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"Couch Potato" is a parody song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the Academy Award winning song " Lose Yourself " by Eminem . In it, the narrator details his obsession with watching television and the television shows he watches.
Prior to recording "Couch Potato", Yankovic researched television so that his resulting parody would be accurate. He noted, "If I'm writing a song about TV, I'll spend a lot of time watching TV. I'll study TV Guide , I'll look at articles about television, and I'll try to make sure I'm giving every show its fair do [ sic ].
The album's official title, Kooky Spooky...In Stereo, was revealed in February 2020, followed by the album's second single, the couch potato-themed "Pajamazon!", on April 10. Inspired by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , which necessitated mass self- quarantining and social distancing , "Pajamazon!"
Lyrically, the song encourages the listener to be stupid in various ways; mostly by advising them to do the opposite of common idioms (e.g. "let the bedbugs bite" or "put all your eggs in one basket"), with the occasional absurd non sequitur (e.g. "stick your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan").
The series ran for 150 episodes, concluding with the two-part series finale on August 6, 1993. Series overview. Season ... "Couch Potato" Joel Zwick: Bob Keyes:
On January 1, 2019, Corbin began releasing singles to his SoundCloud page. The first to be released was "Wretch" [21] as a New Years gift to fans. Over the course of the year, "Wretch" was followed by several more singles both new and unreleased. Later, in August of the same year, Corbin lost access to his Spotify account. [22]
The music video, directed by Liam Lynch, shows Yankovic dressed up, mad at various things mentioned in the lyrics. In an interview with PopCrush around the time of the song's release, Yankovic said, "So we thought, 'OK, we'll find you a douchey blonde wig … [which was made of] real human hair … and I tried it on, and it fit, and we had fun ...
Couch Potatoes is an American game show which featured two teams competing in a television-centric quiz game. The program premiered in syndication on January 23, 1989. It aired in first-run until June 9, 1989, for a total of one hundred episodes, and reruns aired after that until September 8, 1989.