Well, the Rebirth Brass Band (out of New Orleans, USA) does that song, "Leave That Pipe Alone, Little Brother" I'd say that's helpful advice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY0zEw612gM

Both is fine. There are many phrases in Chinese that you will realise, may only need one of the two words to express the same meaning. Like 怎 in 怎么. It's just that in modern-day Chinese, the 2-word form of these phrases are more commonly used, while the 1-word form of these phrases almost automatically give it an 'ancient-style'. 帮 is however an exception where both are pretty modern-day. I would feel 帮 is the much more casual one of the two. I think 助 also adds to the tone.

That should be true

Whoops, meant 帮助。but my question remains

I'm not a native Chinese speaker, but from what I've read, and from SeeMin3's comment above, 帮助 and 帮 mean the same thing. But I guess 帮 is more casual, while 帮助 has a slightly more formal tone.