That's Show Biz

SI Staff | Jul 19, 2006

That's Show Biz /

That's Show Biz

'Pee-Wee's Playhouse meets the NFL.' That's how director Bryan Barber describes the soon-to-air ads for the new NFL Network show NFL Replay. The spots feature eight players, including Warren Sapp, lip-synching and dancing to an edgy version of the BusBoys' Did You See Me.

'Warren Sapp loved it. He's a ham. You have to tear him away from the camera,' the director said.

Chad Johnson took longer than the other performers, but didn't mind: 'There were a lot of girls around, so everyone was happy.'

Keyshawn Johnson broke his no-dancing-in-commercials rule. 'The girls had such energy, I started rolling with it,' he said -- though he refused to sing.

Ray Lewis learned the words to the song he had to sing moments before the shoot, yet finished in a swift half hour.

Willis McGahee was confident before the shoot: 'I sing in the shower, so ... I can make it happen on stage.'

McGahee may look bashful, but he had plenty of swagger on set.

The chameleonlike Clinton Portis wore four outfits in a six-hour shoot.

Portis will appear next to himself in uniform in the final commercial.

Portis is no stranger to costumes. He often appears in disguise during the season.

Jeremy Shockey balked when a stylist offered a curling iron, saying, 'Hey, I'm a football player.'

Published Jul 19, 2006

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