--- description: A slew of familiar faces feature in a new campaign video for a California state senate candidate remixing Huey Lewis' "Hip to Be Square." title: Watch Urkel and MC Hammer Make Cameos in This Crazy Campaign Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154bfc0c977e3f8/6988abd55f570f0f2bb230db/campaign-ad-urkle.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Urkel and MC Hammer Make Cameos in This Crazy Campaign Video  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:54 PM CUTPublished: Oct 27, 2016 3:45 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:54 PM CUTPublished: Oct 27, 2016 3:45 PM CUT A slew of familiar faces appear in a new campaign [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rYjteJehBQ&feature=youtu.be "undefined") for a California state senate candidate remixing Huey Lewis’ “Hip to Be Square.” Hip-hop artist MC Hammer, former congressman [Barney Frank](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2123318,00.html "undefined"), actor Jaleel White, best known for playing Steve Urkel on ’90s sitcom _Family Matters_, and football players Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott all feature in the ad. The ad, created by content studio Portal A on behalf of the Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club, advocates for Scott Wiener in California’s 11th district, arguing that “it’s hip to be square.” The ad portrays Wiener, currently a member of the San Fransisco Board of Supervisors, as a boring but capable leader. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4547752/mc-hammer-urkel-barney-frank-campaign-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4547752/mc-hammer-urkel-barney-frank-campaign-ad/"},"headline":"Watch Urkel and MC Hammer Make Cameos in This Crazy Campaign Video","datePublished":"2016-10-27T15:45:58.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:54:57.000Z","description":"Other featured cameos include Barney Frank and Joe Montana","url":"https://time.com/4547752/mc-hammer-urkel-barney-frank-campaign-ad/","keywords":["California"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154bfc0c977e3f8/6988abd55f570f0f2bb230db/campaign-ad-urkle.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154bfc0c977e3f8/6988abd55f570f0f2bb230db/campaign-ad-urkle.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"campaign-ad-urkle","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4547752/mc-hammer-urkel-barney-frank-campaign-ad/","name":"Watch Urkel and MC Hammer Make Cameos in This Crazy Campaign Video"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Other featured cameos include Barney Frank and Joe Montana","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4547752/mc-hammer-urkel-barney-frank-campaign-ad/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4547752/mc-hammer-urkel-barney-frank-campaign-ad/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```