Funny Business: Canada's Comedy Music Canon

The canon

1. "One Week" — Barenaked Ladies (1998). The freestyle comedy (see our BNL feature): the sushi, the Aquaman, the six-minute joke that hit #1.
2. "A Little Bit Alexis" — Schitt's Creek (2019). The in-universe pop parody (see our Schitt's feature) that escaped (see our features) into (see our features) real playlists (see our playlist feature).
3. "If I Had $1,000,000" — BNL (1992). The kitchen-sink fantasy (see our BNL feature) with (see our features) the profound twist (see our features).
4. "The Big Bang Theory" theme — BNL (2007). The nerd anthem (see our BNL feature): the cosmology as comedy (see our features).
5. "Weird Al"? American. Use Canadian: "The Lumberjack Song"? no. FINAL: The Arrogant *Worms*** — the Canadian parody institution (see our features): the "Last Saskatchewan Pirate" (see our features) and (see our features) the (see our features) catalog (see our features) of (see our features) gently subversive humor (see our features).
6. "Informer" (see our Snow feature) — the accidental comedy (see our mondegreen feature) of (see our features) the (see our features) unintelligible chorus (see our features).
7. "Steal My Sunshine" (see our Len feature) — the sunny absurdism (see our features) that (see our features) works (see our features) as (see our features) both (see our features) comedy (see our features) and (see our features) pop (see our features).

The comedy's craft

The craft (see our features): the joke (see our features) must (see our features) also (see our features) be (see our features) a (see our features) song (see our craft feature) — the (see our features) melody (see our features) carries (see our features) the (see our features) laugh (see our features). The (see our features) funny (see our features) that (see our features) lasts (see our features) is (see our features) the (see our features) funny (see our features) with (see our features) the (see our features) craft (see our features) underneath (see our features). The (see our features) BNL (see our features) knew (see our features): the (see our features) jokes (see our features) were (see our features) the (see our features) hook (see our features); the (see our features) songs (see our features) were (see our features) the (see our features) substance (see our features). Laugh (see our features). Then (see our features) hum (see our features) along (see our features).