The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show

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The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)
Live album by Blink-182
Released	November 6, 2000
Recorded	November 4, 1999 at The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California; November 5, 1999 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California
Genre	Pop punk
Length	71:52
Label	MCA
Producer	Jerry Finn
Professional reviews
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Blink-182 chronology
Enema of the State (1999) The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (2000) Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Singles from The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)
"Man Overboard" Released: October 29, 2000 "Dumpweed" Released: 2000

The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) is Blink-182's only official live album. Released worldwide in 2000, only a million copies of this album were made. For those fans who discovered the band after its release, the CD became sought after by many and was renowned for its lack of availability.

The album contains songs from three of the band's studio albums: Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch and Enema of the State, mainly focusing upon Enema tracks as they were currently touring that album release. "Man Overboard" was a newly released song, which soon became a single. It was originally written for the Enema of the State album, and is available on the Enema of the State Demo. Following "Man Overboard", the album returns to a live environment with twenty-nine hidden tracks collectively known as Words of Wisdom. These document examples of Mark and Tom's stage banter towards one another. Their toilet humor jokes are something the band was renowned for and are exampled here. The album also features previously unreleased material, including toilet humor songs, such as "Family Reunion" (released on Short Music for Short People in 1999), "Blow Job" and "The Country Song". "Dick Lips" is censored as "Rich Lips", and "Blow Job" is censored as "Blew Job" on the track listing.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Blink-182. 

• All songs are live, excluding "Man Overboard".
• The tracks starting at 21 are hidden tracks and consist mainly of jokes.

Availability

When released in 2000, only one million copies were printed. The album became "rare" due to its lack of availability. Since July 2006 many copies appeared in shops like HMV^{[citation needed]}. It has since then gone back into print in Australia since January 2007 with as many as 3 copies being in stock at JB Hi-Fi music outlets across the country packaged in the original Digipak with the original limited edition sticker. It is believed this was a move conducted by their former record label to combat scalpers of the original 2000 issue selling their old copies on online auction site eBay for hundreds of dollars a copy. Online retailer Amazon.com is sourcing new copies from Australia for sale through their website. The record is also available on the Scandinavian e-store CDON. Later on at 2005, it was a bonus disc on the Korean Deluxe version of the Greatest Hits album. The album can also be found in various flea markets across the United States.

Song changes

• In "What's My Age Again", Mark changes the words "What's my age again" to "Where's my Asian friend" the second time he says it in each chorus, then repeats the changed lyric at the end of the song. Also in "What's My Age Again", Mark changes the line "What the hell is..." to "What the fuck is..." in each chorus. During the bridge, he yells "It's the slow pretty part!"
• In "Going Away to College," Mark sings "But you're so beautiful, Skylee" (from his wife's name Skye Everly), instead of "But you're so beautiful to me." At the end of the song, Mark sings, "But you're so beautiful" which is where the song would end on the studio album, but he adds, "To Travis!"
• Mark changes the words in Carousel from "I guess it's just another," to "I had sex with your mother." The second time, he rolls his tongue and screams "Brrr stick 'em!". This way, the lyrics go "I guess it's just another/I guess it's just another/Brrr stick 'em!" This a reference to the Fat Boys song "Stick'em"
• In "Aliens Exist" Tom changes the lines, "I got an injection/of fear from the abduction/my best friend thinks I'm just telling lies" to, "I got an injection/of love from the erection/my best friend thinks I'm just humping guys." When Tom sings the last line, "I'm not like you guys, twelve majestic lies", Mark chimes in afterward, singing "Tom has sex with guys," in a humorous fashion.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)