James Urbaniak ([info]urbaniak) wrote,
@ 2007-01-26 22:54:00
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Friday Night Videos
First, today's Urbaniak-related show business news: I auditioned today for a film in which my character's three scenes are all opposite Robert DeNiro. Now that is a screen partnership America needs to see.

And now, some music to start your weekend.

Hey 1990! You're gonna love our fall lineup!


Instrumental Lip Synching, thy name is Lewis. (Update: In the comments, Mark suggests "Al Pacino's entire Scarface performance was based upon the work pioneered in Jerry Lewis's instrumental lip synch bit." I think he's onto something.)


"My heart loves you."


[info]wasabi_poptart recently linked this in [info]mcbrennan's comments. Unlike Ziggy and Iggy, The Bowtied One never lived to see himself immortalized on "The Venture Brothers." I hope they have basic cable in heaven.


Okay, I admit it. I figured the "nerdy white guy rapping" routine had reached its apotheosis with "Lazy Sunday" and that we could all be glad that the form went out on a high note and let it rest in peace. I was wrong. With what wizardry Weird Al Yankovic breathed new life into this should-be-dead genre I know not. But he did it. And his parody of Chamillionaire's Ridin' Dirty might just be his masterpiece.


And now, everyone's favorite fictional, alien-named, transgendered rock star murder suspect...with a lullaby.


WASHINGTON-President Bush, on a collision course with Congress over Iraq, said Friday "I'm the decision-maker" about sending more troops to the war. He challenged skeptical lawmakers not to prematurely condemn his buildup. - A.P.

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Hmm...
(Anonymous)
2007-01-27 04:10 am UTC (link)
I could have sworn that Klaus Nomi did indeed appear in Showdown At Cremation Creek... or have I finally caught the brain-fungus?

-Todd

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Re: Hmm...
[info]urbaniak
2007-01-27 04:14 am UTC (link)
I did not say he was never immortalized on The Venture Brothers. I said he never lived to see himself immortalized on The Venture Brothers. He died in 1983, before Jackson Publick even pitched the pilot.

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Re: Hmm... - (Anonymous), 2007-01-27 04:20 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]urbaniak, 2007-01-27 04:23 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]rjwhite, 2007-01-27 04:26 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]rjwhite, 2007-01-27 04:24 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]urbaniak, 2007-01-27 04:29 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]rjwhite, 2007-01-27 04:42 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]urbaniak, 2007-01-27 04:50 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]eronanke, 2007-01-27 03:47 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]tao_of_tyler
2007-01-27 04:26 am UTC (link)
Jeeze, are you sure you want to do that to Bobby? Sure, he can hold his own next to some schmuck like Al Pacino, but next to you and he's just sure to be upstaged.

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[info]urbaniak
2007-01-27 04:30 am UTC (link)
There's a new sheriff in town.

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[info]ayrn
2007-01-27 04:35 am UTC (link)
I love that video of Klaus Nomi. Totally got me into him, and now I'm fascinated with the whole persona. Picked up The Nomi Song and all that. Venture Bros. is, of course, indirectly responsible, however, so holla, as it were.
Oh, to have been of age on the New York New Wave scene.

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Bob Saget kind of looks like a less hot Stephen Colbert.
[info]crudelydrawn
2007-01-27 05:08 am UTC (link)
Ahh... Nice selection. 1990 doesn't sound like a long time ago, but that video has reminded me that -- gosh -- 1990 was 17 years ago. Holy crap. Babies born in 1990 CAN DRIVE.

Oh, and I hope no one minds if I share another clip, 'cause the white rap bit prefacing the Weird Al video reminded me of something. Just the other day, I got into the British program The Mighty Boosh and the "Tundra Rap" from one episode has been stuck in my head ever since. Must share, must share, must share... And what better place to share the clip than in a post called "Friday Night Videos"?



They do a musical number from a different genre in every episode. They're usually quite good (and catchy).

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[info]ayrn
2007-01-27 05:13 am UTC (link)
Totally love that show.
Check out the radio series; it's available in most stores out here.

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Re: Bob Saget kind of looks like a less hot Stephen Colbert. - [info]urbaniak, 2007-01-27 05:19 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Bob Saget kind of looks like a less hot Stephen Colbert. - [info]crudelydrawn, 2007-01-27 05:32 am UTC (Expand)
Re: Hmm... - [info]medox, 2007-01-27 05:40 am UTC (Expand)

[info]amara_anon
2007-01-27 06:26 am UTC (link)
Do even seasoned, respected professionals such as yourself get intimidated at the prospect of acting opposite DeNiro?

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[info]urbaniak
2007-01-27 12:56 pm UTC (link)
I'll worry about that if I actually get the part.

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(no subject) - [info]amara_anon, 2007-01-27 07:13 pm UTC (Expand)
Klaus!
[info]xzarakizraiia
2007-01-27 07:08 am UTC (link)
Thank you for the video link. I've been incredibly intrigued by him ever since Showdown at Cremation Creek- amazing.

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-27 07:08 am UTC (link)
Al Pachino's entire Scarface performance was based upon the work pioneered in Jerry Lewis's instrumental lip synch bit. Watch it again my friends, you'll see............

Best
Mark

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[info]urbaniak
2007-01-27 12:14 pm UTC (link)
My God, you're right.

