VideoWest: Two Triple Cheese - Comander Cody

[MrCzechers]

Thanks for posting!

I dont remember where I 1st saw this video, but several years later the song got stuck in my head out of the blue. That day I HAD to go to Wendy's & get 2 triples with cheese, ketchup, pickles, & onions (3/4 lb beef each), large fries & a Frosty. I got sick, but it was worth it.

2 triple cheese side order of fries.

[RubicantX]

what was turkey TV and when did it air? anyone remember?

[Diskoboy1974]

@RubicantX - Turkey TV was a show on Nickelodeon back from around 1985-1987 that would show comedy sketches from around the world. They used to play this, Fish Heads, and Blotto's "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard" quite often. They also used to play alot of Dana Carvey before he made it big on SNL.

[RubicantX]

@Diskoboy1974 NOW I remember! That was on during the era with DangerMouse, Belle and Sebastian, National Geographic Presents, Out of Control, and YCDTOTV...Thanks for the refresher!

[RetroToledo]

@Diskoboy1974 I certainly remember that show a lot. It was kinda like a predecessor to a later show Comedy Central use to do called "Short Attention Span Theater".

[RubicantX]

My mom used to play this for me when I was 2 or 3 years old back around 1981- it scarred me for life and I never forgot it! I still think it is totally awesome though...totally awesome video!!! Thanks for bringing back serious memories! :)

[NW49ERFAITHFUL]

HOLY COW! I kid you not I've been looking for this video for over 20 years! THANK YOU YOUTUBERS!

[WesMantooth73]

These effects aren't very special.

[dtemplar21977]

I wonder if the hamburger stand down at Park & Grand still exists?

[ColnLar]

I first heard this in 1979 on MTV [Los Angeles area only] which was the test area for MTV. What a trip.

[AVCVideo]

Kwik-Way just re-opened last Friday. this video shows you how creative VideoWest was back in the 80s, and without digital effects!

[seatspud]

I, too, remember this from Turkey TV. But there was another music vid they've shown featuring a guy in a tomato costume who sang then chased people with a giant knife at the end. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

[dtemplar21977]

The first time I saw that video was from Turkey Television. TYVM!!!!:)

[SuedeKnight]

Wish I had one of those "Where the hell is Detroit?" shirts. Anyone know where I can find one?

[Shawnster65]

This is why America is so great: straight up, no holds barred, fun loving ROCK and fuckin' ROLL!!! Spread the gospel my brothers!

[Shawnster65]

Oh MAN, what a blast from the past! I used to love this video, thanks so much for posting! It's been like 20-some years since I saw it. Now all I need is a fistful of quarters and the local arcade that used to be a block away (now replaced by a shopping center, as usual.) Thanks for a little slice of the 80's again!

[RasMajnouni]

@Shawnster65 Yeah,an they are all white haired now!(Like this too-old-and-in-the way slob)

[CRAZYCRADER]

Awesome post!!! Thanks for uploading!!!

[sarlex85]

Wow I hadn't seen this video in years! I also remember it from Turkey TV.

[jasonjohnsonexp]

I had wanted to see this video for years, this has made my day!!!! I haven't seen this since I was 8 or something!!!!!! Best video EVER!!!!!!!

[diddymuck]

I can feel the grease drippin' down my thighs! Two Triple Cheese side order of fries.

[CowboyBebop444]

i remember this sone quite well, fun tune. i heard it on Turkey TV back in the 80sas well.

[mechanicalarts]

yeah, i was there that day...and i even took a shot of Cody with the burgers in the trunk that ran in Rolling Stone...that was my fav burger joint in S.F.....the Tick-Tock on Third.....just south of PacBell.......

[MrFlashBazbo]

Late nights Nickelodeon Turkey TV.... Better than Night Flight for us Stoners!!! Hey lets all go to Wendys !!!

[ElbowsAndHoes]

HOLY SHIT!!!! IT LIVES!!!! Remember the video game Burgertime? Ode to the burger rocks!!!!

[ElbowsAndHoes]

HOLY SHIT! IT LIVES!!!!

TWO TRIPLE CHEESE SIDE ORDER OF FRIES FTW!!!!!! Saw this video once a long time ago and never forgot it.

[markko17]

I think the budget on this was $50 and they could keep whatever was left over.

[thempyreans]

PROBABLY THEE BEST VIDEO EVER......

[SonomaBonVivant]

In 1979, before MTV, us San Francisco Bay Area kids watched Videowest. Hungry for early punk and new wave, we were satisfied. But "that old guy" Commander Cody gave us indigestion. I swear they aired this video every week. A couple decades later, I find it pretty cheestastic!

[markko17]

Best Video ever!!!

I think the deal was they had a $50 budget and could keep whatever was left over.

[JMChladek]

Still funnier then crap! This is the anthem for the hamburger.

