Cheryl JWeezer's new clip - all your fave internet stars together!
The latest music video offering by Weezer for their new song Pork and Beans has received almost 2 million views within the first 24 hours of being uploaded. It has since received almost 4 million hits. If you watch the clip you will see why. It has to be one of the cleverest clips I’ve ever seen.
Directed by Matt Cullen of production company Motion Theory who came up with the idea only a few weeks ago and shot it in early May. "For people who aren't on the internet, this is like a web CliffsNotes to getting into internet culture," he told technology website Wired.
Although you will probably remember people more for their clips than their names, the video includes Tay Zonday (Chocolate Rain), Chris Crocker (Leave Britney Alone!), Lauren Caitlin Upton (Miss Teen USA), Lauren Caitlin Upton, Ghyslain Raza (The Star Wars Kid) and Judson Laipply (Evolution of Dance) just to name a few.
In the clip lasting a little over three minutes, Weezer crams in references to almost 30 memes, with original performances by the internet celebrities.
Here is a list of memes and web celebrities referenced in the Pork and Beans music video. There may be more but these are the ones documented thanks to the guys at news.com.au.
Listed in order of appearance:
One Man Band
Connor Berge uses a split-screen to perform four parts of a song.
Numa Numa Guy
Gary Brolsma's infamous webcam video of his enthusiastic lip-syncing to Moldavian pop song Dragostea din tei. He is lip-syncing to Weezer's lyrics.
Dramatic Chipmunk
Original Chipmunk
The "Dramatic Chipmunk" originated from an episode of the Japanese education show Mini Moni Chiccha, also recreated in Weezer's video.
Afro Ninja
Hollywood stuntman Mark Allen Hicks was apparently suffering from jetlag when he performed a dizzy backflip and stumbled off-screen in a terrible audition tape. Although the clip was hugely embarassing, Hicks agreed to re-enact the clip for Weezer.
Diet Coke and Mentos
Scientific duo Eepybird produced a simple chemical reaction by combining Diet Coke and mint-flavoured Mentos. In the clip they perform choreographed fountains.
GI Joe Public Service Announcement
Public service announcements from the 1980s animated series GI Joe were uploaded to YouTube with comedy voiceovers.
T-Shirt World Record
Matt McAllister put on 155 t-shirts to break the Guinness World Record for the most t-shirts worn at one time in 1996. Each T-shirt in the clip refers to a meme.
Leave Britney Alone
Video blogger Chris Crocker made a somewhat passionate plea to leave the Britney Spears alone after her poor performance at the MTV Awards. He appears in the Weezer video exactly like his own video with streaming mascara and eventually gets a hug from singer Rivers Cuomo.
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
A remix video inspired by a poorly-translated cutscene in the Sega Megadrive game Zero Wing. Weezer have borrowed a frame and changed the text to "Crocker: All your pork and beans are belong to us".
Miss Teen USA
Millions of people have watched Lauren Caitlin Upton, a contestant for Miss Teen USA 2007 making a rambling speech. She is lip-synching in the video whilst wielding a lightsabre.
Ryan vs. Dorkman
Lightsabres keep popping up throughout the video which is a reference to two viral videos. Ryan vs. Dorkman is a popular Star Wars fan-film by Ryan Wieber and Michael Scott. And then of course there is the ever popular…
Star Wars Kid
Ghyslain Raza videoed himself playing with a pole pretending it was a lightsabre. Some classmates found, and uploaded it, to the internet. Star Wars Kid has been imitated in TV shows, videogames, and now in this music video. Not bad for the geeky kid whose classmates were making fun of.
Crank That Soulja Boy
Rap artist Soulja Boy Tellem started the dance craze with the music video for his song "Crank That". Jordan Ross and two of his friends uploaded their own amateur attempt which has since received almost 10 million views.
Evolution of Dance
The "Evolution of Dance" clip is the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube. Judson Laipply, the star of the clip, re-enacts his routine.
Chocolate Rain
In 2007, 25 year old Tay Zonday released his original song Chocolate Rain on the internet. He is singing Pork and Beans with Weezer.
K-Fed
In 2005, Kevin Federline, also known as K-Fed, invited a film crew into the studio to record him rocking out to his song PopoZao.
