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The Gump music video.
Song: Gump
Running Time: 2:10
Year: 1996
Album: Bad Hair Day, Gump, The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic , The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic 3.0 The Saga Begins
Parody of: Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America
Genre: Alternative rock
Guitar tuning: Drop D flat
Lyrics: Lyrics
Video: Yes
Download/Listen: None
Video[]
The scene starts off with a feather falling down, Weird Al appears and starts performing. He is followed by Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz playing drums and finally Steve Jay. During the video, Gump is seen trying to offer a box of chocolates.
- The first is an old woman who smacks him repeatedly with her purse.
- The second is a strong man who takes offense and spins Gump around via his head.
- The last one is a man who scarfs down Gump's box of chocolates.
The video finally ends with Weird Al and his band saying "And that's all I have to say about that!"
Trivia[]
- This song is based on the movie Forrest Gump.
- Andy Comeau plays Gump in the music video.
- Ruth Buzzi makes a cameo in the music video as the woman who beats Gump on the bench.
- Pat Boone makes a cameo in the music video as man who scarfs Gump’s chocolates.
- In the music video Al's bass guitar only has one string, a reference to the instruments the Presidents of the United States of America play; lead singer Chris Ballew plays a "basitar" (a guitar strung with only two strings) and guitarists Dave Dederer and Andrew McKeag play a "guitbass" (a guitar with three strings). Both are normally tuned to open power chords.
- In the music video for this song, Al bends his guitar neck like rubber. He does the exact same thing in the music videos for "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies".
- The Presidents were extremely flattered by the parody, and even use Al's "run, Forrest, run" bridge and the line "and that's all I have to say about that" when performing the song live.
- Al would later go on to direct a music video for the Presidents: "Mixed Up S.O.B." from their 2009 album These Are The Good Times People.