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Director: Tom Scharpling
The video stars John Hamm as an overbearing version of director Tom Scharpling—portraying him as a greasy huckster video director who wants to do a shot-for-shot remake of ‘Til Tuesday’s “Voices Carry.” (Students of the ’80s will recall that Til Tuesday was the group Mann fronted before her solo career.) In the video Mann balks at the concept, but claims she was tricked into signing a contract and is now obligated to go forward with it. The result is exactly what you’d expect: A mind-blowingly hilarious shot-for-shot remake of “Voices Carry” with Superchunk/The Mountain Goats’ drummer Jon Wurster standing in for the vaguely abusive boyfriend and a cameo by Ted Leo in an atrocious wig. The laugh-out-loud video is the perfect antidote to “Labrador,” the somewhat depressing song off of Mann’s Charmer LP about a hopelessly one-sided relationship.