White & Nerdy

[mollyringle]

Trying out this embedded YouTube thing...

Watch on YouTube

And I suppose the fact that I chose this video, and that I find Weird Al a brilliant lyricist, means I, too, am white and nerdy.

Remark on the song: the Gap is nerdy? I suppose it is, compared to where gangstas shop, but I bet Target, Wal-Mart, and Big K have outfitted a lot more nerds than the Gap has.

And, dude, was that Seth Green in the action figure shot?

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[ekatarina.livejournal.com]

Yes. Seth Green is almost an action figure himself.

Have you seen the "Take one" with just Al and Donnie in front of the green screen? Worth a boo.


Ekatarina

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hee--I just saw it thanks to someone else's link. Too funny.

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

Weird Al *is* brilliant. It's a fact, not opinion. :-)

Wikipedia claims that you did indeed catch Seth Green (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Green) in the video.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I love Seth just the teeniest bit more now.

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

Sure, but what happens when you want to have a romantic evening out looking at a lunar eclipse? ;-)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Apparently he can control that now--just saw an episode claiming so, anyway... :)

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's right. I had forgotten that he had gone traveling and found a way to control the transformations.

Surely a sign that I need to re-watch the series!

[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was totally Seth in the action figure shot - and the brilliant Donny Osmond dancing behind Al later on.

There's a vid of Donny Osmond dancing to the entire song on youtube as well - I embedded it in my journal a while ago. I have such a crush on DO after seeing what a good sport he is (and quite a hot dancer for a white nerd!) Here's the link - if you haven't seen it and are interested:

http://gillianinoz.livejournal.com/93111.html

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Quite funny and, you're right, rather adorable. Making fun of himself is a useful trait--look where it got Shatner!

[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

And The Hoff!

[mildred.livejournal.com]

I *love* Weird Al :D Especially that song, heh heh.

Cultural Counterfeit for Fun....

[thomas-a-kempis.livejournal.com]

So, I must see this um, Gentleman when he is in town next time around as Kalquessa and Mathphilebill (as well as people in their millions) appreciate his humor; I see why. I couldn't quite catch the field theory equation Al had in some of the back drops, but he seems to do detail level design well.

Re: Cultural Counterfeit for Fun....

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

He's quite funny, and has been at it for at least 20 years since I can remember enjoying his parody songs when I was about 10 years old.

As for the equation, Wikipedia claims: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_&_Nerdy)

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The equation in the background of the chorus is Schrödinger's wave equation for the hydrogen atom; however, there is an error in that Planck's constant (denoted h) is displayed in place of Dirac's constant.

Re: Cultural Counterfeit for Fun....

[thomas-a-kempis.livejournal.com]

Thought so.

My compliments to your Father, and to you, a learned Daughter.

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Re: Cultural Counterfeit for Fun....

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Well, I wouldn't have known the equation without the internet's help, but I did memorize pi to 20 or 30 digits in high school for no particular reason... :)

Re: Cultural Counterfeit for Fun....

[thomas-a-kempis.livejournal.com]

Lemondrop is one lucky boy. (Of course, I encourage everyone to memeorize Pi to fifty places, which is useful in certain situations, most of them having to do with trivia contests with Mathmatics majors....)


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