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Weird Al Premiere Cancelled Due to Net Leak
SilentChris writes "In what's probably a first, AOL cancelled the 'World Premiere' of Weird Al's newest video 'White and Nerdy' due to it being leaked on the internet. Al writes on his MySpace page: 'Apparently, the video has already leaked online, and AOL doesn't feel comfortable doing a World Premiere promotion for a video that a number of people have seen already ... Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.' As for the video? Arguably Al's best work (but I'm a little biased)."
You can at least download it on google video.
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There's a great Wikipedia article on the video containing some of the little things you may have missed.
"Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album"
I'm sure that getting Slashdotted will more than make up for it.
Sigs are for Terrorists.
If you download the Google videa file (*.gvi) and rename to an .avi, most players will play it.
that link is not only flash but to the wrong video. It is just the music with the penut butter and jelly banana dancing to it.
here is the correct link
Google video does let you download the video. You might be able to play one of the formats.
I already knew this. The premier was cancelled on the 18th. It's currently the 22nd. I knew about this days ago, as did many others.
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Did you read his blog?
I'm very sorry to say that the AOL "First View" Premiere of the "White & Nerdy" video has been cancelled.
Apparently, the video has already leaked online, and AOL doesn't feel comfortable doing a "World Premiere" promotion for a video that a number of people have seen already. (I can understand songs leaking, but a video? How'd THAT happen?)
Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.
So...
I'll be uploading the video to this page shortly. Tell your friends!
It was already 'out there', so he put it on myspace. Order of events.
1) Leaked
2) AOL Cancelled
3) Al put it on his site.
He might have put it on his site either way, but there is no contradiction between leak and wide availability.
Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds.There upon the rainbow is the answer to a neverending story
The original song Chamillionaire - Ridin' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR7-2MxNL7Y
White & Nerdy by Al Yankovic
They see me mowin'
My front lawn
I know they're all thinking I'm so white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Can't you see I'm white and nerdy?
Look at me, I'm white and nerdy
I wanna roll with
The gangstas
But so far they all think I'm too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy.
Really really white and nerdy.
First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I'm a champion at D&D
MC Escher - that's my favorite MC
Keep your 40, I'll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You'll find that they're quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Steven Hawking's in my library
My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
Got people beggin' for my top eight spaces
Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
I'm a whiz at Minesweeper - I could play for days
Once you see my sweet moves you're gonna stay amazed
My fingers' movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze
There's no killer app I haven't run
At Pascal, well I'm number one
Do vector calculus just for fun
I ain't got a gat but I got a soldering gun
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon
They see me roll on
My Segway
I know in my heart they think I'm white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Can't you see I'm white and nerdy
Look at me, I'm white and nerdy
I'd like to roll with
The gangstas
Although it's apparent I'm too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy
How'd I get so white and nerdy
I've been browsin', inspectin'
X-Men comics, you know I collect 'em
The pens in my pocket, I must protect 'em
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
Shopping online for deals on some writable media
I edit Wikipedia
I memorized Holy Grail really well
I can recite it right now and have y
Beware of the Leopard.
You can download on YouTube too, if you know how.
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No, that was My Bologna, unless he also did Another One Rides the Bus in one as well...
Get a User Agent changer for your browser, set it to something weird (that google won't recognize), and visit the Google Video page again. You'll notice that the download link now sends you an AVI instead.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that this could be the first ever music video that features the Schrodinger equation.
Weird Al has genuine class.
Nothing sucks like a Vax, nothing blows like a PowerMac G4
#1 All about the pentiums ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEi0eQB-NtY )
#2 Fat ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMvBH1edtU )
#3 Eat It ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUX1qwo02g )
#4 Amish Paradise ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY )
People say my sig is the best thing about me.
I heard from Weird Al that if you DO want to buy his music, you should do it from a real store with physical CDs rather then from an online digital licenser.
(This is not meant to invalidate your point!)
No, I think the original video is this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-894246225 6484380604&q=ridin%60dirty+%3A+chamillionaire&hl=e n