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DOOwop
Posted on October 2, 2022 by David M Willis

178 thoughts on “DOOwop”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    worried if Sal’s asking bc she unironically loves the song or just knows it’s in Danny’s range

    half expecting her to ask for O’Charley (iCarly) in a minute

    1. Thag Simmons

      I think it’s because Danny looks like a member of Hanson.

      1. Plaaaa

        You mean Henson. He’s a Muppet.

      2. Freedomofthemoon

        A+

    2. Yeet

      to be fair it is quite literally a bop

      1. Wack'd

        *quick google*

        Does he?

        1. Wack'd

          aw nerts that was supposed to be a reply to the late thag simmons

        2. Thag Simmons

          I think he’s got a similar sort of dorky charm to Hanson, but man I didn’t realize Hanson looked that old now. I’m aware of their post-MMMbop career but I still imagined them as fairly young.

    3. lia

      imagining it was kind of a more creative “play wonderwall”

    4. Yotomoe

      I think it’s because of his dorky nature and skin color.

  2. Doctor_Who

    It fills me with such joy that Danny knows the lyrics by heart and can improv the song on his uke.

    1. Psychie

      Improv? This was clearly rehearsed!

  3. BBCC

    I dunno what’s funnier, this or the idea of Danny listening to WAP because that promises hilarity.

  4. Johan

    YAY THESE DORKS!

  5. Sirksome

    Play 679 next!

  6. Mr. Random

    Such a dork.

    They’re perfect.

  7. butts

    DO WAP

  8. Steamweed

    Dying of the cute over here!

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      The sort of folks who’ll be as cute 50 years later.

  9. DailyBrad

    Sal’s face in the last panel is the mood. Amazing.

  10. Suet

    And that’s the last time anyone can play WAP on the uke.

    Danny’s a certified freak anyway.

    1. Suet

      “Ninja”

      1. Raen

        Worse than zero – I’m pretty sure that comes from ICP covers of black-written hip hop songs.

        1. Laura

          ICP? I couldn’t read the underlined alt-text.

        2. Kyrik Michalowski

          ICP is short for Insane Clown Posse.

        3. Suet

          “Either your replacement game is a 10 (“Baby” in Lizzo’s Juice) or a 1 (“Buddy” in Doja Cat and SZA’s Kiss Me More). Danny gets a 0 on that.”

        4. Laura

          Ah. Thank you!

    2. Sajuuk-Khar

      Seven days a week, even. ?

  11. Some1

    I am going to have to reconsider where Danny goes in the Reeses Puffs/CPR/Misery meme.

    1. RassilonTDavros

      …where were you putting him in the Reeses Puffs/CPR/Misery meme before?

      1. Sajuuk-Khar

        Now I can’t unsee Danny belting out REESE’S PUFFS REESE’S PUFFS, EAT ‘EM UP EAT ‘EM UP EAT ‘EM UP

        1. Yotomoe

          Come one, Sajuuk-Khar. That is ABSOLUTELY a Walky role.

        2. Sajuuk-Khar

          …Okay, that’s true, that part is 100,000% Walky.

  12. Caro

    what does WAP sound like on a ukulele?

    1. Kravis

      Like it’s going to break it.

      Or at least cause it some water damage.

    2. anon

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcmcop1KB68&ab_channel=SebastianPrentice like this apparently lol

  13. Queen Anthai

    Excuse me but I NEED to hear this played on a ukelele

    1. Laura

      Well, in the meantime, here’s Hanson’s Mmmbop (Doowop) on the hacked ukelele:
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XjH_a7J-BcM

    2. Laura

      Today I learned that there are several WAP covers on ukelele on YouTube, as well as detailed ukelele tutorials on how to play the song. Here’s my favorite:
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tQbHwt_HY

      1. All-Purpose Guru

        That was flurpin’ awesome. Thank you for that.

        1. Laura

          You’re welcome!

  14. Cerusee

    This is probably the cutest, sweetest, most innocent DOA strip ever to feature lyrics to WAP.

    Also, just generally. This is SO ADORABLE (sorry, Sal, you have adorable).

  15. Cheshrin

    Welp, we’ve done it. We’ve hit Peak Sal Cuteness with those last two panels.

    This may be the most adorable comic strip of all comics of all time. I can’t decide on my favorite part: Danny hearing what he thinks is a request for a WAP ukelele cover of all things and just 100% committing? Sal trying desperately not to giggle at what an endearing doof her boyfriend is?

