Today is National Kazoo Day – celebrating 146 years of kazoo playing in the USA.
The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a “buzzing” timbral quality to a player’s voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, one of a class of instruments which modifies its player’s voice by way of a vibrating membrane. (Wikipedia)
This weirdly disturbing video describes the history of kazoos.
A little bit of kazoo science:
I really, really want this one:
You can even buy an electrified kazoo that will plug into your amplifier:
Fun for the whole family:
Did I ever tell you that I was once the director of a kazoo band?
Gunsmoke and Knitting 