Lame Claim to Fame

TinyNightmare · Post by **TinyNightmare** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:56 am

Yes! It is a reference to "Food" and yes each head of Al's was cut out by hand!
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Post by **QuantumError** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:05 am

Oh, sweet! Thanks for sharing that!

TinyNightmare · Post by **TinyNightmare** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:14 am

For sure!! He was my roommate at the time he started the video last year so I wanted to make sure some of the more personal stuff was included in the references and behind the scenes pictures too!

Post by **TMBJon** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:25 am

If you haven't seen MC Lars "This Gigantic Robot Kills", check out the video here. According to that behind the scenes website, Al was a fan of the video and asked MC Lars to connect him to the animator. Some of the scenes in Lame Claim To Fame are homages to shots in MC Lars's video.

Killingsworth · Post by **Killingsworth** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:27 am

This was the most well put together video of all the MF #8Days videos so far! I really loved the attention to detail in this one. It's definitely strong candidate for best animated Al music video (if not best Al video of all time)

Post by **TMBJon** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:41 am

This is definitely a lame claim to fame which even ties into the video:
Tonight I shared the same waiter as Tommy Wiseau at Canter's Deli in West Hollywood (which has a shoutout in the 1984 concert-only "Fairfax Avenue").

Way_Moby · Post by **Way_Moby** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:02 pm

Yeah, this ranks up there with "Jurassic Park" as one of the best animated Weird Al videos ever made!

MandatoryFun · Post by **MandatoryFun** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:41 pm

Man oh man! This had to be such a labor of love. I hope down the road he continues to make more stop-motion videos. LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT

Post by **Big Spoon** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:09 pm

TMBJon wrote:Tonight I shared the same waiter as Tommy Wiseau at Canter's Deli in West Hollywood (which has a shoutout in the 1984 concert-only "Fairfax Avenue").

Nice! Did you say an "oh hai" to Tommy?

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:41 pm

As a long-time fan of Al, I was blown away at this video. It was like a love letter to the fans, stuffed so full with little references that only die-hards would even understand, let alone notice. I especially love all the appearances of the band members. Steve Jay has always been a favorite of mine. No offense, Bermuda!

One thing I haven't seen referenced: At the very beginning of the video, is that not Pharrell's hat on the hat stand? It sure looks like it to me, and depending upon when this video was made/finished, could it have been a nod to "Tacky?"

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