It’s the first ad that Richie, known for hits such as ‘Hello’ and ‘Dancing On The Ceiling,’ has appeared in for 30 years.
He explained why he decided to agree to the project. “Once I found out that it came with enough laughs to make your sides split, then I said, ‘I’m in.’ Because it’s got to be humorous.”
Whats next, you’re once, twice, three times as crunchy…
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I don’t date guys from marching band
Or Trek Conventions
But you showed me your “vulcan hand”
Made an impression
Jocks are what I’m used to
Just want your big neurons
One interface with you
Caused my defection
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
The taste of his acne-chapped lips
I kissed a nerd, can’t describe it
I told my boyfriend to hike it
Taped-glasses on
Plaid pants so tight
I think I’m in love tonight
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
I liked it
No, I don’t know all of the names
For antimatter
For you I’ll do roleplaying games
And learn to factor
It’s not what cool girls do
I’ll be your Leia slave
Leet skillz make me want to
Ride your sine wave
I kissed a nerd and I liked him
The face of a mathlete mavrick
I kissed a nerd, just for science
Now my boyfriend is a Tri-Lam
Starcraft archons
And Counterstrike
We’ll be doing it all night
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
I liked it
I thought nerds were detestable
Chess-playing, pale, bespectacled
Hard to believe they’re sexual
Now I can’t deny it
Ain’t no way we’ll be abstinent
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
The taste of his enormous beep beep
I kissed a nerd, you should try it
Can’t dance but he can grind it
It was so long
It felt so right
He’ll access my hub tonight
I kissed a nerd and I liked it
I liked it
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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On a recent Monday night at a Los Angeles karaoke bar, a meek-looking woman in a business suit and glasses was coaxed on stage by her co-workers.
While the boozy crowd readied itself for four minutes of awkward singing, the woman – “Karen” – suddenly belted out exquisite, pitch-perfect renditions of the Jewel songs Who Will Save Your Soul and Foolish Games.
Astonished crowd members picked their jaws off the floor and cheered wildly. One person was heard comparing Karen to “an American Susan Boyle”.
Unbeknownst to them, they had been victims of “undercover karaoke”.
Karen really was Jewel, and the proceedings had been filmed by FunnyOrDie.com, the comedy video website co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The video was posted Tuesday and was rapidly circulating online.
“I was a bit nervous to do this skit at first because I feared it would amount to little more than showing off some vocals, dressed as someone else,” Jewel said in an email.
“I was worried it wouldn’t be self-effacing enough.”
For the video, created by Funny or Die writer-director Eric Appel, Jewel was given a prosthetic nose, wig and glasses, and butt padding. Only after performing as Karen did Jewel return to the stage of the karaoke joint, the Gas Lite, as herself.
Before the reveal, one audience member says to the camera: “They tell me she only sings at Christmas parties.”
Though Jewel is principally a singer-songwriter, she has acted before, most notably in the 1999 Ang Lee film Ride with the Devil.
This performance was quite a bit quicker – Funny or Die contacted her just a few days before taping on June 28 – and more comical.
“This did not require much, as the costume did most of the work for me,” said Jewel, whose full name is Jewel Kilcher.
“I love improv and this was a small chance to do that, luckily as someone else. I would love to do more of it in the future. A dream gig would be a show like Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Jewel also shot another video for Funny or Die that she says involves former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. A spokeswoman for the site said it will be released next week.
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