| Print interview with Marcos Siega | |
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| Publication | Entertainment Weekly |
| Published | July 19, 2002 |
| Interviewer | Evan Serpick |
| Interviewee | Marcos Siega |
| Title | ROCK & RAWLF |
| Format | |
| Associated album | Maladroit |
| External link | Archived via Internet Archive |
| References | See where this article is referenced on Weezerpedia |
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ROCK & RAWLF No, MTV hasn't started airing reruns of The Muppet Show (but that would be cool...). If you see Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the Swedish Chef sandwiched between Korn and Nelly in the coming weeks, it's probably just the new video for Weezer's "Keep Fishin'," which features Jim Henson's whole gang in a mad-cap musical adventure. Director Marcos Siega came up with the idea while watching an old Muppets episode guest-starring John Cleese. In the video, Weezer are about to perform on The Muppet Show, but the always-amorous Miss Piggy has kidnapped drummer Pat Wilson, and Animal must fill in. "It was the most fun shoot I've ever done," says Siega, who first pitched the concept to blink-182 and - get this - Ozzy Osbourne. Even notoriously dour frontman Rivers Cuomo allows himself a grin in the video. But the cantankerous old balcony dudes are, as usual, unimpressed. "Go back to sleep, you old fool," Statler tells Waldorf. "They said 'Weezer,' not 'Geezer.'" |
