"History of the Tri-State Area" is a song performed by Don, a city hall tour guide in the episode "Where's Pinky?", explaining the Tri-State Area's long history to city hall visitors.
Lyrics[]
Don: A lot of people know that the Tri-State Area
Used to be a Bi-State Area with an Adjacent Area over there;
What people don't know is that originally it was three distinct
Single-State Areas, but people don't care.
The founders of the Area were independent thinkers,
Completely unaffected by bureaucratic hurdles
And that's why the Capitol building was moved here from Sri Lanka
On the backs of seven giant sea turtles.
It's the history of an area, the Tri-State Area,
Formed mostly from adobe and seaweed;
If you've heard it different elsewhere, that's historical hysteria,
So stop believing everything you read!
Over here's a diorama of the first diorama
Of Vincent Diorama, who lived right here!
When I say "right here", I mean in this very room,
'Til we moved him to a studio apartment last year.
It's the history of an area, the Tri-State Area,
Don't mean to cause a ruckus or a fuss;
It's the birthplace of the onion and the Danville cafeteria,
And home of Bigfoot's hairless cousin, Uzz!
It's the history of an area, the Tri-State Area,
Where planet Venus holds some office space;
Try to think of someplace better, well I double-dog-dare ya,
But if you can't, then get out of my face!
Don and male tour patrons: It's the History of the Tri-State Area!
Background singer, Candace, and female tour patrons: (History of the Tri-State Area!)
(Area!)
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Background information[]
- The tour guide, Don, is voiced by Wayne Brady of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Let's Make a Deal fame.
- This is the third Gilbert & Sullivan-esque patter song, after "Atlantis" and "I Really Don't Hate Christmas".
- At the beginning of the song, pictures from "Ain't Got Rhythm" and "Impress My Professor" are seen as dioramas.
- This is the second song to mention the history of the Tri-State Area, the first being "Tri-State Area Unification Day" from "Hip Hip Parade". It paraphrases the earlier song's opening verse, which mentions "the Tri-State Area was the Bi-State Area with an Adjacent Area right over there."
Songwriters[]
BMI Work #16150455
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