The interesting thing about Weezer is that while they sometimes just get so damn boring, they sometimes also get so damn awesome. Over the years, my love for Weezer has waxed and waned with more irregularity than other perennial up-and-downers (i.e. Busta Rhymes). Currently, however, Weezer is enjoying an extended stay in my good graces. While the last album, the Rick Rubin-produced "Make Believe", received low scores from the critics, I loved (most of) it.Consider that your disclaimer. Oh, here's another one: Pitchfork hated the red album. You've been warned. Are you willing to continue with me into the depths of Weezer/Youtube nerdom?
The fact that I love this video will come as no surprise to those that know me and know how much time I waste on YouTube (ok, well, maybe only Enoch and my girlfriend know that about me). But srysly. This mishmash of all the best(/worst?) that YouTube has to offer is just so badass. In fact, I think it deserves an annotated guide, cut by cut (w/a couple updated edits):
0:00 Funtwo's Canon Rock room reference
0:14 others claim: Split screen reminiscent of One Man Band (what?)
0:16 Numa Numa Guy (Gary Brolsma) 1st appearance
0:17 Ronald Jenkees reference in upper right frame
0:19 Dramatic Chipmunk group appearance/spoof
0:23 Afro Ninja (Mark Allen Hicks) 1st appearance
0:28 back to Canon Rock room
0:31 Diet Coke & Mentos reference
0:41 Mentos experiments again
0:47 Most T-shirts Worn (Matt McAllister) spoof, the tshirts also reference the references in the video: prarie dog, gi joe, pbj time, etc...
0:52 Mentos again
0:56 more Afro Ninja
0:59 Britney Defender, Chris Crocker 1st appearance
1:07 Mentos
1:10 Miss South Carolina (Lauren Caitlin Upton) 1st appearance
1:13 Lightsaber (no specific reference) 1st appearance
1:16 Numa Numa guy again (lyrical reference, too)
1:24 3 Guys doing the Soulja Boy dance
1:26 Evolution of Dance guy (Judson Laipply) appearance
1:30 Chocolate Rain singer (Tay Zonday) 1st appearance/video reference
1:37 Chocolate Rain video reference again
1:39 K-Fed's Popozao video footage
1:44 Tay Zonday again
1:47 Daft Hands (Austin Hall) appearance
1:52 Daft Bodies appearance/spoof (that Enoch showed us)
1:57 more tshirts
1:59 more Mentos
2:04 more Tay Zonday
2:06 Kiscie's Sex Ed reference/appearance
2:08 Afro Ninja back for more
2:11 Afro Ninja + classic Bruce Lee pose & camera zoom
2:12 Chris Crocker again
2:14 Mentos
2:18 Chris Crocker
2:20 Mentos
2:22 Chris Crocker & Tay Zonday playing with Mentos
2:24 more Daft Hands
2:28 Shoes crossdresser (Liam Sullivan) appearance/spoof
2:36 Chris Crocker
2:37 A room filled with everyone, plus appearances of: Sneezing Panda, Ryan & Dorkman, Mocap Donald Duck , mocap gorillas (King Kongs, according to Wikipedia), & the Haiti UFO
2:42 Afro ninja pulls the mask off of a ninja assailant to reveal...
2:43 Peanut Butter Jelly Time banana!!
2:44 back to the room with everyone
2:47 Evolution of Dance guy again
2:48 Numa Numa guy again
2:51 the room & alot of rubiks cubes on a desk
2:53 in the big room w/ Miss South Carolina and a Blendtec "Will it Blend" Blender, and Charlie the Unicorn appears in the background
2:54 Dramatic Chipmunk spoof again
2:57 the big room again
2:59 IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!! b/w the Evolution of Dance guy's worm, feat. Daft Bodies
3:01 Tay again
3:04 the big room again
3:07 back to Mentos
3:14 end
2 comments:
Play-by-play = 2. Fucking. Awesome.
One thing I missed: when the Blendtec blender shows up, Miss S. Carolina is blending "maps".
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