They All Laughed (MTA edition)

A playful musical parody of the Gershwin classic “They All Laughed,” rewritten with Mormon Transhumanist Association in-jokes. The lyrics celebrate doubted visionaries—from Columbus and Edison to Gordon Moore and Steve Jobs—and conclude with the transhumanist punchline: “They all say we’ll never be immortal, darling. Let’s show them how.”

Transcript

Speaker 1

Ha ha ho ho hee hee hearty har ha They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round They all laughed when Edison recorded sound for his ramophone. They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly in the sky. They told Marconi wireless was a phony It’s the same old cry They laughed at me Waning, warning you Said I was reaching for the moon But all you came through, now they’ll have to change their true land. They all said we never could be happy They laughed at us and ha But ho ho ho, who’s got the last laugh

Speaker 1

They all laughed at Boga Falis and now they’re fighting to you get it They all laughed at with me and his cotton gin The gin that ain’t no sill They all laughed at Fulton and his teamboard Hershey and his chocolate or the almonds Ford and is busy, kept the laughers busy That’s how people are They laughed at me Wanting one youth Said I was way out of my league But all you came through They couldn’t handle Larbintrico They all said we’d never get together. Darling, let’s take a bow For ho, ho, ho, who’s got the last laugh?

Speaker 1

They all laughed at Armungo’s wall and singular It’s me They all laughed at Aubrey and his huge goatee You know with Beard is downed here. They all laughed at more and circuits and their dubbing densities Jobs and his bitches had bombin’s dishes It puts them at ease And oh how they laughed at me Wanting you Yes, you said it would be hello good bye but Oh, you came, you came through, now they’re eating humble pie.

Speaker 1

They all say we’ll never be immortal, darling. Let’s show them how And oh. Who’s got the last left?

Speaker 2

Eee? Let’s add the past left. Ha ha ha. Who’s got the last left