![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So I think there was something that made sense.Ĭarlock: They're not acting like themselves. Sagher: Having written those lyrics, it was surprising how easy it was for a bar mitzvah to turn into a werewolf party. If only I knew that I would be producing Childish Gambino. And so he stepped in and did some of the vocals, to fill in, and then also did some other ad-libbing talking in it.Ĭarlock: Some of the vocal on the long version of Tracy is actually Donald doing a pretty amazing Tracy impression. Sagher: So Donald Glover stepped in, because he could do a really good Tracy Morgan impression. Sagher: And then we recorded it in Jeff's office. He worked on the lyrics, and we all pitched in. I'm sure he would like credit for that now. I mean, honestly, it was me doing some Wikipediaing.Ĭarlock: worked on the lyrics. Of having the Tracy character just sort of lose his way more. And so I wrote the lyrics, and sent them to Robert - and Robert, his note was to have it go off the rails a little bit more. I think I'm the only Jewish person in the writing credits for it. Jeff Richmond, the genius musical director of that show, had suggested writing a full song.Īnd so I took a first pass at the lyrics. And NBC did that thing where, for just that eight-second clip, they showed a 30-second commercial to see that eight-second clip.Īnd a little bit born of frustration with that, but also Halloween was coming up. It was one of those things where, after the episode aired, people really loved it. Sagher: And then, that was a big hit, unexpectedly. When an actor comes in to put in fake teeth - it's good that we were singing to a track, because Tracy couldn't speak well with the teeth. We never stopped doing it, but we were just sort of learning, "Oh, this is time consuming and expensive to do these little jokes that are just these cutaways!" SHOOTING THE WEREWOLF BAR MITZVAH MUSIC VIDEOĬarlock: We were always writing little cutaways. Sagher: "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" played at my nephew's bar mitzvah, and that was a delight. So I guess the irony is, I'm getting the ASCAP checks. It's our "Monster Mash." I think everybody was ready for, it had been how many years, 30 years since the "Monster Mash."Ĭarlock: There's also Jeff Richmond's music to begin with, which is pretty earwormy.īut also, I think on some level, you get, "Oh OK, Tracy was being cynical, and I've seen people do that kind of novelty song thing," and you understand what it is on some level - it can't just be completely random.Ĭarlock: I guess the irony of it is, my oldest kid had his bar mitzvah season last year, and said he heard it got played at one of the bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah parties he went to. ![]()
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