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Shave and a Haircut
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Probably the most infamous seven beats of music in the modern world, or at least high on the list, this five-and-two lick appears everywhere. In music, it's a sting to end a piece; in other media, it appears in a joke and/or as a recognition signature, usually a knock—the first person taps out "shave-and-a-hair-cut," and waits for the "two bits" response.note "Two bits" is old American slang for 25 cents, dating from the time of the Spanish Milled Dollar, which was worth 8 Spanish Reals — one Real, or "bit", was an eighth of a dollar. This was why pirates called them Pieces of Eight. Incidentally, good luck finding a barber that gives a shave and a haircut for 25 cents these days, and good luck, too, trying to incorporate inflation into a two-knock beat (ten bucks, maybe?) For laymen unfamiliar with musical terminology and reading musical notes, "Shave and a Haircut" is the name of the familiar beat that goes "dun dun-dun dun dun, DUN DUN." While the rhythm is flexible, and the words change, it's always to a similar tune, though some different versions of it exist. Illustrated is actually a variation of the original tune, with a flattened sixth. (A flat instead of an A). Another common variation is to have an additional faster note between the "and" and "a" part of the melody, usually an augmented fourth. (which would be an F# in the illustrated example). (Cultural warning: be careful with expressing this song in Mexico or in front of Mexicans, because as noted under the real-life section this sting is extremely offensive over there and is likely to get you in serious trouble with another Mexican unless you have enough of a friendship to justify it as friendly teasing). For an equally ubiquitous song intro, see the Minsky Pickup. |
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This tune shows up in You've Got Mail at the end of the scene where Joe and Kathleen meet (physically) for the first time. | |
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Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater has used this as an audience participation segment at the end of his drum solo. | |
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The Far Side: In one cartoon, an exasperated conductor informs his orchestra that they will not be concluding the symphony with "Shave and a Haircut". In another, police are arresting a group of mobsters, and one of the mobsters complains, "I knew it. I just knew it! 'Shave and a Haircut' was a lousy secret knock." |
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When Loki stole the Sorcerer Supreme mantle from Doctor Strange, he drove himself nuts trying to find the key to the latter's locked vault. Turns out, he just needed to knock on it to this rhythm. Loki was not impressed ("Oh, you unbelievable hack...") | |
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Batman: Dark Tomorrow: After subduing a group of Arkham inmates, Batman hears someone playing an organ tune, and goes to investigate. The camera pans over to the organ and reveals it's Joker, who ends his session with a contrasting "Shave and a Haircut" snippet. | |
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Andor: In "Announcement" when Cassian visits Bix during the night, he uses the shave-and-a-haircut knock on her door and appears to wait for the "two-bits" response. | |
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Spanish-speaking YouTube Poop often uses this beat in the Mexican sense, specifically for being extremely offensive. | |
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In Jazzpunk, this is the secret knock to get into the hotel in the Soviet Embassy level. | |
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Ace Ventura used this in the Animated Adaptation: He suspects he's being followed and does the "Shave and a Haircut" on his cat, since the other cat responded with the two bits, he knows he's being followed. | |
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The Simpsons had it at the end of the President's Day assembly's song for "lesser" Presidents. | |
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Subverted on one episode of Full House: someone knocks at the front door "Shave and a haircut, two". The listening family nearly falls over when the expected "bits" doesn't land. (What kind of psychopath would do such a thing? Steve Urkel!) | |
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Um Jammer Lammy: "I Am a Master, and You", Lammy's version of the Chop Chop Master Onion stage, eventually evolves into this quite subtly, eventually—unsurprisingly—finishing off with it. Also occurs in the outro of Stage 1. |
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At the end of the "Agatha All Along" theme from WandaVision, with Agatha interjecting "And I killed Sparky too!" before the "two bits". | |
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Too many Looney Tunes cartoons to name. "Show Biz Bugs" is an excellent example of this. | |
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Donkey Konga: The song for the juggling minigame is "Turkey and the Straw", but ends with Shave and a Haircut. | |
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All of the current My Little Pony generations can be said to this tune, as most people refer to them as either "Gen" or "G", followed by their number - try saying phrases like "My Little Pony G3" or "My Little Pony Gen 4" in this tune, and you'll get the idea. | |
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Cuphead has a song from the soundtrack, "Winner Takes All", where this "Shave and a Haircut" tune plays at the end. | |
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In Half-Life 2, Alyx plays this on the buttons of a vending machine, and bangs on it twice for the "two bits" part. It's her way of signaling to Dr. Kleiner that it's her, and opens the door to the secret lab behind the vending machine. | |
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Used at the end of most Camp Lazlo episodes. | |
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In Scrubs, J.D. visits Dr. Cox at home and knocks "shave and a haircut" on his door. Cox, exasperated, whips it open during the pause. J.D.: "Two bits." | |
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Our Miss Brooks: Walter Denton usually rings the bell at Mrs. Davis', but a few times he knocks to the tune of "Shave and a Haircut". | |
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Shows up in a couple of The Dresden Files novels. The first time it appears, Harry uses the words "six bits!" as the punchline - perhaps he learned of the gag from the Michelle Shocked example below in Music? Regardless, someone must have corrected him, as in a later book he uses the more common "two bits" version. | |
