Weird Al


is Weird Al Yankovic in the Cruisin' skit (in the desert)?

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Not sure, but I know Stephen Stills is one of the MP's.

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Stephen Stills, eh? I don't think so, but a look-a-like perhaps.

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Yep, he's right. Stills and Nesmith go way back. Nesmith commented about this when the video came out in '81.

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That's wild. He didn't look like himself.

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True, and the other MP was Gary Durett, drummer for Juice Newton.

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I thought that MP looked familiar. Stephen Stills actually auditioned for the Monkees but lost out to Mickey Dolenz.

Just watched the video on youtube.

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Actually, Stephen Stills tried out for the Monkees, but they didn't think he quite had 'the look' (bad teeth, or something - I don't exactly remember).

So he suggested to his buddy, Peter Tork, that he try out.

Peter did, and got the part.

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Better than than Crosby, Tork, Nash, and Young.

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