in this heat, i need to be endowed with several blasts of energy in order to blog.
i looked really hard to find the extended version with jim belushi. it's just not a video without jim belushi.
actually, i didn't have to look hard at all. this "extended version" clocks in at over ten minutes.
i don't know if i can bring myself to watch the whole thing, but i have a sneaking suspicion that i probably can.
how is this even possible?
Music video
The video for the song begins with an impatient crowd waiting for MC Hammer to perform, while Hammer has a lengthy conversation with James Brown, who calls Hammer "Godson" and enlists him to get the glove of Micheal Jackson. Brown endows Hammer with several blasts of energy, before sending Hammer off to perform. The performance is high budget and laden with impressive pyrotechnics. The video ends with a purported Jackson (seen only from behind) having seen the performance and conceding Hammer to be the superior dancer, while doing the "2 Legit 2 Quit" hand gesture. Hammer personally spoke with "MJ" on the phone about the video, with Michael giving his approval of it. This amusing story was recently mentioned on The Wendy Williams Show (July 27th, 2009) when MC was a guest.[1][2][3]
The song's music video features several athletes in the video. These athletes can be seen in the video in the following order: José Canseco, Isiah Thomas, Kirby Puckett, Jerry Rice, Rickey Henderson, Deion Sanders, Andre Rison, Chris Mullin, Roger Clemens, Roger Craig, Ronnie Lott, Lynette Woodard,The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, David Robinson, and former Atlanta Falcons coach Jerry Glanville. The extended full-length version of the video also has Jim Belushi in it.
The video was number 5 in MAX music's World's Worst Ever Video countdown and number 1 in its Forgotten Video Clips countdown in 2008. It was also voted number 24 on MTV's all-time "25 Lame" countdown in 1999. However, it has been ranked as one of the most expensive videos ever produced, and a viewer's favorite by VH1. Too Legit to Quit shares its name with a short video, produced in 2009 by Triceratops Productions, about a man washing his truck. The film features the song as well. [4][5][6]
A hand gesture became popular as a result of the title song and video which was also shown in the "Addams Groove" movie video and on MTV. It involved forming the number "2", an L for "Legit", two for "Too" and a "cut" motion for "Quit" with the hand and fingers (as seen in the video).
