I’m not exactly a proponent of Lady Gaga, but I did spend two days this fall with “Poker Face” stuck in my head non-stop. Since then, there have been two excellent televised versions of her catchy song — first by Eric Cartman on “South Park,” then by Christopher Walken on BBC One. The video above mixes all three versions, and it. Is. A-maaaaaaay-ziiinnnnngggggggggg. Not only is the song well-mixed, but the video includes clips of Walken in The Deer Hunter and Fatboy Slim’s classic “Weapon of Choice” video.

It’s days like this that I feel sorry for people who make three or four times as much money as I do by working in pharmaceutical sales or trading stocks or some other crappy grown-up job. What a joyless existence. It’s like, yeah buddy, that’s great that you wear nice suits and own a penthouse suite, but I’m not wearing pants and I just watched a Christopher Walken/Cartman/Lady Gaga video. Winner: me.

[The Daily Dish via Buzzfeed]

Christopher Walken appeared on “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” on BBC One this weekend, and Ross had him read the lyrics to Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” (If you’re new to Earth, this is the original song. Better version here.) As you might expect from anything that has Christopher Walken, it is amazing. I’ve watched it three times and the first “Ooh!” makes me laugh every time.

Show of hands: who would buy a spoken-word album of Walken reading the lyrics to various pop songs? Everyone? That’s what I thought. Let’s make it happen, people.

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