Act Naturally
Song by Buck Owens
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Search complete. 20 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Act Naturally".
Oct 16, 2026
Jeff SartorGUEST
Make a film about a man who's sad and lonely.
Jeff SartorGUEST
And all I gotta do is act naturally.
Jeff SartorGUEST
Well, I'm gonna be a big star.
Jeff SartorGUEST
Might win an Oscar, you can never tell.
Jeff SartorGUEST
Then I know that you will plainly see.
Jeff SartorGUEST
The biggest fool to ever hit the big time.
Jeff SartorGUEST
And all I gotta do is act naturally.
Jeff SartorGUEST
[upbeat country music] Make a scene about a man who's sad and lonely.
Brian HorowitzHOST
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Brian HorowitzHOST
And, and, and we're gonna give you the stories behind all the songs so you can share it with all the trick-or-treaters, 'cause there's nothing kids love more than when old people tell them all these facts that they-
Barbara VealePANELIST
[laughs]
Brian HorowitzHOST
... really do not care about.
13 MINS LATER
Brian HorowitzHOST
[laughs]
Neil RichterPANELIST
... for my alleged distaste and dislike for the '80s that, um, okay, not all of them, 'cause I, I do like, I like this song.
Neil RichterPANELIST
I like all, all their songs that I know.
Brian HorowitzHOST
Mm-hmm.
Joe DamptGUEST
I also followed it into country.
Joe DamptGUEST
And then that's what led to that, you know, Chet Atkins and Bill Travis, because, you know, they covered the Buck Owens song, Act Naturally.
Joe DamptGUEST
And I was like, oh, this is a cover? And then I heard all the early buck stuff and was really, really, and still am really into that as well.
Eric DawHOST
Yeah.
FaceHOST
... th- th- that little card right there that Percy strategically put above that Cream poster to give me the stank eye.
FaceHOST
Uh, but I'm going with, uh, Act Naturally.
FaceHOST
I thought he did a great job on that song.
PercyHOST
Well, th- I mean, you could not pick a bad...
32 MINS LATER
FaceHOST
All right.
FaceHOST
Caleb, number two.
Caleb BranchGUEST
All right, so Buck Owens was a giant, right? The Beatles covered Act Naturally.
FaceHOST
Yes.
John SchmitzGUEST
I mean, you heard Buck Owens on the radio, you know? Yeah.
John SchmitzGUEST
Act Naturally, Tiger by the Tail, that sort of country.
John SchmitzGUEST
We also used to have another station in town called K-E-C-K, which called themselves Champagne Country.
John SchmitzGUEST
And to me, it was like Lawrence Welk Country.
Chris DavisGUEST
Um-
Mike McCarthyHOST
Have you guys ever thought about taking certain pop songs, kinda like the Beatles did with Act Naturally, and making them country songs? Or do you-
Chris DavisGUEST
No.
Mike McCarthyHOST
Have you done that?
Chris DavisGUEST
Yeah.
Mark JordanGUEST
Something like that.
Mike McCarthyHOST
Do you know what the B side was to the Beatles', uh, Act Naturally?
Chris DavisGUEST
I couldn't tell you.