This instrument is called a Fotoplayer,it was created with the sole purpose to provide sound to silent movies and cartoons,between 8,000 to 12,000 of these instruments were made,and only around 50 are still known to exist,and only around 12 are still known to playable
This man single-handedly provided the soundtrack to every cartoon from the 1920s to the 1950s. EDIT: Anyone who says he’s doing it two-handed is just too weak to keep up with his speed, and their feeble minds can only see it as two hands.
it’s an American photoplayer, I think this was indeed its intended purpose - to score a piece of film - since it was originally used to provide soundtracks for silent films 😂
@@oliverwaynechang3098how is that the opposite? You literally provided a completely separate point from them. They were talking about the instrument's original purpose not what this guy does and uses them for...
Imagine this dude rolling up to a party and just blowing away the one guy who bought the guitar with his whole ass circus of an instrument, absolute legend
For those of you who are wondering, this is an American Fotoplayer! This is a player piano meant to accompany silent films, hence why it sounds like a Tom and Jerry intro or a circus band! Hope this helps people!
That helped me so much, thank you. I've been in a rough place lately but this comment made me smile for the first time since my pet duck died in a freak stewed tomato accident.
This instrument is called the Wingerwacker, It was a doohickey created with the purpose of making these cartoony noises. Theres only 8,000-12,000 of these Thingamajiggers
I highly suggest people watch the full episode of this bc it goes really in-depth into everything the Fotoplayer can do and Joe is an absolute sweetheart the entire time. I aspire to have the same passion for life as Joe.
Bro AI changed the game of GO, a game 100s of years old, older than chess, and more complicated, and it literally discovered a new best way of playing.
I think what makes Joe hit it so hard is the absolute power and will needed to operate the whistle at 0:13. Until that point, yes, we see a demonstration of his prowess, but that single moment makes us truly realize how small we are compared to Joe.
Joe’s the kinda guy where if you f*ck around in his presence he’s gonna check you, but at the same time Joe is the ally and teammate you need. What a chap.
Just realized you could replace Amelia Earhart with just about any national tragedy 30 years and older. Cuban Missle Crisis? The Falklands War? All eligible for childrens' cartoon musical segments. Hell, in 2050 you could replace this with 737 MAX and MH370.
I'm tearing up at this truly beautiful art and song. Joel is my will to live, I have to go on knowing Joel and his machine is out there making the best music ever.
I met this guy recently when I found out he's from my hometown. Tracked down his antique fixtures store and he showed me around, although things were sort of scrambled at the time and mostly commission-based. Nice guy, we talked about our mutual interest in antiques and where to watch reproductions of silent movies with machines like his. Some of his pieces were made for the haunted mansion in Disneyland. He was happy I had watched his episode, and he quoted Huell's line.
not just waiting, but training. studying the blade that is his mind, for only a sharp intellect can be the base on which to stand to reach this level of mastery
Besides this he puts on silent film shows where he hand cranks a gigantic heavy 35 mm projector for two hours straight. Check out silentcinemasociety.org
Everything we hear is actually a variation of Joe playing this instrument. From the wind blowing to our own voices, Joe commands it all with his unfathomable power.
Basically god. If we're talking Tolkien's mythology, ie chapter one of the Silmarillion. The Silmarillion wasn't just fantasy... It was another perspective of creation itself. Any musician who's read it knows this in their soul.
But it’s not. The piano is playing completely by itself. It has a scroll like a self playing piano and the keys are moving by themself. He’s doing all the percussion elements
@@rfc-793 he explains all the strings on his own channel. But the whistle when he pulls the string spins a small drum with holes in it that makes a whistle sound. So the harder he pulls the string the faster it spins and it makes a louder sound
@@rfc-793 you can buy a cheap wistle that goes in your mouth and makes that exact noise, its just hooked up to a fan with a rope, you could probabky make one
For those wondering this is known as an American photoplayer. It was used throughout the early 1900s to provide sound effects and music during silent movies. The piano and organ would automatically play and all the sound effects would be used by pulling cords, pressing buttons, and petals as joe demonstrates. You dont need real musical talent to play them. These made a variety of unique sounds like train whistles, throwing something, birds, bells (think tom and jerry when tom gets hit in the head particularly hard) and much more.
