Monday night was the premiere of The Jay Leno Show on NBC at 10 p.m. and even though Jerry Seinfeld was his first guest I didn't watch it. I was at work and didn't bother recording it because I've never really been much of a late night talk show sort of person. In highschool I was either in bed or spitting some awful game to girls via AIM by the time Leno/Letterman were on. In college I was usually awake at 11:30 p.m., but my natural inclination towards politics made me a regular viewer of the Colbert Report as opposed to Leno/Letterman.
Even though it was slotted against Monday Night Football, The Jay Leno Show apparently still got a good number in terms of ratings. One person who did tune in, a loyal reader named Justin from Long Island, made sure that I watched the following clip.
First of all, this guy should have looked real familiar to you (we'll get to more on this in a minute). Secondly, his name is Dan Finnerty (I hope and pray that he is somehow related to the ultimate Fairfield lax bro Brendan)and the name of the group is "The Dan Band", which may or may not be the greatest band name of all time. In fact, I'm selfish enough that if I was ever in a band I'd definitely push for the same name.
In the beginning of the video they show a couple of people saying no to the "free entertainment" which I assume is supposed to suggest that these were actual people and not actors, but I'm not convinced. The girl that says ok to the "free entertainment" has little to no reaction at all during the entire performance. How is she not uncontrollably laughing/getting weirded out? I'm convinced that she either has incredible composure or no emotional capacity whatsoever.
My favorite part of the video, aside from the two backup guys who are hysterical, is how he asks this unfazed chick a number of questions throughout his performance, but only puts the microphone in front of her mouth for a split second before continuing with his lyrics. I don't think she answers a single question mid-song.
Also, is he the perfect amount of creepy, or what? He's not too invasive, but he would certainly make any human being with emotions slightly uncomfortable.
Ok, now if you haven't figured out where you've seen this guy before then you either have the memory of a fish or you haven't seen some of the funniest movies of the decade.
Finnerty first came onto the scene as the wedding singer at the beginning of Old School (2003). The movie was so funny that his part is probably not what you first remember, but there's no way that you've ever listened to this song the same way again.
Finnerty followed that up with a role as the Bat Mitzvah singer in Starsky & Hutch (2004). What he says after the song and Vince Vaughn's subsequent reaction is definitely the best part.
Most recently, Finnerty appeared as the wedding singer in the 2009 comedy The Hangover.
If I had to classify Finnerty (and I don't because who cares what I think) I'd say he's probably a C or D list celebrity. He's almost a modern day Weird Al Yankovic. Case in point, here he is performing Alanis Morissette's song "You Oughta Know".
Finnerty and The Dan Band are great for an hour or so of entertainment, but like Frank Caliendo, they are a novelty act. If you've seen what they do once, you've seen it a thousand times.
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