    It’s times like this where I really wish that Danny had an internal voice in my head I could hear the way Becky and Sal do, because I would love to hear what my brain thinks a ukelele cover of WAP would sound like.

    1. Cheshrin

      Something about my current avatar makes this comment very funny to sleep deprived me.

      (For those reading this a year from now when the grav roulette gets shuffled again, I’ve currently got a Danny avatar)

    2. All-Purpose Guru

      I was gonna say, I *love* Sal when she’s with Danny. She *needs* this.

    3. JediMB

      Challenge: find a way to top those two panels of Sal cuteness.

      It would surely change the world forever.

  16. thakoru

    This is extremely cursed.

    1. The Wellerman

      Just in time for Halloween, eh? ?

      Speaking of which, gotta game planned that I can hopefully release before then!

      If not, there’s always room for a literal nightmare before christmas i guess, but still….

  17. Stephen Bierce

    Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum
    I smell smoke in the auditorium!
    CHARLIE BROWN
    CHARLIE BROWN
    He’s a clown/That CHARLIE BROWN!    –and on the anniversary of PEANUTS‘ debut too.

    1. jeffepp

      Why’s everybody always pick’n on me?

      1. Deanatay

        Walks inna classroom, cool an slow
        Who called de English teacher “Daddio”!

  18. Chazkuangshi

    See? Sometimes it’s ok to Danny it.

  19. Sajuuk-Khar

    Fuck this man, Sal.

    Fuck his brains out.

    1. Rose by Any Other Name

      … speaking of WAP…

      1. Yotomoe

        That’s the songs intended use.

      2. The Wellerman

        ??? ???

        *plays “Shout!” by the Isley Brothers on hacked muzak*

    2. Taffy

      At the first available opportunity.

  20. AbacusWizard

    Wait, they’re in the soundproof music practice room together and they’re actually practicing music?

    1. Wack'd

      I mean, presumably not soundproof if you can hear it down the hall.

    2. Opus the Poet

      So you remember that early Slipshine?

  21. RassilonTDavros

    I think this may be the hardest I have ever laughed in my entire life. I needed to drink some water after this one, holy fuck.

  22. GeekyWarrior

    I need Danny to do a cover of a certain Dynamite Hack song.

  23. Sirksome

    I wonder if Danny would get an n-word pass as long as he’s singing unfitting songs on the uke? I’m black and would find that very funny in real life but I don’t speak for the whole community.

    1. Yotomoe

      I’ll say what I told my best friend. “You can say it around me, I know you’re a nice guy. But if you say it in public and someone starts whooping your ass I’m not gonna help you.”

    2. zee

      I’d give him a pass in that very specific instance

    3. thejeff

      I think in general, you get passes as long you’re doing things like singing songs or even quoting other popular media – as long as you’re not doing it so you get to say the word.

      1. BBCC

        That most definitely has not been the consensus I’ve seen but then maybe I’ve been looking in different places than you.

      2. monkyvirus

        Based on my experience as a white person and seeing discourse on this topic over the years I think we shouldn’t ever say it regardless of if we’re quoting. The only exception being an acting role where saying it is in your lines (I.e. you’re playing a racist character and that’s the point). Apart from that specific professional reason I don’t think there’s any reason to do it. The risk of causing offence or harm is way to high.

  24. june gloom

    This is genuinely the funniest strip in ages.

  25. Yotomoe

    Todd in the Shadows is adamant that Hanson became very good in their later years and I’m inclined to believe him.

    1. Sol

      A fellow person of culture, I see.

      1. Yotomoe

        What can I say. Everyone knows that I like TITS.

    2. newlland(Henryvolt)

      If Todd in the shadows taught me anything it’s that music the most opinionated topic there. Especially since I’m 50/50 with his opinions.

      Especially one year with one of his yearly top 10 songs of the year vids had California girls over of better songs.

      1. Yotomoe

        When he made “Closer” by the Chainsmokers #1 on his top 10 list one year I was SHOCKED. Namely because I thought I was the only other person who loved that song.

        1. newlland(Henryvolt)

          That I didn’t have any issues with to be honest, when I first listened to that song I tried to find something to nick pick it but I ended up just playing it again and again for a week straight.

        2. newlland(Henryvolt)

          Liked it more than I thought.

      2. zee

        Well he put California girls in this top ten best and worst. Its guilty pleasure

    3. cbwroses

      Fellow Todd fans! Yes!