I'm going to be honest, there is peak comedy is how insane and chaotic this number is and the man is just going ham while also being completely emotionless.
The entire existence of the universe culminated to this singular moment, where, for 1 minutes and 20 seconds every living and dead soul in the universe gasped and observed Joe Hitting It.
Nothing could have prepared me for how hard Joe was going to hit it
penis music - piano cover
Joe be poppin off. He bangin out the TUNES
Joe out here makin absolute fire
Truly. Joe went TF off!!!
Man hit it so hard it kept going
Throughout human history, I don’t think anyone has truly hit it this hard before. “Hit it, Joe” is an understatement.
Lmfao
Truth
No printer
“Hit it, Joe” was the defining understatement of my lifetime
Lmao
"Are you guys ready for music lessons?"
Bach gulped.
Mozart started sweating.
Beethoven nodded.
"Yes, Joe." They all said nervously.
Truly an artistic comment 🥉
Telemann did a bump of coke and said Liszt party
John Williams furiously takes notes
Let me get my DIOR DIOR jacket
But...but Beethoven was deaf
"Hit it, Joe!"
*joe proceeds to hit the silliest tune known to man*
Some looney tunes bull shit
@traceyeubanks9698 it's the 12th street rag
whimsical perhaps
@@Arc_5A tad wacky, if you will.
Slightly goofy melodies
Me, at 3am on a weeknight: "I should go to sleep"
My brain: "hit it, Joe!"
After seeing this my brain is automatically going to signal 'Hit It Joe' at 3am insomnia time.
*(CUE RAMBUNCTIOUS OLD TIMEY CIRCUS MUSIC)*
322 on a Monday.... no joke.
Best comment
This comment made me laugh until my head hurt!😂
And then Joe proceeded to hit it harder than mankind has ever hit it before
They say, if you listen carefully on a day when the wind is just right, you can still hear the reverberations of Joe Hitting It.
Actual perfect comment
The best comment
I actually burst out laughing
An antique, taking this much pressure. This is a real craftsmanship at its finest
This instrument is called a Fotoplayer,it was created with the sole purpose to provide sound to silent movies and cartoons,between 8,000 to 12,000 of these instruments were made,and only around 50 are still known to exist,and only around 12 are still known to playable
thank you lol omg
We need MORE!
@@jamesrosewell9081 this is almost like a super early version of the "Arcade" music design plugin from Output Software
@@Whatever-gx3un if this is bait istg
EDIT: its bait dont fall for it
The reason only so few of them are left playable is because of how hard joe hit them
Bro is a professional at playing the thingymajigy💀
Bet he plays the doohickey on the side💀
He might also play dinglewoppers as well
He has a degree in thingamabobs
He knows how to play whatchamacallit
This is the master of them whosawhatsits
This man single-handedly provided the soundtrack to every cartoon from the 1920s to the 1950s.
EDIT: Anyone who says he’s doing it two-handed is just too weak to keep up with his speed, and their feeble minds can only see it as two hands.
it’s an American photoplayer, I think this was indeed its intended purpose - to score a piece of film - since it was originally used to provide soundtracks for silent films 😂
definitely 2 hands
That was my first thought was old cartoons. What a crazy instrument
@@maxvangulik1988and foot
@@oliverwaynechang3098how is that the opposite? You literally provided a completely separate point from them. They were talking about the instrument's original purpose not what this guy does and uses them for...
Whoa Joe. Huell simply said to “Hit it”. Not to absolutely f**king destroy it beyond human capacity.
He’s hitting it hard enough to rip a void in the s/t continuum
@@scottydu81 should have just said space time normally
@@haventhebeast2671 shit continuum
@@dongatello6969that what I thought it said at first tbh
"i sayed Hit it not Nuke it goddamn it Joe!"
Joe didn't just hit it, he obliterated it. Joe is a legend
Agreed. H I T I T J O E !
WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE CIRCUS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊🗣️🗣️🗣️
You have summoned the TADC fandom
@@Dr.whalerealbut they haven’t mentioned the word “digital”???
