Career achievement unlocked. We wrote about the "Nedal" band Okilly Dokilly, based entirely on a character from The Simpsons, a few years ago. Well, these dudes really took the joke to the maximum level of exposure, because this past Sunday, they were featured on the show!
Nearly two million people saw the band pop up during the end-credits of the 659th episode of the show, which saw the band perform their song "White Wine Spritzer" with lyrics like “You only live once/give me a white wine spritzer,” a reference to an episode of the show.
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“We saw the video and knew they had to be on the show,” longtime Simpsons showrunner Al Jean tells Rolling Stone. “We do not endorse their message of indiscriminate drinking of white wine spritzers.”
Head Ned broke kayfabe and explained to Rolling Stone how the idea for the band came about:
The idea for Okilly Dokilly came from a conversation between Head Ned and the group’s original drummer, Bled Ned, who were trying to imagine the most ill-fitting name for a death metal band. After hitting upon Okilly Dokilly, the duo continued to spin the joke out: What if the frontman was dressed like Ned Flanders, what if everyone dressed like Ned Flanders, what if it was a “Nedal band” not a “metal band,” what if all the lyrics were Flanders quotes. The dream began to materialize when Head Ned realized they not only had access to a pink Flying V guitar, but his job at a clothing company allowed him to buy green sweaters in bulk.
Head Ned says a producer reached out to them while on tour and when the band asked how they got on the show's radar, the band was told that showrunner Al Jean had heard about them thanks to a Google alert.
If YOU want to talk to Head Ned, he will be calling into tonight's episode of the RIP a Livecast, starting one hour earlier than usual at 6pm eastern time.
The band is on tour all spring long. Get dates here.
