music video

John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren and Stimpy, has made a hilariously subversive video for Weird Al's song "Close But No Cigar." The song is what Weird Al would refer to as a "style parody," meaning it's not a parody of a specific song but it does pay homage to the music stylings of Cake. The characters and poses were designed by Kricfalusi and fellow animator Katie Rice. The actual animation was done in Flash by Copernicus Studios in Canada. I've kind of lost track of Weird Al over the years, but this is a very funny song, and the video fits it perfectly. Lots of hot cartoon chicks, plus a face gets eaten and a squirrel is disemboweled. I don't think I could ask for much more in a music video. I've placed it after the jump:

If you haven't seen the video for The New Pornographers' song "Use It," then you're probably in the majority. I'm not sure why bands even make videos anymore, since they're rarely seen by a mass audience, and those that do see them probably catch them at like 3 a.m. on MTV2. At any rate, I'm linking to the video because it features none other than Arrested Development's own David Cross, playing what appears to be a very pivotal role. Also featured in the video is some Candian guy I've never heard of named Nardwuar the Human Serviette. The album came out in August and I don't think the video is much newer than that, but I figure your chances of catching it on television are slim. That's why I'm here, to look out for you.