The result of this video is also a better Wednesday. Merry Christmas and pick up your jaw from the floor as you leave. Did you know Travolta has his pilots license? Of course you did. It features a crumpled Kleenex, an inexplicably slow-moving vehicle, a cheesy “I’ll run for you” jaunt and footage taken at an airport. Secondly, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reunited for a Christmas album this year, if you haven’t heard (or seen), and for it they combined for “I Think You Might Like It,” a music video weaved from iPhone footage and your nightmares. It was done in a similar “home movie” style that Fallon has done other hits, like with Carly Rae Jepsen and “Call Me Maybe.” This one is particularly successful with a dash of children singing and a prominent kazoo and Casio “drum” parts. One is what we could call “nice,” the other “naughty.”įirst off, Carey stopped by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and video recorded her hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You” with her host and house band The Roots. Both will succeed in procuring clicks from the collective Internet.
These two particular approaches are exemplified by Mariah Carey with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, and by John Travolta with Olivia Newton-John.
Make them very darling or make them insanely bad. Today is a lesson for making-of viral hits.
