Marty Callner is a director. He has made music videos, comedy specials, concert specials, and created television shows. Marty has directed some of the biggest artists in the world, and has work recorded back as far as 1977 and as recent as 2015. He is the creator of HBO’s Hard Knocks and has been nominated and won numerous Emmys, MTV Video Music Awards, DGAs, and CableACE Awards. (More from Wikipedia)
You might remember “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as a classic music video on MTV back in the day; as Wikipedia describes it: “The song is notable for its popular music video directed by Marty Callner, with its emphasis on slapstick comedy, where a parent gets the worst of the band’s mischief. Controversy arose when the depiction of the family in the video caused a public outcry long before the ‘explicit lyrics’ warning was placed on records, cassettes, and CD’s. This led to the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center, co-founded by Tipper Gore (who later became Second Lady of the United States). Mark Metcalf, the actor portraying the father in the video, had previously played Neidermeyer, the ROTC student commander in National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978). In a reference to his role in the film, Metcalf says in the video, ‘A Twisted Sister pin? On your uniform?!’. [Lead singer Dee] Snider himself can also be heard cursing and swearing the question ‘A pledge pin? On your uniform?’ at the end of the song.”
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