Dinosaur Jr. is also known for their mostly tongue-in-cheek or art house music videos and having at least one music video for every album since 1987's You're Living All Over Me.

Among his best known musical performances were " The Welly Boot Song ", a parody of the Scottish folk song " The Wark O ' The Weavers ," which became his theme song for several years ; " In the Brownies ", a parody of the hit Village People song " In the Navy " ( for which Connolly filmed a music video ); " Two Little Boys in Blue ", a tongue-in-cheek indictment of police brutality done to the tune of Rolf Harris ' " Two Little Boys "; and the ballad " I Wish I Was in Glasgow ," which Connolly would later perform in duet with Malcolm McDowell on a guest appearance on the 1990s American sitcom Pearl ( which starred Rhea Perlman ).

" (" Good Morning "), a tongue-in-cheek evocation of the agro-romanticism of the Stalinist-era Soviet Union and its satellites was awarded Romanian video clip of the year ( 2001 ) at the " Televest " Festival in Timişoara, Romania.

He thought all the touring might put a strain on his marital life, and his departure is documented-and somewhat dramatised-on the band's tongue-in-cheek 1996 tour diary video release Let's Go Home.

Williams featured in a campy and tongue-in-cheek music video where he was a figure skater.

* With similar tongue-in-cheek humor as the 1981 launch of MTV in the U. S. ( where the first video was the Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles ), the first video shown on MTV Europe was Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, which, appropriately, starts and finishes with repetition of the line " I want my MTV ", voiced by Sting.

The accompanying music video paid tongue-in-cheek homage to Spike Jonze's and Michel Gondry's music videos for Daft Punk's " Da Funk " and " Around the World ," respectively.

I asked Quasimodo recently how he accomplished this, and he replied that he had painted his model `` a beautiful shade of red and then had her breathe on the canvas '', which was his typical tongue-in-cheek way of chiding me for my lack of sensitivity.

When, three years later, 3D Realms released Duke Nukem 3D, a tongue-in-cheek science fiction shooter based on Ken Silverman's technologically similar Build engine, id Software had nearly finished Quake, its next-generation game, which mirrored Dooms success for the remainder of the 1990s and significantly reduced interest in its predecessor.

The researcher, Klaus Kjøller, who is well known for tongue-in-cheek statements, accused IKEA of imperialism.

In 2004, Daisuke Inoue was awarded the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Peace Prize for inventing karaoke, " thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other.

* The Aerican Empire, a Monty Pythonesque micronation founded in 1987 and known for its tongue-in-cheek interplanetary land claims, smiley-faced flag and a range of national holidays that includes " Topin Wagglegammon " amongst others.

* Valašské královstí ( Kingdom of Wallachia ) is a tongue-in-cheek micronation established by Tomáš Harabiš, with the Czech actor Bolek Polívka as its king in 1997 in the territory of Moravian Wallachia, for the purpose of promoting the region and tourist activities.

In the introduction to the novel Blaze, King ( writing about Bachman ) claims, with tongue-in-cheek, that " Bachman " used the pseudonym John Swithen for The Fifth Quarter.

A tongue-in-cheek job title for systems engineers who work primarily in the maintenance and monitoring of a render farm is a render wrangler to further the " farm " theme.

A tongue-in-cheek technically accurate guidebook for Mars-bound Earthlings about how to survive and thrive on the Red Planet, written from the point of view of a 22nd-century Mars native.

A Taco Bell had long been a presence at the U. S. Army's Yongsan Garrison, which is off-limits to non-military people, and for a time there was a tongue-in-cheek grassroots campaign by non-Korean, non-military foreigners in Seoul to get another Taco Bell location.

" Bald " would in this case be a tongue-in-cheek reference to his landlessness, at an age where his brothers already had been sub-kings for some years.

Right before this happened, one of the cast would generally be giving a monologue ( or several would be having a group conversation ) that was interrupted by another cast member with something that would ( generally ) be opposite what the monologue ( or dialogue ) was about, all present cast would say, " It must be the introduction to the opposites ", and then the inversion fade would happen ; several sketches would follow that were a tongue-in-cheek reversal of the show's subject of the day, and also in which the normal principles of daily life were reversed, often with children having authority over adults or with adults encouraging children to behave badly ( for example, eating sweets instead of vegetables, or wasting money on something frivolous rather than putting the money in the bank ).

A Prairie Home Companion is known for its musical guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama, and Keillor's storytelling segment, " News from Lake Wobegon ".

Ology has been cited by The American Spectator, The Austin Chronicle, and MTV News. In April 2012, Geek Sugar highlighted Ology for its " hilarious, tongue-in-cheek news stories, viral videos, and trends ," and Business Insider featured the website in December for its commercial potential as a social media website.

* Mr. Juniata Pageant, Established: 1997 — Sponsored by Circle K, the Mr. Juniata Pageant is a tongue-in-cheek spoof of beauty pageants with men from each class competing for the coveted Mr. Juniata crown.

