- "What a lame name. Who came up with that?"
- â Mr. Lunt, The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
The Astonishing Contraption of Silliness is a contraption that only appeared in The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown. Its purpose is to tally all the votes on the Silly Songs, and count down the songs from the least to best votes. However, it's not always in perfect working condition, and can sometimes malfunction, such as saying the title of a made-up song (which is really the titles of some actual Silly Songs mashed together i.g. The Dance of the Yodeling CebĂș Lips and The Song of the Water Buffalo Who Don't Love CebĂș with Yodeling Lips) and often breaks down. Pa Grape sometimes has to fix it, usually using a wooden mallet to whack it.
Just as the contraption is about to start the song "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything", Pa Grape stops the countdown and stated that they didn't collect all the votes. He brings out a bag labeled "Official Votes" and throws it into the machine. The Pirates then start to confess about Pa Grape, saying that he rigged the election at the countdown, and the last bag of votes that he threw it into the ACOS weren't "Official Votes" at all, and the fact that he stated that "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" was the only song he ever actually had a starring role in. So Larry and Mr. Lunt comfort him. Despite being sentient, ACOS does have feelings and forgave Pa Grape on rigging the votes, and told him not to do it again.
It's unknown who exactly built it, but according to a pamphlet on the Silly Songs with Larry album, Larry bought it from the Lorax off of eBay.[1] According to the radio interview with The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, Mr. Lunt stated that when the Truffula trees dried up, the Lorax dumped it for some quick cash.
Voice Actors
English
- Kurt Heinecke
- Nancy Rizzo (singing voice)
- Laura Richey (speaking voice)
International
- SĂ©rgio Fortuna (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Henrique Feist (European Portuguese)
- Ăva Dögei (Hungarian)
- Marjan BuniÄ (Slovenian)
Fun Facts
- The contraption malfunctioning was a last minute addition, as this never happened in the original pitch.
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