"Are you guys ready for music lessons?" Bach gulped. Mozart started sweating. Beethoven nodded. "Yes, Joe." They all said nervously.

Throughout human history, I don’t think anyone has truly hit it this hard before. “Hit it, Joe” is an understatement.

"Hit it, Joe!" *joe proceeds to hit the silliest tune known to man*

This instrument is called a Fotoplayer,it was created with the sole purpose to provide sound to silent movies and cartoons,between 8,000 to 12,000 of these instruments were made,and only around 50 are still known to exist,and only around 12 are still known to playable

Nothing could have prepared me for how hard Joe was going to hit it

Me, at 3am on a weeknight: "I should go to sleep" My brain: "hit it, Joe!"

Joe didn't just hit it, he obliterated it. Joe is a legend

Bro is a professional at playing the thingymajigy💀

This man single-handedly provided the soundtrack to every cartoon from the 1920s to the 1950s. EDIT: Anyone who says he’s doing it two-handed is just too weak to keep up with his speed, and their feeble minds can only see it as two hands.

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WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE CIRCUS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊🗣️🗣️🗣️

This is what tomfoolery sounds like

And then Joe proceeded to hit it harder than mankind has ever hit it before

Imagine being a streamer, but instead of a soundboard you have this guy just off screen to the right.

Joe’s official job title: Professional Buffoonery

Imagine this dude rolling up to a party and just blowing away the one guy who bought the guitar with his whole ass circus of an instrument, absolute legend

Whoa Joe. Huell simply said to “Hit it”. Not to absolutely f**king destroy it beyond human capacity.

I think it's safe to say, Joe did indeed hit it.

"Joe we said hit it, not absolutely pulverized it."

Unironically, I cannot with words, describe how hard this beat goes.

Not a single AI will be able to beat a man like this, he's an absolute unit and i hope he's still kicking.

This tune goes off whenever Drake is up to shenanigans and chaos in the town

This instrument is called the Wingerwacker, It was a doohickey created with the purpose of making these cartoony noises. Theres only 8,000-12,000 of these Thingamajiggers

This man truly isn’t a clown, he’s the entire circus

Imagine being able to fit an entire marching band and Foley studio into an antique the size of a minivan with a single madlad playing it all at once

Me running out of Valve HQ in Washington with Portal 3 in my hand:

Bro got the silly machine out 💀

This guy does more than today's DJs.

For those of you who are wondering, this is an American Fotoplayer! This is a player piano meant to accompany silent films, hence why it sounds like a Tom and Jerry intro or a circus band! Hope this helps people!

Amelia Earhart trying to keep the plane in the air:

Joe did not just drop the sickest beat known to man, he changed history. Godspeed Joe

Drake in the studio

The whistle pull gets me every time.

Joe hit so hard that he summon a pair invinsible hands to play the piano. what an absolute legend!!!

We must protect this man at all costs.

Bro's the final boss of music 😭

WE ARE MAKIN OUT OF CIRCUS WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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I highly suggest people watch the full episode of this bc it goes really in-depth into everything the Fotoplayer can do and Joe is an absolute sweetheart the entire time. I aspire to have the same passion for life as Joe.

What type of instruments do you play? Joe:all of the above

Joe is the only person in history to know how to play this instrument and he’s a master.

“What instrument do you play?” Joe: it’s complicated

I remember seeing this video years ago, thinking it was beyond amazing, but lost it. And today it just reappeared in my recommendations ❤

whenever i’m having a bad day, i just come back to this video. Thank you Joe for hitting it so hard it cures my depression

Joe has been waiting for this moment his entire existence.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF TOONTOWN

Thanks KZfaq for finally recommending this to me after 11 years

I met this guy recently when I found out he's from my hometown. Tracked down his antique fixtures store and he showed me around, although things were sort of scrambled at the time and mostly commission-based. Nice guy, we talked about our mutual interest in antiques and where to watch reproductions of silent movies with machines like his. Some of his pieces were made for the haunted mansion in Disneyland. He was happy I had watched his episode, and he quoted Huell's line.

this is the most powerful man on earth

98 missed calls from beethoven

I'm tearing up at this truly beautiful art and song. Joel is my will to live, I have to go on knowing Joel and his machine is out there making the best music ever.

