Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions

"Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" is a song performed by Andy Samberg, Will Ferrell, and J. J. Abrams at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. It is a soft rock song dedicated to a popular film cliche in which characters are depicted leaving the scene of an explosion unfazed by the destruction behind them.^[1]

Music video

Andy Samberg (of The Lonely Island) appears as a Bruce Springsteen-like character and is in a warehouse, dressed in a vaguely Rambo-esque outfit. Film clips of numerous "slow walks" from explosions play as he performs. Then, Will Ferrell as Neil Diamond, appearing to be drunk, is introduced to the viewers by Samberg. They then sing about various other clips, including Mark Wahlberg wearing a hat in the film Shooter. Then Samberg yells, "Keyboard Solo, J.J. Abrams!" as the camera turns toward J. J. Abrams (director of Star Trek and creator of ABC's Lost) playing the keyboard with one hand. They continue to sing as more film clips are displayed. At the end, it shows Samberg and Ferrell walking away from a building that bursts into flames in a large explosion. However, unlike in most films, they cower at the sight of the explosion instead of calmly walking away.

Films Shown

• Gone in 60 Seconds
• Desperado
• The Contractor
• Hell Ride
• The Rundown
• Lucky Number Slevin
• Iron Man
• From Dusk till Dawn
• No Country for Old Men
• Man on Fire
• Hancock
• Shooter
• Syriana
• RoboCop
• The Dark Knight
• Con Air
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Lethal Weapon 3 (final explosion that Samberg and Ferrell cover from)

References

1. ^ [1] Official YouTube video

External links

• Tumblr blog based on the idea