indy rapped, that's one bad mamma jamma

I adore this episode of "The Big Bang Theory"!

No, let me amend that: I adore all of the episodes where Howard Wolowitz sings!

The mechanical engineer is at his most charming when he is a nerd in touch with his inner pop star.

In this particular show, "The 2003 Approximation" from Season 9 - that's 2015, y'all - he and his best buddy, Rajesh Koothrappali, form a band.

Why would they do that?

Well, Stuart thinks such a thing might benefit the store.

To that end, he's willing to pay... well, he's willing to pay nothing, naturally, as he is perpetually broke.

Still, the two best friends jump at the chance to not only be boys of physics, but the boys in the band - whoa, shivers of excitement just at the thought! 

What kind of band, though?

A filk music band, suggested the astrophysicist.

(That's like 'folk music', but aimed at science and fantasy nerds.

I first encountered it at my inaugural Dragon*Con in 2008, in the form of a guy calling himself "Darth Brooks" - hilarious and smart lyrics to his tunes!)

Okay, so the dynamic duo have a gig and a genre...

but what name to use?

No worries there, Howard has had a band name in his (mental) back pocket ever since he was in middle school:

Footprints On The Moon -

wow, right?

And Raj had a song title in search of lyrics:

"Hammer And Whip: The Untold Story of Thor And Indiana Jones" -

how magical is that?

Especially as I just saw Harrison Ford last night in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back", so his image was fresh in mind!

(Hooray for Tina Tuesday and time with the bfrb in a real cinema!)

So, how was the song?

Well, I'm right here writing about it, so that means it was most excellent!!!

To be honest, this is my second time in as many days watching it and I may well view it once more before it disappears from TBS' On Demand list.

Here, you can judge for yourself from these lyrics!

 

"Oh, Indy,

Oh, Indy,

the skies are

so windy -

Is that a flying man with a killer bod?

Wait, that's no man, it's a Norse god!

Thunder clapped

as Thor raised his mighty hammer.

Indy rapped, 

'that's one bad mamma jamma!

 

Thor and Doctor Jones,

Thor and Doctor Jones,

one plays with lightning,

the other plays with bones.

One runs from Loki,

the other runs from stones.

 

Indy's whip snapped -

Thor's hammer hissed -

it was Avenger versus

archaeologist.

Indy held his ground

and straightened his Fedora -

Thor said that's a nice look

in nineteen forty-four-a.

 

Thor and Doctor Jones,

Thor and Doctor Jones,

one plays with lightning,

the other plays with bones.

Thor and Doctor Jones,

(Thor and Doctor Jones),

Thor and Doctor Jones,

one plays with lightning,

the other plays with bones."

 

Simply magnificent!

I'll have to relocate the link on youtube to post here so I can at least watch this part whenever I want!

(smile!)