      1. ValdVin

        Todd can detail to me why one song succeeds and another fails when they’re trying for the same goal. He also must study a lot of music from before he was born to make many of his videos.

        I don’t always agree with him (or anybody) but his opinions are well-grounded, which is what critiquing is about.

    4. Pylgrim

      “I Was Born” genuinely slaps.

    5. Romanticide

      When I saw Todd video I made a search to see for myself and honestly their songs were fine. He was right

  26. Yotomoe

    Reminds me of Natasha Allegri, of Bee and puppycat fame, Performing “Move bongo” on Ukulele
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1MQljLuzw (only youtube video I can find with the clip, but it’s also a cute animation so that’s just a bonus)

  27. Yotomoe

    I would have assumed Doo-Wap would’ve meant she wanted to listen to some syncopated 1960s-esque music and she wanted to sing it in sort of a round.
    If I am classifying Doo-Wap music correctly. (or is it Doo-Wah?)

    1. Wack'd

      I hear “doo-wap” and I start hearing this very specific snippet from Weird Al’s “Polka Power”, y’know, the one that leads into “Sex and Candy”.

      *quick google*

      THAT’S MMMBOP?

      1. Yotomoe

        Damn, i guess it’s a common mistake 😛

        1. Deanatay

          I LOVE that there are people in the universe who use Weird Al Polka medleys as their classic music touchstones.

    2. cbwroses

      That is my understanding of doo-wop.

      The dictionary on my iPad says it’s a style of pop music marked by the use of close harmony vocals using nonsense phrases.

      I’m not sure what a close harmony is, but considering the chorus of the song, mmmbop might be considered a form of doo-wop, at least for that part.

      1. ValdVin

        Doo wop’s heyday was before 1960. (Not that I was alive then, but I do remember it on the radio.) Three or four singers was the typical, and almost acapella was often the style. The best part of it is that there’s usually a vocal line for anyone to sing along to, for those of us who sing in the car.

  28. ADLegend21

    I….love Danny so much.

    1. newlland(Henryvolt)

      Find you a guy who on request will sing you WAP on a Ukulele no question asked.

  29. Marvelman

    1) I get that WAP is intended to shock. But…
    2) Even as a teenager I would have considered the song crude and ugly. I don ‘t get it. What’s the appeal?

    1. Marvelman

      3) I just listened to Mmmbop. I can understand why someone would like that.

    2. Laura

      The appeal is that it celebrates female orgasm. Often, when mass media portrays female orgasm, they focus solely on those things that can be faked: facial expressions, gestures, vocalization… the potentially performative aspect of it. Self-lubrication of the vagina is much harder to fake, unless one uses lube before beginning sexual relations. It’s more of a biomechanical response to pleasure than an act one can put on for show. Given the amount of time our culture spends shaming women who want and get sexual pleasure, the song is revolutionary in its unabashed celebration of the physical response. “I don’t cook. I don’t clean. Let me tell you how I got this ring.” It recognizes that sex and marriage are often transactional and glorifies the sexually fulfilled wife as a successful businesswoman.

      1. Marvelman

        That is very interesting, seriously, but I still think this song is ugly.

        1. StClair

          Sex is messy.
          Some people dig that. Others (e.g. Carla) think that’s gross.

        2. Taffy

          That’s alright, not everything is to everyone’s taste. Some people don’t like Kingdom Hearts for being le epic cringe, and while I question what’s wrong with them, I understand too that it’s not my responsibility to raise their babies.

    3. Yotomoe

      People like Crude and ugly things! Especially people who themselves are crude and ugly.

      1. cain

        Exactly!! It’s fun to be deviant, it’s fun to be sexual. It’s fun to participate in art that celebrates things that are deemed inappropriate.

        1. misanthropope

          but that’s the thing, WAP isn’t deviant. it’s like-and-subscribe! feminism, about as authentic as a kardashian. its an affront to everything filthy.

    4. Sajuuk-Khar

      In panel 4, Danny has explained the appeal.

      1. Sajuuk-Khar

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-12/01-sister-christian/pullin/#comments

        What the hell is happening when I HTML a link? What in the world. Anyway. In panel four of THIS comic, Danny, explaining the appeal.

        1. Kyrik Michalowski

          It’s always interesting to go back to one of those strips from a while back and see what gravatar you have on that comment, and see what you said.

