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53 Music Pun Cartoons

"If music be the food of cartoons, play on!" -Shakespeare, if he had quit being a playwright and drew music pun cartoons instead

In this pun on composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach, we see Johann Sebastian Bok Bok Bok, a chicken in a powdered wig, sitting at a piano and writing sheet music with a feather pen.
Desperate plea for chicken lobby sponsorship! #NotAnAd #yet #asininechickenpuns

Tags: animals, chicken, music, bird

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In this pun on country singer Dolly Parton, we see a dolly pardon, which is a girl issuing an official pardon to her Raggedy Anne doll. The girl says: "For your loyalty and because you've already suffered greatly, I hereby officially forgive you."
It turns out, spelling is important.

Tags: political, music

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In this pun on musical Fiddler on the Roof, we see less popular musical, Roofer on the Fiddle, which is just a construction worker standing on a violin.
My favorite song from this musical is “If I Were a Pitch Man.”

Tags: music

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In this pun on country singer, we see a singer who just sings the names of different countries.
This is my favorite kind of music (people reciting lists of places)

Tags: music

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In this pun on the idiom "fit as a fiddle," we see an anthropomorphic fiddle who is very swole indeed!
I know these are probably unrealistic fitness goals for a generally slim instrument.

Tags: fitness, music

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In this pun on piano bar, we see two pianos sitting at a bar. One asks the other, "You come here often?"
A good way to unwind after being slammed at work

Tags: music

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In this pun on "Close but no cigar," we see the instruments that are "close, but not sitar" - banjo, sarangi, tanpura, mandolin, and guitar.
Idioms explained

Tags: music

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In this pun on organ donor, we see a funeral with a casket next to a huge church organ. The priest says, "As many of you know, Steve was an organ donor."
You can keep your kidneys, I’ll take your $200,000 musical instruments.

Tags: music

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In this pun, we see a person who LOVES all the symphony instruments as he embraces a cello, viola, french horn, snare drum, bassoon, and sax while seated on a piano.
A new clinical diagnosis for those with an unbridled desire to play Bach on the bassoon til the break of dawn.

Tags: love, music

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A train is conducting an orchestra, and is commenting, while looking at his score, that the tubas need to stay on track.
For those training as conductors, or conducting as trains.

Tags: music

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