Later, and for many years, at the British science fiction convention Eastercon, he would deliver a humorous speech ( often part of his famous series known by the tongue-in-cheek label of " Serious Scientific Talks "); these were eventually collected in The Eastercon Speeches ( 1979 ) and A Load of Old Bosh ( 1995 ), which included a similar talk from the 1979 Worldcon in Brighton, 37th World Science Fiction Convention.

Shatner described The Voyage Homes comic quality as one " that verges on tongue-in-cheek but isn't, it's as though the characters within the play have a great deal of joy about themselves, a joy of living you play it with the reality you would in a kitchen-sink drama written for today's life.

The name is tongue-in-cheek, since there is no ocean for hundreds of miles, although it draws reference to a once popular bathing spot on the Oostanaula riverbank commonly deemed Resaca Beach.

For the United Kingdom, the Independent Television Commission banned Springer and other tabloid talk programs from being shown on television during daytime hours on school holidays in response to numerous parental complaints and concerns about children's potential exposure to the salacious content ( there was a short-running British version of the show made for ITV called The Springer Show that was lighter and more tongue-in-cheek ).

The tongue-in-cheek micronation of Hay-on-Wye has subsequently developed a healthy tourism industry based on literary interests for which some credit Booth.

The single, which was described as a " candyfloss-bright, tongue-in-cheek 50s pastiche ", was to be Paul Cattermole's last single with the band and led the way for a series of events that was to unravel S Club 7's time at the top of the charts, which would ultimately cause the band to split.

Moore was known as " Yellow Hair " to his troops at the battle at Ia Drang, for his blond hair, and as a tongue-in-cheek homage referencing George Armstrong Custer, commander of the same unit ( 7th Cavalry ) at the Battle of the Little Bighorn just under a century before.

They also made a tongue-in-cheek appearance in TV advertisements for Sheffield-based broadband provider, Plusnet.

This tongue-in-cheek tale features a planet of Texans whose dinosaur-sized cattle have to be herded with tanks, and whose system of government derives its character from Mencken's essay.

This issue features many examples of the editorial crew's tongue-in-cheek black humour: in its editorial, an apology for the delayment of the publication of Batman / Darkness due to Marc Silvestris " lazyness ", and a statement that Todd McFarlane spends most of his time in his garage, playing with action figures and talking for them in changed voices.

Critical recognition soon followed, as did a solid local fan base, although they are best known to many for their tongue-in-cheek salute to their home town “ One Great City !” which features the line “ I hate Winnipeg ”.

Gothabilly style is a tongue-in-cheek play on 1950s-inspired kitsch aesthetics of the rockabilly subculture, but with a dark gothic influence, blending retro rock and roll fashions with the somber features of goth.

The game also features tongue-in-cheek comedy.

The second album, Owner's Manual, is a recording of a live show at Shank Hall in Milwaukee in 1996, and features some audience favorites, notably the partly tongue-in-cheek love ballad, " Florence ", and the fast-paced " Freak On The Floor ", featuring some interesting improvizations by Tabakin.

In the technology industry, buzzword compliant is a tongue-in-cheek expression used to suggest that a particular product supports features simply because they are currently fashionable.

However, this sequel could also be said to be the most faithful to Joe Dante's original The Howling, as it features a similar tongue-in-cheek sense of humour and references to previous werewolf media and its ending could be seen as a parody of the earlier film's.

So linked to this convention are the Doris Day / Rock Hudson movies that Down With Love, the only slightly tongue-in-cheek homage, used split screen in several phone calls, explicitly parodying this use.

At the same time, the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming were adapted into an increasingly fantastical series of tongue-in-cheek adventure films by producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, with Sean Connery as the star.

" In the early 1960s, he founded the fictitious, tongue-in-cheek James G. Blaine Society, whose goal was to discourage people from moving to Oregon.

They chose Amis to write the first continuation Bond novel ; Amis had previously produced The James Bond Dossier — a critical analysis of the Bond books — under his own name, and The Book of Bond, a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective agents, using the pseudonym Lt .- Col. William (" Bill ") Tanner.

In 1965, Amis produced The James Bond Dossier — a critical analysis of the Bond books under his own name — and The Book of Bond, a tongue-in-cheek manual for prospective agents, using the pseudonym Lt .- Col. William (" Bill ") Tanner.

He proceeds to give Catlett a tongue-in-cheek lecture setting the facts straight, pointing out that El Dorado was essentially a remake of Rio Bravo, with Robert Mitchum playing the role of Dean Martin's drunk, James Caan doing Ricky Nelson's role, and that the only person playing the same role in both movies was John Wayne: " he played John Wayne ".

The Pigasus Award is the name of an annual tongue-in-cheek award presented by noted skeptic James Randi.

Written at the Bond-mania ’ s zenith in the 1960s, The James Bond Dossier is the first, thorough, albeit tongue-in-cheek, literary analysis of Ian Fleming ’ s strengths and weaknesses as a thriller-writer.

In the 1970s, Best Products contracted with James Wines ’ " Sculpture in the Environment " ( SITE ) architecture firm to design nine highly unorthodox retail facilities, notably a tongue-in-cheek structure called the " Indeterminate Facade " in Houston, Texas with a severely distressed facade.