Steely Dan Funniest Moments 

Becker's face when she says "reeling in the sheeves" is us all.

I fell into the Steely Dan hole a few years ago and haven’t found my way out. The Dan is the real thing, every song is like it came out yesterday.

its so interesting how they happen to be a naturally comedic duo, wish there was more documented stuff though

Still die laughing when I hear 'reeling in the sheeves" lmfao. Walter and Donald's reactions are peak

Every album is my favorite album. These two are in a class all their own. No one can get in

Such quiet, intelligent and somewhat pompous dudes 🤣 In a league of their own in many ways. Also was so sweet how they both said “you’re not funny lookin” at the exact same time

the funniest clip i’ve seen is when walter is shitting on the talking heads for like a minute straight, then donald says ‘i kinda like the talking heads’ and walter says ‘i like the talking heads too’

It's so funny to see Donald straight up "🗿"

Them taking the piss out of the Peg solos is brutal and hilarious at the same time

I fell in instant love the minute my dad plugged an 8-track tape into the car stereo and the guitar intro to "Reeling In the Years" poured out. 50 years or so and I'm still electrified by everything they did.

Saw them twice in concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1993, and again in 1995. Sure glad I went, as Walter is now gone. RIP Walter Becker. Wayne, Port Alberni, Canada.

I always knew that Bette Midler would end up driving a cab.

"The Horrible Drum Teacher..." He summed up that garbage Whiplash movie perfectly.

Reeling in the sheaves reeling in the sheaves, we will come rejoicing Like any major dude, reeling in the sheaves. I love that song!

I already loved Dan but this shit is like icing on my heroin cake.

Remember hearing on the radio in either ‘77 or ‘78 an interview with Donald Fagen. The interviewer told Fagen what his interpretation of the Kid Charlemagne lyrics were. Fagen’s response … “well, that shows how astute YOU are”. By the way, I have always loved the guitar work on Kings. Loved the lyrics too. What other American rock band offered commentary on Medieval English history!

I've been so in love with both of them for years...break my heart. Home at Last is the best song ever. Miss you, Walter

Great stuff! My favorite album is Aja. You could have added the part from the Aja documentary where Donald talks about sounding like Jerry Lewis upon which Walter responds dryly “that was a very fertile period for you”.

Word is they are still adding onto the amount of guitar players that tried out for Peg. 💩

This video speaks for itself.

When I'm having a bad day. I just watch this video and everything is better.

I think music historians years from now, studying the late 60's early 70's, will latch onto Steely Dan's jazz-rock and the Allman Brothers' jazz-blues as examples of opening up rock music in truly original ways.

Thanks for the chuckles. "Pretzel Logic" is mine, but never heard a bad Steely song. RIP Walter.

Being a true long time fan and collector, this was great to watch. Sad that materially, Walter is not on this plane anymore. Miss him a lot. They had great chemistry and could fire off each other which made then very witty. Many thanks for your production time and effort. It has been appreciated. Cheers Colin.

Becker and Fagen appear to be sarcastic, have a dry sense of humor which is in their song writing so the humor is built in. "Kick off your high heeled sneakers." I love many of SD songs.

Reeling’ in the sheevs

You included the Chuck Rainey slap bass bit! I Ioved that.

@ 7.30 Walter says..... "what's that ....some little envelope .... filter thing he's got going there on his guitar".....what a great understated diss ! ....PS I have loved Steely Dans music for almost 50 years now & inexplicably they sound better each time I listen to "them"....Nice vid....... Thankyou !

Smiles for the soul. Thanks for posting it.

Chuck Rainey SNEAKIN iN the SLAP! Hilarious!

I'm turning 48 this May and my WIFE bought me Steely Dan tickets for this summer in Franklin, Tennessee. #donaldpleasedontdie

They are the musical loves of my life 🤍

One of a kind, those guys! Thanks for putting this together

The bit with Mike McDonald on "Peg" was classic. I laughed, I cried, I peed meself!

How is it that Steely Dan is the back-up band to the Eagles on tour? I don't get it. Steely Dan is an elite group with a collection of amazing albums and music. Even though Walter has passed, Steely Dan should always be the lead group in any public appearance.

i love countdown to ecstacy, king of the world is a way overlooked uncredited song, thanks for making such great jams, joe t.

greatest video on youtube. thank you for compiling this

They’re just…weird guys. And it’s awesome. Two guys that just got each other and decided they didn’t need anyone else.

