Bobby McFerrin
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Sep 17, 2026
BradHOST
In 1955, Play-Doh was introduced.
BradHOST
In 1988, Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy became the first acapella hit to reach number one.
Ashley PageHOST
I love that song, You Can't Stand It.
Ashley PageHOST
Because it was overplayed.
BradHOST
I liked Bobby McFerrin.
BradHOST
Lots of songs are overplayed.
BradHOST
I have three of his tapes when I was in college, but I'm just like, enough of that song.
James IrwinGUEST
But who sung it? Any ideas, Nick? Yeah, I know this song.
James IrwinGUEST
Bobby McFerrin.
James IrwinGUEST
Oh.
James IrwinGUEST
I couldn't remember when I heard
Will FordGUEST
Remember that song? Because I'm happy.
Will FordGUEST
Right? And Bobby McFerrin, don't worry.
Will FordGUEST
Be happy.
Will FordGUEST
Y'all are so young.
GabbyGUEST
Marley because we used to say, don't worry, be happy as a friend's group, but he didn't even write that song.
GabbyGUEST
No, that's Bobby McFerrin.
Chris HillHOST
I always get those two mixed up.
Chris HillHOST
It's a common misconception.
David YasHOST
In this episode, police records indicate that no motorist has ever been cut off in traffic by a car blaring Tracy Chapman music, begging the question, has the song Fast Car ever actually been played in a fast car? Scientists have long believed that no human has ever seen three things, the deepest ocean floor, the inside of a black hole, and the film Caddyshack II.
David YasHOST
We finally answer the question, David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar, who would you least like to be sitting next to on a cross-country flight? Also, Bobby McFerrin cracks a rib rhythmically pounding on his own midsection.
David YasHOST
George Michael goes bananas.
David YasHOST
Robert Palmer dances with creepy women in cocktail dresses.
22 MINS LATER
Michael WolfeHOST
Long time ago.
David YasHOST
Yep.
Michael WolfeHOST
Of course it's Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin.
Michael WolfeHOST
And maybe, just maybe, a little bit like Every Breath You Take.
Ed LittlefieldGUEST
It's actually the scale that's heard around the world.
Ed LittlefieldGUEST
So if you look up a Bobby McFerrin TED Talk, he goes, da, da, da.
Ed LittlefieldGUEST
And the crowd goes, da, da, da.
Ed LittlefieldGUEST
Da, da, da.
Miranda HarcourtGUEST
Alex will get back to me and say after this, Miranda, could you just send me the spelling of Georgie Ligeti's Atmospheres? And then I'll send that through to you.
Miranda HarcourtGUEST
But also much easier to spell is Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Miranda HarcourtGUEST
So you're using like massive contrasts.
Miranda HarcourtGUEST
between a piece of terrifying classical music to a really boppy, pinky yellow, colorful, champagne-like piece of pop.
DougHOST
[upbeat music]
MattHOST
You sure that's not Bobby McFerrin?
DougHOST
And that's called Hambone.
MattHOST
Okay.
MattHOST
[laughs] You know who Bobby McFerrin is, right?
DougHOST
I don't...
DougHOST
Yeah.
DougHOST
Yes, I know who Bobby McFerrin is.
Doug BensonHOST
I want to take footage of the Cyclops eating people and then play that song under it.
Doug BensonHOST
The Cyclops is Bobby McFerrin? No, it's the guy.
Doug BensonHOST
You know how Bobby McFerrin is dancing around with two guys in the video? It's Robin Williams and Bill Irwin who plays the Cyclops.
Doug BensonHOST
Really? In the Odyssey, yes.
Doug BensonHOST
We're already getting really deep in the trivia here, Sal.
Tyler VechteHOST
With me, the executive producer, Tyler Vechte.
Tyler VechteHOST
Today, Lino welcomes baseball player Roberto Clemente, musician Bobby McFerrin, and half-man, half-god, Hercules! Featuring music by the Foo Fighters.
Tyler VechteHOST
Now, from Minnesota, where people measure distance in hours, not miles, here's your host, Lino Rulli!
Lino RulliHOST
Hello, Catholics! And everyone else, welcome to your home for pure Catholic pleasure.
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