no one associates this tune with the two isolated cases you left in the article, and which in fact are too trivial to be there if you're going to omit the other trivial references also. Try not to make wikipedia look so stupid. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Youtube clip is not intended as a citation, but only as an example, so I don't see where there's a problem with it. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:29, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: First, the issue is not whether it is "undisputed;" it is whether it is sourced.  This is an encyclopedia not a repository of "accepted" information.  Generally, please read WP:HTRIVIA and WP:NOT.  Read the same articles for why the YouTube link should go.  Links should not be provided as "examples," but only as citations.  See WP:EL - and particularly the section on "Links normally to be avoided," as virtually no "example" links (and certainly none to YouTube) would be included on the page if it were a featured article.  Also, linking to content on YouTube creates a potential copyright violation problem. Niremetal (talk) 06:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture References 

message: The infobox says this song is of the Zydeco genre. Since when? It has always been identified as either country/western or, depending on the performer, rock and roll. Is there a source to support this? 68.146.81.123 (talk) 00:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Zydeco???

message: For those readers who don't have access to the four citations given at the end of the first sentence (none of which are currently web-based) could the source(s) of the genres "pop" and "novelty instrumental" be clarified in some way? I had assumed they supported only the composers. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:05, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Richard Aquila (not that one) calls it a "lively instrumental", DailyDoo-Wop calls it a "pop jazz instrumental" as does Southern Daily Echoo, etc., etc? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:07, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

text: I don't think this is a "novelty instrumental". It's not meant to be inherently funny or weird, it only got that connotation because it was used ad nauseam to go with outlandish on-screen situations. Pop jazz, though, seems more than accurate. The tune would cause no remark if it appeared as a solo in "When the Saints Go Marching In". In fact, I was surprised to find out that it isn't. Steinbach (talk) 14:22, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an allusion to the humorous song "Yakety Yak" (itself mentioned in the novelty song article, though not explicitly identified as one in its own article), and it humorously adapts phrases from "Entrance of the Gladiators" and "The Girl I Left Behind". Doesn't that suffice to classify it as a novelty piece? Largoplazo (talk) 14:40, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre(s) 

message: Although the 1958 recording is mentioned further down, the structure of the lead paragraph made it necessary to mention the 1958 recording there too. Infoboxes are generally used for the first release of a song; shouldn't it therefore feature the RCA version, not the Monument version? 136.159.160.5 (talk) 20:12, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The 1958 "Yakety Yak" was by the Coasters. A source for a 1958 recording by Randolph, on Monument, is needed? Thanks. 86.186.37.251 (talk) 21:20, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro edit and infobox question