Ive always loved this fuckers. Dark, smart...clever. brilliant musicians.

All of them. I've been listening to Steely Dan since I was 2 going on 3. I turn 49 tomorrow.

Great compilation of clips. Thanks for putting it together.

I love this what ever you did to put this together. This is the opposite of boring

Thanks for sharing this. During their times of being off the scene, many people would start to guess what their behavior was. Your video lets us know that they were really satirical college buddy / gigsters at heart. 8:27 - Donald breaks in to "How Dry I Am." Too funny!

Loved it! Difficult to decide on a favorite but Aja is a gem.

My fave Dan album is still The Royal Scam; from that gritty guitar intro by the indomitable [Sir] Larry Carlton on "Don't Take Me Alive" to the quirky neo-religious swamp thang that is the title track! It's ALL so tasty, shiny & BRILLIANT and I never get bored of it!

Donald Fagen is my twin brother snatched away at birth, and Walter was his gentile buddy, also my best friend. Whatever I was going through in the 70s, good or bad (mostly bad), they were right there with me. I took a course in Buddhism and read a lot of Zen? “Boddhisattva.” I moved to LA? “Only a fool would say that.” I was fascinated by the 1940s, watched zillions of late-night movies interspersed with Cal Worthington ads.? “Well I seen it on the movies, the TV show/They say the times are changing but I just don’t know.” I went through a painful breakup? “I don’t care any more/How you run around.” I could go on for days… My favorite album, and it is hard to pick one, would have to be “Katy Lied.” You say Dr. Wu? I say I spent five years writing an unpublished novel about a Japanese-American woman surgeon during WWII. My favorite among all their incredible songs? Has to be “Show Biz Kids.” I worked crap jobs, came home, wrote, went out at night among the art-gallery crowd… “While the poor people sleeping with the shade on the light…” I knew I wasn’t really one of the glitter set, I was dirt-poor and drove a 66 MGB with no floors, but every once in a while, I could pretend. “Up on the hill, they think I’m ok/Or so they say.” Runner-up, or maybe sharing the #1 spot: “Bad Sneakers.” Although I never missed NYC (how could I? I was from Staten Island, f’chrissakes), the veiled tenderness in that song - “you wear a white tuxedo, how you gonna beat the heat” - and the gleeful-painful triumph of “laughing at the frozen rain” spoke to me with the volume turned up to 11. “That fearful excavation on Magnolia Boulevard” - I moved to North Hollywood after my marriage, lived there for 30 years. And finally, “that ditch out in the Valley that they’re digging just for me” - I always figured I would end up interred in Mt Sinai cemetery, and that there were worse places to spend eternity. This year, we finally bought plots in that place. I’ll sleep near my parents and in-laws. Twenty years ago I wrote another novel (published), and included some lines from “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies.” A few weeks ago we were visiting the battlefield in Gettysburg, PA, and I thought: “We’re standing just where he stood/chain lightning, it feels so good.” Never mind that the song was about Hitler, may his name be erased. Could just as easily apply to Winfield Scott Hancock, Lewis Armistead, or even R. E. Lee. The Dan was my Yang to the Grateful Dead’s yin. Together those two bands brought me through that execrable decade. And whatever happens, don’t forget Bernard Purdy’s incredible drum work on “I Got the News”! Thank you for posting this. Happily, I got to see the Dan in 2016, at the Hollywood Bowl. Walter, may he rest in peace, did most (or all) of the talking. He was very funny. The finale was “Bodhisattva,” with fireworks. Nirvana … and I don’t mean that bunch of zhlobs from Seattle. “And for the coup-e de grace/They’re outrageous, honey let me tell you …”

This was awesome. 🤘🏻

Big fan of them both. Thanks for this!

Reeling in the sheeves......yeah that was one of our best ones..😂😂😂😂

This is just fantastic.

I like all their album s. I saw them in the summer of 1974 at the UCSB Robinson Gym when Rikki don’t lose that number was out. Been a huge fan ever since!! Thanks for all the great music!!

Love these clips

Thanks for making this:) funny dudes😂

I'm a big fan and I really enjoyed this 😁💖🎶

I love them so much!

