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265: The Kazoo Came First

Dear Hank & John

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Kazoos, a Brand Name From the Late Nineteenth Century

Kazoos are so old that one of the earliest examples of written language refers to a cazoo. They're called kazoos because they sound like kazoo, ok? It's an alteration of earlier bazoo, which was what we called a trumpet,. And there like, well, this is kind of a knock off, terrible trumpet. Let's it the cosya.

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