    5. Hof1991

      Crude and ugly can be very popular. It can even get elected President. I prefer crude and ugly in songs rather than in positions of power.

    6. Sporky

      It’s funny.

    7. cain

      Women’s sexuality is vilified in our current society. Women are not supposed to enjoy sex, and they certainly aren’t supposed to brag about being good at it. WAP is a fun song for people who want to celebrate women’s sexuality rather than hide it. It’s not gonna be fun for everybody, but it does appeal to a lot of people.

    8. Sam

      Some people find these things funny which creates an appeal. For select people and basically no one else.

      1. Taffy

        And that’s a good thing. We need more things that are for like five people in Wisconsin.

        1. Sam

          What have those five people in Wisconsin done to deserve a thing.

    9. zee

      It slaps and Megan is comedic genius

  30. DiDi

    Oh This is SO adorable and refreshing.

  31. Jay Field

    . . . Y’all laugh at this, but I’m totally picturing Danny busting out something actually kinda cool, like Hugo’s version of “99 Problems.” *LMAO*

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnudbCnccs

    1. Jay Field

      I mean, undoubtedly, this is what he actually sounded like:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_MTpiXYVRo

    2. Laura

      A. MAZE. ZING.

      Wow! I love that version!

    3. Wack'd

      If I had a nickel for every time this week I’ve encountered the version of “99 Problems” from the end credits of the 2011 remake of Fright Night, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

  32. Nevermaker

    THEY CONTINUE TO BE CUTE. <3

  33. newlland(Henryvolt)

    Maybe after Doowop Danny can make up for this by playing “You get what you give” by new radicals. That one’s always a vibe.

  34. anon

    lmao a shame no teams are dubbing this, it’d be amusing to see how they’d handle the musical parts

  35. Jon

    This is too cute. So cute. My heart is aching it’s so cute. I want these adorkable goofs to date and be happy forever.

  36. Keulen

    I love this couple. I don’t think I would ever be comfortable singing the lyrics to WAP, if I even knew all the lyrics.

  37. Qube

    okay a genuine no-irony Sal Smile is fucking precious and we need more of those, also these two might damn well be perfect for each other

  38. cbwroses

    This is hilarious!

  39. CrazyJ

    Ben Shapiro has an interesting comment about WAP. Also probably his biggest self-own.

    1. Marianne

      He’d be rolling in his grave if he were alive to read this strip.

      1. RedCat

        I don’t think he’d dead? Just his sex life, probably.

    2. Mr D

      I don’t want to taint my google algorithm, with Shapiro searches, would you be willing to quote?

      1. UnDrewsual

        I don’t have the quote, but he basically said that a woman being wet “down there” means something is obviously medically wrong and that HIS wife has never been wet at all.
        So he unknowingly told the world that he has never made a woman sexually aroused in his life.

        1. Taffy

          I mean, we already knew that just from hearing the guy talk, but it was nice to get confirmation.

        2. Uly

          Wow. Wow, he just… wow. Oh, wow. I already felt sorry for her, but wow.

        3. Schpoonman

          A moment where you need to pause and ask “Did you really just say that about yourself?”

    3. zee

      I think my favorite version of wap is just when people edit him to make him sing it

      1. zee

        Also if you think WAP is “””crude and ugly””” i sincerely hope you never listen to any of Doja Cats non radio play songs. You’d have a heart attack
        Go to town, Rules, Freak, Cyber Sex. I listen to her too much to understand the backlash to WAP

        1. Mopey

          Sexually explicit lyrics are abundant all over the place and have been for decades. It’s not the “what” so much as the “where”. Nobody cares about sexually explicit lyrics until they hit the mainstream and the songs become hard to avoid for sheltering parents and their offspring.

        2. Taffy

          And just adding to that, there’s like thirteen trillion songs about cocks that get played more or less uncensored because double standards are wild. Make one song about your downstairs fancy place though, and suddenly it’s a sign of Everything Wrong With The World.

        3. zee

          Sorry this reply ended up in the wrong place. Hopefully you can guess where it was meant to go by my verbage

      2. powerpowerpow

        “Wet Ass P-Word” is one of the greatest hip hop remixes of all time and you can’t change my mind on that.

  40. Blume

    This is… So… CUTE.

    1. True Survivor

      I know. These guys are my favorite subplot.

      1. Blume

        Same, sometimes we just need A LOT of sweetness <3

  41. buddy

    this is what i imagine danny sounds like right now

    1. Needfuldoer

      I like the Sinatra AI version better.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR7BnbH18RI

  42. Maggie

    Even though that was a misunderstanding, it’s sweet that he did the song anyway. Doing so can’t have been comfortable for him.

