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Chuck Berger Singing "My Ding-A-Ling" is an exploitable scene from an episode of The Simpsons. The scene has led to several fan remixes and YTPMVs.

Origin

The scene comes from the eighth episode of the third season of The Simpsons titled "Lisa's Pony", which first aired on November 7th, 1991, on Fox.^[1] In the episode, Lisa is waiting to participate in her school's talent show while also waiting for Homer to come back with a replacement saxophone reed as her current one is broken. Meanwhile, various other characters perform their talents on stage. One of which was Chuck Berger, who attempted to sing the Chuck Berry song My Ding-A-Ling before getting quickly pulled offstage by Principal Skinner (shown below).

Spread

The earliest remixes of the scene appeared in late 2015 and early 2016. On January 14th, 2016, DJ Flex^[2] posted a remix of the song to Soundcloud where it received over 1.5 million plays in eight years. The remix was also posted to his YouTube^[3] account on the same day, where it received over 149,000 views in eight years.

On June 18th, 2018, Dankmus^[4] posted a short remix video of the scene to YouTube. The video received over 230,000 views in six years.

A resurgence of the meme would occur in August of 2024 with a wide variety of remixes and YTPMVs. On August 10th, 2024, YouTube user leaf0n^[5] posted a mashup video of the song with maxprolover988's song TWIDDLEFINGER from the Friday Night Funkin' mod of the same name. The video received over 44,000 views in over two weeks.

On August 15th, 2024, YouTube user DukeOnkledNukem^[6] posted a YTPMV of the scene to John "Joy" Tay's arrangement of RRThiel's chiptune song "overworld". The video received over 46,000 views in two weeks.

On August 19th, 2024, Twitter / X user bekzii^[7] posted a video that uses the song and 3D models of Chuck Berger to parody a Pakistani McDonald's commercial for Crash Bandicoot Happy Meal toys. The video would receive over 25,000 likes and over 5,700 reposts in over one week. The video was reposted to his YouTube^[8] account on the same day where it received over 630,000 views in over one week.

On August 22nd, 2024, YouTube user Fuou Marinas^[9] posted a YTPMV to YouTube which uses the scene along with YOASOBI's song "Racing Into the Night". The video received over 36,000 views in one week.

A YouTube playlist^[10] containing Ding-A-Ling YTPMVs was found to have 43 videos.

Related Memes

"My Dingaling" Trap Remix

"My Dingaling" Trap Remix is a remix made by DJ Suede of Chuck Berger's "My Dingaling" scene from The Simpsons and was first posted to Soundcloud on December 20th, 2015. The remix has led to several fan videos of people dancing to the song on YouTube and TikTok.

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