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Animaniacs did this a lot, particularly with Yakko's songs (and also with "Wakko's America"). The end of the theme song to Pinky and the Brain. "Narf!" |
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Half A Sixpence, the 1965 Tommy Steele vehicle based on the H. G. Wells novel Kipps (filmed with Steele in 1967, revived without him in 2016), the chorus of the song "Flash Bang Wallop", about a Victorian wedding photo, ends with "Stick it in your fam'ly album!" | |
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In The Breakfast Club, Vernon goes into the library to investigate the commotion caused by Bender falling through the ceiling of the bathroom; unknown to him, Bender is hiding under a table at the moment. Bender starts to sit up but bonks his head on the table, and Andrew nearby quickly raps the "and a haircut" part of the beat; Bender fist-beats "two bits" back. | |
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A variation of the song is in the closing theme music to Married... with Children. | |
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On an animated insert on Sesame Street, An animated orange ball plays a scale on the musical staircase. And then ends with the tune (But the last 2 notes were wrong), And gets applauded by the audience. | |
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Discworld: "Shave and a haircut, no legs" is the jingle of the Guild of Barber Surgeons. Used as a secret knock ("The Hairdressers Barber-Surgeon's Knock") in Making Money. At the start of the Music With Rocks In story Soul Music, "Shave and a haircut, two pence" is the very first thing the drummer plays. |
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Played by Owen in the Total Drama episode "I Triple Dog Dare You" on his freebie bottles. | |
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One of the bosses in Rocket Knight Adventures (whom you face in a few smaller battles before the end of the stage) has this accompany each of his defeats at your hands. | |
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The Big Bang Theory: Amy knocks "shave and a haircut" on her kitchen table when Sheldon claims that he has no problem leaving things unfinished. After a brief staring match he compulsively knocks "two bits". | |
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Used as a secret knock ("The Hairdressers Barber-Surgeon's Knock") in Making Money. | |
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A "shave and a haircut" riff oddly comes right in the middle of the Shipoopi song in The Music Man. | |
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Rhythm Heaven: Used in "The Snappy Trio" from the first game, at the end of the song. Another minigame, "Dr. Bacteria" has this attached to the end of the song before it loops. This comes up again in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, found at both the beginning and the end of "Catchy Tune." |
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In the beginning of EarthBound (1994), Pokey/Porky knocks on the door in a very annoying fashion. In the middle of the knocks is the classic "Shave and a Haircut". | |
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In the Donald Duck cartoon "Trailer Horn", Chip and Dale drop a bunch of pine cones on Donald's breakfast and break his dishes to this tune, with the last two cones hitting Donald in the head for the "Two bits". | |
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Donald Duck | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_524e2e3b | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5286ec36 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5286ec36 | comment |
Used in classic style in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, complete with the demonstration that Toons must, absolutely MUST complete the line if the "two bits" is omitted. Judge Doom knows how to use this to lure Roger out of hiding. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5286ec36 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_5286ec36 | featureConfidence |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5286ec36 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_571a8e0b | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_571a8e0b | comment |
On Ghost Hunters, the team is constantly using it to try to get responses from whatever paranormal entity might be lurking in the location of the week. The team member knocks out 'shave and a hair cut' and waits for the entity to knock the 'two bits' response. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_571a8e0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_571a8e0b | featureConfidence |
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Ghost Hunters | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_571a8e0b | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5904f19b | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5904f19b | comment |
Gorgeous Freeman uses this as a gag. As Freeman is surrounded by more and more Combine soldiers every way he looks, he glances over a door. A soft knock is heard on the opposite end, hitting first six notes before it explodes off its hinges revealing more Combine. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5904f19b | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_5904f19b | featureConfidence |
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Gorgeous Freeman (Web Animation) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_5904f19b | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_633ce07b | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_633ce07b | comment |
Used in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, when Gilbert has to lure Arnie down from the water tower: "Match in the gas tank, boom boom!" | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_633ce07b | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_633ce07b | featureConfidence |
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_633ce07b | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_63d9771c | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_63d9771c | comment |
In the Kraft Suspense Theatre episode "Are There Any More Out There Like You?", a college student plays the melody on his recorder. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_63d9771c | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_63d9771c | featureConfidence |
