I actually did those parts in one take! I’ve never done this voice before, but I like how it sounds. I didn’t know I had it in me.

And no, no laughing – that came afterwards. It sounds silly, but I tend to method act a little bit whenever I’m doing character parts in songs. In this case I was even doing sweeping dramatic gestures as I addressed the imaginary crowd. Laughing was never going to happen, since it’s not something the host would’ve done. Haha, that sounds so pretentious, but it’s true.

The chorus was originally sung, but I didn’t have enough breath control to pull it off, and my voice always tapered off on the last word of each line. Usually I’d just put up with that sort of thing, but in this case it weakened the song too much. Changing octaves or singing style didn’t help, so I tried the shouting as a last resort. I’ve never been so glad for my shortcomings as a singer; this is how it should’ve been from the beginning.

It’s just so catchy and humorous.