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The song is a mix of four originals by Camilo Carrasco: Oh My Goodness, Wild Dog, Clues, and Direction.  This is the longest scene in the movie.  That's why it needed puppets rather than animation, since animation would take much more time.  Not that the puppeting process was quick or easy.  Artist Adam Parsons created all nine puppets and the background art.  To give the puppets hands, he used a green screen effect featuring his own hand.  So to appear as lady sheriff Viki, Adam says:  
I had to shave the backs of my hands.
That was weird.
The travel ad was created as one of four transitional songs.  The first version, written by Donna Williams was too focused on taxidermy.  Rapper Mike Burns graciously recorded a simpler second version, right before moving his family cross-country.  When the ad was added to the scene, editor Kevin Hilt needed some audio for the transition from outside to the TV, so he used the beginning of the original ad.       

cameo my goodness

  • Rhett and Link made that Burgaz ad.
  • The wildlife show host is James B. Vlogger, or James Busvlogger.  His special guest experts are Kent Rousseau and Kyle Hoffmann, 
  • We see on the mailbox that the wildlife show was recorded outside Link's house.
  • The experts pass a sign about a missing cow, a reference to the cows now missing from this scene.  The sign says, "MISSING COW Answers to Petunia. $ Reward $"
  • Both redneck puppets were modeled after Melchior Stikkelman's animated version of the characters.
  • The 555 gag continues on the phone.
  • In the script, the Sherrif's name is Ray but the script keeps referring to him as Chris.  For the Musical, he becomes a she, Good Mythical Morning's Viki, the personification of Wikipedia.  
  • "I like your boots" is a line Rhett might have used to start a conversation with girls, as discussed on GMM.
  • Straight Line Tours' office has "free organic fair trade coffee."
  • Again with the 55555.  
  • You can actually follow Tucker's story on the tumblr mentioned in the ad, starting late February 2013.
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The making of Viki, the most beautiful paper bag puppet ever.
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Green screen effect for Link's hand.
Burgaz ad by Rhett and Link.  Music and performance by Camilo Carrasco and Nicolas Varela.  Lyrics by Rhett and Link.  Edited by Reece Hart.  Puppets and art by Adam Parsons.  Travel ad rap by Mike Burns.   
Artist Adam Parsons says:
It was fun "hipsterizing" the rednecks, as well as making an ad for plane travel that only showed a plane through a coffee shop window.
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