I'm kind of grumpy right now, if you want to know the truth. Ellen stole my BFF. I was looking forward to trips to Dairy Queen together with him, you know? He'd get a Peanut Buster Parfait and I'd get a mini-Blizzard. It was going to be awesome! We were going to do lots of BFF-y stuff together, but not anymore.
The problem is that he's kind of famous already. I just met him a couple of nights ago, actually, but some of you may have known him for months. I'm kind of late on things sometimes. His debut to the world was eight months ago in the Black Keys video, "Lonely Boy".
You've seen the "Lonely Boy" video already, right?
Of course, you have.
I know you are all more cool and know more about pop culture than me, so I'm sure you probably have already seen it. In the fall of 2011, the video for it was released and garnered over 400,000 pageviews within 24 hours. You knew that already. You also probably know every song by the Black Keys. The first time you have heard of this band and seen this video probably wasn't the night before last at the bowling alley/video game/laser tag mecca with your son's baseball team, like me.
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| The Black Keys Source |
When I saw this video come on the screen over the tops of the bowling lanes, my eyes were glued immediately. ("Mom, I got a strike!" [silence] "Mom, would you help me lift up this heavy ball?" [more silence] "Mom, your hair is on fire!" [still more silence]). I was fascinated. I was immediately entertained. I was immovable until I saw the name of the artist and the name of the song flash at the bottom of the screen at the end of the video.
I wanted to know more about that man.
This man, my BFF-not-to-be.
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| Derrick T. Tuggle Source |
Derrick Tuggle.
(I've got a Derrick theme going on in The Break Room this week, apparently.)
No. Correction. Derrick T. Tuggle.
Mr. Tuggle, a 48-year-old waiting for his big break for the last ten years, was cast to be one of six extras in the video for The Black Keys' song "Lonely Boy". He apparently was going to be the guy that handed one of the band members the keys to the motel room. At some point, however, the director saw him getting his groove on to the song on the sidelines, which sparked a change to the video plans.
"The director just sort of noticed me dancing and asked me, 'Can you perform?' I said, 'I can dance, anybody can dance,' so I took some moves from everybody: John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction, the Carlton Banks dance from The Fresh Prince and a little bit of Michael Jackson, so it was a smorgasbord of everybody in there."
I thought Mr. Tuggle was the actually the artist behind the song. I didn't know he was an actor/musician/part-time security guard and that the real guys singing the song looked like they belonged in the wild west.
I love this video with my whole heart because it was spontaneous, filmed in one shot, filmed in the parking lot of a motel, not going to be released at first, but then it was and BAM, everyone was watching it, fearless, fun-loving and, perhaps my favorite part of all, of a man dancing without any inhibitions in business clothes with gradually unrolling cuffs. Also, it's funny. His intensity and his hand gestures make me giggle.
Obviously, after seeing this video I wanted to be BFFs with Mr. Tuggle. I wondered how I could start up a penpal exchange with him. I wondered if I could get lockets with one saying "best" and the other saying "friend" for us to wear. I had big plans for our BFF friendship-to-be, including lots of trips to the mall food court. Right when I got the nerve up to look up "Tuggle" in the White Pages, I landed on this video of him with Ellen.
They looked MIGHTY chummy and BFF-ish!!! What does Ellen have that I don't, Mr. Derrick Tuggle? Huh? Besides millions and her own TV show? Besides all that?!
Dagnabbit, Ellen.
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19 comments:
I've actually never even heard that song. Because I'm that lame. But yes, I'd want to be his bud too. Would you like me to make a video of me singing and dancing to my favorite song for you? I'll be your BFF.
Oh, Kel. Thank you for making my Wednesday. I really, really love this. The "Derrick." The dancing. The Ellen involvement. Everything. And I will arm wrestle Ali for the chance to be your BFF. Have I mentioned that I can NAIL the Elaine Benes "Seinfeld" dance? Just sayin.
I'm not ashamed to say I'm tragically unhip and that was the first time I've seen the video. Not only is that song going to be stuck in my head all day, but my baby crawled over, danced like a maniac to it, and then LITERALLY POOPED HER PANTS - it was that good. Thanks for sharing! :)
I hadn't seen this either so I'm further behind you. I think he was channeling some Footloose at the beginning. Love it! If you two go dancing I want to tag along.
I also had no clue what you were talking about, as the extent of my pop music knowledge is what you just told me. However, I totally want both you and Ellen to by my BFFs, so maybe together we can stalk/gang up on her and convince her of our awesomeness?
Have your people call my people, which, you know, is me...
I hadn't seen it, either.
LOVED it.
The other night, I danced to the old sixties song "Build Me Up Buttercup" and invented hand motions that went with the lyrics with my sister, and the chef of the restaurant where we were having our big fat Italian meal.
I had more fun than the law allows. Getting your groove on, and doing corny hand motions to great songs: that's just the BEST!!!
Yay! I finally stopped being lazy and came back. I can feel your excitement. Or your indifference. Sometimes it's hard to tell which is which.
Oh, and I must be super uncool, 'cause I'd never seen that video before, but it's amazing. And Ellen gets everyone. She's like the king in those fake old time stories where he could sleep with any woman in the village.
Mr. Tuggle won my heart!
I loved this the very first time I saw it! I'm afraid, though, Mr. Tuggle has become bigger than all of us.
What you should focus on is becoming Ellen's BFF ... because then all her BFF's will automatically be your BFF's. Now all you need is a viral video or perhaps if you could lift a 200 ton car (I have no idea what a car weighs) off your trapped grandparent ... then you're in. You're golden. And could you score me some 12 days of xmas giveaway tickets ...
:)
Linda
oh man - thank you Kelley - that completely made my day. I may have to get in that bff line! I laughed out loud when he got to his big finish moves - awesome!!! I feel like going out dancing now!
I haven't heard that song either my friend...but seriously you should get Ellen for stealing your BFF...she's a BFF stealer!
Have to watch this now.
And WOW but you have some funny ladies on this link up.
I'm just going to shut my blog down and leave it to the pros here...
Oh my gosh, that is the first time I've seen that video (but I had heard the song before), it's awesome! It looks like Ellen and Mr. Tuggle, have a true BFF thing going on...maybe, if they knew how you felt, they could include you too?
I am so sorry for your loss!
The first time I watched that video it totally cracked me up and then was mesmerized. That must've had the lowest budget of any music video ever made. I say you should still steal him back and make him your bff!
Ellen- look what Ellen did taking away your friend,lol! I love this video!!
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