Anyone remember MC Hammer? Check out his Too Legit to Quit video w/ superstar athlete cameos! :)

Estil

MC Hammer's Too Legit to Quit video; athlete cameos start about 3:50 into the video

How many cameos can you name? Don't cheat! I think this was so cool seeing all these superstar athletes (from 1991 anyway), especially the first one who appears; no one was a more popular athlete during this time than him.

digicat

Notice the emphasis of Bay Area stars:
Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Rickey Henderson, Jose Canseco, Chris Mullins



Is that supposed to be Michael Jackson at the end of the video (sitting in the chair, with only his shimmering gloved hand showing?)

ChrisC

Cant sit through it again but I think I saw:

Jose Canseco
Isiah Thomas
Kirby Puckett
Rickey Henderson
Dione Sanders
Roger Clemens
Chris Mullins
Ken Griffey Jr
Johnny Cash?
James Brown

Estil

<< <i>Notice the emphasis of Bay Area stars:
Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Rickey Henderson, Jose Canseco, Chris Mullins



Is that supposed to be Michael Jackson at the end of the video (sitting in the chair, with only his shimmering gloved hand showing?) >>



I don't know for sure one way or the other, but I don't think that was the real Michael. The hand's just a bit too fat and his face looked a little too dark for that time period.

Estil

<< <i>Cant sit through it again but I think I saw:

Jose Canseco
Isiah Thomas
Kirby Puckett
Rickey Henderson
Dione Sanders
Roger Clemens
Chris Mullins
Ken Griffey Jr
Johnny Cash?
James Brown >>



Well, all of them are correct except for Griffey. Where did you think Johnny Cash appeared? Can't "sit through it again"; that was a great song from Hammer in his prime and you know it.

baseballfanatic

MC Hammers history is really fascinating. He was one of Charley Finleys errand boys, was one of the youngest announcers ever, and even received the nickname "Hammer" by Reggie Jackson who thought he looked like Henry Aaron. Really some great early facts about MC if you ever get a chance to look up some stuff about him....

pandrews

MiniMaster

You mentioned he was an errand boy for Charlie O. He was also a Bat Boy for the the A's as well or is "errand boy" your term for the same?

baseballfanatic

<< <i>You mentioned he was an errand boy for Charlie O. He was also a Bat Boy for the the A's as well or is "errand boy" your term for the same? >>




MC did just about everything for Charley Finley. Bat boy, errand boy, gopher, announcer, you name it, he did it at one time or another. MC was a clubhouse favorite of all the A's......

Estil

That'd probably explain him and his crew wearing those Oakland Athletics varsity jackets midway through the video.

ArnyVee

Roger Craig and Jerry Glanville were also a couple of others that I noticed. And yes, it's meant to be Michael Jackson at the end of the video as a joke.

Stone193

Allen

Rickey Henderson's book "Confessions of a Thief" has a lot about him and Hammer. They were childhood friends, he talks a lot about hammers childhood aswell.

Allen

David Robinson is in there too.

phreakydancin

Wow, what an amazingly bad song! For those who don't want to suffer through, the cameos start at about 3:50 in.

Is that Urkel dancing beside Hammer (the bits where Hammer is in the yellow suit)?

Southerncards

I remember Rickey Henderson with that atrocious flat top haircut...........geez!

Estil

Well, here's a list of all the cameos; how many did you correctly name?

Jose Canseco
Isiah Thomas
Kirby Puckett
(second Isiah appearance here?)
Rickey Henderson
Andre Rison/Deion Sanders
Chris Mullin
Roger Clemens
Roger Craig/Ronnie Lott
Lynette Woodward
Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders
David Robinson
Jerry Glanville

Even after fifteen years Roger Clemens is still too legit to quit!

greencrow

Happy 50th birthday Hammer.

Estil

Hammer's "Get Buck" remix

Who can name all the athletes in this video? This time they even have the Addams Family!