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What Does the Spleen Do? ft. Harvard Medical School
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What Does the Spleen Do? ft. Harvard Medical School
  • Published_at:2013-12-08
  • Category:Comedy
  • Channel:Ben Rome
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  • description: A Parody of "The Fox" by Ylvis. This video was created for the 107th Annual Second Year Show by the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HMS/HSDM) class of 2016. **WOW! 500,000 VIEWS in 3 DAYS! Thanks everyone for supporting and sharing our video! We had such a great time making it, and we're glad that the world is laughing and learning about the spleen with us.** Written by Will Lewis, Lydia Flier, Eddie Grom, and Ariana Metchik-Gaddis Directed by Eddie Grom, Lydia Flier, and Ben Rome Sound Production by Will Lewis Filmed and Edited by Ben Rome Choreography by Richard Ngo Costumes by Lenka Ilcisin & Emily Simons Singer 1: Will Lewis Singer 2: Dan Brein Surgeon: Ben Brush Spleen: Richard Ngo Patient: Molly Siegel Students: Eddie Grom & Ariana Metchik-Gaddis Dancers: Madelyn Ho, Jean Junior, Erica Kiemele, Snowy Liu, Alex Power-Hays, Kai Qiu, Margaret Soroka, Susan Wang, Leah Wibecan Watch our first music video, "The Gunner Song": http://youtu.be/Mrlnh3vebSc Lyrics: Lungs go whoosh Help you breathe Kidneys filter, make your pee Gut digests All your food And turns it into poo The heart fills up With lots of blood Pumps it out like lub dub dub But there's one thing That no one knows... What Does the Spleen Do? Ring-ding­-ding­-ding-­dingeringeding! Gering­-ding-­ding­-ding­-dingeringeding! Gering-­ding-­Secret Male Uterus! What the spleen do? Wa­-pa­-pa­-pa-­pa-­pa-­pow! Wa-­pa-­pa-­pa-pa-­pa-­pow! Wa­-pa-pa-pa-Magic Powers! What the spleen do? Hatee-­hatee-­hatee-­ho! Possibly a backup tongue! Hatee-­hatee-­hatee-­ho! What the spleen do? Joff­-tchoff-­tchoffo-­tchoffo­-tchoff! Tchoff­-tchoff-­tchoffo-­tchoffo­-tchoff! Joff­-tchoff-­tchoff-Vestigial Fin! What does the spleen do? Big blue veins Lymphy nodes Lots of blood in lots of  holes Kind of shaped like Brazil And your texture's such a thrill Your pulp is red So beautiful Like a kidney in disguise If you can live without your spleen Can your spleen live without you-­ou-ou-­ou-­ou? You-­ou-­ou-­ou-­ou? You-­ou-­ou-­ou-­ou? How could your spleen live without you-ou-ou-ou-­ou? You-­ou-­ou-­ou-­ou? You-­ou-­ou-­ou-­ou? What does the spleen do? Jacha-­chacha­-chacha­-chow! Chacha-­chacha-­chacha-­chow! Storage for your extra teeth! What the spleen do? Fraka-­kaka-­kaka-­kaka-­kow! Fraka-kaka-kaka-Making Babies! Fraka-kaka-kaka-Babies Babies! What the spleen do? A-­hee-­ahee ha­hee! A-­hee-­ahee ha­hee! A-­hee-­ahee ha-Third eye! What the spleen do? A­-oo-­oo-­oo-­ooo! A­-oo-­oo-­oo-­ooo! What the spleen do? The secret of the Spleen Ancient mystery Somewhere behind the stomach I know you're hiding What is your role? Will we ever know? Will always be a mystery What do you do? You're my guardian organ Hiding in the peritoneum What do you do? Will we ever know? I want to... I want to... I want to know! Maybe it filters the blood? Nah, man, that's crazy Yeah DISCLAIMER: This video does not represent the values, opinions, or morals of Harvard University and affiliated students, staff, faculty, hospitals etc.
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