Matt McIrvin Discovers the Purpose of teh Internet:

He writes:

mmcirvin: Jim Steinman, free of the anchoring presence of Meat Loaf, baffles our minds and captures our hearts: This Making Light thread) on the Hurra Torpedo kitchen implement/plumber's crack version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" has spawned a thread trying to make sense of what the heck was going on in the original Bonnie Tyler video].

I think we have just found the Internet's true purpose.

But he doesn't mention the Star Wars bagpipes! The interaction of Darth Vader Halloween costumes, YouTube, and cheap video cameras was unpredictable, and is indescribable.