"Manualist" plays SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW with hand-farts

You know that thing your weird cousin used to do when you were kids, where he could squeeze his hands together and make them fart out Mary Had a Little Lamb or Happy Birthday to You? Gerry Phillips has been making his hands fart out songs for decades, and today he is arguably the world's greatest hand-farter. (He prefers the term "manualist", but to me that sounds like somebody who writes instructional manuals or something. You're a hand-farter, Gerry! Be proud to be a hand-farter!)

In this clip, Phillips pinches out the Wizard of Oz classic, Somewhere Over the Rainbow. He really nails those high notes, doesn't he? Aye, 'tis a thing of beauty t'would bring a tear to Judy Garland's eye.



If this clip leaves you aching for more of Gerry's manualizing, he has posted lots of other songs on his Youtube page. Lots and lots, in just about every genre imaginable. You want Herbie Hancock's Rockit? He's got it. Under the Bridge? Poker Face? Don't Stop Believing? You name it, and this guy has posted a video of himself performing it. I wish local radio had a playlist as eclectic as this guy.

(Dear Lord... I hope he's making those sounds with his hands.)

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