A comedic sketch mixing the "Banana Phone" song with a phone call to Dr. Banana, a whimsical mental-health doctor who reframes mental illness as a blessing. The bit references Patch Adams and his humor-based healing approach, mentions a fictitious Domesticated Primate Institute, and uses absurdist humor and knock-knock jokes to satirize mental-health discourse and charitable fundraising.
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana phone. Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana phone. I've got this feeling so appealing for us to get together and sing sing. Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring.
The phone's ringing. I've got a call. Hello? Yes, this is Dr. Banana. Tell me more about him. So you think he's having a manic episode? Have you considered he's transforming perceived mental illness into a blessing? No, I know it's strange. It's not in the DSM. No, no, it's a new diagnosis. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Listen, listen, if you're not gonna treat him nicely, just bring him down to the Domesticated Primate Institute that I run here. Yeah. Yeah, just tell them Dr. Banana said it. I've got— no, I've got a joke for you. I've got a joke for you before you go. Knock, knock.
Orange.
Knock, knock.
Orange?
Knock knock. Orange? Knock knock. Orange you glad I didn't say banana? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it's no problem. I'll help him out. Just, just pay for the flight and give him some spending money and so we could help take care of him. We don't have as many resources as we'd like. We plan on giving unconditional care, uh, sharing and caring and healing for everyone on the planet as best we can, but we also could use some help. So if you want to make any donations or find some friends or philanthropists, we do really good work here. Yeah. Thank you. No, it was formerly called the Moksha Foundations, but we've merged with a couple different other platforms and now we are the Domesticated Primate Institute. Yes. No, it's great. I'll take care. All right. Thank you. All right, all right. I'll see you later. All right, bye.
Oh, it grows in bunches. I've got my hunches. It's the best beats the rest. Cellular modular interactive modular ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana phone ping pong ping pong ping pong ping banana phone. It's no bony. It ain't a phony. My cellular banana phone. You don't need quarters.
I wasn't planning on taking another call, but— Hey Patch, how are you? It's Patch Adams. You know Patch Adams, the movie? The clown who healed everybody but through humor? He went back to college when he was like 40 and got a medical degree. He was a genius, but he was gonna kill himself. We met him in Australia 2 years ago at the Uplift Festival. He's brilliant. He writes 300 handwritten letters a month or something.
Handwritten.
Handwritten. You have to write him handwritten and he writes you back. He's a genius healer and comedian, and if it wasn't for meeting him last year, there's no way I would have started Domesticated Primate Healing Center. No way. So Patch, man, I'm so glad you called. I was just sharing with my friend Philip the inspiration you gave me. You called literally synchronistically just when I got off the phone with somebody who needed help. I know, no, I know. No, I love you too, bro. No, thank you so much for mentoring me like this. The way you show up is beyond brilliant. You didn't even have to do much besides mentor me for like 12 minutes. No, I know, it's amazing, it's amazing, it's amazing. No, I love you too. All right, take care, bye.
Don't need dimes to call a friend of mine. Don't need computer or TV to have a real good time. I'll call for pizza, I'll call my cat, I'll call the White House, have a chat. I'll place a call around the world, call for me to get me baked. Ring ring ring ring ring ring. Banana phone. Banana phone. Yin yang yin yang yin yang yin. Banana phone. It's a real live mama and papa phone. A brother and sister and a dog phone. A grandpa phone and a grandma phone too. Oh yeah, like cellular but in your phone. Banana phone. Ring ring ring. It's a phone without a keyhole. Banana phone. Ring ring ring. Now you can have your phone and eat it too. Banana phone. Ring ring ring. It's so nice.