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Kraft Suspense Theatre | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_63d9771c | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_67a9bbe6 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_67a9bbe6 | comment |
In Zero Wing, this riff finishes off the ending theme of the arcade version. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_67a9bbe6 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_67a9bbe6 | featureConfidence |
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Zero Wing (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_67a9bbe6 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_69a00c38 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_69a00c38 | comment |
An old Funky Winkerbean comic featured band director Harry Dinkle recounting his very first piano recital. He couldn't remember how Moonlight Sonata ended, so he ended with "Shave and a Haircut" | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_69a00c38 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_69a00c38 | featureConfidence |
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Funky Winkerbean (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_69a00c38 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_727259ac | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_727259ac | comment |
In The Ren & Stimpy Show, a synthesised version is used right after Mr. Horse delivers his famous "No sir, I didn't like it." line from "Fire Dogs". | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_727259ac | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_727259ac | featureConfidence |
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The Ren & Stimpy Show | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_727259ac | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_77e22425 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_77e22425 | comment |
The end of the theme song to Pinky and the Brain. "Narf!" | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_77e22425 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_77e22425 | featureConfidence |
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Pinky and the Brain | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_77e22425 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7ab7da61 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7ab7da61 | comment |
In Three's Company, "Shave & a Haircut" is Larry's distinctive knock on the door. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7ab7da61 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_7ab7da61 | featureConfidence |
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Three's Company | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7ab7da61 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7bf6a74c | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7bf6a74c | comment |
The Beverly Hillbillies: This snippet is frequently used as a stinger at scene's end on this show. It's always heard played by a banjo, closing out a short section of bluegrass-style "picking." | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7bf6a74c | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_7bf6a74c | featureConfidence |
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The Beverly Hillbillies | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7bf6a74c | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7c038c18 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7c038c18 | comment |
Phineas and Ferb: In "Fireside Girl Jamboree", Candace falls asleep on the keyboard after spending all night trying to win special VIP tickets to a Paisley Sideburn Brothers concert; when she sits up, some of the keys that stuck to her face pop right off as the melody plays in the background, and she spits out two more keys to the "two bits" part. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7c038c18 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_7c038c18 | featureConfidence |
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Phineas and Ferb | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7c038c18 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7cabe488 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7cabe488 | comment |
Three cartoon shorts were created for Bendy and the Ink Machine Chapter 3. One of them is called "Haunted Hijinx,'' and it ends with this tune. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7cabe488 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_7cabe488 | featureConfidence |
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Bendy and the Ink Machine (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7cabe488 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7e9d1a6c | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7e9d1a6c | comment |
Frozen (2013): Anna's signature knock is the "shave and a haircut" rhythm, as seen whenever she knocks on Elsa's door in "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" and in a flashback in Olaf's Frozen Adventure. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7e9d1a6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7e9d1a6c | featureConfidence |
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Frozen (2013) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_7e9d1a6c | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_80a922a6 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_80a922a6 | comment |
In Lethal Weapon 4, Riggs honks this on his car horn upon disrupting the meeting between Wah Sing Ku and the General. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_80a922a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_80a922a6 | featureConfidence |
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Lethal Weapon 4 | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_80a922a6 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_81f9d9f5 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_81f9d9f5 | comment |
A cartoon in The New Yorker by Roz Chast skewered the inflationary angle, portraying a barbershop with a sign reading, "Shave and a haircut, 200 bits." | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_81f9d9f5 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_81f9d9f5 | featureConfidence |
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The New Yorker (Magazine) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_81f9d9f5 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8c14d1c7 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8c14d1c7 | comment |
Onward: Barley used to drum it on his dad's feet, blowing two raspberries for the "Two Bits" part. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8c14d1c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8c14d1c7 | featureConfidence |