[robofil330]

Saw this on the old MTV back in the early 80's was funny then, still funny now

[MrKevMan]

I used to jam to this on Turkey TV on Nickelodien.

[CatsLairArchives]

Same here. used to piss my mom off, because everytime they played it I would crank the volume. :))

[walrus108]

Does anybody remember another vid from the same era, prob "turkey tv" too, that was a girl singer. Something like, "he was a monkey man, tried to tell me what to do". I'd love to find that one.

[karaloyal]

Yay thanks! I did a little volunteer work for VideoWest while in high school, and have special memories of it and the show.

[fahqueman]

Damn,this brings back some memories.Back when Mtv still played music videos and was like a 24 hour B movie with a cool soundtrack.Not to sound wistful,but I kinda miss the 80's.

[avengerscap]

Wow, suddenly it's 1980 again and MTV is a year away. Favorite is the dancing french fries! Too bad they stopped making videos like this. You know--without dancing.

[SonomaBonVivant]

Totally! The dancing french fries at the end is my favorite part too. And was that giant french fry guitar in the middle? *groans* So silly.

[SpookyStregaAL]

OMG talk about strolling down memory lane..I LOVED THIS

[splishsplash9]

I moved to Oakland 69,got booze under age at 45th and Grove,then went up to skyline and the Monkey tree's-got the munchies and headed for Lakeshore and two tripple cheese side order a frie's. Been there ate that.Love the memories,and thanks for the Vidio!!! Now More!

[densityduckk]

Holy crap, I forgot this existed until I saw it in the search results!

[BryanOblivion]

I've been searching for this for years!

[Stranahan]

Oh man - THANKS for posting this.

This was the first video I ever worked on. I was 14 years old.

I made most of those french fry buildings.

That's my dog at 1:45. RIP, Liz.

[trippdefane]

your awesome dude!! great video!!!

[catpooptv]

Wasn't this video on some animation collection that they used to show on Showtime or HBO? I want to find that. Does anyone know where I can get a DVD of that show?

[mrksvideos]

The only place I ever saw it was on Nickelodeon's "Turkey Television" show back in the day...maybe 1985-86 if I remember correctly. I can still sing this song verbatim today ;) FYI...the copy I have of my VHS collection from Turkey TV has a copyright date at the end of 1980 on it. Hey Joe...maybe a DVD should go in the works for all us fans!

[culpit]

The burgers looked pink and uncooked, the fries looked like they were frozen, and the cola pouring into the cup looked flat. But still I loved seeing this video as a kid and it makes me laugh all the time. :)

[tokyofreaky]

Thank you for this video. THis song was going through my head all day at work today and everyone was looking at me wierd. I had to get to youtube to see if it was here. You made my day:):) WHAT GOES IN THE PADDIES IS KNOW ONLY TO THE BOSS!!!!!!

[docmontauk]

Kwik Way burgers were awful.

[Dawgisht]

You didn't go to KwikWay for the burgers... you went for the delicious grease-drenched fries! Sheesh!

[chrispizzo]

I use to think this video was just something I imagined or hallucinated or something. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! This video brought back memories. Don't ever get rid of this!!!

[MINESWEEP2k]

Thanks for posting this video which I haven't seen in forever, since seeing it on Nickelodeon's Turkey Television from the mid-80s. This is probably the best song about food that Weird Al didn't do! :)

-MINESWEEP

[04iamcalled08]

Thank you! THank You! THAnk YOU!!!! I have been looking for this video, like, forever. Doing a timeline on my profile and I'm at 1981 right now (the birth of MTV) Dude...you rock!

Man, this brings back a lot of memories!

[truebootsyes]

YES! YES! YES! I looked for this video forever and when I asked everyone about it they were like, duh, what? Thanks so much dude...A small but very important part of me is now at peace.

[28if]

My exact thoughts, it was posted earlier and then deleted. Closet you can get here in the Bay Area is George's Hamburgers in Walnut Creek

[densityduckk]

No way, man, Juicy Burger FTW. Make sure you go to the one in San Jose though, the one in Sunnyvale is run by a terrifying Greek lady.

[truebootsyes]

YES! YES! YES! I looked for this video forever and everyone I asked about it was like, duh, what? Thanks so much dude!........a small but very important part of me is at peace now.

[SPOON007a]

Saw this on video west back in the day!!!! keep the comming!!!!

[goblinko]

What's also cool about this & thanks for uploading it, is that that's Oakland's Kwik-Way fast foodery, a real dinosaur, which has gone extinct. I have their drive up sign. Yowza!

[mikecronis]

Finally a Turkey TV video back to life! Yes! I cn' feel the grease drippin' DOWN mah THIGHS!

[mojopriest]

More videos should have a person playing a giant french fry.

[DastardlyMatt]

One of the earliest MTV videos! I always remembered the guys Where The Hell is Detroit? T-shirt!