The Hairbrush Song (also known as Where is My Hairbrush?) is the second Silly Song with Larry, and is also Larry's signature song.
When Larry finds he can't find his hairbrush after getting out of the shower one morning, he goes into an existential trance and starts to wonder about his friends, his surroundings, and, most importantly, himself. Junior is quick to point out that Larry is as bald as a baby's behind. How on earth could he be using a hairbrush? Eventually, Bob informs Larry that he gave The Peach the hairbrush because "He's got HAIR." The Peach thanks Larry for the revelation, which makes Larry sad, and everything is OK again.
The Boyz in the Sink later rearranged this song and this version was also used in live shows.
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. (starts narrating) Our curtain opens as Larry, having just finished his morning bath, is searching for his hairbrush. Having no success, Larry cries out...
Larry: Oh, where is my hairbrush?
Oh, where is my hairbrush?
Oh where, oh where, Oh where, oh where Oh where, oh where, Oh where, oh where, oh wheeeeere...is my hairbrush?
Announcer: (continues narrating) Having heard his cry, Pa Grape enters the scene. Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of Larry in a towel, Pa regains his composure and reports ...
Pa: I think I saw a hairbrush back there! (He leaves.)
Larry: Back there is my hairbrush.
Back there is my hairbrush.
Back there, back there, Oh where, back there, Oh where, oh where, Back there, back there, Back theeeeere...is my hair-brush
Announcer: (narrating; cntd.) Having heard his joyous proclamation, Junior Asparagus enters the scene. Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of Larry in a towel, Junior regains his composure and comments ...
Junior: Why do you need a hairbrush?
You don't have any hair! (He leaves.)
Announcer: (narrating; cntd.) Larry is taken aback. The thought had never occurred to him. No hair? What would this mean? What will become of him? What will become of his hairbrush? Larry wonders ...
Larry: No hair for my hairbrush.
No hair for my hairbrush.
No hair, no hair, no where, no hair, no hair, no hair, no where, back there, no haaaaair... for my hairbrush!
Announcer: (narrating; cntd.) Having heard his wonderings, Bob the Tomato enters the scene. Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of Larry in a towel, Bob regains his composure and confesses ...
Bob: Larry, that old hairbrush of yours...
Well, you never use it, you don't really need it.
So, well, I'm sorry... I didn't know.
But I gave it to the Peach - 'cause he's got hair! (He leaves.)
Announcer: (narrating; cntd.) Feeling a deep sense of loss, Larry stumbles back and laments...
Larry: Not fair for my hairbrush.
Not fair! My poor hairbrush.
Not fair, not fair, no hair, not fair, no where, back there, not fair, not fair, not faaaaair! My little hairbrush!
Announcer: (narrating; cntd.) Having heard his lament, the Peach enters the scene. Himself in a towel, both Larry and the Peach are shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of...each other. But recognizing Larry's generosity, the Peach is thankful ...
Peach: (mono-tone) Thanks for the hair-brush!
Announcer: (narrating) Yes, good has been done here. The Peach exits the scene. Larry smiles, but, still feeling an emotional attachment for the hairbrush, calls out ...
Larry: Take care of my hairbrush. Take care, oh my hairbrush.
Take care, take care, don't dare not care, take care, nice hair, no fair, take care, take caaaaaare ... of my hairbrush!
Announcer: (ending his narration) The end!
(Applause; the audience throws roses on stage)
Larry: Has anybody seen it? Have you seen it, Paducah?
Crowd: No!
Larry: I just had it a minute ago. Are you sure you haven't seen it?
Crowd: No!
Larry: Can anybody tell me... Oh, where is my hairbrush?
Oh, where is my hairbrush?
Oh where, oh where, Oh where, oh where Oh where, oh where, Oh where, oh where, oh wheeeere...is my hairbrush?
Jimmy: I think I saw a hairbrush back there!
Larry: Back there (Junior and Jimmy: back there) is my hairbrush. (Junior and Jimmy: back there)
Back there (Junior and Jimmy: back there) is my hair-brush. (Junior and Jimmy: back there)
Back there, back there, Oh where, back there, Oh where, oh where, Back there, back there, Back theeeere...is my hair-brush
Junior: Hey Larry, I've been meaning to ask you something. Well, I was wondering, why do you need a hairbrush since well you don't have any hair?
