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For the 1999 Mark Chesnutt album, see I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (album).
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Armageddon: The Album
B-side
"Animal Crackers"/"Taste of India"
Released
August 18, 1998 (U.S.)
August 31, 1998 (UK)
Format
Cassette single, CD single
Recorded
1997
Genre
Hard rock, Power Ballad
Length
4:58
Label
Columbia, Hollywood, Epic
Songwriter(s)
Diane Warren[1]
Producer(s)
Matt Serletic
Aerosmith singles chronology
"Full Circle"
(1998) "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
(1998) "What Kind of Love Are You On"
(1998)
"Full Circle"
(1998) "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
(1998) "What Kind of Love Are You On"
(1998)
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"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a power ballad[2] performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon which Steven Tyler's daughter Liv Tyler starred in. Written by Diane Warren, the song debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (the first #1 for the band after 28 years together). It is one of three songs performed by the band for the film, the other two being "What Kind of Love Are You On" and "Sweet Emotion". The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to 26, 1998. The song also stayed at number 1 for several weeks in several other countries. It sold over a million copies in the UK and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Contents
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1 Inspiration
2 Reception
3 Track listing
4 Music video
5 Charts
5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Year-end charts
5.3 Decade-end charts
6 Certifications
7 Mark Chesnutt version
7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
8 Other appearances
9 References
10 External links
Inspiration[edit]
In 1997, Diane Warren was watching Barbara Walters interview James Brolin and Barbra Streisand. Brolin said he missed Streisand when they were asleep, and Warren wrote down the words "I don't want to miss a thing", before there was even a song.[4]
Reception[edit]
"When I first heard it," recalled drummer Joey Kramer, "it was just a demo with piano and singing. It was difficult to imagine what kind of touch Aerosmith could put on it and make it our own… As soon as we began playing it as a band, then it instantly became an Aerosmith song."[5]
This song was Aerosmith's biggest hit, debuting at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for four weeks in September, and reaching number 1 around the world, including Australia, the Philippines, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Norway, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
The chorus is reminiscent of an earlier song Diane Warren that cowrote: "Just Like Jesse James", on Cher's 1989 album Heart of Stone.
The song helped introduce Aerosmith to a new generation[6] and remains a slow dance staple.[7]
It was one of many songs written by Warren in that period. The original version was a collaboration between Chicago musician Phil Kosch of Treaty of Paris and Super Happy Fun Club, and nephew of chart topping writer Lou Bega. Bega introduced the two and they penned the initial track, but ultimately Kosch was uncredited.
The song was nominated for both an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song.
Track listing[edit]
CD single
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – 4:57
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Rock Mix) – 4:30
"Taste of India" (Rock Remix) – 5:52
"Animal Crackers" – 2:35
The song appeared on the Argentine version and a European re-released version of the album Nine Lives. It also appeared on the Japanese version of Just Push Play.
CD single 2
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Pop Mix) – 5:03
"Pink" (live) – 3:48
"Crash" – 4:30
"Crash" and the original "Pink" appeared as tracks 9 and 11, respectively, on all versions of Nine Lives.
CD single 3
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – 4:57
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Rock Mix) – 4:30
"Crash" – 4:30
"Animal Crackers" – 2:35
Music video[edit]
The music video for this song was shot at the Minneapolis Armory in 1998 and was directed by Francis Lawrence.[8] It features the band playing the song intertwined with scenes from the film Armageddon. It features an appearance by Steven Tyler's daughter Liv, who plays Grace Stamper in the film. Steven Tyler injured his knee the day before the shoot, so they used a lot of close-ups because his movement was limited.
The video begins with shots of the moon in orbit and several asteroids passing by safely and then a view of Earth before zooming in to show Steven Tyler singing. The shots interchange between the band and Mission Control viewing the band singing via their monitors. As the video progresses it reveals that the band is playing in front of what appears to be the fictional Space Shuttle Freedom. Along with Aerosmith, a full hand orchestra plays in sync with the melody. Then smoke surrounds the orchestra and the members of Aerosmith as Freedom takes off from the launch pad. Finally, the screen goes out as a tearful Grace touches one of the monitors to reach out to her father (real life father Steven Tyler in the video; on-screen father Harry Stamper, played by Bruce Willis, in the film).
The video was highly successful and greatly contributed to the song's success, receiving heavy airplay on MTV and went on to become the second most popular video of 1998, only behind Brandy and Monica's "The Boy is Mine". It also won awards for MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film, and Best Video at Boston Music Awards.
