Aaron Sorkin

I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.

American Screenwriter

Jim Pattison

My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.

Canadian Businessman

Amy Poehler

I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.

American Comedian

Bria Skonberg

There's nothing worse than bad scatting, except maybe bad mouth trumpet. Mouth trumpet may sound like a trumpet, but it's really more like playing a kazoo. The instant you do your solo, the audience has a bit of a chuckle.

Canadian Musician

Orson Bean

Being a good game show panelist is like being a virtuoso of the kazoo.

American Actor

Bette Davis

That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.

American Actress

The kazoo is a casual instrument often associated with children and informal gatherings.

Informal

No musical skills are required to play the kazoo, making it accessible to everyone.

Easy to Play

A kazoo adds a unique, comical buzzing sound to music, often used for fun effect.

Novelty Sound

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Kazoo

A small, simple musical instrument that you play by humming into it, creating a buzzing sound.

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Informal

Easy to Play

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