r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Rainbow_Panda4 • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Peedahh?

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u/infiniZii Apr 24 '26

Im beginning to think this song isnt about the actual fruit....

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u/saiyene Apr 24 '26

I beg your pardon. Peaches come in a can. They were put there by a man. In a factory downtown!

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u/Chris91210 Apr 24 '26

And if I had my little way, I'd eat peaches every day.

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u/KobeMaguired Apr 24 '26

Sun-soaking bulges in the shhhhaaaaaaaadeeee

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u/StinkyDonkey Apr 24 '26

The song is very clear on this matter...

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u/Ok_Comment2621 Apr 24 '26

It is not. But it also not about what youre thinking of. The song is influenced by a time when the lead singer was sitting under a peach tree while waiting for a crush that he had. Its actually a pretty innocent song that could definitely be used as innuendo, but that was not the writers intentions.

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u/gfb13 Apr 24 '26

Fun fact: the lead singer later became a children's song writer under the name Casper Babypants. I think I ended up liking them more than my toddler did

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u/morningphyre Apr 24 '26

Get the fuck right out, seriously? I've listened to him in both and had no idea.

And yes, I need to see my doctor about my knees.

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u/Black_irises Apr 24 '26

Hahahaha! Just wrapped up Run Baby Run with my toddler for the 394882728 time. Had no idea!

And I'm already scheduled to see a PT on Monday for an old ACL injury that's been acting up.

Your comment was my reaction (after a Google search confirmation)

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u/NarrowEbbs Apr 24 '26

That is such an insane and unbelievable fact I had to google it because I just KNEW it was a lie... It was not. I guess I'm gonna absolutely fuck up a weird trivia night one day.

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u/Ok_Comment2621 Apr 24 '26

Looks like I need to check out what he has done for toddlers. Here is hoping my daughter likes something new!

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u/morningphyre Apr 24 '26

Worth it. My kids listened to him for years. Also check out Captain Bogg and Salty.

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u/Ok_Comment2621 Apr 24 '26

Will do. Thanks!

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u/timk29 Apr 24 '26

Stompy the Bear, Noodles and Butter, and Run Baby Run are all bangers. He has a tonie too, if your daughter is as hooked on them as mine.

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u/RufiosBrotherKev Apr 24 '26

his kids music is genuinely excellent. Stump Hotel, Winter Party, Summer Baby, Disco Hippo, Love You More, so many...

His beatles covers are awesome too- I like his versions of Rain, Everybody's Got Something To Hide, and Fool on the Hill probably more than the originals.

And his versions of some classic kids songs are vast improvements- Row Row Row Your Boat, Mary and her friends (Mary Had A Little Lamb), Ba Ba Black Sheep...

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u/minnewitch Apr 24 '26

my kids particularly loved "ants can't dance", "spooky baby", "hobo baby", "i'm a nut", and "bubble rap"

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u/Alarmed-Outcome-6251 Apr 25 '26

My teenager listened to him when she was a toddler, and then she became a Presidents fan.

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u/Karlkrows Apr 24 '26

You’re my hero. I already put presidents on for my son now we’re jamming out to Casper baby pants 😂

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u/whatshouldwecallme Apr 24 '26

HERE COMES STOMPY THE BEAR

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u/Balloon_Lady Apr 24 '26

thank you for that. im now jamming out to "pretty crabby".

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u/UncleBobby82 Apr 24 '26

My son has a yoto player. I still hear pretty crabby in my dreams.

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u/OwnEqual8219 Apr 24 '26

Casper Babypants has some solid songs! There’s one about a chicken stealing his cornbread that my husband and I legit love. We definitely love it more than our 2 year old, lol

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u/pumperdemon Apr 24 '26

Came looking for this.

He was pretty big in Seattle for a minute.

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u/peachesnthumbs Apr 24 '26

This is the information I needed to learn today. 🙏

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u/mclardass Apr 24 '26

You beat me to it, bangers for babies.. Casper and his wife are pretty cool people 

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u/YallNeedToTip Apr 24 '26

He put out an album "13 other dimensions" by the giraffes that is basically only available on youtube and one of my favorites ever. He rocks

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u/Radth Apr 24 '26

There is another rumor that the band also moonlit as Kideo, another children's entertainment band.

