SEATTLE — This story originally aired on KING-TV's Evening Magazine in 1991. At that time, Ivar's had been threatened with legal action from Movie studio Orion for a commercial they made that was a parody of the Kevin Costner oscar winning movie "Dances with Wolves."
Although familiar, the voice in the music video is NOT the voice Evening's Jim Dever. The video appears to have been a product of the collaboration between Evening Magazine, and the radio station KUBE.
LYRICS
Dancin' with the Clams now!
Dancin' with the Clams now!
Stop.
Hey, look on the TV
Legs on a shellfish looking mighty freaky
Wait... there's a man moving faster, close inspection - looked like Kevin Costner
No, says the movie company.
You're ripping us off with your commercial parody. Find another way to market your chow.
Ivar's found a way, we're dancing with the Clams now...
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