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First the Discovery Channel had its stars sing how they love the whole world, with the refrain of "Boom de ah dah," in a happy ad called "The World Is Just Awesome." Then Randall Munroe made his characters sing the song (now with a "Boom-de-yada" – transliteration is subjective!) on his webcomic, XKCD.

Now those characters, as well as more nerd heroes and XKCD fans (including Star Trek's Wil Wheaton, Congress-reforming lawyer Larry Lessig, and blogger Jason Kottke) sang the song on a collaborative video.

And we put all of that below, plus the Discovery Channel's sequel ad.

The XKCD video tribute by Olga Nunes and Elaine Doyle


The XKCD comic

XKCD Discovery Channel tribute


The original Discovery Channel ad, "The World Is Just Awesome"


The Discovery Channel sequel