robo_rob on 09/22/2009 9:03 pm

I'll never get enough of that video.

ActionPlatypus (Guest) on 09/22/2009 10:29 pm

Mad props to Freddy for being able to keep pace with such esteemed rap stars as "The Fat Boys". Man, I miss rappers like that too... the ones we have now-adays would never do anything this cool.

Now, on an unrelated note, I was recently browsing the Halloween section, since it 'tis the season, and found myself reading the feature on the classic film 'Night of the Creeps', and remember that it not known at the time whether or not it had gotten a DVD release. Well, it turns out, there is one now, and in honor of the season AND the upcoming release of Zombieland, it's going to be put out on DVD as part of the "Horror Unleashed" collection!

Delirium on 09/23/2009 10:51 am

You know, not all rap of today is completely crap..
To quote the CunningLynguists, Rap isn't dead, it just went underground. There's not really any good mainstream rap anymore, and it kind of sucks that people just hear the bullshit on MTV and then conclude that its all like that, but there's still a lot of great rappers left.

DougClayton4231 on 09/23/2009 1:49 pm

Amazing video! I haven't seen it in years!

DougClayton4231 on 09/23/2009 1:50 pm

@Delirium, completely correct. The majority of decent music in general as of late has seemingly gone undetected. Sorry for the double post!

Bosque_Smash on 09/23/2009 2:01 pm

Oh man, I loved the Fat Boys so long ago. I remember seeing their only movie Disorderlies and loving it so much. Thanks RoG, I'm having a nostalgia fit.

A Bad Enough Dude on 09/23/2009 4:48 pm

As if fat people weren't already scary enough...

palsy blue stupid on 09/23/2009 5:39 pm

The fattest boy of the fat boys is my favorite.

Bucket (Guest) on 09/23/2009 7:49 pm

I remember the days when the Fat Boys performed on Square One TV. One of their songs involved them trying to eat a million burgers.

Lady Jane (Guest) on 09/23/2009 8:58 pm

The DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince video was on MTV more than a few times back in the day. My sister and I were just talking about this and we remember vivdly it played quite a bit. As we recall it was great. It's a shame that the corporate scum at New Line Cinema had to be ridiculous about it rather than come to some kind of agreement so that the video could still air, not that MTV is actually MTV anymore.

All Hail Duke on 09/23/2009 11:26 pm

first time i've seen this, although i've heard the tune before

and it was awesome

-RoG- on 09/23/2009 11:26 pm

Lady Jane, do you remember any particulars about the video? How it looked, what happened in it, etc. Was it pretty much a reenactment of all the lyrics in the song or were they doing something else? I've read that the video wasn't like their other videos with the white backdrop covered in colorful graffiti.

And yeah, I really hope somebody discovers a copy of it someday on an old home VHS tape or something so they can put it up on Youtube.

Kissarmy4life on 09/24/2009 1:29 am

best. video. evar!

Ico on 09/24/2009 10:46 am

I just love the ending, where The Human Beat Box (R.I.P.), eats the Doughnut and smiles so happily. Best music video scene ever.
But my favorite song by Fat Boys is All You Can Eat :)

Lady Jane (Guest) on 09/25/2009 10:23 pm

Well, my sister and I were trying to remember and I can tell you that there is no white backdrop, and that the video was, as you said, a reinactment of the lyrics from what we remember. Both of us swear we remember seeing Freddy in it, even tho it's not Freddy's voice you hear in the song. And we both recall him chasing Will down a street, that must have been a really funny part because it really stuck with us. Also at the end when Will calls Jeff, I remembered Jeff picking up the phone and he was wearing one of those funny sleeping caps (like the ones that look like a Santa Claus cap). I'm sorry neither of us is really that much help, if I think of any more specifics, which I'm sure will come to me months from now, I'll let you know.

In the mean time, perhaps gathering up your fans and having them write or call the dirtbags at New Line Cinemas and complain about what pretentious assholes they are for sueing to take one of the best videos EVER off the air. If those fucktards get enough letters, like flooding their emails and whatnot, maybe just to shut everyone up they'll just comply with the people! It's every persons right to see this video dammit!

sjmck on 09/26/2009 8:33 pm

Interesting. They didn't seem as fat as I remember.