New Weird Al video

[Nate]

Don't know how long this'll be up, given youtube's track record regarding material, but here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw

It's his new music video, White & Nerdy. It's awesome. XD

[Scarecrow]

It should be up for a while seeing how that is Weird Als official youtube account so I think its fine

[indyrocker]

That is freaken awsome!

[uc pseudonym]

Heh. I think I like this better than most of Weird Al's recent material.

It should be up for a while seeing how that is Weird Als official youtube account so I think its fine

It is? If so, interesting that he's getting into the online music trend with more than "Don't Download this Song."

[Kazuya]

LOL Well, I dont think that it is actually Weird Al uploading the vid. I could be wrong but I have seen many people with names like WeirdAl685 and such.

Also, I loved the video, as did my sister

[Kurama]

My Dad showed this to me yesterday...my bro wont stop singing it!!!! >.< But I love it! XD WA is such a comedy Poet.

[Puritan]

My understanding is that it's official. If it isn't, the same video is available on his official myspace page so it doesn't make much difference nohow. Anyway, this is quite funny, I am looking forward to this album.

[Radical Dreamer]

ROFL. That is hilarious. XD I think my favorite part was either the thing about quoting Monty Python and the Holy Grail and "making you R-O-T-F-L-O-L," or the Star Wars Kid parody. Oh my gosh, that was GREAT. XD I need to listen to it again; I'm sure there were lines that I missed.

As a side note, though, was that Seth Green near the beginning of the video, pointing to the action figures? It sure looked like him...

[rurouninaruto]

HAHAHAHA!!!!

[rurouninaruto]

It was Seth Green, I think.

[Warrior4Christ]

This is so awesome, because I identify with it infinitely more that the original (or rappers in general). Actually, I had to... search youtube to find what the original one was (because I hadn't heard it before...)

[Radical Dreamer]

This is so awesome, because I identify with it infinitely more that the original (or rappers in general). Actually, I had to... search youtube to find what the original one was (because I hadn't heard it before...)

What IS the original one? o_o

[GrubbTheFragger]

SO great and yes that was deffiently Seth Green

[rurouninaruto]

What IS the original one? o_o

Ridin' Dirty is the original version. I don't know who wrote it. I don't like the real version, I like the Weird Al version.

[rocklobster]

According to Wrestlecrap, the Star Wars Holiday Special, which Weird Al purchases in this video, really does exist. And no Star Wars fan should see it. It is HORRIBLE!

[Scarecrow]

Chamillionair or something like that is the original artist I believe. And I usually ALWAYS like weird als video better than the original but I like to check out the originals still cause it just seems to make Al's so much funnier\

EDIT: Oh yes, I've heard about the Star Wars Christmas special... George Lucas never wants to see it again and wants all copies in exsistance to be destroyed. I should check it out just to see how bad it is But I hear its extreamly hard to get a hold of but I'm sure you can find it online somewhere

[MorwenLaicoriel]

This video and song is probably one of my favorites that Weird Al has EVER done. I loooove it. XD

Oh, by the way--not only is that Seth Green...the guy dancing behind Weird Al in some scenes? That's Donny Osmond. <3 That's my favorite part of the video, I think, is Donny Osmond white boy dancing to the song. XD

[indyrocker]

According to Wrestlecrap, the Star Wars Holiday Special, which Weird Al purchases in this video, really does exist. And no Star Wars fan should see it. It is HORRIBLE!

yah its the only one that Gorge Lucus actualy had all legal copys destroyed. wookies singing *shudder*

[Rachel]

Anything with Donny Osmond dancing in it is destined to be a hit.

[uc pseudonym]

Donny Osmond was pretty random, so it succeeds as a humor device.

EDIT: Oh yes, I've heard about the Star Wars Christmas special... George Lucas never wants to see it again and wants all copies in exsistance to be destroyed. I should check it out just to see how bad it is But I hear its extreamly hard to get a hold of but I'm sure you can find it online somewhere

Those factors have made it achieve cult status, which is why it was so funny in the music video.

[TurkishMonky]

yah its the only one that Gorge Lucus actualy had all legal copys destroyed. wookies singing *shudder*

the first half is on google video. Just search for "star war holiday special"

BTW, i have the original script on my computer. The only good part is Boba Fett's introduction in the animated feature in the center of the movie. Since boba fett is da bomb,
[spoiler](especially if you read the books, and find out he survived the sarlecc by blowing it up)
[/spoiler]if you can find a copy of the SWHS, at least watch that part.

(i suppose i've proved my "white and nerdyness")

[That Dude]

It's quite an amusing video.

[rocklobster]

what equation is that that keeps popping up in the background?

[Myoti]

Had to bump after seeing it recently.

This is definetly my favorite of his songs since "Amish Paradise," I believe. If anything, just for all the references and how well he managed to fit them into the rap. It's another of those factors that makes me wonder just how "nerdy" he may really be (though I'm not a bit surprised if he is quite a bit; he often reminds me of my cousins, so I can see it pretty well XD ).

[Animus Seed]

I do edit Wikipedia.

I identify with this song so strongly, except that I'm not white...

[uc pseudonym]

If anything, just for all the references and how well he managed to fit them into the rap.

Right. I actually caught almost all of them (had to look up MC Escher to remember), and upon realizing this I simultaneously realized that this qualifies me as highly nerdy.

[Mithrandir]

what equation is that that keeps popping up in the background?

Oh man. You just had to ask that, didn't you?

My first thought was that this must be one of the Grand Challenge Equations. After a dozen playbacks to actually stitch together a large enough view of the equation, I began an elimination exam against various equations. Since there's very little agreement on what really qualifies, I picked the SDSC list. It did not appear to be Newton's, population, Navier-stokes, poisson, heat, helmoltz, DFT, maxwell's equations, the partition function, any of the thermodynamics combined, radiosity or spline.

That leaves Schrödinger's Equation. It's not a good enough, match, though. A bit of research turned up that this is likely a variant on the time independant Schrödinger Equation, a copy of which I'm attaching for reference. If I've made an error here, I appologize. I'm running out of time before I have to be off. So yeah... The first attachment is the image behind him, and the second is an example. If anyone else is nerdier, please help.



I must not qualify for the largest nerd, though - I didn't recognize it at first glance.

[Doubleshadow]

[quote="Mithrandir"]Oh man. You just had to ask that, didn't you?

My first thought was that this must be one of the Grand Challenge Equations. After a dozen playbacks to actually stitch together a large enough view of the equation, I began an elimination exam against various equations. Since there's very little agreement on what really qualifies, I picked the SDSC list. It did not appear to be Newton's, population, Navier-stokes, poisson, heat, helmoltz, DFT, maxwell's equations, the partition function, any of the thermodynamics combined, radiosity or spline.

That leaves Schrödinger's Equation. It's not a good enough, match, though. A bit of research turned up that this is likely a variant on the time independant Schrödinger Equation, a copy of which I'm attaching for reference. If I've made an error here, I appologize. I'm running out of time before I have to be off. So yeah... The first attachment is the image behind him, and the second is an example. If anyone else is nerdier, please help. ]

Oooh-ooh-ooh! I recognize that! That was on our last exam! Crap! I can't find the original equations in my notes because of all the derivations we did (wave functions and particle in a box and such), and my textbook uses a slightly different notation. I'll ask my professor about it tommorrow. Shame on me for not knowing this, I know it's going to be on the final.