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Onward | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8c14d1c7 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8d814070 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8d814070 | comment |
M*A*S*H: Hawkeye once started singing Largo al Factotom ("Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!") before segueing into "Shave and a Haircut". Radar then adds, "So that's where that came from!" In "Bug Out", the unit has bugged out (except for Hawkeye, Margaret, and Radar) and see a shack they can use as a makeshift operating room. Upon hearing giggling (it's occupied by ladies of the night), B.J. knocks "Shave and a Haircut", then whistles "two bits". |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_8d814070 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_8d814070 | featureConfidence |
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M*A*S*H | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_8d814070 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_913c5062 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_913c5062 | comment |
Several episodes of UPA's Mr. Magoo and The Dick Tracy Show end with this, particularly the episodes made at Jayark Films (Larry Harmon Studios). | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_913c5062 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_913c5062 | featureConfidence |
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Mr. Magoo | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_913c5062 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92c47638 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92c47638 | comment |
Out of the Box: The song "Listen to the Rhythm" ends with the "shave and a haircut plus two bits" twice, the first by Tony and the second by the children and Vivian, befitting of it being the last "rhythm" for the song. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92c47638 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_92c47638 | featureConfidence |
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Out of the Box | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92c47638 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92ef018a | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92ef018a | comment |
Used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when a florist delivers flowers to Ferris's house, where Mr. Rooney is. The florist honks the "shave and a haircut" but. Mr. Rooney flips the bird in lieu of the 'two bits'. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92ef018a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92ef018a | featureConfidence |
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_92ef018a | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_96f080cf | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_96f080cf | comment |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Nelsons' neighbor "Thorny" Thornberry always announces his arrival with this knock. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_96f080cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_96f080cf | featureConfidence |
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_96f080cf | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_976efc02 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_976efc02 | comment |
Mystery Science Theater 3000: In "Space Travelers", Joel and the 'Bots do the song in a riff following "Gregory Peck will be back in [for example] Mackenna's Gold!" In "The Atomic Brain", the antagonist of the film spoofed knocks on a door to find out if two of the girls she has hired are in the room. Mike quips "'Shave and a Haircut'! What do we do?" |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_976efc02 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_976efc02 | featureConfidence |
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_976efc02 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9bb76467 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9bb76467 | comment |
In a 2013 episode of The Now Show, Mitch Benn sang a music-hall style song about the then-current resignation of Pope Benedict XVII, "What Do You Do With a Bloke Who's Pope (When the Bloke Ain't Pope No More)?", which ended with him singing "Ave Maria, amen!" to "Shave and a haircut". | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9bb76467 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9bb76467 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Now Show (Radio) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9bb76467 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9fd048c8 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9fd048c8 | comment |
The Muppets Tonight version of The Muppet Show's "Mahna Mahna" sketch (where the pink... things have been appearing whenever Kermit says "phenomena") ends with Sandra Bullock's psychiatrist character saying "you should see what happens whenever I say "Shave and a haircut"... Cue a giant furry monster appearing out of nowhere, lounged across her desk: "Two bits!" | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9fd048c8 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_9fd048c8 | featureConfidence |
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Muppets Tonight | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_9fd048c8 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a32b6a64 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a32b6a64 | comment |
This is the password to get into Santos's secret stem-cell meeting in The West Wing. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a32b6a64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a32b6a64 | featureConfidence |
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The West Wing | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a32b6a64 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a85beeff | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a85beeff | comment |
In Ponpoko, this is used as the Game Over jingle. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a85beeff | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_a85beeff | featureConfidence |
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Ponpoko | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_a85beeff | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ae3803ab | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ae3803ab | comment |
The Sooty Show: Sooty's Magic Wand was always activated by tapping it to the full "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits" rhythm (sometimes preceded by the Catch-Phrase "Izzy-Wizzy, Let's Get Busy"). | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ae3803ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ae3803ab | featureConfidence |