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[info]bleak_existance
2007-01-27 11:10 am UTC (link)
Wow. White and Nerdy eh? Me and Mike Sinterniklaas watched that at a Conention back in September. Did you know until that night he had NO idea there was a Star Wars Christmas Special? -slaps forhead- But I don't love him for his brains! LOL

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[info]urbaniak
2007-01-27 12:58 pm UTC (link)
Despite his prominence in the animation world, it's possible that Sinterniklaas might not actually be a nerd. He does ride around on a flashy motorbike.

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[info]mitejen
2007-01-27 02:12 pm UTC (link)
Wow, just this morning I had a train of thought that went from singing 'white and nerdy' to 'I wonder if I have time to look for videos of Klaus Nomi today before heading out to my granddaddy's 92nd birthday party.'

How small the world seems sometimes.

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[info]ghostgecko
2007-01-27 03:27 pm UTC (link)
Dear lord, that's a trainload of suck.

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[info]eronanke
2007-01-27 03:44 pm UTC (link)
I agree with the Scarface bit - I also have "White and Nerdy" as my ringtone.

Having been a passive fan of Weird Al for about 15 years, (and having met the man himself!), I do think that this is his Opus. Not only is it so unexpected, so well-produced, so well-performed... It's just catchy!
I'm often heard to be humming it in the hallways.

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-27 10:50 pm UTC (link)
White and Nerdy just makes me jones for "Amish Paradise". I love the back story about Coolio being publicly outraged by Weird Al lampooning his song; however, Weird Al said that Coolio never once complained about the size of his royalty checks from "Amish Paradise".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY

Best
Mark

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(no subject) - [info]eronanke, 2007-01-28 01:11 am UTC (Expand)

[info]eronanke
2007-01-27 03:51 pm UTC (link)
WHY THE HELL HAVEN'T THEY RE-MADE "PERFECT STRANGERS" YET????

I am serious about this.

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-27 04:11 pm UTC (link)
Because "It's just so ree DIC you lussss!"

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[info]eronanke
2007-01-27 05:20 pm UTC (link)
OMG I'm sorry to spam your blog today, but I'm watching all these videos at different times...
The Bollywood Beatles are the BEST THING EVER.

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[info]genericman
2007-01-27 05:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! I could spend hours watching all the old promos and commercials that people have uploaded to YouTube from their VHS tapes. Scary to know that the "America is Watching ABC" promo is more than 16 years old now.

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Thats one hell of a mullett on Mcgyver!
[info]teamwak
2007-01-27 08:52 pm UTC (link)
Richard Dean Anderson could never command Stargate if he still had a shocking do like that.

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Santa Klause
(Anonymous)
2007-01-27 08:58 pm UTC (link)
Seeing the Nomi video and reading the comments about Bowie and Mr. Pop gave me a high school flashback of seeing David Bowie singing an Iggy Pop song on SNL with Klause Nomi and Joey Arias "performing" in the background. I really think that they were there to balance out Bowie's dress; to make it seem more masculine as it were. Kinda like the two fat Christs balance out the skinny one in the middle in the painting of the last supper. I remember thinking that Bowie looked kinda like Ms. Hathaway (Nancy Kulp) from "The Beverly Hillbillies".

Best
Mark

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Re: Santa Klause
(Anonymous)
2007-01-27 08:59 pm UTC (link)
Oops forgot the link to my flashback!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4CJgygSRSU

Best
Mark

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[info]dougo
2007-01-28 12:05 am UTC (link)
If only the real Beatles had had four guitars!

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[info]robolizard
2007-01-28 01:54 am UTC (link)
As long as we're releasing videos, here is the greatest... thing... ever... The Epic Anti Drug PSA: 'Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue', produced by Roy Disney and Bill Hanna, but apparently, not Barbera. Commisioned by G.H.W.Bush. Interesting stuff...









P.S.: YAY NOMI!

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[info]vurumai
2007-01-28 02:53 am UTC (link)
the jerry lewis thing cracked me up. then again, timing is timing

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-28 11:31 pm UTC (link)
Twin Peaks and Cop Rock were on one network in the same year? Why didn't the world explode?

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[info]noskilz
2007-01-29 05:25 am UTC (link)
Neat assortment.

There's quite a lot of nerdcore rap out there, and I'm a little surprised no one mentioned MC. Chris' Fett's Vette ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhnw1gFuDA ). It's hard to top Weird Al, though.

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[info]noskilz
2007-01-29 05:39 am UTC (link)
whoops - some of the languange toward the end might not be safe for a workplace enviroment. It's always best to throw in those qualifiers with a link - sorry about that.

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[info]jammybottoms
2007-01-29 05:36 am UTC (link)
What an eclectic group of clips, and all wonderful in their own right! I now know where I need to be on Friday nights...
Random tidbit here...yesterday my husband tells me when I got home from work that "That movie with the dirty girl and James Urbaniak was on Lifetime for women today. What was it called again?" I'm surprised they played Plain Dirty on Lifetime. I mean, it's actually a good movie. Not a Tori Spelling in sight.

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1990 Fall line-up
(Anonymous)
2007-01-29 04:43 pm UTC (link)
Do networks still do this kind of promotional sing-along, with the casts of all their shows? I don't recall seeing this kind of thing in several years. ABC was always the champ at this. Does anyone remember their "Still the One" campaign (1977)? Or how about NBC's "NB see us!" (1978)?

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[info]urbaniak
2007-01-29 07:44 pm UTC (link)
Fox News should definitely do one.

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Klaus..Klaus..Klaus
[info]artslaveangst
2007-01-30 07:34 pm UTC (link)
He's always fascinated me. He would pop up in strange places in the 70's.
http://artslaveangst.blogspot.com/2006/07/he-came-from-outerspace-to-save-human.html

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