Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher (1980)
Directed by: Pete Angelus, David Lee Roth & Rick Friedberg
The music video (directed by Pete Angelus and David Lee Roth, and produced by Jerry Kramer and Glenn Goodwin, choreographed by Vincent Paterson with concept/treatment by Anthony Nasch) was filmed at John Marshall High School, with Phil Hartman performing the voice of Waldo, the video’s hero. Along with Waldo, the “kid versions” of Van Halen face the trials and tribulations of (shown in black-and-white) grade school. Once the schoolteacher, (Lillian Müller) arrives, she steps onto the desks, arrayed like a runway. She then tears off her dress, revealing a bikini bottom, cropped top and a sash that reads “Phys Ed”, all to the cheers of the students, male and female. In the end, the kids grow up to become, variously, a gynecologist (Alex), sumo wrestler (Mike), psychiatric hospital patient (Eddie), and game show host (Dave). While no one was sure what Waldo grew up to be, the graphic hints at being a pimp, the total opposite of his child self.