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1998)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 4
Canada (RPM)[13] 2
Europe (Music & Media)[14] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 3
France (SNEP)[16] 8
Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 1
Italy (FIMI)[14] 1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[18] 96
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[21] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[26] 13
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[27] 2
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[28] 14
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[29] 5
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[30] 4
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[31] 1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[32] 25
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1998)
Position
Australian Singles Chart[33] 4
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[34] 13
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[35] 27
Dutch Singles Chart[36] 23
Swiss Singles Chart[37] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[38] 23
Decade-end charts[edit]
Chart (1990–1999)
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[39] 73
Preceded by
"The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
September 5, 1998 – September 26, 1998 Succeeded by
"The First Night" by Monica
Preceded by
"High" by Lighthouse Family Australia ARIA Singles Chart
number-one single
September 13, 1998 – November 22, 1998 Succeeded by
"Rollercoaster" by B*Witched
Preceded by
"Millennium" by Robbie Williams Irish Singles Chart number-one single
October 10, 1998 – October 17, 1998 Succeeded by
"Sweetest Thing" by U2
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[40] 2× Platinum 140,000
Austria (IFPI)[41] Gold 25,000
France (SNEP)[42] Silver 125,000
Germany (BVMI)[43] Platinum 500,000
Italy (FIMI)[44] Gold 25,000
Japan (RIAJ)[45]
Gold 100,000^
Norway (IFPI)[46] Platinum 7,500
Sweden (IFPI)[47] 2× Platinum 60,000
Switzerland (IFPI)[48] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[49]
2× Platinum 1,200,000
United States (RIAA)[50] Platinum 1,000,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
Mark Chesnutt version[edit]
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Single by Mark Chesnutt
from the album I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
B-side
"Wherever You Are"[51]
Released
February 9, 1999 (1999-02-09)[52]
Format
CD single
Recorded
1998
Genre
Country
Length
4:10
Label
Decca
Songwriter(s)
Diane Warren
Producer(s)
Mark Wright
Mark Chesnutt singles chronology
"Wherever You Are"
(1998) "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
(1999) "This Heartache Never Sleeps"
(1999)
"Wherever You Are"
(1998) "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
(1999) "This Heartache Never Sleeps"
(1999)
In late 1998, country music artist Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover version of the song. His rendition is the first single and title track from his 1999 album of the same name.[53] Chesnutt's cover spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in early 1999, and is the last of his eight number ones on that chart. It is also the first of only two singles in his career to reach the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 17 in early 1999.
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1998–1999)
Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[54] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[55] 17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[56] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1999)
Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[57] 21
US Billboard Hot 100[58] 67
US Country Songs (Billboard)[59] 9
Preceded by
"Stand Beside Me"
by Jo Dee Messina Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single
February 20–27, 1999 Succeeded by
"No Place That Far"
by Sara Evans
Preceded by
"For a Little While"
by Tim McGraw RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
March 8–15, 1999 Succeeded by
"You Were Mine"
by Dixie Chicks
Other appearances[edit]
The song features in the 2007 comedy film Blades of Glory as the backing track to one of the skating routines performed by Will Ferrell and Jon Heder's characters.
In 2011 Michael Guy Bowman covered the song for the webcomic Homestuck.[60] It appeared in a flash animation on the webcomic in June 2012.[61] The song was released on Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent in January 2011.[62]
The song is featured in the 2013 video game Saints Row IV.
In 2013 another country version of the song was released, this time by Derek Ryan.
In 2014 Maltese child singer Veronica Rotin covered the song on her debut album, Veronica Rotin.[63]
In 2014, as part of their album, Just The Tip..., comedy rock lounge act The Lounge Kittens covered the song.
AT&T/DirecTV introduced a series of advertisements for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament featuring CBS Sports personality Greg Gumbel and comedian Dan Finnerty, the latter performing the song with lyrics tailored to the scene (generally people at work while March Madness games are occurring).[64]
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Official music video on YouTube
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Red Forman
That '70s Show character
First appearance
That '70s Pilot
Last appearance
That '70s Finale
Created by
Mark Brazill
Portrayed by
Kurtwood Smith
Corey Landis (Young Red)
Information
Nickname(s)
Red, Mr. Forman
Occupation
Retired:
World War II veteran
Korean War veteran
Former:
Auto parts factory supervisor
Department store supervisor
Muffler shop owner
Family
Albert Forman (father, deceased)
Bernice Forman (mother, deceased)
Marty Forman (brother)
Jerry Forman (brother)
Spouse(s)
Kitty Forman
Children
Laurie Forman
(daughter, with Kitty)
Eric Forman
(son, with Kitty)
Steven Hyde
(foster son, with Kitty)
Relatives
Burt Sigurdson (father-in-law, deceased)
Bea Sigurdson (mother-in-law)
Paula Sigurdson (sister-in-law)
Fez (ex son-in-law)
Nationality
American
Reginald Albert "Red" Forman[1] is a fictional character on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show, portrayed by Kurtwood Smith.