  43. Rainhat

    Gotta say, Sal is just adorable right now

  44. Bryy

    Happy Sal is amazing.

  45. Lone Duck

    We’ve had some terribly awkward moments, but today, Danny became a national treasure.

  46. Caspar Mulders

    Songs that should not be played on ukelele:

    All of them.

    1. Needfuldoer

      Where’s the upvote button? We need an upvote button!

    2. Schpoonman

      Somewhere Over The Rainbow would beg to differ.

      1. Uly

        Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

        1. Taffy

          Rainbows are nice.

      2. Azhrei Vep

        Somewhere over the Rainbow belongs on the list of “Songs that should not be played, ever.” That includes on Ukulele.

    3. Daibhid C

      George Formby songs would sound weird played on anything else. Especially the ones that are actually about ukeleles.

      Conclusion: George Formby songs should not be played at all.

      With me little ukelele in me hand,
      Of course, the people do not understand.
      They say “Why don’t you be a scout, why don’t you read a book?”
      But I get much more pleasure when I’m playin’ with me uke.

    4. Hof1991

      Bertie Wooster agrees. https://youtu.be/_eEIIB5hVy4

  47. Hazel

    Christ, Danny, how is cringe your only super power?

  48. darkoneko

    I don’t even KNOW who Hanson is

    1. Schpoonman

      “You will.”

    2. Needfuldoer

      This song was inescapable for a couple years in the late 90s.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llRyWfr899c

    3. Taffy

      He used to be on a show called Game Grumps with some anti-vax weirdo, and he made a lot of cartoons about video games. Also said the N word in a rap video about doing taxes.

      1. Needfuldoer

        He’s dropped a few N-bombs in his day. He started off as a voice actor in the Newgrounds Portal’s glory days, after all…

        Game Grumps is a hell of a rabbit hole to fall into. Somehow it’s even deeper than Cinemassacre lore.

      2. Azhrei Vep

        No no no, Hanson’s still performing on the show pretty regularly, they just added a new guy who’s probably what Danny will grow up to be.

        … My god, they even share a name…

      3. Kyrik Michalowski

        Who was the anti-vax weirdo? Jon?

  49. bagge

    They will doink in the music room, won’t they?

  50. Daibhid C

    “I am way too cool to be more than vaguely familiar with the song I asked you to play.”

    Because I am Old (Gen X), I still listen to the radio, which means I am more familiar with MmmBop than I had any desire to be, and am conceptually aware of WAP but not the actual lyrics.

  51. Rabisch

    So sweet. I don’t think Sal has ever been so in love in her life before ♡.

  52. Robin M

    A doo-wop version of MMMbop, from Postmodern Jukebox.
    https://youtu.be/iEejfq1KhkU

  53. Joy

    This strip made me laugh out loud

  54. Lordhaw

    Man I haven’t had a good laugh like this for awhile. This was funny!

  55. keet

    oh goddddddd i love this particular strip so much thank u

  56. zee

    I haven’t giggled out loud so hard at a strip in a while

  57. JessWitt

    Sal’s about to double over in laughter and it’s very cute.

  58. zee

    I’m sure Sal really wants Danny to park his big Mack truck right in her little garage after this

  59. Kitschensyngk

    “MMMBop” should never be played on a ukulele.

    “MMMBop” should never be played PERIOD.

  60. TheScreenJockey

    He should do Doo Wop by Lauryn Hill

  61. Yakumo

    Definitely should be in the running for “We are a bunch of Millennials yet.” So, I wonder if Willis has been waiting to pull this, hmmm, yeah, for the longest time.

  62. Antonio Tyler

    Danny is both the worst boyfriend and the absolute best.

    1. The Wellerman

      I dunno. Considering how he handles Sal’s relationship is both fun and doesn’t drain social batteries very much, I think he’s the best kinda boyfriend, really. ??

  63. Raptorofwar

    They’re adorable. I hate Danny playing WAP on the bloody ukulele, but that’s adorable.

  64. Skeptible

    Sal, if you are trying to show that you are too cool to know the actual song title, you kind of blew it by admitting that you know the name of the “band” that performs it. (yes, I realize that the joke falls apart if she doesn’t know either)

  65. Kitsune

    The Hanson brothers arre from my home town

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