# This made my brain hurt..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916 "2006-01-20T23:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/21 "2006-01-21T01:42:04Z")
I swear to god that he is wearing International Male clothing in that “tuxedo” sequence. International Male, people. You just can’t recover from that. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/22 "2006-01-21T01:52:28Z")
He’s high on something but I don’t think it’s believin’. Come on man. Flying through the air, flapping your wings? Oy. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/23 "2006-01-21T02:11:26Z")
I never thought I’d say this… It makes me appreciate Blue Swede. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/24 "2006-01-21T02:31:14Z")
What the hell was that alien thing that appeared a coupel of times? The motorcycle? Agh! The mind…she boggles! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/25 "2006-01-21T02:42:36Z")
All I can say is _God Bless David Hasselhoff._ He **never stops giving**. : Snif : [tearing up]He’s such an inspiration…[/tearing up] ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/26 "2006-01-21T02:49:17Z")
I find it disturbing that he’s singing to some unnamed “girl,” and the only females in the video are _very_ underage. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/27 "2006-01-21T03:10:57Z")
I think even Germans would hate that. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/28 "2006-01-21T03:31:07Z")
Brilliant! The Eskimo suited fish biting completed it’s perfection! Only a Vogon would disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/29 "2006-01-21T03:55:13Z")
Man, who needs mind-altering drugs when you have stuff like that? My favorite was when he was snowboarding on a tobogan, dressed like a freakin’ Yeti! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/30 "2006-01-21T04:28:36Z")
My jaw is on the floor, my flabber is gasted … But it CANNOT be real, surely? Some techy person please tell us that it’s seomone doing clever trickery to make him look even more of a pratt. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/31 "2006-01-21T04:43:43Z")
I think this is a great public service. The next time you are talking to someone who has never done drugs, you can simply show them this and say “That ‘is this really happening’ feeling you have right now? Yeah, that’s what drugs are like. Kinda.” ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/32 "2006-01-21T08:53:02Z")
My favorite part is when he spins videos of himself on each finger! :eek: Was that a camera trick or something?!? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/33 "2006-01-21T09:31:42Z")
Gracious, what a wonderful age we’re living in. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/34 "2006-01-21T09:39:30Z")
I wonder how appropriate it is to have two chidren as part of the video, given that its originally a Jonathan King song., still, it could have been even less appropriate, they could have been boys. > **[Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions](https://www.answers.com/redirectSearch?query=jonathan-king)** > > Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/35 "2006-01-21T09:50:39Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > I wonder how appropriate it is to have two chidren as part of the video, given that its originally a Jonathan King song., still, it could have been even less appropriate, they could have been boys. > > [http://www.answers.com/topic/jonathan-king](http://www.answers.com/topic/jonathan-king) > [@](#): > > Pet Shop Boys Controversy > In 1987, Jonathan King was involved in a legal battle with English pop duo Pet Shop Boys. He repeatedly accused the boys of stealing the melody for their hit single Its a sin from the Cat Stevens song Wild World. When King continued with his allegations, the Boys took him to the court. The Sun newspaper, for whom King wrote the weekly column, settled the case out of court paying a small sum in settlement to the Pet Shop Boys, who in turn donated it to charity WTF? Those songs aren’t even remotely similar. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/36 "2006-01-21T10:19:25Z")
I couldn’t have said it better myself. But I actually got a huge kick out of it. It was so over the top ridiculous, it was a riot! And I do believe it’s the real deal. If it were, it would have to be some stellar, “I work for Industrial Light and Magic by day, and alter David Hasselhoff videos by night” guy’s work, because I can’t see a single sign of manipulation beyond the cheesy greenscreen effects. And, well, David Hasselhoff has his reputation of cheesiness for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/37 "2006-01-21T15:58:13Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > My jaw is on the floor, my flabber is gasted … > > But it CANNOT be real, surely? > > Some techy person please tell us that it’s seomone doing clever trickery to make him look even more of a pratt. :eek: Oh no, this is as real as real gets. 😃 When I first saw this I kept wishing during the part on the ship that some giant tentacled beast would come up out of the water and drag him under. Release the Kraken! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/38 "2006-01-21T19:16:18Z")
_hides in terror under the rug and screams_ ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/39 "2006-01-21T19:42:12Z")
**Astro** You do realise that the song ‘Hooked on a feeling’ was done by Jonathan King in 1971(according to my Guinness book of hit singles) don’t you ? I’ve absolutely no idea why you would connect ‘Wild World’ with that Hasselhof video. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916/40 "2006-01-21T19:53:55Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > **Astro** > > You do realise that the song ‘Hooked on a feeling’ was done by Jonathan King in 1971(according to my Guinness book of hit singles) don’t you ? > > I’ve absolutely no idea why you would connect ‘Wild World’ with that Hasselhof video. The article refers to King accusing the Pet SHop Boys of lifting the tune for It’s A Sin from Wild World… I disagree though, and think that It’s A Sin does sound quite a bit like Wild World. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-made-my-brain-hurt/340916.md?page=3)