Appearances in Other Media
Redbone has appeared in a number of areas outside of his music recording/performance career. He has made appearances in the comic strips Mister Boffo and The Far Side. He performed the theme song for the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere, as well as the theme from the syndicated sitcom Harry and the Hendersons. He appears regularly on the PBS children's show Between the Lions. He performed Frank Loesser's romantic Christmas song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Zooey Deschanel for the closing credits of the 2003 film Elf. He also voiced the character of Leon the Snowman in the same film. On his 1987 album Christmas Island he performed a version of "Frosty the Snowman" with Dr. John.
Redbone has produced music for and appeared in television commercials, including an advertisement for Budweiser beer in which he flies over a beach on a surfboard, singing "This Bud's for You", the US automobile brand Chevrolet, All brand laundry detergent, and a commercial for InterCity (British Rail) service in the late 1980s in which he sang the song "Relax". He also lent his voice to an animated caricature of himself in a commercial for Ken-L Ration Burger 'n Bones.
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