Gated Community is the nineteenth Silly Songs with Larry.
Larry was playing ball until it got stuck on a tree, which fell into a gated community.
Lyrics
The 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.
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 free of pleasantly devoid of unsightly stray debris
Charlie: Free free of debris
Gated Community Trio: (quietly) The gated community is where we'll always be
Our smiles are wide when we're inside, in comfy custody
And when you come to visit you can stand outside and see
(loud) 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!
The Announcer: This has been Silly Songs with Larry.
Community Fellow: Oh, look! A ball!
The Announcer: Tune in next time to hear Larry say...
Larry: Thank you.
Fun Facts
- This is the final Silly Song to be released on VHS.
- This song can be featured in Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler, Sing-Alongs: Do the Moo Shoo, and Lessons from the Sock Drawer.
- 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, the community fellow said a different line than in the final version. The alternate line was "Hey! How'd this ball get in here?"
- The ball is a remodeled version of the dodgeballs seen in The Ballad of Little Joe.
- Larry's house in the song is based on Brian Roberts' home from Wheaton, Illinois.
- Larry's hat is a recolored version of Junior's hat.
Goofs
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".
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