7 Music Videos From Classic 90s TV Shows You Need To See
"Do The Bartman" went Platinum...twice.
ABC had their TGIF lineup. NBC was a juggernaut with their Thursday night "Must-See TV." Even cartoons like The Simpsons and South Park completely blew the lid off of what a cartoon was ever imagined to be.
One way those shows were great was because the period still had ties to the old family values of the Mayberry and Wonder Years generations while still trying to be appealing to the younger audience. In that respect, awkward moments came about as shows attempted to somehow place their fictional characters into modern music videos.
This article will highlight seven moments in 90's TV where music videos were a part of the canon of their respective shows. These aren't videos meant to be watched as products of the real people behind them but rather from the characters they portray on screen.
Please accept my apologies in advance for not being able to find a decent video of "Banging on a Trash Can" from Doug to put on this list. It should have been.
7. Smelly Cat (Friends)
Phoebe Buffay was an amazing songwriter who created timeless classics such as "Crusty Old Man" and "Fetus." Her real breakout hit, however, was "Sleepy Cat." Near the end of the show's second season a record producer wanted to make a music video out of the tune.
The weirdness of the video is pretty apparent by the time that the backup singers emerge from a nearby dumpster. But possibly even weirder is the fact that the voice in the video is not that of actress Lisa Kudrow.
In the episode the record producer uses a loophole in Phoebe's contract to overdub her voice with a singer that was perceived as better.
Phoebe, being the naïve sweetheart that she is, ultimately felt sorry for the woman behind the voice in the video for obviously being too ugly to appear in front of the camera. That kind of logic is why we loved Phoebe.