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Weezer debuted its video for the slightly catchy, too-long-by-halfish “Troublemaker” last night, and like the YouTube-happy clip for “Pork & Beans,” it too has a gimmick: It’s tried to cram as many attempts to break Guinness-sponsored world records into its three minutes and change. (Well, at least they’re going for a kind of recognition that’s a little less ephemeral.) Some of the “records” broken were sort of cheesy–like the literally dairy-enhanced The Biggest Weezer Logo Made of Nachos–while others were a bit dubious (World’s Smallest Drum Kit Played In A Video, a futile attempt that must have given Pat Wilson some crazy neckache). The full list of certified records after the jump.
• Largest Air Guitar Ensemble: 233 people.
• Largest Game of Dodgeball: 100 people. Wait, really? Only 100 people? Come on, you guys, we can beat this no sweat. Surely that Williamsburg league already has, too.
• Longest Guitar Hero: World Tour Marathon: 10:12:54. To be broken in some kid’s basement on Oct. 27, 2008, 10 hours and 13 minutes after he gets home from Best Buy, the box of the brand-new game dampening under his sweaty hands.
• Most People in a Custard Pie Fight: 120. But how did the custard taste?
• Most People Riding on a Skateboard: 22. A cute idea, but I’m sad they didn’t do the YouTube callback by inviting Tillman The Skateboarding Bulldog along.
• Most Egregious Product-Placement Shot Of That New Nokia Phone That’s In Every Single Video These Days: And it doesn’t even have Comes WIth Music capabilities!
Also, I know that this has nothing to do with any sort of stout-sponsored lists of people making fools of themselves, but since when was Rivers Cuomo rocking the “middle-aged frontman of a Blink 182 band” look?
Troublemaker [Yahoo! Music]
that shot at blink makes me…. feel so mad, feel so angry…
regis and kelly were on the guinness thing like three weeks ago. i’m so bored!
Please tell me that neck tattoo isn’t real. Please.
When he started touring with Angels and Airwaves, perhaps?
I have to wonder how much is Nokia spending for all of this music video stuff.
@crippledmark: Too much.
At first I thought the singer was Jamie Kennedy in a spirit gum moustache.
There is no Weezer. The band broke up after releasing Pinkerton. Don’t try to contradict me. Please, just let me live in my world. It’s all I have.
Hate to break it to you, but they were pretty crummy in the '90s too.