HGTV Meat Loaf parody for "Sleep on It" - long version

I wrote this spot in September and have had the music stuck in my head ever since!! Hopefully it does the same for you all and gets you to the show on HGTV. As soon as I heard the show's title was "Sleep On It," Meat Loaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light popped in my head. The trick was making the whole thing work to explain an HGTV show. I really wanted the agent to be over-the-top, overbearing and a little creepy, so that after the idea of the show is introduced, the ending dance number makes sense. As much as a dance number in the middle of a suburban street can make sense, anyway! It really was the most fun I've had working on a project. HGTV has an official page on their website at http://www.hgtv.com/sleeponit. And yes, we cleared the lyrics with James Steinman.
**NEW: The :60 version won two PROMAX Awards (Silver, Bronze)! http://www.promaxbda.org/media/site/pdf/Promax_Awards_winners.pdf

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• HGTV
• Meatloaf
• Paradise
• Dashboard
• Lights
• Sleep
• On
• It
• Commercials
• Promos
• parody
• Meat Loaf
• comedy
• AT&T
• PROMAX
• finalist

[secondeagle]

Somewhere. in another universe based on a dark Peter Pan, Jim Steinman weeps. And cashes a check. But mainly weeps.

[jimHGTV]

HA. Steinman actually approved the lyric changes!

[BoogsterSU]

Are there going to be any episodes of that show that's going to take place in Phoenix, Ariz?

[jimHGTV]

I don't know, sorry.

[animeman32321]

you r-tard its nto sleep on it do you think meatloaf ould make a song with that name its called paradise by the dashboard light and teh song was altared here

[jimHGTV]

Ummm... I know. The HGTV show is called Sleep On It.

[MsGail61]

Great adaptation of a great song!

[beachmom19]

Awesome. Best promo I have ever seen for a new show !

[grambones70]

FAIL!!

[hunter35]

o.o Are you serious

[BozalliCopter]

lolololol

Meaty rules

[JahalomSjachor]

LOL! A friend of mine, i wont say any names *quack*, told me not to watch it cause it was crap.... well i like it!

It's funny and it makes sense, so yeah,

i like it!

Thanks for posting

[supasta3]

creative!

[Jacqueline7oX]

Cause Meat Loaf is actually in that one.

[jumpacliff3]

Awesome parody.

[CMc62480]

AT&T probably bribed Meat Loaf, this one's much better than the other one.