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Willie Nelson Is Fucking The Wilson Brothers, Jessica Simpson, Woody Harrelson, And Dan Rather
Posted by Molly Friedman at 6:50 AM on June 7, 2008
We can say with complete confidence that we have never been more confused, astonished, entertained, and oddly turned on by a music video than we are today, when we witnessed the magic of Willie Nelson's "You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore." What sounds incredibly boring turns out to be a tasty Southern stew featuring cameos from Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Jessica Simpson, and Dan Rather. The casting kind of makes sense (Luke did that Movie That Shall Not Be Named with Jessica, Willie loves Jessica, Woody loves Owen, and Dan Rather is, well, available these days?), but whoever directed this clusterfuck of pool-hall scenes, lawn mower races and eerily quick flashes of an obese redneck wearing an "I (Heart) Owen" t-shirt has nevertheless managed to surpass Gondry in kookiness, surpass the Coens in suspense, and pretty much serve up the most bizarre clip we've seen yet this year. See what we mean after the jump. [People]
We can say with complete confidence that we have never been more confused, astonished, entertained, and oddly turned on by a music video than we are today, when we witnessed the magic of Willie Nelson's "You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore." What sounds incredibly boring turns out to be a tasty Southern stew featuring cameos from Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Jessica Simpson, and Dan Rather. The casting kind of makes sense (Luke did that
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Leviticus_71
Posted 8:18 AM 7/6/08
@RocketRockit: They still make it with wormwood? Sweet! I'll have to tell my local Opium Den. Man i love that black tar from heaven.
Leviticus_71
RocketRockit
Posted 7:57 AM 7/6/08
Weird. After I had all that absinthe last weekend, I dreamed this ENTIRE VIDEO.
RocketRockit
el smrtmnky
Posted 7:50 AM 7/6/08
Bruce Vilanche is looking good! but i always thought of him more of a Luke lover.
el smrtmnky
Wendy_Kroy
Posted 8:30 AM 7/6/08
I want the Wilson brothers and Woody Harrelson to star in the video for Nelson's "Cowboys Are Secretly Fond of Each Other," too.
Wendy_Kroy
hummingpenguin
Posted 9:27 AM 7/6/08
Willie Nelson is a badass. End of discussion.
hummingpenguin
raincoaster
Posted 9:53 AM 7/6/08
@hummingpenguin: A badass who will do good deeds for zero press. I have relatives in a small town in Ontario whose hockey rink was in danger of collapsing. Nelson, who happened to be in the area, gave a benefit concert to fix it, for ten bucks a ticket. No press, either.
raincoaster
Allie Anne
Posted 12:26 PM 7/6/08
+ Watch video
This is the full version.
This video premiered during the Jackass MTV 24-hour takeover in February and it was filmed in October 2007 (about six weeks after Owen's suicide attempt). And it shows - he looks decidedly "unwell", tells a knock-knock joke about how easily people are forgotten in show business, cuts the deck and refers to the card he got (the King of Spades) as the suicide king (although the "suicide king" is actually the King of Hearts) and goes to some pains to keep his left wrist hidden.
Allie Anne
AdrienneEE
Posted 10:05 AM 8/6/08
Re: Why Dan Rather: He's a Texan. Born outside of Houston.
He and Willie are also about the same age. It would not surprise me if they knew each other.
AdrienneEE
hummingpenguin
Posted 10:04 AM 8/6/08
@raincoaster: He bought a church and a general store in a tiny Texas town just to keep them from being torn down. So awesome.
hummingpenguin
bonniegrrl
Posted 5:58 AM 10/6/08
@Allie Anne: Thanks for posting the full video! I'm still trying to figure out if Jessica did indeed do that pool trick.
bonniegrrl