@@im5milesfromyourhouse still it’s a coincidence it’s related
@@Dr.whalereal bro the word circus isnt related to a youtube show
(i know the comment is 4 months old but i had to reply on it)
@@Dr.whalereal
So i suppose IT is also related to this right?
Imagine this dude rolling up to a party and just blowing away the one guy who bought the guitar with his whole ass circus of an instrument, absolute legend
we love the American Fotoplayer
whole ass circus of an instrument. lmao
wonderwall is no match for this wonderjam
He shows up with this, and still says "anyway, heres Wonderwall"
He'd probably need at least a small moving truck and an hour to set up.
Imagine being a streamer, but instead of a soundboard you have this guy just off screen to the right.
this is actually what this was used for in a sense, to provide music and sound effects to silent films!!
@@vibelord6590full circle
jerma would do this
That would be one hell of a raid notification 😂
@@EEE-ro5px Was gonna say the same thing, Jerma is basically half a thought away from doing a bit where he had something like this going on
This is what tomfoolery sounds like
I think it's safe to say, Joe did indeed hit it.
Indeed the entity known as “Joe” hit it
“What instrument do you play?”
Joe: it’s complicated
All of them
@@flufkyn8150 this is 7 years old and never heard of it before that's fucking awesome
The American Fotoplayer
Joe: I hit it
Joe: Yes
For those of you who are wondering, this is an American Fotoplayer! This is a player piano meant to accompany silent films, hence why it sounds like a Tom and Jerry intro or a circus band!
Hope this helps people!
Can also be used on wakes at a church when the regular organist has a day off.
I believe on TikTok (yes, I dabble there)
they call this the "tomfoolery machine" or something similar
honestly, name checks out imo
That helped me so much, thank you. I've been in a rough place lately but this comment made me smile for the first time since my pet duck died in a freak stewed tomato accident.
Helped me… Thank you.
What's the name of the song?
Joe’s official job title: Professional Buffoonery
bro got a degree in tomfoolery
Unironically, I cannot with words, describe how hard this beat goes.
It's SpongeBob with a twist
@@BrEAcHxROWDY This song is way older than spongebob lol
@@rogerhammerstein4970what is it called i need the name of this jovial tune
@@vibelord659012th street rag
@@vibelord6590twelfth street rag
Imagine being able to fit an entire marching band and Foley studio into an antique the size of a minivan with a single madlad playing it all at once
That’s the idea! Although more like “theatre ragtime orchestra” than “marching band” but you’ve basically got it!
This instrument is called the Wingerwacker, It was a doohickey created with the purpose of making these cartoony noises. Theres only 8,000-12,000 of these Thingamajiggers
Golly!
Gee-whis
Oh Gosh Golly Willikers!
Zoinks!
What a jolly little contraption
This tune goes off whenever Drake is up to shenanigans and chaos in the town
This man truly isn’t a clown, he’s the entire circus
In all Three Rings!
hes the ring master bro!!
Bro isn’t just a circus he circus maxumus
@@soupladoal2300your pfp reminds me of her
Has nobody heard of a "one man band"?
"Joe we said hit it, not absolutely pulverized it."
Joe did not just drop the sickest beat known to man, he changed history. Godspeed Joe
this is the most powerful man on earth
Shaggy can't beat him.
hence why aliens stay away from us
This is no man.... This is a god.
@@geethsan1567 i see! its a machine powered by noise and specific vibrations to keep aliens away. you are a genuis!1!1!
And that was only .01% of his power.
The whistle pull gets me every time.
For me it was the honk horn.
@@neuffatatorsame
Whistle pull goes hard
goofy
It’s the one massive bell ring at the almost silence in the middle of the piece for me
0:51
I highly suggest people watch the full episode of this bc it goes really in-depth into everything the Fotoplayer can do and Joe is an absolute sweetheart the entire time. I aspire to have the same passion for life as Joe.
Me running out of Valve HQ in Washington with Portal 3 in my hand:
Half life 3
Me stealing the valve
Not a single AI will be able to beat a man like this, he's an absolute unit and i hope he's still kicking.
