This is genius Generation X satire. The mash up of Monkees-style and '90s grunge culture is a huge, hilarious highlight from the Ben Stiller Show. That show was awesome. Too bad it was too clever, smart, brilliant and therefore prematurely cancelled.
ellen jo roberts True...but I guess why lampoon it? I mean I hope ben wasn't a fan of the lame ass cheesy glam metal that was popular a few years before grunge :(
Someone needs to ask Bob Odenkirk about his interest, take on portraying Nesmith after Better Call Saul used the Tapioca Tundra in an episode yesterday.
@SantinoRC89 actually, it's supposed to be Kim gordon of sonic youth. they had a song called "My Freind Goo" and they use some of the same guitar stretching tricks that are made fun of in the video. They were from NYC, but they were actually a big part of the grunge scene in seattle in the early 90's. She often sang about tough love, like in the video, and its really sort of obvious if you know who she is.
This video make me think that Ben Stiller if wasn't what he is , maybe he could be a chriss Cornell/style frontman .grungies make me wanna sing bla bla bla bla
I don't understand how this show could of been cancelled so abruptly. Me and one other kid from Cheney High School really enjoyed it. This sketch in particular. :)
It’s so weird how Grunge wasn’t just a music genre, but also a “youth culture” movement that was so widely publicized. And it had a specific dress code- flannel shirt, long hair, Doc Martens, and long johns under shorts. There hasn’t really been any other rock genre/youth movement quite like that, before or since, that completely took over youth music fashion like Grunge did while also falling completely off and never coming back. “Punk” is comparable, but it never went away and has remained popular. Unlike Grunge, which is confined to the early ‘90s and has never seen nostalgia or resurgence. I guess “Emo” was the 2000s equivalent. But I don’t think Emo music or fashion remotely reached the level of mainstream infiltration that Grunge did. There were “Emo kids” at every school, but they were always a joke and never really taken seriously. Also, 2000s “Emo” as a genre wasn’t ever on mainstream radio. Some bands got signed to major labels and got a video on MTV, but that’s the highest level the genre ever reached. Otherwise, it just spread via the internet or kids burning mixtape CDs. Anyway, my point is that it’s weird how Grunge went from “completely everywhere” to “completely dead and dropped” within just a few years, seemingly because Nu-Metal and hip-hop caught on so quickly and on such a massive level with the following generation of suburban kids.
There are a total of 5 Pearl Jam references in this: 1 - I believe "Dolly" is supposed to be Eddie Vedder 2 - there is a Pearl Jam poster at 1:27 3 - Ben Stiller (playing Chris Cornell) literally shouts "Pearl Jam twelve o'clock" at 1:40 4 - There is a Pearl Jam Ten poster at 2:28 in the background 5 - Same Pearl Jam Ten poster at 7:24 - clearly visible
