From inception to completion, the three-and-a-half minute video took 22 months to create.
"Video took porn out of the downtown theater and into your house," Mr. Thomas said.
The rooftop tango in the middle of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A". music video took place at the Shangri-La.
And the Keating Five scandal, the subject of a recent Obama campaign Internet video, took the night off as well.
During this time, the videographer, who was using a digital camera that also shoots video, took several still images before switching back to the camera's video mode).
Though the person who originally posted the cellphone video took it down, other people quickly reposted it, giving the story new life.
Each frame of video took twenty-five seconds to digitize, and, in key frames, a person had to hand-label every facial movement.
And his star turn in "My Band" (and the hilarious accompanying video) took the mediocre new D12 album, "D12 World" (Shady/Interscope), to the top of the charts.
Planning and executing the video took six months, included help from Canadian musicians, including the pianist Emm Gryner (who contacted Bowie to obtain permission).
