Music Video
The music video was the directorial debut of Dror Soref and parodies the "I Love Rock 'n Roll" music video, with these differences from the original:
- It takes place in an ice cream parlor, rather than in a bar.
- It was shot in color rather than in black and white (although the Joan Jett original was shot in color initially).
- It was videotaped rather than filmed.
- In "I Love Rock 'n Roll", Joan Jett says "Ow!" twice for her enthusiasm. In "I Love Rocky Road", Weird Al says "Ow!" in reaction to an ice cream-induced brain freeze, the second time he says "Ow!" in reaction to a kid biting his leg.
- Dr. Demento makes a cameo appearance as a cashier.
- While Al is playing his accordion, the cover photo for the single can be seen.
- Yankovic wears a black leather jacket with the I Love Lucy logo, as a reference to Yankovic's first music video, "Ricky".
- The ice cream in the video was actually mashed potatoes because real ice cream would melt under the stage lights.
- When Yankovic sings the line "If I get fat and lose my teeth, that's fine with me," he smiles to reveal all his teeth have either fallen out or are rotten.
Read more about this topic: I Love Rocky Road
Famous quotes containing the words music and/or video:
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—Frank Zappa (1940–1994)
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