- Elephant Parts
:"Elephant Parts was also the name of a British
adult humourcomic "."Elephant Parts" is a collection of Comical Videos/Music Videos made by
Michael Nesmith , former Monkee, in 1981. Nesmith produced the video with the money he inherited from his mother, the inventor ofLiquid Paper . "Elephant Parts" is one hour long and features five full length music videos including the popular songs "Rio" and "Cruisin'".In 1989,
WLUP Radio inChicago stated thatHulk Hogan was featured in the video "Cruisin'" ["Total Control: The Michael Nesmith Story", Flexquarters.com Publishing, 2005)] . However, toWLUP 's error, the video actually featured a wrestler named Steve Strong. "Crusin'" also featured a Monterey California based comic named 'Chicago' Steve Barkley.There are various comedy sketches in between, notably "Elvis Drugs", "Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority", "The Tragically Hip" (which was the inspiration for the name of the Canadian band), "Large Detroit Car Company", "Mariachi Translations", recurring comic blackouts that ended with the catchphrase "Just to prove a point!", and several series of bits with a lounge singer and a pirate, respectively, as well as a game show called "Name That Drug".
Throughout "Elephant Parts", Nesmith regularly pokes fun of himself. He mocks his song, "Joanne" through the song, "
Rodan ". He also pokes fun of his albums, "Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma " and "Live At The Palais "."Elephant Parts" holds the distinct honor of winning the first Grammy in the Music Video category.
DVD Release
When "Elephant Parts" was released on
DVD in 1998, Nesmith recorded an esoteric commentary track which did not describe the content of the video. However, Nesmith re-recorded a commentary track which does describe the content and released the second version in 2003.External links
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References
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