Alex Meixner “My Pepperona”, ®2016, Hormel Foods
Earworm warning up ahead.
My Pepperona is a musical commercial for Hormel Foods' pepperoni brand. It was aired in 2016 and is sung and performed by singer Alex Meixner. Because of this particular advert, he became a mainstream polka musician all throughout the country.
Synopsis[]
In a orange target-like background, Meixner (as a one man band) is seen walking around playing an accordion and a drum (with the stick hitting the drum every time he takes a step). Lyrics for the ad are below:
Put it on-a pizza yum, a-nachos yum
Put it on-a anything, pep-pepperona
Ooh, I want to eat it up, eat it up
Got to get me some Hormel pepperona!
My, my, my, my, my-woo!
Pep-pep-pepperona
My Hormel pepperona!
The song then finishes, but for the next five seconds of silence as the Hormel pepperoni banner falls down, Meixner's feet can still be seen walking beneath it, still tapping away.
Why It's Cursed[]
The commercial is a blatant parody of band The Knack's My Sharona, which, coincidentally enough, was also parodied by Weird Al as My Bologna. Because of this, the ad can be considered annoying for some. Also, accordions were banned already!
Trivia[]
- A second version was later released after the ad's popularity.
- On July 27th, 2016, Hormel sent Meixner out to Austin, Minnesota (where Hormel is headquartered) to walk around and visit several restaurants and places in the city with his instruments used in this advert, singing the "Pepperoni Polka".
- There is also an interactive game that was once available on Hormel’s own website named “Rock that keyboard”, in which someone has to control Meixner’s instruments by using your keyboard, no footage of that game exists.
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