Watch: Leonard Nimoy Gets “Lazy” In Bruno Mars Music Video [UPDATED] May 26, 2011
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity,Music,Nimoy,Viral Video/Mashup/Images , trackback
Leonard Nimoy’s non-retirement continues with a surprising new addition. Today Electra Records released an "official alternative" music video from Bruno Mars hit "The Lazy Song," starring Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy having a very lazy day. It will definately be the coolest thing you see all day (all week?, all year?). [UPDATE: Nimoy explains how he got involved with Mars]
Leonard Nimoy Gets Lazy In Bruno Mars Music Video
"The Lazy Song" from Bruno Mars album Doo-Wops & Hooligans was released as a single in February and has sold over a million digital copies alone. A music video was released featuring Mars earlier this year, but today Elektra Records released an "Official Alternate Version" with none other than Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy acting out Mars’ "Lazy" day. Check out the awesomeness (including a brief glimpse of William Shatner):
By the way, if you want to see the original "The Lazy Song" video, watch it on YouTube.
UPDATE: Nimoy explains how he got involved
While clearly awesome, it is curious why Nimoy came out of retirement (again) for a music video. In an email to TrekMovie he explains:
I met Aaron Bay-Schuck in 1985 when I was preparing to direct St IV. He was 4-1/2 years old. I married his mother in 1989. Aaron is the Atlantic Records exec who signed Bruno Mars to the label.
Classic Nimoy Music Videos
And astute fans of Leonard Nimoy will know this is not his first foray into music videos. Check out some classic Nimoy.
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Awesome!! Thanks Anthony that made my day.
HILARIOUS!!!!!!
Ain’t the best song in the world, but the video is priceless. So many great moments. Thanks for posting! ★★★★★
Nimoy has always been so cool…
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Badass.
That was great!!
Not much for Nimoy to do in the Bangles video, but it was nice to be reminded of Susanna Hoffs’ eternal cuteness and heavenly voice.
Nimoy is Da Man. Or he is Da Vulcan.
Love this.
Re: #8 — Well, except for Leonard also being the person who was the DIRECTOR of that video!
:O
Fantastic. Love the ‘touching moment’ with the snapshot of the L’il Vulcan. Dang. That came out all sorts of wrong, didn’t it?
I’ve seen a lot of things in my life but that…was…AWESOME!
Definitely funny … but he reminded me someone and I was a little sad too …
It’s like he’s channeling his inner Walter Matthau for this video. Haha
Shatner’s a great comedic talent, but I don’t think even he could have pulled this off as well as Nimoy.
Nimoy has SWAG.
This guy is everywhere!
I cracked up laughing when he takes the photo of the Vulcan fan, folds it up, and sticks it under the chair leg. Hilarious!
*This* should be the trailer for Free-Enterprise 2!
loling forever. so amazing
That was a cool video with Leonard and I hope William Shatner saw it.
I loved the “Lazy” song video, but the Bilbo Baggins song – well, what can I say? It was sort of awful and I don’t just mean the quality of video picture.
Fun stuff. I had no idea that Leonard Nimoy did all this…
Brilliant fun stuff!
great video at 1.36/1.37 is that Wil Weaton?
:D I had to smiley all the way through, great! =)
:D I had to smile all the way through, great! =)
You look GREAT, Mr. Nimoy.
Even on your “lazy days” . HOW DO YOU DO IT?!
My personal, immediate reaction to the Bruno-Mars-Lazy-Song music video: What a fantastically entertaining piece and truly cleverly conceived, hilarious deconstruction of Mr. Nimoy´s regular public persona as a wise and highly dignified elder statesman of show business, :-) …
He didn’t wash after going to the can, but at least he did go to the trouble of wiping his hand later – on his neighbours face! That video was hilarious!!
Hilarious! I loved the Taxi Driver moment in the mirror… “Are you talking to me?” and then he pulled his vulcan salute out. Priceless!
If I’m half as cool when I’m half as old as Mr Nimoy, I’ll be a happy man!
@29. Hermioni.
Yeah. That too.
:)
I’m sat at work with my headphones on laughing my head off (in my dinner hour of course!).
I’m getting some very strange looks but it’s worth it – funniest thing I’ve seen in ages!
Hilarious i was laughing all the way through. is that bruno mars at 1.11.
@ #32. Aurore – May 27, 2011
It´s good to know we find ourselves in agreement then, ;-) .
@35. Hermioni.
Indeed.
:))
definitely .
Best music video ever.
although i fear it is impossible, i hope i am half as cool as Nimoy when i hit his age!!!
or for that matter, ANY age…
This is awesome!! My day is made!! :) Oh,and hi Aurore!
Nice to “see” you again,Olivia!
