Huey Lewis + Judd Apatow = Knee-Quivering Awesomeness
July 2, 2008
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Sony, Fandom
For quite a while now, the rumor that Huey Lewis would be performing the theme song for the expectedly hilarious Pineapple Express has been making the rounds, and today… oh, this day, it has come to sweet fruition, as the theme song hits first the soundtrack’s MySpace profile and then my beating heart.
I can’t tell you how much it tickles me to have the sax of the News accompanied by the sound of Huey uttering the word ‘chronic’. Then again, I can’t tell you how much I’m tickled that we’re actually facing a summer movie season that will cap itself off with Huey Lewis doing the theme song for a Judd Apatow-produced, David Gordon Green-directed stoner-buddy action-comedy, followed the week after by Robert Downey Jr. in blackface. Seriously, could you’ve called that this time last year?
If you don’t know why I’m so psyched, I’ve included the NSFW red-band trailer after the jump, and for those of you who are right there with me, Pineapple Express hits (snicker) on August 8th.
[God bless Spout Blog for bringing this to our attention. I’m tempted to send you guys over a basket full of pineapples just out of principle.]
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I really was hoping Huey would use the term chronic… but, alas!