What have Christopher Walken, Eric Cartman and Lady Gaga got in common?

No, not that. I found these two clips today completely independently of each other.

Lady Gaga's Poker Face, whatever you think of it, has to be considered pretty much the song of the year, and it will get a new lease of life having been given two very different but equally powerful new makeovers.

On Jonathan Ross' show, Christopher Walken, storyteller extraordinaire, read out the lyrics of Poker Face in his inimitable (well actually lots of people imitate it) style. Have a watch:



Second, and this might alert some people to the fact that South Park is actually still going (like Channel 4 maybe, hint hint), is Eric Cartman singing Poker Face. The wider episode has the guys playing a lot of Guitar Hero, so this is a ringing pop-culture endorsement in the back-handed South Park sense for both Guitar Hero and Poker Face.



These clips haven't had millions of hits yet, but I expect they'll get there (if all the South park clips don't get taken down) as it has been the weekend. Sports brands have shown the power of getting personalities to do different things that will be shared virally. Cash4Gold's Superbowl ad featuring MC Hammer and Ed McMahon had them both sending themselves up and was brilliantly funny:



The likes of Christopher Walken and Eric Cartman are maybe a bit edgy, especially the latter, but I'd love to see more of this sort of thing from brands. My own personal wish would be for a version by John and Edward or Susan Boyle.

HTs to The Inquisitr and Videogum.