Larry: No hair (Junior and Jimmy: No hair) for my hairbrush. (Junior and Jimmy: No hair back there)
No hair (Junior and Jimmy: No hair) for my hairbrush. (Junior and Jimmy: No hair back there)
No hair, no hair, no where, no hair, no hair, no hair, no where, back there, no haaaaaair... (Jimmy: No hair back there!) for my hairbrush!
Junior: You know that's an old hairbrush and you never use it. Well, I'm sorry, but I gave it to Apollo Gourd.
Larry: No!
Junior: He's teaching me to Sumo Wrestle and, well, he's got hair.
Larry: Not fair (Jimmy and Junior: Not Fair!) for my hairbrush. (Jimmy and Junior: He's got no hair)
Not fair! (Jimmy and Junior: Not Fair!) My poor hairbrush. (Jimmy and Junior: He's got no hair)
Not fair, not fair, no hair, not fair, no where, back there, not fair, not fair, not faaaaair! (Jimmy: No fair no hair!) My little hairbrush!
Jimmy: Oh. Sorry.
Apollo Gourd: Thanks for the Hairbrush, Cucumber-san.
Larry: <Take Care>!* (Jimmy and Junior: Take Care) <of my hairbrush!> (Jimmy and Junior: of his hairbrush!)
<Take care!> (Jimmy and Junior: Take Care!) <oh my hairbrush!> (Jimmy and Junior: of his hairbrush)
<Take care, take care, don't dare not care, take care, nice hair, no fair, take care, take caaaaare ...> (Jimmy and Junior: Oh please take care!) <of my hairbrush!>
Jimmy: Wow! What a great crowd! Paducah rocks!
Larry: Oh, where is my hairbrush?
Oh, where is my hairbrush?
Oh where, oh where, Oh where, oh where Oh where, oh where, Oh where, oh where, oh wheeeere...is my hairbrush?
Jimmy: I think I saw a hairbrush back there!
Larry: Back there (Junior and Jimmy: back there) is my hairbrush. (Junior and Jimmy: back there)
Back there (Junior and Jimmy: back there) is my hair-brush. (Junior and Jimmy: back there)
Back there, back there, Oh where, back there, Oh where, oh where, Back there, back there, Back theeeere...is my hair-brush
Junior: Hey Larry, I've been meaning to ask you something. Well, I was wondering, why do you need a hairbrush since well you don't have any hair?
Larry: No hair (Junior and Jimmy: No hair) for my hairbrush. (Junior and Jimmy: No hair back there)
No hair (Junior and Jimmy: No hair) for my hairbrush. (Junior and Jimmy: No hair back there)
No hair, no hair, no where, no hair, no hair, no hair, no where, back there, no haaaaair... (Jimmy: No hair back there!) for my hairbrush!
Junior: You know that's an old hairbrush and you never use it. Well, I'm sorry, but I gave it to Apollo Gourd.
Larry: No!
Junior: He's teaching me to Sumo Wrestle and well he's got hair.
Larry: Not fair (Jimmy and Junior: Not Fair!) for my hairbrush. (Jimmy and Junior: He's got no hair)
Not fair! (Jimmy and Junior: Not Fair!) My poor hairbrush. (Jimmy and Junior: He's got no hair)
Not fair, not fair, no hair, not fair, no where, back there, not fair, not fair, not faaaaaair! (Jimmy: No fair no hair!) My little hairbrush!
Jimmy: Oh. Sorry
Larry: <Take Care>!* (Jimmy and Junior: Take Care) <of my hairbrush!> (Jimmy and Junior: of his hairbrush!)
<Take care!> (Jimmy and Junior: Take Care!) <oh my hairbrush!> (Jimmy and Junior: of his hairbrush)
<Take care, take care, don't dare not care, take care, nice hair, no fair, take care, take caaaaare ...> (Jimmy and Junior: Oh please take care!) <of my hairbrush!>
(*sung in Japanese)Releases
Audio
- VeggieTunes (1995)
- And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry (2001)
- Have We Got A Show For You!: Ten Years of VeggieTales Greatest Hits (2003)
- Veggie Rocks! (2004) – performed by Audio Adrenaline
- Silly Songs with VeggieTales (2004) – personalized CD
- VeggieTales Greatest Hits (2008)
- 25 Favorite Very Veggie Tunes (2009)
- 25 Favorite Silly Songs (2011)
- 150 All-Time Favorite Songs (2012)
- And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry: The Complete Collection (2013)
- All the Songs: Volume One (2014)
Video
- "Are You My Neighbor?" (1995)
- Hip Clips From The Radio Café (1996)
- "Very Silly Songs!" (1997)
- "The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown" (2001)
- Veg-O-Rama Jukebox (2004)
- Sing-Alongs: Dance of the Cucumber (2006)
- VeggieTales Live! Sing Yourself Silly (2011)
- If I Sang a Silly Song... (2012)
Publications
- VeggieTunes (1995)
- VeggieTales Songbook (2001)
- And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry (2002)
- VeggieTales Greatest Hits (2013)
- 25 Favorite Silly Songs (2013)
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the first Silly Song of several things:
- The first Silly Song where Bob, Junior, and Pa Grape appear.
