Gnarls Barkley’s New Video Also Has Too Much Wow For TV

Last week, Jess pointed out that the new video by Gnarls Barkley–a tribute to TV dance parties of the past that features Justin Timberlake sporting white leather–”should probably come with a seizure warning” thanks to a blitz of black-and-white effects in the clip’s closing minutes. Well, the powers that be at MTV seemingly agree with my colleague’s assessment: the channel isn’t adding the video to its teeny 3 a.m. video playlist because it failed the Harding Test, which are guidelines for televised light displays so said displays don’t trigger seizures in eplieptic viewers at home. (That same test also forced last-minute recuts of Kylie Minogue’s “Wow” video last month in the UK.) No word on when a new cut of “Run” will land on MTV programmers’ desks (it’s still streaming at the channel’s Web site), but given that Gnarls member Danger Mouse told Reuters that he’s “not neccessarily that easily seasick,” perhaps someone might want to go over the video’s exact problems with him in writing, and not over a tin-can-and-string phone connection. [Reuters / Earlier]