Stick Stickly

Stick Stickly is the 10th bonus track on Dinosaurchestra, and the third on its Needlejuice remaster.

Stick Stickly
Song
Artist	Lemon Demon
Released	November 6, 2005
Written by	Neil Cicierega
Appears on	Dinosaurchestra (bonus tracks)
Sung by	Neil Cicierega
Duration	2:04
Genre	Pop
Language	English
Links:	MP3 Needlejuice Remaster Lemonic Demonade 2006 Lemonic Demonade 2007 Backing

History

Stick Stickly was a popular Nickelodeon character from 1995-1998, when he hosted Nick in the Afternoon. Neil actually wrote him a letter several years after the show had stopped airing, and the results are revealed in this song he wrote afterwards

Lyrics

I remember
When I was just a boy,
Summer afternoons
Would fill me up with joy
I’d sit right down,
Turn on the TV.
Every day
I’d giggle mischeviously.

I remember
Laughing like a buffoon
When I’d watch him
On Nick in the Afternoon.
He was my favorite thing
About Nick,
Yes that little
Popsicle, Stick Stickly!
(Ooh-ooh-ooh!)

And he’d sing,
“Write to me,
Stick Stickly!
P.O. Box 963
New York City,
New York State,
10108!
10108!”

It’s been years now,
Since his show has aired.
We sent a letter, it got
Returned, and now we’re scared.
Where’d he go?
What did they do with him
When they decided they were
Through with him?

Did they break him,
Or burn him down for heat?
Were his googley eyes
Thrown out in the street?
Or is he fine?
That’s what I’m praying.
I recall he was always saying,
“Simmer down, simmer down, simmer down!”

And he’d say,
“Write to me,
Stick Stickly!
P.O. Box 963
New York City,
New York State,
10108!
10108!
10108!
10108!”

Alternate Versions

• A different version of the song was included as the third track on Live (Only Not).

Live Performances

• As part of the 2024 rarities dump, a recording of a band practice session (from October 15th, 2010) was released including Stick Stickly. Given the date of this practice, this was almost certainly in preparation for Youmacon 2010 (October 30th, 2010) although Stick Stickly is not known to have been played live at that show.
• November 19th, 2005 (Plain Street Studios)
• July 30th, 2006 (Lemonic Demonade 2006, Kingston, MA)
• April 21st, 2007 (Imagination Summit, Westport, CT)
• July 29th, 2007 (Lemonic Demonade 2007, Kingston, MA). The song was played once as a sound check at the beginning of the show and later in full.
• November 2nd, 2007 (Youmacon 2007, Troy, MI). This was at the Friday show on the Youmacon main stage.
• August 3rd, 2008 (Lemonic Demonade 2008, Kingston, MA)

Trivia

• “Mischeviously” isn’t a real word, but actually a very common misspelling and mispronunciation of “mischievously”. Although this was unintentional, the mispronunciation is still used in live performances because the correct pronunciation doesn’t fit the rhyming scheme.
• The video for this song depicts Stick Stickly as a stickman, when, in fact, he was a popsicle.