The Greatest Music Video Ever Made: Weezer "Keep Fishin'"

There's trouble in Weezerland. Pat, the drummer, is missing and the band is scheduled to play The Muppet Show any minute now. So, what does the ever fearless Kermit the Frog do? He panics, naturally. Not to worry, though. Pepe the King Prawn has come to the rescue and to assure all everything will be fine.



With that, the band takes the stage with none other than "Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhems" Animal behind the kit. And aaaawaaaay we go! As Rivers begins to strum the opening chords of "Keep Fishin'", we discover that Miss Piggy has taken Pat as her love hostage by tying him to a chair in the dressing room. Unable to reject her advances, Pat watches as Piggy heads for the closet to find something "a little more comfortable" to slip in to. Seeing his opportunity, he locks Miss Piggy in the closet and looks for the best way to release him from the chair he's been tied to.




Meanwhile, the band, with help from Kermit, Pepe, and Gonzo on backing vocals do their best to rock the house full of stuffed critters(the penguin go-go dancers on top of the Marshall stacks seem to be having a great time!).

With help from the Swedish Chef(who's been chasing chickens with a large meat cleaver), Pat is freed from his bindings. However, he's not out of the woods just yet. There's the little matter of a furious Miss Piggy to deal with. Taking shelter under a lamp shade, he narrowly averts tragedy and Piggy.






But now we have another issue to tackle! You see, in the melee, Miss Piggy has found her way on stage and is now showboating for the cameras and anyone who gets in her way receives a karate chop to the solar plexus(or worse!). Feeling her wrath, both Rivers and Brian step aside to give Piggy the spotlight she so rightly deserves.





Just in time for the final chorus, Pat makes his way to the skins where he pounds out the triumphant finale to the greatest video ever made.




A commentary from Statler & Woldorf naturally follows:

Statler: Hey, they're not half bad!

Woldorf: Nope, they're ALL bad!

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the Class of 2002!

The expressions on Rivers face during his scenes with Kermit are priceless. This is every kids dream to be on The Muppet Show and he's living it. The smiles are genuine and infectious.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.

In the attempt to get it "just exactly perfect", the band recorded no less than three versions of the song. Here they are for you grooving pleasure.

The demo track:
http://rapidshare.de/files/11618270/WEEZER-2002-01-06_04Keep_Fishin_275.mp3.html

Maladroit album track:
http://rapidshare.de/files/11619057/03-weezer-keep_fishin-aaf.mp3.html

Radio & video track:
http://rapidshare.de/files/11619966/01-weezer-keep_fishin__radio_version_-ssr.mp3.html