The Lumberjack Song
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The Lumberjack Song is a famous Monty Python comedy sketch featuring a cheerful lumberjack whose increasingly absurd confessions undercut traditional masculine stereotypes through song.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lumberjack Song sketch | 1 |
| the Lumberjack | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy sketch
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song ⓘ television sketch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Monty Python ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Mounties chorus
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the Barber ⓘ The Lumberjack Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
the Lumberjack
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| firstBroadcastOn | BBC One ⓘ |
| genre |
musical comedy
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sketch comedy ⓘ |
| hasChorus | "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK" ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became one of Monty Python's most famous songs
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widely quoted catchphrase "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK" ⓘ |
| hasLyric |
"I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra"
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"I sleep all night and I work all day" ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
music-hall style
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sing-along chorus ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
Mounties joining in the chorus
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cheerful tune contrasted with increasingly absurd confessions ⓘ sudden revelation of the lumberjack's cross-dressing ⓘ undercutting of traditional macho image ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
gender expression
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lumberjacks in popular culture ⓘ social expectations of masculinity ⓘ |
| humorStyle |
absurdism
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parody ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| influenced | later comedy about gender stereotypes ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Monty Python
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surface form:
Monty Python compilation recordings
Monty Python live album releases ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
cross-dressing
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parody of masculine stereotypes ⓘ subversion of gender roles ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2
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surface form:
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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| performer |
Eric Idle
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Graham Chapman ⓘ John Cleese ⓘ Michael Palin ⓘ Terry Gilliam ⓘ Terry Jones ⓘ |
| setting |
Canadian wilderness (implied)
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barber shop ⓘ |
| usedAs |
musical number in Monty Python tours
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recurring sketch in Monty Python live shows ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Lumberjack
this entity surface form:
The Lumberjack Song sketch