- The first Silly Song Mike Nawrocki wrote.
- The first appearance of The Peach.
- The first Silly Song with Larry's high and lispy voice.
- The first Silly Song where the announcer does not say "This has been 'Silly Songs with Larry'. Tune in next time to hear Larry sing/say..." at the end.
- The first Silly Song that does not have the title card at the end.
- This is the only Silly Song so far where the audience applauds at the end.
- This is the first Silly Song where the canisters are shown.
- The song was inspired when Mike Nawrocki was in the shower one day and was looking for his razor when it was not there. He was singing the same melody while looking for it. Once he pitched it to Phil Vischer, Phil told him that parents will be worried that kids will be looking for their parents' razors. So Mike changed it over to hairbrush.
- Originally, the lines for Bob, Junior, and Pa were just going to be in their regular speaking parts. But after Lisa recorded her lines, along with Kurt's piano keys, Phil decided to re-record his parts, as they are right now. But in the Boyz in the Sink version, Junior heads back to the speaking part, and fills in Bob's line.
- According to the original handwritten lyrics (which were posted on Facebook), Archibald was supposed to appear in this song.
- A Japanese version of the song is included on the Have We Got A Show For You: 10 Years Of VeggieTales album and also as an Easter Egg on the DVD releases of The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown.
- The Boyz in the Sink version of the song uses the final stanza from the Japanese version, although all the other stanzas are in English.
- This song was voted number one on The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown.
- Audio Adrenaline did a cover of this song on VeggieRocks!.
- In the version created for the Boyz in the Sink album, Junior states that he gave the hairbrush to Apollo Gourd. Also, during that version, Jimmy Gourd replaced Pa Grape.
- Unlike Pa, Junior, and Bob, the Peach does not close the door when he leaves the scene.
- On a similar note, when Pa and Junior close the door, the screen shakes. It does not happen when Bob closes the door.
- Despite having been from "Are You My Neighbor?", this was also featured on the classroom edition of The Gourds Must Be Crazy (titled "Are You My Neighbor?" in that classroom edition release as well).
- This was featured on the Arabic dub of "Dave and the Giant Pickle," replacing Love My Lips due to "Are You My Neighbor?" being banned in the Arab World.
- This was indirectly mentioned by Archibald in More Sunday Morning Songs with Bob & Larry.
- Larry (as Minnesota Cuke) hums to the tune of this song when he looks for Samson's Hairbrush in Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush.
- In The VeggieTales Show episode, When Being Good Means Giving Up, Pa Grape makes a reference to this song when he asks Larry if he was finished trying to grow out hair so that he could use his hairbrush.
- In the Very Veggie Silly Stories episode, Forgiveness, Bob sings this song to the chickens at Pa Grape's Dude Ranch when he tries to get them to sleep, albeit with no success. Later on, Larry mentions that he found a hairbrush, which references the song's main focus.
- This song was later featured in the podcast series' next episode, Generosity.
- This song is featured on the Chick-fil-A release, "Larry-Boy and the Bad Apple", but the applause sound is not featured at the end of it.
- On the DVD releases of The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown, at the end of the song, a crowd cheering sound effect (notably Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140501) is added in the 5.1 Surround Sound audio track.
- This song was one of many added to the VeggieTales and You DVD, albeit with some differences to accommodate the addition of the person's name.
- For example, the introduction is re-recorded to say, "Our curtain opens as Larry, having just finished his morning bath, is searching for a hairbrush he borrowed for his friend...", as well as the entire song re-recorded with Larry saying the person's name in between with his more modern sounding voice from Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed onwards.
Goofs
- When Larry first hops out of the shower, his body clips through the curtain.
- Pa Grape's glasses clip through his nose.
- The canister, located to the left beside the bathroom props, shows up in a different spot left and right each time during each shot.