He sure is! Search up Joe Rinaudo
Broo AI is able to Beat that With eaze
Bro AI changed the game of GO, a game 100s of years old, older than chess, and more complicated, and it literally discovered a new best way of playing.
AI is not a person.
@@PBMS123 Sequences are different from innovative new comings, little man.
Joe hit so hard that he summon a pair invinsible hands to play the piano. what an absolute legend!!!
He is playing them lol there are toggles to hit preset keys
@@octiiXpiesnah it's a player piano, it plays itself. You can see all the keys moving on their own
Ah I see he's a stand user, incredible, I new that he's superhuman but not even superman or Goku can hit it that hard
Stando Tsukai
actually it's the other way around, the ghost hands needed help so they summoned Joe
We must protect this man at all costs.
I remember seeing this video years ago, thinking it was beyond amazing, but lost it. And today it just reappeared in my recommendations ❤
Joe is the only person in history to know how to play this instrument and he’s a master.
You just pull the strings lol wut
@@kiltacular280he's playing keys as well lol wut
@@b.o.4469he's very clearly not, it's a player piano
@@joewell6435 it has foot pedals
by that logic, same way as you just press the keys and hit the drums @@kiltacular280
I think what makes Joe hit it so hard is the absolute power and will needed to operate the whistle at 0:13. Until that point, yes, we see a demonstration of his prowess, but that single moment makes us truly realize how small we are compared to Joe.
When confronted with the majesty of Joe, the only valid response is one of humility and gratitude.
agreed, agreed
He uses his entire body to make the whistle bend to his will. Truly, an instrument fit only for deities.
I thought it was the rubber horn thing at 0:23…
Joe’s the kinda guy where if you f*ck around in his presence he’s gonna check you, but at the same time Joe is the ally and teammate you need. What a chap.
Amelia Earhart trying to keep the plane in the air:
underrated comment LMAO
the coconuts crabs got her good.
Just realized you could replace Amelia Earhart with just about any national tragedy 30 years and older. Cuban Missle Crisis? The Falklands War? All eligible for childrens' cartoon musical segments. Hell, in 2050 you could replace this with 737 MAX and MH370.
@@adissentingopinion848
I think he’s more referring to the complexity of the machine being operated than the sound coming out.
The one 26 year old keeping the remaining half of the B17 from falling out of the sky:
I'm tearing up at this truly beautiful art and song. Joel is my will to live, I have to go on knowing Joel and his machine is out there making the best music ever.
He is and he is awesome
whenever i’m having a bad day, i just come back to this video. Thank you Joe for hitting it so hard it cures my depression
I met this guy recently when I found out he's from my hometown. Tracked down his antique fixtures store and he showed me around, although things were sort of scrambled at the time and mostly commission-based. Nice guy, we talked about our mutual interest in antiques and where to watch reproductions of silent movies with machines like his. Some of his pieces were made for the haunted mansion in Disneyland. He was happy I had watched his episode, and he quoted Huell's line.
Is he for hire? I want him at my next birthday party
Where is this??
It is so great to know that he is not dead
I sweat to Gott ich werde echt traurig sein wenn er Stirbt.
Absolutely wholesome
Was he reasonably happy?
Joe has been waiting for this moment his entire existence.
this was his swan song
The universe created itself so it could lead to this moment
May Joe find Valhalla
not just waiting, but training. studying the blade that is his mind, for only a sharp intellect can be the base on which to stand to reach this level of mastery
No. We have.
Drake in the studio
lol
Lmfao
B sharp
Bro got the silly machine out 💀
the last Twitter engineer keeping the entire codebase alive
This is hands down one of the funniest comment I have ever seen
@@ludgy7278agreed
@@ludgy7278not the funniest for me, but definitely deserves an award of some kind
lmao!
you use twitter? loser
when u take 2 vitamin gummies at once
Y e s
Roll at 2x. Thats what happen when u run to the bathroom while being drunk
This is so up to date that it scares me
I'm gonna try that someday while listening to this
just cause wtf i just noticed it was 2 years ago
Bro's the final boss of music 😭
Thanks CZcams for finally recommending this to me after 11 years
This guy does more than today's DJs.
