Aimee Mann – “Labrador”

Aimee Mann – “Labrador” (Dir. Tom Scharpling)

It’s best if you watch ‘Til Tuesday’s “Voices Carry” video beforehand, but you should be doing that anyway. Some dazzling meta-narrative fireworks here: Aimee Mann, playing herself, playing a younger version of herself, looking just as disgusted as she did in the original video but for different reasons. Jon Hamm, playing Tom Scharpling as a sleazy huckster cabdriver type. Jon Wurster, being as wooden and hammy as the situation demands but somehow still not equaling the pure awfulness of the guy in the original video. Everyone involved in this thing deserves a massive high-five, like the kind that leaves your hand stinging for a few minutes after.