"Eat It," Version 2



In 1984, Weird Al Yankovic released "Eat It," a parody of Michael Jackson's mega-hit "Beat It." The official video for "Eat It" was a shot-for-shot remaking of Jackson's video, only funnier. But it wasn't the only version recorded. Recently, a friend of Yankovic's came across a "B-roll" as he was digitizing footage of the video shoot. From Yankovic's YouTube page:

Basically this is a take where the director just points the camera at the star of the video, who just does anything they feel like doing for the duration of the song.  It's insurance, in case for some reason the production runs out of time and doesn't get all the shots they were hoping to get. I'm pretty sure NOTHING from this take got used in the final video, but I still thought it was stupid/amusing enough to share.

Indeed it is. It's basically three minutes of Yankovic playing with food as he lip-syncs, just as you'd expect. -via Digg

 


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I've never understood why people want a tattoo in a language they don't understand... It seems to me like you'd want a deep connection with your tattoos, and for that to happen, you need to understand it.

I feel like this is what happens when something that should be profound is reduced to posturing... Not that tattoos HAVE TO be profound, but these errors really scream poseur.
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Who cares? These people don't. They were stupid enough to get a tattoo in a language they don't speak. I speak several languages, and I make grammatical errors in everyone! These people get to show their friends and sound smart as they translate the profound message.
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It is better to be hated for what I am than loved for what I am not? I think that's what he was going for.
That's a stupid phrase for a tattoo, anyways.

The whole idea of using Latin is because it sounds important and mystical to people.

That's why magicians used pretend Latin phrases, like "abra-cadabra" and "hocus-pocus". It was the awing effect of the fake Latin.

That's why you always see Latin in horror movies.
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