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"White & Nerdy" is the next single from "Weird Al" Yankovic's new album Straight Outta Lynwood, which will be released on September 26, 2006. It is a parody of the song "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone. The song is a lamentation by the subject over his inability to "roll with the gangsters" because he is "just too white and nerdy", and includes references to concepts normally associated with nerds, such as Klingons, Misplaced Pages, internet slang and Stephen Hawking.
The single was leaked onto the Internet on August 27, 2006, almost one month before the record's release date. It is currently streaming on Chamillionaire's MySpace page as well as "Weird Al"s own MySpace page .
Video
The single has an accompanying video, which has been shot in HD. The video was unique in that Yankovic personally recruited extras to participate in its filming. By sending out a request via the blog on his MySpace page, he received a number of extras who were enthusiastic, and willing to work for free.
The video was leaked onto YouTube on September 17, 2006 just one day before the video was planned to be officially released at 9PM Pacific time the next day at AOL.com. Due to the leak, the premiere was cancelled, and AOL silently slipped the video onto their website hours before the premiere was set to take place. VH1 will then be airing the video in "large rotation" starting September 20.
Allusions
In the video, Weird Al's top 8 Myspace friends include Bill Gates, Napoleon Dynamite, Mr. Peabody, Albert Einstein, Screech, Frodo, Pee Wee Herman and Tom
The White and Nerdy MySpace page reads: " About me: 4.0 GPA, Perfect Attendance Record, Mathlete State Finalist, Best Penmanship Award Who I'd like to meet: Sir Isaac Newton, Jenna Jameson, "Weird Al" Yankovic "
The MySpace page also has 27 friends including: 2 Bill Gates, 2 Napoleon Dynamite, 2 Pee-Wee Herman, Hal Sparks, The Presidents of the United States of America, Ben Folds, Liam Lynch, The Barenaked Ladies, Jeffrey Ross, They Might Be Giants, as well as Weird Al's band members.
Seth Green and Donny Osmond both make cameos in the video. Seth Green's scene with action figures is a reference to his own show, Robot Chicken.
The questions on the Trivial Pursuit Card in the video are as follows:
- In what city is the largest ball of twine built by one man? (also referenced in Al's song "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota")
- What's the deal with Lindsay Lohan? I mean, seriously?
- F.D.R. -- Was he faking it?
- On what page does Harry Potter die in the next book?
- What is the melting point of a gorilla's head? (This question was supposed to be changed to a gerbil's head)
- How many Wicket men are there on a 43-Man Squamish team?
Also in the video, the Misplaced Pages article Weird Al edits--by typing "YOU SUCK!" in big letters--is about Atlantic Records: a joke referring to the fact that he didn't receive permission from the company to include a parody of James Blunt's song You're Beautiful on his new album. Incidentally, the article was semi-protected as of September 18, 2006.
Weird Al also parodies the Star Wars Kid and is seen purchasing the Star Wars Holiday Special.
While walking through a comic book store, Al is wearing a shirt with Carl Sagan on it.
The X-Men comics that Weird Al are holding are Uncanny X-Men #s 201, 210, 221 and 268.
In the background where Weird Al is rapping on the street with the candles, the candles are in the shape of Pac-Man, parodying shots of the original video featuring Chamillionaire rapping in front of a group of candles forming the Chamillionaire logo..
The Javascript logo is borrowed from the O'Reilly Media book, "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide", including the rhino on the cover.
The equation in the background of the chorus is Schrödinger's wave equation.
It was discovered that Al actually created computer pages for the filming. See below ("External Links").
Notes
- http://www.myspace.com/chamillionaire
- http://www.myspace.com/weirdal
- September 5, 2006 blog post
- August 16, 2006 blog post
- http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=90827837&blogID=169566305&MyToken=2b410865-0d03-4a95-8632-9d83ae99e56c
- http://www.weirdal.com/home.htm
See also
External links
- Weird Al's home page
- Weird Al's MySpace page
- Chamillionaire's MySpace page, on which "White & Nerdy" is currently streaming
- Video for White & Nerdy on AOL.com
- Video for White & Nerdy on Google Video
- Video for White & Nerdy on YouTube
- Weird Al's "Home page for his dog" that was used in the video
- The MySpace that Al actually points to in the video
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