Man is better than modern DJs or their Producers
I would love it if I went to a rave and Joe was set up a the DJ booth with his Fotoplayer just absolutely crushing it.
@@briangruessner4453 Joecore Rave party
Original DJ 😅
This guy does more than a whole ass orchestra
This is what I play in the car when the homies aren't around
Bwahahaha
feelin silly today
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF TOONTOWN
the anthem of delificious whimsically golly and jolly clowny local circus
I just saw this 11 years later and got to say Joe hits it just as hard as day 1 legend
The amount of RAW Power Joe has is too much for the human plane. This song is only a taste of what he can do because otherwise our minds would explode
I agree, that almost might be too much raw power for one earthly being. 😆
Just this mere sample of his RAW power has upset entire planetary systems.
Besides this he puts on silent film shows where he hand cranks a gigantic heavy 35 mm projector for two hours straight. Check out silentcinemasociety.org
Agreed
Joe is the one being capable of beating Shaggy. Shaggy dares not openly challenge him for fear of what Joe may do to the universe
Dude you cannot even begin to fathom the amount of power this immortal being and his thingamajigamabob posses
It’s called a photo player, and Joe has other videos of him playing it!
Legend has it...Joe's still hitting it 😅
He did more than just hit it, Joe floored it!!
WE ARE MAKIN OUT OF CIRCUS WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
my ass is on fire 🔥 🔥
💥💥💥💥💥
WE MAKING OUT WITH THIS ONE ❤💋💏😚
Hysterical 😐
This is by far, the best instrument ever made.
The thingamabob doohickey watchamacallit is truly amazing
@@tonyjenssen4157*You got dat💩 right. **_BTW, I think that I missed place mine, somewhere over YONDER, again._* 👀🤔
🤭
the American Fotoplayer
@@tonyjenssen4157wut
@@daviegriffin3539🎉
98 missed calls from beethoven
This is a piece of art that must be remembered for how beautifully joe hit it
Everything we hear is actually a variation of Joe playing this instrument. From the wind blowing to our own voices, Joe commands it all with his unfathomable power.
We're all one big instrument, and Joe's playing us hard
Basically god. If we're talking Tolkien's mythology, ie chapter one of the Silmarillion. The Silmarillion wasn't just fantasy... It was another perspective of creation itself. Any musician who's read it knows this in their soul.
Just like the Cuphead song "Coin-op bop"
But it’s not. The piano is playing completely by itself. It has a scroll like a self playing piano and the keys are moving by themself. He’s doing all the percussion elements
@@yugdails close enough lol
I hear his replacement, New Joe, is playing at the funeral home. His rendition of He Layeth on High truly brings a tear.
My condolences
is it okay to cry?
WAS WAITING FOR THIS COMMENT
It's about a big baby duck who gets his head caught in a stewed tomato
The thanks is all mine, parson.
most whimsical beat ever to be made
What type of instruments do you play?
Joe:all of the above
I just love how he pulls that whistle string at 0:12! It gives me so much energy
I really want to know what that whistle string is and how it works
@@rfc-793 he explains all the strings on his own channel. But the whistle when he pulls the string spins a small drum with holes in it that makes a whistle sound. So the harder he pulls the string the faster it spins and it makes a louder sound
@@southcoastrepofficialsumme8524 What's his channel
@@rfc-793 you can buy a cheap wistle that goes in your mouth and makes that exact noise, its just hooked up to a fan with a rope, you could probabky make one
@@eevee93 check description, pretty sure its like california's gold with huell howser, something like that
Joe then proceeded to hit it so hard that no music before or after could ever compare.
this man just played the music to every carnival
What a whimsical device, absolutely splendid
joe knows his shit.
Every hobby has its Joe. And you ALWAYS listen to Joe
This is simultaneously the birth of modular synthesis and also the logical endpoint.
apotheosis
I was just thinking to myself that a Launchkey or a Keylab is basically just the way more convenient, way less interesting descendant of this.
