MALORY: It's against the law to sing "Happy Birthday" on television.ĭAN: It's against the law to sing "Happy Birthday" on television. Others may think it's vaguely gay, but I disagree. MALORY: I think it's sweet that you and your partner sing to each other on television. A TV anchor gets in trouble after singing “Happy Birthday” on air. There’s an episode of the old Aaron Sorkin show, “Sports Night,” that’s just devoted to the insanity of this. The fees can reportedly go as high as $10,000, for six notes and five words. PJ VOGT: But Wendy Williams actually got it pretty cheap. Let’s - Happy 60 th Birthday to Natalie, and, three, two, one, hit it! WENDY WILLIAMS: - to sing “Happy Birthday,” ‘cause, you know, you’ve got to pay for the song. WENDY WILLIAMS: We had extra money in the budget this week, so we paid $700 – Talk show host Wendy Williams complained about having to pay $700 to broadcast it on her air. PJ VOGT: How much you actually pay to use “Happy Birthday” depends on how much money you’ve got. We thought we'd try to sing and dance and play today We thought we'd try to tell you how we love you on your birthday PJ VOGT: Or this, from Mister Rogers, which is actually very sweet. MAN: Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, I’m so happy today. MAN: Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday. ![]() To avoid the fee, they’ll ask us to believe that their characters live in an alternate reality, where birthdays are noted like this: PJ VOGT: TV shows and movies do this too. That’s why Chili’s serenades its patrons this way:īROOKE GLADSTONE: On the Media Producer PJ Vogt offers this deep dive into the long and instructive history of “Happy Birthday.” Of course, he notes, it’s not just restaurants that go to great lengths to steer clear of this long-protected ditty. If you want to use “Happy Birthday” in your film or your TV show, or even sing it in your restaurant, you’ll pay. BROOKE GLADSTONE: “Happy Birthday,” possibly the most well-known song in the English language, is privately owned.
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