This is Anson Williams, who played Potsie on Happy Days, one of the best friends of the main character Richie. The first version Rivers recorded is way sludgier than the finished article. Originally the chorus was ' Oo-ee-oo, you look just like Ginger Rogers / Oh oh, I move just like Fred Astaire'. It went through a few iterations in the writing process. Producer Ric Ocasek (of Cars fame) had to persuade him to put it on there, even resorting to leaving little notes around the studio. Rivers Cuomo wasn’t sure about the song for a long time, and didn’t think it should be on the album. The song only actually begins after 36 seconds of farting about, possibly due to the track itself’s brief run-time of just 2:36. I think the thing that makes it really come off is the fact that Al is in it also.” When they filmed us they processed it and made it look a little grainy so it matched the quality of the old footage of Happy Days. We bought some film footage of Happy Days and put it all together. Drummer Pat Wilson told Rational Alternative Digital (no, us neither) in 1995: “We rebuilt the inside of Arnold's, and we dressed up and we would film a scene. You see what’s going on, though, right? Old footage from the show and new footage of the band seamlessly edited together. Half of this audience are probably dead now. Weezer are not really from Kenosha, Wisconsin. After Happy Days, Al turned down a lot of potentially lucrative movie work as he didn’t want to appear in films that had swearing in. Don’t worry, we aren't going to do this with every clip.Ī magnificent cameo from Al Molinaro, reprising his Happy Days role as diner owner Al Delvecchio. This clip comes from episode 43 of Happy Days, Fearless Fonzarelli, in which Fonzie (of which more later) jumps over 14 garbage cans on his motorcycle. You Wanted To See It is a fictionalised version of the real show You Asked For It, featuring the real show’s host Smilin’ Jack Smith. He directed Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Where The Wild Things Are and Her, writing the latter two and getting an Oscar for Her. He made skate videos and co-created and occasionally appeared in Jackass, he’s made documentaries, he’s acted in films like Wolf Of Wall Street and Moneyball, and he’s a really successful filmmaker. This remains one of his best-known music videos, along with the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage, Bjork’s It’s Oh So Quiet and Fatboy Slim’s Praise You, but he’s done so much more. Spike Jonze was still a relatively new director when he made this, so it was probably a bit of a power move putting his name in the video itself. Creator Garry Marshall also created Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy (both of which spun off from Happy Days), and directed Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Happy Days ran from 1974 to 1984 and was a massive success, starting out as a wistfully nostalgic look at the more innocent days of the 1950s and changing over the years into a more broad comedy. Like a great deal of footage in this video, they come from the sitcom Happy Days. The ' wa-ooh's you can hear are not part of the song.
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