For those wondering this is known as an American photoplayer. It was used throughout the early 1900s to provide sound effects and music during silent movies. The piano and organ would automatically play and all the sound effects would be used by pulling cords, pressing buttons, and petals as joe demonstrates. You dont need real musical talent to play them. These made a variety of unique sounds like train whistles, throwing something, birds, bells (think tom and jerry when tom gets hit in the head particularly hard) and much more.
you need a good sense of rhythm in order to play it though, he does everything rhythmically in order to make it sound good
@jacobgordon7932 Yes, you do need that, lol. Just play funny music and find funny ways to hurt yourself.
Joe didn't just hit it, he absolutely slaughtered it
"Hit it Joe!" and Joe did not disappoint, he had indeed hit it and he hit it hard
No piece of audio in the history of the universe has gone this hard before. This will be remembered for billions of years to come.
what about the brown note tho
@@D-03181Hi, what do you think about your home security?
@@perfectpREdAtori ruh roh
@@D-03181 I'm in your walls.
this is the most whimsical beat I ever heard
Oompa Loompas when a child gets brutally canabilised by his closest friend in need of survival:
I want this played at my funeral.
You’re here from “I Think You Should Leave”
My condolences!
It’s about a big baby Duck who gets his head caught in a stewed tomato!
It’s called, “he layeth on high”
This is a more somber tune
me: *has a thought*
the tiny man in my head making more thoughts:
I am the 69th like fuck yeah
@@ciswhitebigot I am the 169th like… *hit it, Joe!*
@@crnkmnky SCORE!
I love it
Drake in the Studio goin crazy 🙏😭
I saw this in 7th grade and have not been able to find it since. Finally, after all these years, I found it. My quest has been fulfilled.
This is so sad hit it Joe
No we can’t
joe mama
The song, for anyone curious is the 12th Street Rag, which you may also recognize (hint, it was an ukulele cover) from early seasons of Spongebob.
Sonova-
Dammit you’re right
Dang dude
OMG I DIDN'T REALISE SPONGEBOI HAD IT
That's why it sounded familiar
Joe, the absolute unit hitting harder than a heart attack
I'm going to be honest, there is peak comedy is how insane and chaotic this number is and the man is just going ham while also being completely emotionless.
Joe is absolutely hitting it on that doohickey-thingymabob-inator
gold comment 🤣
joe is the chaotic wizard that pulls the strings in my brain
Just wait ‘till Joe covers one of your overtures! 😉
Why did we ever believe to make another song ever again when we've more than peaked at "Hit it Joe!"
Классика.Привет,всем нашим!
Согласен
Nothing in this life prepared me to hear Joe hittin' the absolute sh!t of the most devious tomfoolery machine
The American Fotoplayer!
This man single-handedly changed the entire game. Kanye been real quiet since this dropped
Thank you, New Joe, for playing He Layeth Upon High at my dad's funeral.
Joe, you old bastard, you’ve won the internet
8 years on and Joe STILL gets me so hype. Hell yeah.
What about 11 years?
Be sure to check out "new Joe" on I Think You Should Leave
He’s playing a high-tempo version of 12th Street Rag, for anyone curious. Though the sound effects aren’t part of the song.
They are now
Thanks, Google kept giving me meme or irrelevant results.
@@scottydu81 lol
Liberace did it too, and he did it great
Thank you stranger
This has to be the inspiration for the I Think You Should Leave sketch
The entire existence of the universe culminated to this singular moment, where, for 1 minutes and 20 seconds every living and dead soul in the universe gasped and observed Joe Hitting It.
Comment Thread Winner #2
me, desperately: please, just have one coherent thought
my brain:
Maybe some quiet ballads on the Fotoplayer without sound effects will help lock in your focus?
Joes radiates absolute raw chad energy
Joe is too powerful
Joe is the original gigachad.
That’s why he has the suspender/belt combo. Gotta keep his pants up cause his big ol’ swangin’ D weighs them down.
Yeah there isn't much in the world that can top this
The tomfoolery machine 🎉
when your in a fight at the bar in this banger comes up gotta make a cartoony fight with dust clouds💀💀💀💀☠️
Having a seizure in the 20's
😆😆
This is true, can confirm.
😭😭😭
🤣😂🤣