Really good..thanks for making. I’m pretty much obsessed by them also. DF is supposed to be coming to Detroit in a few months..plan on getting tickets. Should be a good show, a shame WB won’t be with him. Ok my favorite album is ..Aja..

Quote - (Denny Dias) "........it's highbrow, intellectual humour. You don't get any fart jokes...."

Thanks! This was fun!

Enjoyed this. Thanks. Aja.

That was Great. Thanks 👍

IVE BEEN A STEELY DAN FAN SO SO LONG AND NEVER WOULBE IMAGINED THAT THERES A FANDOM BAHA

Love Steely Dan! Sooooo great

When I was young, my fave SD song was Peg, but now it's My Old School.

Can't Buy a Thrill was my favorite, until I heard Countdown to Ecstasy and then I heard, Pretzel Logic and that became my favorite. In 1975, Katy Lied was released and that became my fav, until I heard The Royal Scam. In 1977 I fell in love with Aja. Gaucho was released in 1980 and that was my favorite album.

Love these guys so much lmao

Great idea for a video! My favorite album is Aja!

The cab driver in Vegas is brilliant, she even beats the boys. Uptown baby ;-)

I just wanted to say... DO IT AGAIN IS THERE BEST SONG BY FAR AND IS IN THE TOP 3 OF BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME 🗣🗣🗣🗣

Thanks for compiling! Tough call but my favorite album of theirs is Gaucho. Gems to be found on all of the albums of course!

I enjoyed .thanks a lot...

I laughed I cried I shitted my pants. Great,funny Walter and Donald. Loved it.

You want to know what my favorite Steely Dan album is? I have been disecting them since 1972 I have met them have a picture on Letterman with my arm around Roger Nichols and am a .musician who has played with many people all that you know and my answer is: All of them including all their solo albums

Merci beaucoup à vous et Aja est mon album préféré comme beaucoup de fans français de ces deux musiciens géniaux au second degré ! La série Breaking Bad les a cités c'est vous dire ! 🙏

Brilliant thanks

This is my favorite album from the 90s ❤😊

Been listening to my favorite band since Bottisatva! ❤❤❤❤❤

Uptown Baby, Uptown Baby!!! Hilarious!

Thanks for the video! My favourite album is Gaucho, followed by Two Against Nature.

Thank you

Great job

I never thought I would hear the words “funny” and Steely Dan in the same sentence.

so good

Becker always looks so serious and uptight like a college professor 😂

The thumb business… so classic!!

Enjoyed this. Aja is the one!

The funniest thing is Donald looks like Stephen Hawking.

Lol the part that you made up 😂😂😂 sounds like if AI was trying to recreate a Donald Fagen interview if the AI only had the knowledge of the lyrics to Katy Lied

Thanks, boss

I've become obsessed with Steely Dan to the point where everyone I know keeps asking me if i play anything else in my car.

thoroughly enjoyed the montage video. Aja's the best and in the Library of Congress. Possibly the best album of all time. #2 would be Katy Lied and Fagen's Sunken Condos was quite good.

Aja by a long chalk thanks for the funny clips

The funniest stuff they ever did are the liner notes on the early 2000s reissues of all their albums before Two against the world. Autobiographical and hysterical, they are real gems.

terrific

"Can't Buy a Thrill" my first album when it broke I carried that album everywhere I went.. Favorite song, "Show Biz Kids"

9:33 the song is called godwhacker

I know Aja is the popular choice but Can't Buy A Thrill means more to me personally.

Put on a copy of "Aja" in the background. No, no, no. All of SD's albums require you're undivided attention.

Saw back/back shows at Chicago Theater... with the second year featuring Larry Carlton. On the 45 minute drive home to my brothers' house; the conversation went something like this:....."Royal Scam is the best"... " did you forgot about AJA"... 'Katy Lied in Florida"... 'Denny Dias on Do it Again .... or any other album".... 'Gaucho was very cool'.... 'My Old School/Razor Boy'... the acknowledge to Charlie Parker on Pretzel Logic. Yup... what's your favorite Beatles tune.... the conversation continued.

so funny, good stuff

Love it but you left out a great one. They are at the mixing board, Donald says something like, "That was when I was in my Ethel Merman mode." Becker quips, "Yeah, that was a fertile period."