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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Moving Pictures The Ettes' Tom Scharpling-Directed Video for 'Excuse' Features Patton Oswalt, Is Hilarious [Fresh Vid] [Updated]

Posted by on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM

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So The Ettes recently released their fifth studio LP, Wicked Will, and I reviewed it a couple weeks back, saying it had "depth" and "distinctiveness." Today, The Ettes debuted their video for "Excuse" via Spin. It was directed by WFMU's Best Show host Tom Scharpling — at least one member of The Ettes has alleged to me that she is a "card-carrying FOT (Friend of Tom)" — and it features lovable intellectual curmudgeon Patton Oswalt as Scharpling, admitting that he is a "bad guy with a lot of deep vices," and that he blew the video's $81 million budget on some "personal items" and "services."

The video "suffers" as a result, with the Nashvillian Ettes fighting unseen, fantastical CGI characters who were never CGI'd in, frontwoman Coco Hames engaging in a would-be cyber-speeder race while seated atop a chartreuse prop box, bassist Jem Cohen looking dapper in one of those ping-pong-ball-on-Spandex motion-capture suits and more. It all culminates in ... well, I don't want to spoil the surprise ending for you. Just know that this thing flies by at about 95 lulz per minute. Since it's a Spin exclusive, we no can embed it here. Drift on over to Spin and have a look.

Update: The "Excuse" video is now on YouTube, so have a look after the jump.

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