{"id":855,"date":"2007-04-27T15:24:45","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T20:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/04\/27\/friday-night-videos-i-used-to-have-adult-fans\/"},"modified":"2007-04-27T18:12:48","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T23:12:48","slug":"friday-night-videos-i-used-to-have-adult-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Videos: I Used to Have Adult Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Zanes and Friends: Jump Up (2007)<\/b>
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Hey, remember The Del Fuegos? “Don’t Run Wild”? “I Still Want You?” Yeah, them. Their frontman, Dan Zanes, does kids’ music now, and it’s on heavy rotation on the Disney Channel. Anyway, this video is fun and all, but it’s more fun to invent a story to go with it. “Hey, I was just out walking my upright bass and heard you guys playing. He loves to join in impromptu street performances!”<\/p>\n

They Might Be Giants: Flying V (2005)<\/b>
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Goodness knows They Might Be Giants’ songs, with their loopy wordplay and odd instrumentation, work well for kids. Eli’s a big fan of “Particle Man,” for instance. But their songs aimed at kids are even better, as this example from their alphabet-propaganda album “Here Come the ABCs” shows.<\/p>\n

Hey, let’s have some bonus videos!<\/p>\n

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Zelda Zii, a live-action recreation of Nintendo’s venerable videogame series. Sadly they countersink a number of the jokes, but the fight scenes are fun. And time on YouTube has made me appreciate people who edit their short films intelligently.<\/p>\n

Since I didn’t do a bonus video last week, let me make up for it this week by giving you all three Die Hard movies (plus the upcoming one!) turned into a rock song by Guyz Nite. In the future, instead of watching the actual movies, people will just watch this video. Be warned: cursing, gunplay, and totally awesome explosions abound.<\/p>\n

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This reminds me that I have yet to explain why the original Die Hard<\/i> is such a well-constructed action movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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