Gated Community is the 19th Silly Song with Larry and was featured on Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler. The song is about Larry playing with a ball until it bounces over the wall of a gated community. Instead of helping him, the residents of the community sing about how lovely life is there, much to Larry's irritation and annoyance. The song ends with the residents finally throwing the ball back.
Lyrics
(The song opens with the title card, which shows Larry wearing a baseball hat and playing with a dodgeball)
Announcer: And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry, the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a silly song.
(Cut to the song)
Man: There once was a boy who lived in a house and the house sat under a tree
By the tree ran a fence, that stretched far and wide
2 Men: Round the gated community...
Larry: Can I have my ball? Can you get my ball?
I kicked it into the tree
And my ball bounced up, And my ball dropped in
To the gated community
Gated Community Trio: Oh, the gated community is where we like to be
Everything's so lovely, oh, our hearts are filled with glee
And when you come to visit you can stand outside and see
What a lovely bunch we are in our gated unity
Larry: Uhh...
Can I have my ball? Can you get my ball?
I kicked it into the tree
And my ball bounced up, and my ball dropped in
To the gated community
Gated Community Trio: Oh, the gated community is where we like to be
Our clothes are never dirty and our lawns are always green
And when you come to visit you can stand outside and see
What a tidy bunch we are in our gated unity
The gated community we think you will agree
Is pleasantly devoid of unsightly stray debris
Charlie: Free free of debris
Gated Community Trio: (quietly) The gated community is where we'll always be (Gated community)
Our smiles are wide when we're inside, in comfy custody (Wide smiles and)
And when you come to visit you can stand outside and see (Come on, you stand outside)
(loudly) What a smiling bunch we are in our gated unity
Oh, the gated community is where we like to be
Our lives have been made perfect by a hefty entrance fee
And when you come to visit you can stand outside and see
(same time)
Larry: Can I have my ball? Can you get my ball?
I kicked it into the tree
And my ball bounced up, and my ball dropped in
(solo) To the gated commun...
Gated Community Trio: What a lovely bunch we are
Larry: To the gated commun...
Gated Community Trio: What a happy bunch we are...
All: To the gated community!
(Cut back to the title card, where Larry is walking away in annoyance)
The Announcer: This has been Silly Songs with Larry.
Community Fellow: (O.S.) Oh, look! A ball! (He throws it to Larry)
The Announcer: Tune in next time to hear Larry say...
Larry: (picking up the ball) Thank you. (He walks off-screen as the song ends)
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the final Silly Song to be released on VHS.
- This was based on a community (not gated) that Mike Nawrocki used to live on and while it was a nice community, he saw that ironically they were not willing to help their neighbors.
- This song is also featured in Sing-Alongs: Do the Moo Shoo, Lessons from the Sock Drawer and If I Sang A Silly Song....
- There were a few differences between pre-production and the final song:
- Larry's cap was going to have a "Spuds" logo, but then it didn't work out because it looked too big.
- In concept art, there were four people in the gated community but shrunk down to three.
- In an Easter egg, one of the community fellows said a different line than in the final version. The alternate line was "Hey! How'd this ball get in here?"
- Larry's hat is a recolored version of Junior's hat.
- A piano rendition of this song is heard whenever you select the bell on the DVD menu of the episode it originated from.
Goofs
Larry eye lid is clipping through his hat
Transparency error is shown on the title card, as seen in the Arabic dub of the Silly Song.
- In the Arabic dub of Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler, when it fades to the title card, the transparency is shown dissolving into the Arabic language on the Silly Song text. This transparency error has been known both as "Transparency Dissolve" and "Transparency Fading".
The ball clips on the side of Larry
- At the end two animations errors happen, when the ball get thrown to Larry, his eyelids are clipping through his hat and the ball clips on the side of him (see provided images).
Inside References
- The ball is a remodeled version of the dodgeballs seen in The Ballad of Little Joe.
Real-World References
- Larry's house in the song is based on Brian Roberts' home from Wheaton, Illinois.
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