Daft Hands
This extremely clever and very well done short film by Fr.Eckle Studios is set to the music of Daft Punk's song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. With nothing more than hands with words written on each finger, they re-enact the lyrics. This is a must see.
Daft Bodies
Following on from Daft Hands, these two girls covered their heads and use their whole bodies to perform the same song.
Kicesie's Sex Ed
YouTube video blogger Kicesie offers frank sex advice in her online series, Kicesie's Sex Ed. The Weezer video reference is very short, but you can see a girl wearing rainbow socks on a couch for a few seconds. This refers to one of Kicesie's most popular posts, which has received over 10 million views.
Kelly Likes Shoes
Kelly is the cross-dressing alter ego of comedian Liam Kyle Sullivan with her song Kelly Likes Shoes viewed more than 16 million times.
Sneezing Panda
At 2:37 into the clip there is a Panda in the background that sneezing.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
An animated GIF of a dancing banana was a viral animation that spread across the internet around 2001
One-handed Rubik's Cube
Dan Dzoan broke the world record for the fastest solution to a Rubik's Cube puzzle using one hand at the International Rubik's Cube Convention in 2007. Dzoan doesn't appear in the video, but there is a group of Rubik's cubes at 2:50 which would seem to pay homage to this feat.
Will It Blend?
A viral series of advertisements for Blendtec blenders, where the company's founder Tom Dickson puts a series of objects such as an iPhone, a golf club, or a videogame disc into an industrial-strength blender. The blender appears at the end of Weezer's video and in a separate clip Dickson blends the band's album with a can of pork and beans.
Charlie The Unicorn
A comedy video made by FilmCow productions. An hilarious story of Charlie the unicorn.
If you haven't already seen the original clips these are based on then head on over to CLICK HERE FOR NEWS.COM.AU and watch the videos they have so painstakingly put together.
I hope you enjoy!
Reference news.com.au and YouTube
Directed by Matt Cullen of production company Motion Theory who came up with the idea only a few weeks ago and shot it in early May. "For people who aren't on the internet, this is like a web CliffsNotes to getting into internet culture," he told technology website Wired.
Although you will probably remember people more for their clips than their names, the video includes Tay Zonday (Chocolate Rain), Chris Crocker (Leave Britney Alone!), Lauren Caitlin Upton (Miss Teen USA), Lauren Caitlin Upton, Ghyslain Raza (The Star Wars Kid) and Judson Laipply (Evolution of Dance) just to name a few.
In the clip lasting a little over three minutes, Weezer crams in references to almost 30 memes, with original performances by the internet celebrities.
Here is a list of memes and web celebrities referenced in the Pork and Beans music video. There may be more but these are the ones documented thanks to the guys at news.com.au.
Listed in order of appearance:
One Man Band
Connor Berge uses a split-screen to perform four parts of a song.
Numa Numa Guy
Gary Brolsma's infamous webcam video of his enthusiastic lip-syncing to Moldavian pop song Dragostea din tei. He is lip-syncing to Weezer's lyrics.
Dramatic Chipmunk
Original Chipmunk
The "Dramatic Chipmunk" originated from an episode of the Japanese education show Mini Moni Chiccha, also recreated in Weezer's video.
Afro Ninja
Hollywood stuntman Mark Allen Hicks was apparently suffering from jetlag when he performed a dizzy backflip and stumbled off-screen in a terrible audition tape. Although the clip was hugely embarassing, Hicks agreed to re-enact the clip for Weezer.
Diet Coke and Mentos
Scientific duo Eepybird produced a simple chemical reaction by combining Diet Coke and mint-flavoured Mentos. In the clip they perform choreographed fountains.
GI Joe Public Service Announcement
Public service announcements from the 1980s animated series GI Joe were uploaded to YouTube with comedy voiceovers.
T-Shirt World Record
Matt McAllister put on 155 t-shirts to break the Guinness World Record for the most t-shirts worn at one time in 1996. Each T-shirt in the clip refers to a meme.
Leave Britney Alone
Video blogger Chris Crocker made a somewhat passionate plea to leave the Britney Spears alone after her poor performance at the MTV Awards. He appears in the Weezer video exactly like his own video with streaming mascara and eventually gets a hug from singer Rivers Cuomo.
