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Article: Weezer's tribute to 'Happy Days"
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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WEEZER HAS PRODUCED two iconic, innovative videos. When Spike
Jonze directed the video for "Buddy Holly," he put the band in
Arnold's Drive-In from "Happy Days." With clever editing and special
effects, the band interacts with the cast of the TV show. Fonzie
even does a dance. Footage of most of the cast is used, and Al
Molinaro re-recorded some new dialogue. At first, Anson Williams,
who played Potsie, didn't want footage of him used, but David Geffen
convinced him.
THE OTHER ICONIC Weezer video is for "Pork and Beans," directed
by Mathew Cullen. It debuted on YouTube, which is appropriate, since
the video was filled with "YouTube celebrities" who became famous
when the clips were passed ...