In case you haven鈥檛 noticed, Nick Bonino is having an incredible playoffs for the Pittsburgh Penguins. His 17 points in 20 games are good for 8th in the postseason scoring and his line with Phil Kessel and Carl Hagelin (the HBK line) has been one of the best in the playoffs.
Bonino has come through in big moments, such as his series winner in overtime against the Washington Capitals and game-winning goal in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, earning an .
As a result, Bonino has become a hero in Pittsburgh. Unexpectedly, this has resulted in the revival of Pass it to Bulis鈥檚 parody song, 鈥�,鈥� originally produced over a year ago heading into the 2014-15 season. It鈥檚 been , people have , and Harrison singing 鈥淚 need Bonino!鈥� gets .
It鈥檚 weird.
But it鈥檚 also pretty fantastic. It鈥檚 neat to see something we created go viral with a completely different fanbase.
It also gets me thinking about the other musical parodies Harrison and I have produced. When we moved from the 麻豆传媒映画Sun, all of our old posts were wiped from the internet (unless you get clever with the Wayback Machine https://archive.org/web/) and they mostly were not on our YouTube channel, so it鈥檚 not super easy to find them all. So, here they are in one convenient location.
Let鈥檚 start with 鈥淟ockout Man,鈥� a parody of Elton John鈥檚 鈥淩ocket Man鈥� that came out of frustration and boredom during the NHL lockout in 2012.
We followed that up with 鈥淐all the Union,鈥� which included the infamous music video of Harrison dancing in yoga pants. It鈥檚 a parody of Robyn鈥檚 鈥淐all Your Girlfriend鈥� and it also took place during the lockout, because we seriously had nothing else to do.
Then Brian Burke sued a bunch of people on the internet, one of whom was named 鈥淧oonerman.鈥� This gave us no choice but to make a mockumentary about trying to write the perfect parody to fit the unlimited possibilities of the name 鈥淧oonerman.鈥�
After Cory Schneider got traded, we made 鈥淏ig Old Goal鈥� to apologize to Roberto Luongo and welcome him back to Vancouver. This isn鈥檛 a parody of a specific song, but of a genre: the charity single, like 鈥淲e Are the World鈥� or 鈥淒o They Know It鈥檚 Christmas?鈥� This remains one of my favourite things we have ever done.
A year later we did 鈥淗olding out for Bonino,鈥� better known as 鈥淚 Need Bonino鈥� because that's the part that gets stuck in your head for days on end until you want to punch yourself. It鈥檚 a parody of 鈥淗olding out for a Hero鈥� by Bonnie Tyler and was originally intended to be a commentary on his trade from the Ducks to the Canucks. The lines, 鈥淗e strong and he鈥檚 fast and he scores and he passes鈥� have really resonated with a fanbase that actually sees that he can be strong and fast, as well as score and pass.
And then, heading into the playoffs last season, we did 鈥淪edinery,鈥� a parody of Blackstreet鈥檚 鈥淣o Diggity,鈥� during which we demonstrated an optimism for the 2015 playoffs that borders on obscene. Somehow this one didn鈥檛 end up on YouTube, so here鈥檚 a :
That鈥檚 it for now, though there鈥檚 always the possibility of more parodies in the future.
