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Wikipedia|left The single has an accompanying music video, which was recorded in
digital high definition, unusual for the time, although there was no practical way to share the format en masse at the time. The video, loosely parodying the video for
Chamillionaire's "
Ridin'" and following the song's lyrics, shows Yankovic, dressed as a stereotypical nerd with a buttoned-up
polo shirt, dress slacks, and
horn-rimmed glasses attempting to fit in with the "gangsters" (the first ones being
Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele), in a blue 1967 Chevy Impala convertible (Al is later depicted as owning a Toyota Prius) but instead either scaring them away, causing them to
flip him the bird, or to direct him away from their group and instead towards a herd of other "nerds". These scenes include shots that directly parody the "Ridin'" video, including similar outfits by both artists. Yankovic is seen at night dancing in front of a set of road flares arranged in the form of
Pac-Man, similar to the shot of Chamillionaire in front of the figure of a lizard, his personal logo. Another repeated scene shows Yankovic along with
Donny Osmond—the "whitest guy I could think of", according to Yankovic—dancing in front of the
Schrödinger equation, mimicking shots of Chamillionaire and
Krayzie Bone from the "Ridin'" video. Yankovic had found Osmond to be eager to be in the video, having memorized the song before recording as well as having his various moves already figured out before filming. Fans of the video have replicated the action depicted in the video several times. The video shows a fictional
Trivial Pursuit card, with questions that include the location of the largest ball of twine (a reference to his song "
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota"), on what page
Harry Potter would die in
the next book, and the number of Wicket men there are on a
43-Man Squamish team (there are five). The video includes other cameos. The Impala's "OG4LIFE" license plate refers to
Ice-T's 1991 album
Original Gangster.
Seth Green, whom Yankovic had known for some time, appears in front of a wall display of action figures. Green also provided a number of the props for the video. The video was leaked onto
YouTube on September 17, 2006, one day before the planned official release date on
AOL. Due to the leak, the premiere was canceled, and AOL silently slipped the video onto their website.
VH1 started airing the video in "large rotation" on September 20, 2006; the video debuted at #5 on their Top 20 countdown.
Fan-made video Yahoo! Music solicited online members to make a
fans-only video for "White & Nerdy". The video was released in late 2006. ==Live performances==