Contents
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1 Biography and personality
2 Health problems
3 Political leanings
4 Relationship with the teenagers
5 References
Biography and personality[edit]
Red is the perpetually disgruntled, ill-tempered father of Eric and Laurie Forman and Kitty Forman's husband as well as the foster father to Steven Hyde. He is seemingly insensitive to other people, but admits frequently in the series that this is to maintain his self-identity of being a "man". In some episodes, his tough exterior crumbles when he encounters other people's needs and he eventually makes decisions that show an ethical regard for doing what is right.
His relationship with his children is complex. Although he dotes on his lying, manipulative, promiscuous daughter, Laurie (with whom, tellingly, Kitty has a strained and contentious relationship), he points out Eric's perceived flaws and faults mercilessly. The two clash in most episodes with Eric teasing his father, or "poking the bear". Red frequently threatens to "stick my foot up your ass" to Eric but is never seen physically disciplining his son, usually punishing him with chores, fines, and, once, by imposing a strict curfew, which leads to windows being nailed shut, bed checks, etc. until Kitty calls an end to it. Eric usually views these paternal idiosyncracies in a humorous light, even lampooning them, but sometimes seems to be holding in his own anger and doing a slow burn.
On other occasions, father and son unite to collude in a scheme or plot, share a joke, or even face the displeasure of Kitty together. Many episodes show the respect between the two characters, with Red even admitting on one occasion that his love for Eric does not need to be articulated, it is "just a given". Despite Red's firm stance with his son, he protects Eric when the situation calls for it; for example, in one episode when Bob accuses Eric of being a poor influence on his daughter, Red gives him a cold send-off.
Red finds his neighbors, Bob and Midge Pinciotti, perplexing and vexatious. Bob is genial but insensitive, and Midge is rather dim-witted. Their daughter, Donna, is Eric's girlfriend. Red dislikes spending time in their company, although frequently compelled to do so by his wife, Kitty. In particular, his views of Bob range from annoyance to contempt. Despite this antagonistic attitude, several episodes portray Red as a good neighbor who will come to the assistance of Bob when absolutely needed.
Red shows very strict discipline to those with lesser authority than himself (especially the teenagers), from which he seems to take joy. In his youth, Red served in the U.S. Navy (in the season 3 episode, "Jackie Bags Hyde", he is shown wearing the dress-blue uniform of a Chief Petty Officer for Veterans Day) and often brings up memories of his service in Korea.
Red was a Boatswain Mate in the Navy during World War II and Korea. Since he served on a destroyer but saw land combat in Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943) and Korea (1950–1953) it would appear that he served as a Seabee, an assault boat pilot, or in EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). He might have also served on board a submarine, as evidenced in Season 8, Episode 6 "Long Away". He is wearing Submarine Warfare (Dolphins) on his garrison cap during the Veterans reunion. On one occasion, when Red and Kitty are making out in their car, a policeman knocks on the window, not realizing it is a married couple inside. Red sharply dispatches him and Kitty says, "How sweet, you let him off with a warning".
In one episode, he and Eric have both completely forgotten about Kitty's birthday, which deeply upsets her. After purchasing her some very low quality "gifts" from the only open nearby establishment, a garage, items Kitty immediately recognizes as junk, Red cheers her up by taking her square-dancing, an activity she enjoys.
Red loves to drink beer and consume food which is bad for his health, having suffered from a heart attack on one occasion. Red is also shown as a die-hard fan of the Green Bay Packers, even, in one episode, threatening to kick out visiting new neighbors, Josh and Jeff who are a gay male couple, solely because they were Minnesota Vikings fans. He is also a fan of the Milwaukee Bucks and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Health problems[edit]
Red's health has been the subject of humor on occasion. In the third and sixth seasons, he is briefly put on a diet that requires him to cut out red meat among other foods that he generally likes and, in stereotypical sitcom fashion, he is forced to eat "healthy" food that is good for him but that he finds unappealing. On both occasions, he defies the diet by eating "real food" behind Kitty's back. When faced with mush, he comments "This isn't food, this is what food eats!" When faced with his diet in the sixth season, after his heart attack upon learning Laurie has married Fez (he has a problem with foreigners, he throws the list of what he cannot have away, explaining to Kitty that if he had known what he would be asked to give up, "I would have walked straight into that bright light and never looked back!"
