[00:00:01] Good Advice - Allan Sherman [00:00:10] I know a man named Otis who invented a room [00:00:14] And his heart was filled with pride [00:00:17] I said to Mr Otis "What does your room do " [00:00:21] He said "It goes from side to side " [00:00:25] So I said "Mr Otis if you take my advice [00:00:28] You'll be the richest man in town [00:00:31] You gotta take that room that goes from side to side [00:00:35] And make it go up and down " [00:00:38] And that was good advice good advice [00:00:43] Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price [00:00:46] I sincerely doubt [00:00:48] That the world could do without [00:00:49] My good advice [00:00:57] Sir Isaac Newton came around to my house one day [00:01:00] His face was all sunburned and red [00:01:04] He said he didn't want to sleep in the shade of a tree [00:01:07] Because an apple might fall on his head [00:01:11] I said "Sir Isaac you dumbbell take my advice [00:01:15] Go right back there and sleep beneath that tree [00:01:18] And if you let that rotten apple fall down on your head [00:01:22] Why you'll discover gravity " [00:01:26] And that was good advice good advice [00:01:30] Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price [00:01:33] The world's a better place [00:01:35] Since I gave the human race [00:01:37] My good advice [00:01:44] A man named Mr Waterman invented a tube [00:01:47] He was sad because it sprung a little leak [00:01:51] He said "Darn it when I hold my tube on a piece of paper [00:01:55] The ink leaks out and makes a little streak " [00:01:59] He said "I've gotta find a way to stop that leak [00:02:02] I'll start working on my leakproof tube again " [00:02:05] I said "Waterman you idiot don't stop that leak [00:02:09] You just invented a fountain pen " [00:02:13] And that was good advice good advice [00:02:17] Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price [00:02:21] I'm so worldly wise [00:02:22] I should get the Nobel Prize [00:02:24] For good advice [00:02:32] Good old Henry Ford he was a hardworking man [00:02:35] He worked all night and all day [00:02:38] I said "Henry watcha doing " [00:02:40] And Henry he said "I'm inventing the Chevrolet " [00:02:46] He said "I've already built twenty-five models [00:02:50] One for each letter from A to Z " [00:02:53] I said "Henry you fool there are twenty-six letters in the alphabet [00:02:57] He said "Good heavens I forgot the Model T " [00:03:00] And that was good advice good advice [00:03:05] Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price [00:03:08] It's fruitful as can be [00:03:10] And it's absolutely free [00:03:12] My good advice [00:03:19] Wilbur and Orville were two brothers named Wright [00:03:22] The nicest pair of kids you've ever seen [00:03:26] They worked twelve years on a secret project [00:03:29] They thought it was a washing machine [00:03:33] I said "Fellas what are all those wings for " [00:03:37] They said "For hanging clothes out to dry " [00:03:40] I said "You fools take that washing machine out to Kitty Hawk [00:03:44] And see if the darn thing all fly " [00:03:48] And that was good advice good advice [00:03:52] Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price [00:03:56] I'm so smart that I'm [00:03:57] Gonna win a Guggenheim [00:03:59] For good advice [00:04:10] (One more time) [00:04:23] Benjamin Franklin was a charming old man [00:04:26] He was always flying his kite [00:04:30] One night I said "Benjy why ain't you out with your kite " [00:04:34] He said "Because it's raining tonight " [00:04:37] I said "Benjy sweety you go right back out there [00:04:41] And to your kite string tie a key [00:04:44] This may shock you Benjy my boy [00:04:48] But that's electricity " [00:04:52] And that was good advice good advice [00:04:56] Good advice costs nothing and it's worth the price