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The Sooty Show | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ae3803ab | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b1072514 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b1072514 | comment |
In the scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest goes on The Dick Cavett Show, Forrest has recently played ping-pong in China. As Forrest enters the studio, the (in-movie) band plays a jingle starting with an Asian-sounding tune and ending with Shave and a haircut. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b1072514 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b1072514 | featureConfidence |
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Forrest Gump | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b1072514 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2300401 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2300401 | comment |
In both LEGO Indiana Jones games, whenever you knock on a door. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2300401 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_b2300401 | featureConfidence |
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LEGO Indiana Jones (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2300401 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2c6c7a4 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2c6c7a4 | comment |
A clip of Suisei from hololive clapping the Shave and a Haircut in frustration while playing online video games, which in context sounds quite Mexican in meaning. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2c6c7a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2c6c7a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
hololive (Web Animation) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_b2c6c7a4 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bc848d30 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bc848d30 | comment |
The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Bunny Hunt" ends with this tune. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bc848d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bc848d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
SpongeBob SquarePants | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bc848d30 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bd886ad | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bd886ad | comment |
Phil Ken Sebben in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: "Shave and a haircut, two ti-whoah, hold on". | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bd886ad | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_bd886ad | featureConfidence |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_bd886ad | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c0c57462 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c0c57462 | comment |
Chrono Trigger featured a version of the tune, titled "Rat-a-Tat-Tat, It's . . . Mitsuda!", in its toughest ending. (Yasunori Mitsuda was the composer.) | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c0c57462 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_c0c57462 | featureConfidence |
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Chrono Trigger (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c0c57462 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c4282b71 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c4282b71 | comment |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Used in the episode "Fall Weather Friends", when Applejack makes the apples from a tree fall on Rainbow Dash's head in tune with this melody. One wishes they'd had a bet for two of the Equestrian coin of the realm; the Bit. The special end credits for "Pinkie Pride" ends with this. |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_c4282b71 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_c4282b71 | featureConfidence |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c4282b71 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c43df4d8 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c43df4d8 | comment |
Doctor Who: "The Enemy of the World": The Second Doctor mimes recorder-playing to indicate to Jamie that it is him and not Salamander. Jamie whistles the first part of 'shave and a haircut' and the Doctor happily finishes off with the "two bits". "The Doctor's Wife": This is what the white message box uses to knock on the TARDIS' door. In fact, the closed captions for the episode actually read "Knocking 'shave and a haircut'". |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_c43df4d8 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_c43df4d8 | featureConfidence |
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Doctor Who | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c43df4d8 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c78e9ab7 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c78e9ab7 | comment |
Used at the beginning of Kramer vs. Kramer by Ted Kramer when knocking at the door of his own home. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c78e9ab7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c78e9ab7 | featureConfidence |
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Kramer vs. Kramer | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c78e9ab7 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c9e52fb3 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c9e52fb3 | comment |
The first LP put out by David Seville and the Chipmunks included the song "Yankee Doodle." Near the start, Alvin sings "...and called it spaghetti" instead of "macaroni" much to Dave's annoyance. The song ends with the chipmunks singing "Shave and a haircut — SPAGHETTI!" | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c9e52fb3 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_c9e52fb3 | featureConfidence |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (Music) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_c9e52fb3 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_cc9ba740 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_cc9ba740 | comment |
The Glider PRO house "AutoPilot" has a room titled "Shave and a Haircut," where 'Copters are set to spawn in this rhythm. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_cc9ba740 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_cc9ba740 | featureConfidence |
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Glider (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_cc9ba740 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ccbaad5d | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ccbaad5d | comment |
