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The music video, featuring the band spliced into a ''Happy Days'' set, was directed by [[Spike Jonze]]. The video combines new footage of the band, and old footage from the show, including many of its stars, such as Henry Winkler and Ron Howard.  Also included, in a newly-shot speaking role, is Al Molinaro, who played Al Delvecchio on ''Happy Days''.  It was massively successful, and launched the band into mainstream fame. It was featured on the installation CD-ROM for Microsoft Windows 95 as well. In the commentary for the video on the ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', the band members reveal that many of the backup dancers used in the video are friends of theirs, including [[Tony Maxwell]] of [[That Dog]]. According to an April 21, 1997 interview, [[Anna Waronker]] was also in the video, but her face is not visible<ref>[https://youtu.be/fxOcFKq-3OI?t=370 "That Dog: Anna Waronker, Tony Maxwell, Rachel & Petra Haden Interview w/ Dan Kennedy April 21, 1997"]</ref>.
The music video, featuring the band spliced into a ''Happy Days'' set, was directed by [[Spike Jonze]]. The video combines new footage of the band, and old footage from the show, including many of its stars, such as Henry Winkler and Ron Howard.  Also included, in a newly-shot speaking role, is Al Molinaro, who played Al Delvecchio on ''Happy Days''.  It was massively successful, and launched the band into mainstream fame. It was featured on the installation CD-ROM for Microsoft Windows 95 as well. In the commentary for the video on the ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', the band members reveal that many of the backup dancers used in the video are friends of theirs, including [[Tony Maxwell]] of [[That Dog]]. According to an April 21, 1997 interview, [[Anna Waronker]] was also in the video, but her face is not visible<ref>[https://youtu.be/fxOcFKq-3OI?t=370 "That Dog: Anna Waronker, Tony Maxwell, Rachel & Petra Haden Interview w/ Dan Kennedy April 21, 1997"]</ref>.


The video has won several awards, notably four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video.
The video first premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes on November 7, 1994,<ref>https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.alternative/c/1BlP-pa9--Y/m/XEHA1_LKDn0J</ref> and was briefly exclusive to MTV.<ref>Russell, Deborah (10 December 1994). ''Looks Just Like An Exclusive''. Billboard.</ref> It has won several awards, notably four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video.


In a [[Riverpedia archive - 09/23/2020#1992-01 mayela|Riverpedia post from September 2020]], Cuomo recounts a story watching [[Nirvana|Nirvana's]] video for "[[In Bloom]]" and admiring it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbgKEjNBHqM The video] bears a number of similarities to Jonze's "Buddy Holly," including a TV personality introducing the band before the song, footage of the bands performing inter-spliced with footage of an audience that isn't actually there watching, and the band members giving a tongue-in-cheek 1950's style performance of the song.
In a [[Riverpedia archive - 09/23/2020#1992-01 mayela|Riverpedia post from September 2020]], Cuomo recounts a story watching [[Nirvana|Nirvana's]] video for "[[In Bloom]]" and admiring it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbgKEjNBHqM The video] bears a number of similarities to Jonze's "Buddy Holly," including a TV personality introducing the band before the song, footage of the bands performing inter-spliced with footage of an audience that isn't actually there watching, and the band members giving a tongue-in-cheek 1950's style performance of the song.
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