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
A remix video inspired by a poorly-translated cutscene in the Sega Megadrive game Zero Wing. Weezer have borrowed a frame and changed the text to "Crocker: All your pork and beans are belong to us".
Miss Teen USA
Millions of people have watched Lauren Caitlin Upton, a contestant for Miss Teen USA 2007 making a rambling speech. She is lip-synching in the video whilst wielding a lightsabre.
Ryan vs. Dorkman
Lightsabres keep popping up throughout the video which is a reference to two viral videos. Ryan vs. Dorkman is a popular Star Wars fan-film by Ryan Wieber and Michael Scott. And then of course there is the ever popular…
Star Wars Kid
Ghyslain Raza videoed himself playing with a pole pretending it was a lightsabre. Some classmates found, and uploaded it, to the internet. Star Wars Kid has been imitated in TV shows, videogames, and now in this music video. Not bad for the geeky kid whose classmates were making fun of.
Crank That Soulja Boy
Rap artist Soulja Boy Tellem started the dance craze with the music video for his song "Crank That". Jordan Ross and two of his friends uploaded their own amateur attempt which has since received almost 10 million views.
Evolution of Dance
The "Evolution of Dance" clip is the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube. Judson Laipply, the star of the clip, re-enacts his routine.
Chocolate Rain
In 2007, 25 year old Tay Zonday released his original song Chocolate Rain on the internet. He is singing Pork and Beans with Weezer.
K-Fed
In 2005, Kevin Federline, also known as K-Fed, invited a film crew into the studio to record him rocking out to his song PopoZao.
Daft Hands
This extremely clever and very well done short film by Fr.Eckle Studios is set to the music of Daft Punk's song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. With nothing more than hands with words written on each finger, they re-enact the lyrics. This is a must see.
Daft Bodies
Following on from Daft Hands, these two girls covered their heads and use their whole bodies to perform the same song.
Kicesie's Sex Ed
YouTube video blogger Kicesie offers frank sex advice in her online series, Kicesie's Sex Ed. The Weezer video reference is very short, but you can see a girl wearing rainbow socks on a couch for a few seconds. This refers to one of Kicesie's most popular posts, which has received over 10 million views.
Kelly Likes Shoes
Kelly is the cross-dressing alter ego of comedian Liam Kyle Sullivan with her song Kelly Likes Shoes viewed more than 16 million times.
Sneezing Panda
At 2:37 into the clip there is a Panda in the background that sneezing.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
An animated GIF of a dancing banana was a viral animation that spread across the internet around 2001
One-handed Rubik's Cube
Dan Dzoan broke the world record for the fastest solution to a Rubik's Cube puzzle using one hand at the International Rubik's Cube Convention in 2007. Dzoan doesn't appear in the video, but there is a group of Rubik's cubes at 2:50 which would seem to pay homage to this feat.
Will It Blend?
A viral series of advertisements for Blendtec blenders, where the company's founder Tom Dickson puts a series of objects such as an iPhone, a golf club, or a videogame disc into an industrial-strength blender. The blender appears at the end of Weezer's video and in a separate clip Dickson blends the band's album with a can of pork and beans.
Charlie The Unicorn
A comedy video made by FilmCow productions. An hilarious story of Charlie the unicorn.
If you haven't already seen the original clips these are based on then head on over to CLICK HERE FOR NEWS.COM.AU and watch the videos they have so painstakingly put together.
I hope you enjoy!
Reference news.com.au and YouTube
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that clip was cool too
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That director will get a feature film out of this.
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Cheers and thanks for bringing to my attention - love it.
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Hi Nomad, yeah apart from the kick-arse video, their music is awesomely awesome.
Hi Ruby, I hope so. That would be the real paydirt for this one although with so many hits in such a short space of time I think this is going to end up being one of the most viewed on YouTube ever. I'd love to see what he's come up with for a feature.
Thanks MNG, Weezer airplay is always good. Pity radio doesn't have visuals, maybe you could plug the clip
Hi Johnny, glad you'll pass it along, it was brought to my attention by Dave (AKA Hatchy).
PS. Thanks Dave!