If you thought Peter Gabriel's video for "Sledgehammer", which took home a ton of awards between the MTV Video Awards, the Grammys and the American Music Awards, was wack, Gabriel and director Stephen R. Johnson (Pee-Wee's Playhouse) sought to top it with "Big Time", a pastiche of claymation and other abstract artistic styles. Scope!!
Gabriel's having fun, as if he found his inner child. Now, don't ya think Geffen Records, Gabriel's label, blew an opportunity for cross-promotion by not having "Big Time" premiere on Playhouse instead of MTV?
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"Big Time" is one of my life mantras. No joke.
And yeah, now that you mention it, I do see the traces of Pee-Wee's Playhouse in the video. :D
Stephen Johnson, I think, landed the Playhouse gig after Sledgehammer went into heavy rotation on MTV. Given Pee-Wee's own frequent visits back in the day, something could've been worked out.....
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