For no other reason than BECAUSE IT WAS INCREDIBLY FUN, I have now written and recorded a song celebrating Winnebago Man. You can't possibly not know who Winnebago Man is, can you? Winnebago Man is Jack Rebney, and Jack Rebney is now the center of a documentary film called Winnebago Man that is currently receiving rave reviews from from The New Yorker, The San Francisco Chronicle, Roger Ebert, Michael Moore, and more. From the film's site:
Following a two-week shoot in August 1988 for a Winnebago sales ad, a 4-minute outtakes reel surfaced and eventually came to be known as "Winnebago Man." While the finished sales ad was sent to Winnebago dealers to promote the 1989 Itasca Sunflyer motorhome, copies of the "Winnebago Man" outtakes were being passed amongst the crew and their friends on VHS tape. Eventually the video fell in the hands of videotape collectors, who began copying and trading it, sparking an underground phenomenon that turned Jack Rebney into a cult hero. When the online video revolution took off on YouTube and other websites, Jack Rebney became one of the first viral video superstars.PLEASE NOTE: ALL THE CLIPS IN THIS POST CONTAIN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF QUITE EXCELLENT SWEARING. DO NOT PLAY FOR YOUR CHILD, GRANDMA, PASTOR, OR BOSS...unless they are all very cool and/or deaf.
The original YouTube outtakes clip
The theatrical trailer
Anyway, I am just delighted that this film was made, can't wait to see it, and suggest that you should watch for screenings in your personal town. Past being a movie just about "The Angriest Man In The World," it's got a pretty damn good story to tell as well, as all movies should, but so many do not.
So, I humbly submit to you, my rocking pals..."Winnebago Man We Love You"
There once lived a man
Selling pimped out vans
Filmed for an ad
He got pretty mad
What’s the g*dd*mn line?
Couldn’t keep it in mind
In his white shirt and tie
Being bitten by flies.
Oh Jack Rebney
You had some f*ckin’ day
Those cuss words you say
Took my heart away
Twenty million seen you
Losing your cool
Winnebago Man
We love you
F*ck! Sh*t! F*ck Sh*t!
From an RV lot to a You Tube hit
Sh*t! F*ck! Sh*t! F*ck!
Jack’s bad day was our good luck
Jack, he disappeared
Dead, it was feared
Maybe was too weird
Would no one shed a tear?
But there he was
They knew he’d make a buzz
Credit cards cashed
So they could film his ass
F*ck! Sh*t! F*ck Sh*t!
From an RV lot to a You Tube hit
Sh*t! F*ck! Sh*t! F*ck!
Jack’s bad day was our good luck
F*ck! Sh*t! F*ck! Sh*t!
From an RV lot to a You Tube hit
Sh*t! F*ck! Sh*t! F*ck!
WINNEBAGO MAN WE LOVE YOU by MarianneSp
Watch out: I have an idea for a video too. Heh. FUN. HAVE IT!
© Copyright 2008- Marianne Spellman