I Can't Watch This
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| Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album Off The Deep End |
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| Released | Unreleased/Deleted | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | December 3, 1990 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy rap | ||||
| Length | 3:31 | ||||
| Label | Scotti Brothers | ||||
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
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I Can't Watch This is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. The lyrics indicate the singer is watching an exceptionally bad TV program. It, along with "The White Stuff," were originally pressed to be made into singles for public distribution, but they were never released.
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[edit] Track listing
The following tracks are on the promo single:
- "I Can't Watch This" – 3:31
[edit] Release
According to the "Ask Al"[1] feature on Yankovic's official website, "I Can't Watch This" was originally going to be made into a commercially released single, but the record company decided against the idea, and the deleted the single, even after they had made several cartons of promo CDs. According to the sites Q&R Al and fellow band member Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz managed to grab a few copies before they were discarded. Reportedly, copies of "I Can't Watch This" are harder to find than copies of "The White Stuff".
[edit] TV shows and networks mentioned or alluded to
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- The Cosby Show
- Roseanne
- The People's Court ("Judge Wapner"; also, film Rain Man is mentioned at this part)
- thirtysomething
- Twin Peaks
- Iron Chef (in the voice clip sequences)
- Siskel & Ebert
- Late Night with David Letterman ("Another stupid pet trick")
- The Arsenio Hall Show ("That guy with the real flat hair")
- Talk shows
- HBO
- Playboy TV
- Showtime
- MTV
[edit] Commercial medley
Overdubbed over the bridge is a "commercial medley". This section contains re-recorded bits of various famous commercials. Several of the notable commercials featured include:
- The Energizer Bunny
- Pantene's "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful"
- Colgate-Palmolive's "You're soaking in it"
- Advil's "When You've Got a Headache This Big!"
- "This is Your Brain on Drugs"
- "I've Fallen and I Can Not Get Up"
[edit] Notes
- "I Can't Watch This" was one of the eight songs recorded for "Off the Deep End" in 1990 (The others were "The Plumbing Song", "The White Stuff", "When I Was Your Age", "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Trigger Happy", "Airline Amy", and "Waffle King", which was released on the "Smells Like Nirvana" single).
