JibJab Video "2011, Buh-Bye!" - Les explications

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JibJab is a digital entertainment studio based in Venice, California.

It's called "2011, Buh-Bye!", to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean".

"My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" is a traditional Scottish folk song which remains popular in Western culture. "Bonnie" is a Scots term for attractive. It's a girl's name in English, but in Scots it can refer to either an attractive boy or girl (ie bonnie lad, or bonnie lass). It probably comes from "baine" which is Gaelic for "milk." It'd refer to fair skin.

2011 was hairy,

A year unlike any we've seen.

There were Schweddy Balls from Ben & Jerry,

And a warlock assassin named Sheen! (Winning!)

Lohan! Strauss-Kahn!

Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Cain!

("Three 9's!")

Big trials! Love child!

2011, bye-bye!

The S&P blew up our rating.

The job market stayed in a slump. (A slump!)

The debt ceiling kept us debating,

While Weiner just tweeted his junk!

Tax more! Class war!

"I nearly got hit with a pie."

("That's mine!")

Health threats! Greek debts!

2011, buh-bye!

The whole Arab world was rebelling.

So long, Muammar Gaddafi!

While soldiers were asking and telling...

[Bert & Ernie:] "We told the whole world we're not gay!"

We finally took out bin Laden.

Japan had one hell of a year. (A year!)

There were riots in Britain: "All rotten!"

[Harold Camping:] "The Rapture!"

[2012 "Seer":] "Not yet, but it's near." (Next year!)

Got hitched, got ditched!

Got knocked up; went bankrupt;

[Netflix:] "We unsubscribed!"

Hairspray! "Friday"!

2011, buh-bye!

There were Occupy Wall Street protesters,

And folks who will surely be missed.

Falling satellites! Panicked investors!

There's just way too much left to list! (To list!)

Quakes! Crimes! New signs!

Loose lions and tigers and bears!

(Oh my!)

Let's cheer the new year!

2011,

You're ending, thank heaven!

2011, BUH-BYE!!!

Explanations:

2011 was hairy,
A year unlike any we've seen.
There were Schweddy Balls from Ben & Jerry,
- Il y a eut les "Schweddy Balls" de Ben & Jerry
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052061/Moms-horror-Ben--Jerrys-Schweddy-Balls--outrageous-ice-cream-coming-store-near-you.html
- The title was inspired by the "Schweddy Balls" skit on Saturday Night Live featuring Alec Baldwin as a baker named Pete Schweddy who appears on a radio programme to discuss his bakery, Seasons Eatings. In the skit, Mr Baldwin said, 'No one can resist my Schweddy balls'.

And a warlock assassin named Sheen! (Winning!)
- http://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Charlie-Sheen-heros-malgre-lui-d-un-roman-delirant-2658990
  - A book "Vatican assassin Warlock" was published.
Lohan! Strauss-Kahn!
- Lindsay Lohan: is an American actress, pop singer and model.
She is in top celebrity scandal lists this year.
She violate her probation order and serving community service at a morgue.
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn: He was president of IMF -- International Monetary Fund.
- He was accused of sexual assault in May 2011 by Nafissatou Diallo.
- guilty or innocent?
Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Cain!
- We can see all candidates for republican primaries.
- Ron Paul , Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann.
  - Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician.
  - Rick Perry is current Governor of Texas.
  - Herman Cain.He was a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.
  - Herman Cain’s alleged sexual-harassment scandal. That's the reason why he appears with two girls.
- ("Three 9's!")
  - They cry "three nines". It's a reférence to Cain's 9-9-9 Plan
  - Cain’s plan drops the current 35 percent corporate tax rate to 9 percent, swaps the 6-bracket personal income tax system for a 9 percent flat tax and creates a 9 percent national sales tax.
Big trials! Love child!
2011, bye-bye!
- Adieux 2011 ...
The S&P blew up our rating.
The job market stayed in a slump. (A slump!)
The debt ceiling kept us debating,
- Le plafond de la dette nous a fait beaucoup débattre
- Obama increase the dept ceiling in july.
While Weiner just tweeted his junk!
- Pendant que Weiner tweet sa ...
  - Anthony Weiner is a former U.S. Representative.He is a democrate.
  - Weiner resigned from Congress due to a sexting scandal.
- Ten days after confessing that he had sent sexually provocative online messages to several women ...
Tax more! Class war!
- Any one famous in the crowd????
"I nearly got hit with a pie."
("That's mine!")
Health threats! Greek debts!
- Les menaces pour la santé! La dette grec.
  - This innocent-looking melon was responsible for the death of 30 people this year in united states ...
  - In Europe we had the same pb with orgnics sprouts from germany.
2011, buh-bye!
- Adieux 2011 ...
The whole Arab world was rebelling.
- L'ensemble du monde arabe était en train de se rebeller
Au revoir, Muammar Gaddafi!
While soldiers were asking and telling...
[Bert & Ernie:] "We told the whole world we're not gay!"
- Art Martinez Jr. is fist gay soldier re-enlist. He said "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ...
- http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2011/07/22/l-armee-americaine-est-prete-a-accueillir-des-homosexuels_1551746_3222.html
We finally took out bin Laden.
- Nous avont finalement débusqué ben laden.
- Osama bin Laden's body buried at sea (mai 2011)
- USS boot time ???
Japan had one hell of a year. (A year!)
- Le japon a eut une année d'enfer...
- Japan nuclear crisis in Fukushima plant
There were riots in Britain: "All rotten!"
- Famous english ???
[Harold Camping:] "The Rapture!"
[2012 "Seer":] "Not yet, but it's near." (Next year!)
Got hitched, got ditched!
Got knocked up; went bankrupt;
[Netflix:] "We unsubscribed!"
- Netflix is a DVD-rental company. More subscribers are expected to cancel their service due to the 60% price increase from July.
Hairspray! "Friday"!
2011, buh-bye!
There were Occupy Wall Street protesters,
And folks who will surely be missed.
Falling satellites! Panicked investors!
There's just way too much left to list! (To list!)
- 2011was a Year of panic and fear for investors
Quakes! Crimes! New signs!
- Strong Earthquakes Rattle New Zealand's Christchurch
  - Nicolas Cage Arrested For Domestic Violence.
  - Mel Gibson Loses Half of His $850 Million Fortune to Ex-Wife in Divorce
  - Why new signs ???
Loose lions and tigers and bears!
- 49 exotics are killed after being set free by their suicidal owner.
(Oh my!)
Let's cheer the new year!
2011,
You're ending, thank heaven!
2011, BUH-BYE!!!