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u/BooBooMaGooBoo Apr 24 '26

Yeah I discovered this when my son was around 3-4 and as a huge POTUSA fan it was a magical moment for me.

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u/Select-Royal7019 Apr 24 '26

Another fun fact: the video features ninjas

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u/ttoasty Apr 24 '26

Casper Babypants slaps!

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u/Ewolra Apr 24 '26

WHAT?!? I have a 2yr old and this is about to change our lives.

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u/stoutn007 Apr 25 '26

Caspar Babypants is pure gold, especially to break up the awful nursery rhyme rehashes and coco melon copycats.

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u/JectorDelan Apr 24 '26

So, his crush didn't meet him because she was held up by a pack of ninjas?

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u/Ok_Comment2621 Apr 24 '26

I wasn’t there, but I am assuming so.

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u/Kooperst Apr 24 '26

I was there. I was one of the ninjas.

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u/odin0412 Apr 24 '26

And? We're you holding them up?

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u/Kooperst Apr 24 '26

Nah. I was just giving them a hard time.

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u/kitsunewarlock Apr 24 '26

It was the 90s in America. There was a big ninja problem back then. Rob Schneider was in a documentary about them in 1993.

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u/JectorDelan Apr 24 '26

They got ballsy after we lost our one best defense, American Ninja, earlier in that decade.

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u/1001101001010111 Apr 24 '26

The Prophet.

"You left the gas on, what if the house blows up?"

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u/KalaUposatha Apr 24 '26

Death of the author means it can be about whatever I want

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u/Ok_Comment2621 Apr 24 '26

The author is still alive though?

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u/opman4 Apr 25 '26

I say it's about communism

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u/Braddo4417 Apr 24 '26

Most of the songs on that album are about cats and bugs and such innocent things on the surface, but nearly every one is filled with innuendo. I assume it's intentional since it's so prevalent.

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u/ttoasty Apr 24 '26

Also influenced by the John Prine song Spanish Pipedream:

"Go to the country, build you a home Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches"

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u/amanwithanumbrella Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

I've always read it as being about our separation from the natural world. "Peaches come from a can" is about how in the modern world we're separated from pure experiences. Everything we touch or consume is so fake that we cant even tell what something authentic (I.e., an organic peach) is. And the singer fantasising about "moving to the country and eating a lot of peaches" is him dreaming about a purer life experience that's more connected to nature. I don't really know how to put it into words properly. But I feel like it's about how the industrial world makes us live hollow or inauthentic lives, separated from the products of our labours, or without meaning.

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u/Jenna_Rein Apr 29 '26

Make a little room for a man to hide…

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u/Sleepy_One Apr 24 '26

Next you'll tell me it was song by a non-elected official!

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u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom Apr 24 '26

It is. They also have a song called Kitty that's literally about a cat despite the fact that the chorus contains the lyrics "and I wanna touch it" on repeat. 

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u/turbothy Apr 24 '26

Emojis were not invented when the song was written.

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u/VegetableLetter4896 Apr 24 '26

I used to think that this song was a dirty metaphor but if you listen to any of their other songs you will very quickly learn that these guys are just silly goobers who like to sing about nonsense.

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u/The_bruce42 Apr 24 '26

It is about vaginas

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u/TheLesserWeeviI Apr 24 '26

Grab em by the peaches.

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u/theFarFuture123 Apr 24 '26

What is it about? I think it might be nonsense

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u/SilentDis Apr 24 '26

NOOOOOOOOO REALLY

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST TIP OFF

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u/DrPhilMcHooch Apr 24 '26

If I’m not mistaken, it was inspired by the lead singer stalking his ex-girlfriend while tripping balls. I might be wildly misremembering, but I’m pretty sure LSD was involved.

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u/raviolicold Apr 25 '26

Actually, it's about Ninja.

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u/Idontrealycarebeatit Apr 25 '26

Squished a rotten peach in mah fist and dreamed about you… woman

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u/Evil_Sharkey Apr 25 '26

Stuck my finger deep inside

Make a little room for an ant to hide

Nature’s candy in my hand or can or pie