I think what makes Joe hit it so hard is the absolute power and will needed to operate the whistle at 0:13. Until that point, yes, we see a demonstration of his prowess, but that single moment makes us truly realize how small we are compared to Joe.

*a child literally dies* oompa loompas:

Oompa Loompas when a child gets brutally canabilised by his closest friend in need of survival:

I'm going to be honest, there is peak comedy is how insane and chaotic this number is and the man is just going ham while also being completely emotionless.

This is what I play in the car when the homies aren't around

The amount of RAW Power Joe has is too much for the human plane. This song is only a taste of what he can do because otherwise our minds would explode

most whimsical beat ever to be made

The entire existence of the universe culminated to this singular moment, where, for 1 minutes and 20 seconds every living and dead soul in the universe gasped and observed Joe Hitting It.

Dude you cannot even begin to fathom the amount of power this immortal being and his thingamajigamabob posses

joe knows his shit.

Legend has it...Joe's still hitting it 😅

One Punch Man couldn't have even hit it this hard.

The song, for anyone curious is the 12th Street Rag, which you may also recognize (hint, it was an ukulele cover) from early seasons of Spongebob.

Joe then proceeded to hit it so hard that no music before or after could ever compare.

Teacher: Did you guys memorize the test? My brain:

Drake in the Studio goin crazy 🙏😭

Everything we hear is actually a variation of Joe playing this instrument. From the wind blowing to our own voices, Joe commands it all with his unfathomable power.

This is by far, the best instrument ever made.

Joe, you old bastard, you’ve won the internet

this is the most whimsical beat I ever heard

"Hit it Joe!" and Joe did not disappoint, he had indeed hit it and he hit it hard

I hear his replacement, New Joe, is playing at the funeral home. His rendition of He Layeth on High truly brings a tear.

Joe didn't just hit it, he absolutely slaughtered it

He did more than just hit it, Joe floored it!!

This is so sad hit it Joe

this plays in my head whenever i dissociate

I just saw this 11 years later and got to say Joe hits it just as hard as day 1 legend

Joe hit that shit harder than the meteor that killed the dinosaurs.

I just love how he pulls that whistle string at 0:12! It gives me so much energy

me: *has a thought* the tiny man in my head making more thoughts:

this man just played the music to every carnival

For those wondering this is known as an American photoplayer. It was used throughout the early 1900s to provide sound effects and music during silent movies. The piano and organ would automatically play and all the sound effects would be used by pulling cords, pressing buttons, and petals as joe demonstrates. You dont need real musical talent to play them. These made a variety of unique sounds like train whistles, throwing something, birds, bells (think tom and jerry when tom gets hit in the head particularly hard) and much more.

This is simultaneously the birth of modular synthesis and also the logical endpoint.

that is some gangsta ass shit joe

The tomfoolery machine 🎉

Bro's been cooking this since 1847

Joes radiates absolute raw chad energy

I want this played at my funeral.

Joe, the absolute unit hitting harder than a heart attack

Why did we ever believe to make another song ever again when we've more than peaked at "Hit it Joe!"

No piece of audio in the history of the universe has gone this hard before. This will be remembered for billions of years to come.

Joe is absolutely hitting it on that doohickey-thingymabob-inator

when your in a fight at the bar in this banger comes up gotta make a cartoony fight with dust clouds💀💀💀💀☠️

This is a piece of art that must be remembered for how beautifully joe hit it

Nothing in this life prepared me to hear Joe hittin' the absolute sh!t of the most devious tomfoolery machine

This man single-handedly changed the entire game. Kanye been real quiet since this dropped

I saw this in 7th grade and have not been able to find it since. Finally, after all these years, I found it. My quest has been fulfilled.

This has to be the inspiration for the I Think You Should Leave sketch

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