This is the single greatest video YouTube has ever seen. Leonard Nimoy smoking doob? HELL YEAH
Brilliant!
Awesome, made me laugh, especially Shatner the channel hog
Thank you, I really needed a good laugh. Live long and prosper Mr. Nimoy.
Aurore, :) its always nice to “hear” from you! :)
My copy of “The Hobbit” just burst into flames!!
Nimoy obviously has a talent for deadpan comedy. Bravo!
Did Spock just take a morning whiz into the sink?
Fascinating…
Is anyone noticing a trend in the nimoy music videos?
Discounting the Bilbo video because… well… just because it exists.
But the other two are about:
1) Having a lazy day on which I will do nothing (I’ve had a lot of days like that lately) and,
2) Going down to Liverpool to do nothing.
It appears Mr. Nimoy likes his videos to advocate laziness. Makes me feel a hell of a lot better about my lazy existence :)
I’m still chuckling while I write this. Brilliant video.
Leonard Nimoy scaring kids in the supermarket…(I have a feeling that’s the Vons near my house…)
I wonder what someone who has never watched Star Trek before and doesn’t really recognize him would think of all the Shatner and Spock jokes.
Too funny! Love Nimoy.
Not a song I am a big fan of but it’s catchy and this is a really cool video
Anthony, next time be sure to include [HOAX] next to any articles about Nimoy’s “retirement”
Love Nimoy clicking through the Shatner clips on TV. In his funny reaction you can see the love and the rivalry both.
Nimoy probably has a much nicer house, but I love the compact sort of normal existence he has in that homey little villa.
Again, super cool video. Now Shatner’s going to want one.
At the market in his PJs? Nimoy’s not da man. He’s The Dude.
absolutely love this video
PJs *and* sunglasses indoors–he even looks over them at the check-out clerk the same way The Dude does. It’s “The Big Spockowski.” Someone needs to do a Nimoy/Jeff Bridges mash-up and use “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)” as the soundtrack (about the same length as “Lazy” and much more enjoyable… plus the LSD trip conveyed by the lyrics (and the scene in “Lebowski”) fit with the visual absurdity fuel going on with Leo here.
Leonard you still can entertain us so well even after all these years. Love it!
29. Hermioni – May 27, 2011
My personal, immediate reaction to the Bruno-Mars-Lazy-Song music video: What a fantastically entertaining piece and truly cleverly conceived, hilarious deconstruction of Mr. Nimoy´s regular public persona as a wise and highly dignified elder statesman of show business, :-) …
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You sure that wasn’t more of a reflective delayed reaction? ;-) In any case, that sounded exactly like something Ms. Granger would say.
I nearly peed myself. Thank you, Leonard. This was so precious!
I love that video!
Off topic:
@ #61. dmduncan – May 27, 2011
:-)) ,actually, (more than) a few people who know me personally do tease me in much the same manner… What can I say, … at least, my existence (and my name) predate the character´s by quite a few years, ;-) .
He pees in the sink
This is truly awesome. I think Nimoy just stole Shatner’s funny crown.
But wait, there are Bangles songs that weren’t sung by Susanna Hoffs? Must have wiped those from my memory. :)
64. Hermioni – May 28, 2011
Magnificento Coincidensalus!
It was all perfect until the dope at the end. I was all excited to show my family, then… ruined.
Speaking of remakes, that is a natural Shatner/Nimoy project…”Grumpy Old Men”.
Oh God that was fantastic… it seems so illogical to put Nimoy in a video like that and yet it was perfect. Great :)
Best. Video. Ever.
Loved it. Wonder if he missed his calling as a comedian – guess I should see… was it “Three Men and a Baby” that he directed/acted in?
Mr. Nimoy appears rather adept at rolling a spiff. Wow, what an actor!
Let me pick my jaw up off the ground so I can say something…nope, still speechless.
75 posts later and till smiling from the memory of that video.
Thank you, Mr. Nimoy.
Ahhh, even Leonard Nimoy can’t make me endure a Bruno Mars song. Dude should stick to drumming.
Bruno Mars, that is, not Leonard Nimoy.
What’s with the tiger? Tigers?
Really hope Mr. Nimoy doesn’t spend his days off looking at playboys and smoking a joint.
haha great stuff
awesomeeeeeeeeeeee lol..
“I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski!”
Nimoy! You’re the greatest! The most hilarious video I have ever seen!
Heheheee Great Mr Nimoy ;)
Shatner and Nimoy need to do a Grumpy Old Men type movie….
hehe Never get tired of the Bilbo video. Never.
Oh, right.The Bruno Mars thing. Funny stuff!
That video is chock full of awesomeness!!
Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-)