In an episode of the English dubbed Digimon Fusion, Shoutmon says "Shave and a haircut to this!" when attacking an enemy. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ccbaad5d | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_ccbaad5d | featureConfidence |
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Digimon Fusion | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ccbaad5d | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ce22304 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ce22304 | comment |
"This Is The Life" from The Musical version of Golden Boy finishes off the spoken call-and-response patter with: | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ce22304 | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_ce22304 | featureConfidence |
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The Musical | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ce22304 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d4fe015f | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d4fe015f | comment |
QI: In the 10th-season Christmas Episode "Jingle Bells", in a discussion about astronauts playing practical jokes, Danny Baker mentions the Golden Record included in the Voyager probes, which contains pictures of humanity and the Earth, greetings in assorted languages and musical works ranging from Bach to Chuck Berry. Danny then says that a NASA guy he once spoke with told him that NASA also included the first five beats of the "Shave and a Haircut" knock, in the belief than any intelligent life wouldn't let it go, and some day they would receive the "Two bits" knock back from space. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d4fe015f | featureApplicability |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_d4fe015f | featureConfidence |
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QI | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d4fe015f | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d78af2ac | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d78af2ac | comment |
Kingsman: The Secret Service: Lancelot uses this knock at the hideout where professor Arnold is locked. Perhaps wanting to appear inconspicuous. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d78af2ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d78af2ac | featureConfidence |
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Kingsman: The Secret Service | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_d78af2ac | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_dcb07085 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_dcb07085 | comment |
At the start of the Music With Rocks In story Soul Music, "Shave and a haircut, two pence" is the very first thing the drummer plays. | |
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Soul Music | hasFeature |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_ddefed22 | type |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_ddefed22 | comment |
In Flubber, Professor Brainard tests Flubber's intelligence by blowing a raspberry to this beat, with Flubber giving the "two bits". | |
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Flubber | hasFeature |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_e1ec0e62 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_e1ec0e62 | comment |
In Grand Theft Auto IV, sometimes when you honk the first half of this tune using a cat horn, other drivers will respond with the rest. | |
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Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_e5c6748d | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_e5c6748d | comment |
Several The Three Stooges short subject films have them. Usually a stooge (usually Curly) would tap something (usually a wall) and get a response from whatever is on the other side (usually some kind of monster). They would mirror it perfectly until the "shave and a haircut" part was tapped out. A delay, a "nyuk nyuk", a "two bits" response, and you know the rest. | |
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The Three Stooges | hasFeature |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_ef353339 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ef353339 | comment |
In Nuts & Milk, the "MIS TAKE" jingle (for when the player loses a life) is a variation on this familiar two-bar motif. | |
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Nuts And Milk (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_f6ae74a7 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f6ae74a7 | comment |
Del Griffith clears his throat to this tune in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. | |
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f6ae74a7 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f7d8fd70 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f7d8fd70 | comment |
In The Goon Show episode "The Great Bank of England Robbery", Neddie, Eccles, and Bloodnok are trapped underground. When tapping on the walls and receiving mysterious replies, Eccles taps out the first part and, in the silence that follows, ribs the listeners for expecting the second part but is interrupted by the *Two Bits!* tap. | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f7d8fd70 | featureApplicability |
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The Goon Show (Radio) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f7d8fd70 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f9025486 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f9025486 | comment |
West Side Story has it sung at the end of "Gee, Officer Krupke", albeit with triplet eighth notes rather than regular eighth notes for "Officer": | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f9025486 | featureApplicability |
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West Side Story (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f9025486 | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f9fdc3b2 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_f9fdc3b2 | comment |
"Steamboat Willie" uses this to end the "Turkey in the Straw" sequence. | |
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Shave and a Haircut / int_ffa85c82 | type |
Shave and a Haircut | |
Shave and a Haircut / int_ffa85c82 | comment |
In a scene in Spy Kids, Juni accidentally handcuffs himself to a metal lunchbox. He walks away from Carmen, trying to shake it off, and the soundtrack drum plays "Shave and a Haircut". Juni responds with "two bits" by smashing the lunchbox into the wall, and the lunchbox rebounds and slams into his head. | |
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