Last night we were discussing mad ideas for birthday cakes. Out of the repitlian recesses of my brain, I remembered the video to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Don’t Come Around Here No More”. An homage to Alice in Wonderland, this 1985 drug-indcued gem features Tom Petty as the Madhatter and the band as his court. It does really effective work with changing scales–Alice is drinking tea then she’s swimming in it, Tom’s clothes get crazily oversized. The pig-woman in the baby carriage also wigs me right out.
Near the climax of the video, we see Alice laid out on a table as a birthday cake. Tom and the band cut slices out of here (she’s apparently made of cake) as she protests fruitlessly. Feminist examinations aside, that image has stuck in my head for the last 20 years. After the Dire Straits’ ‘Money for Nothing’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, this is probably the video I remember most from the 80s.
And, thanks to the magic of the Internet, you can watch it on this page (scroll down to Tom Petty). It’s RealAudio, and the server seems to be powered by an arthritic gerbil, but it’s worth the wait.
UPDATE: And, speaking of weird baked goods, check out the thoracic cavity cake (grossness ahead).
DarrenBarefoot.com 
I also find the cake very impressive, though I’m not as medically inclined as Mel. I don’t know if I could eat it though.
i think you skipped a day.
but maybe you’re in china 🙂
if so, saang yat faai lok
Indeed…that’s really weird. I’ve fixed it, and will try to figure out what the issue is.
I believe my ISP has their server time set incorrectly. I’ve emailed them to enquire about this.
If you are a ST:TNG fan you will remember cellular peptide cake. To quote Worf “Mmmm… Mint frosting”.
I watched too much Star Trek as a kid.
Oh my god, that thorax cake rocks!
OMG! Thank you so much fopr posting this. I remember this video from my childhood and I’ve been trying to figure out what it was FOR FOREVER. ThankS!!! You made my day!
yeahh!!! tom petty ruuulz!!! i havent see that video since yesterday!! im a very fan of AIW ! and that video makes me crazy !!
i love it !! 😀
cheers from Mexico 😉
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