At one point, shortly after finding out that Eric and Donna were moving to Madison, Red went fishing to calm down, and comes back with the surprising news that he is proud of Eric for his initiative in moving away and becoming engaged, and even more so for his standing up to Red by insisting on marrying Donna despite Red's disapproval. A surprised Kitty and an overjoyed Eric listen while Red agrees to pay for both the wedding and Eric's college fund. He also shakes Eric's hand, proudly telling his son that he is now a man and he has his blessing. After his heart attack, which prompts Eric to stay home, Red's attitude towards Eric does a complete reversal, and Red goes back to calling his son "dumbass", presumably due to his disappointment in Eric's failure to live up to his expectations yet again, although he told Eric that he was proud of him for deciding to stay and help the family instead of leaving for college. This reversal could be due to Eric leaving Donna at the altar and subsequently spending a year doing nothing, or the producers' use of a "Reset Button" to get the status quo back.
Political leanings[edit]
For the first few seasons of the series' run, Red is established as a blue collar conservative. He made a joke at Nixon's expense in the first season after Eric streaked through the crowd while wearing a Nixon mask and, in a pivotal moment, expressed disdain for Gerald Ford (when allowed to ask President Ford a question he said "Hey 'Gerry', here's my question: 'How the hell could you pardon Nixon?'") in front of the entire town. However, without precedent, later seasons portrayed him to be a staunch Republican, who became angry when Eric made an anti-Nixon joke in the fifth season, which Eric tries to cover by replying, "Nixon was framed and Kennedy was a commie." It is likely that, like many Republican voters in the 1970s, Red is disappointed in Nixon and Ford, but afterwards leans back to supporting the Republican Party. In addition, many Nixon supporters felt that pardoning Nixon was akin to admitting he was guilty.
Red feels strongly about the founding principles of the American government, owing to his service in the Navy as a Boatswain's Mate. He also tries to live up to what are generally considered American "family values": hard work, devotion to his family and being faithful to his wife. He is disgusted by swinger sex clubs (which he considers immoral) and political corruption (on hearing that Jackie's wealthy father may be able to bribe his way out of jail, an appalled Red mutters, "I'm so glad I took a piece of shrapnel to make that possible").
Red also dislikes foreigners, which is the main reason he doesn't see eye-to-eye with Fez. One episode, "Hunting" saw him taking offense at Fez's remark of, "Not everything in the Constitution makes sense." He dislikes anyone and anything not from America – despite driving a Toyota. In fact out of everyone in his family he was the most comfortable and casual when Hyde's biological father William Barnett (an African-American) came to his house. He once described Canada and France as "lesser countries", and was upset to find that his daughter Laurie's room had posters of foreign cars on her bedroom walls after Hyde moved into it, and generally refers to the rest of the world as "not America". Along with Canada and France, Red also dislikes Germany, Japan and Great Britain, though not explicitly stated, Italy (for their role in World War II) and, especially, North Korea as he fought there. He also seems bitter about America not winning the Vietnam War, claiming, "We didn't lose the war, it was a tie". In one episode, while Hyde was stating a conspiracy theory about the government putting tracking devices in their brains, Red patriotically replied, "Without our government, you’d be stuck in Siberia now, sucking the juice from a rotten commie potato. Let me tell you something. If the U.S. government decides to stick a tracking device up your ass, you say, 'Thank You! and God Bless America! '" Insulting communists is a favorite pastime with Red such as when he calls Eric "the laziest non-communist I ever met". However, when he sells his muffler shop so he can retire he says he does not care if the store is converted to a "communist recreation center".
Relationship with the teenagers[edit]
Though deep down, Red genuinely does care about Eric's friends, he doesn't like them frequently hanging out in his home. One of his favorite phrases to describe Eric and his friends is "dumbass". He also threatens the teens that he will put his "foot in your ass". In the finale, he claims that he once put his foot in someone's ass in Iwo Jima, but his refusal to further elaborate on the experience implies that it was not something he's proud of. His antagonism towards the teenagers is mainly because Red prefers peace and quiet, believing that since he has worked hard and raised his children, he deserves time to himself and with Kitty. With regards to his neighbors Bob and Midge Pinciotti, it is indicated that Red used to enjoy their friendship before they started to get involved "into every fad there is". Even though he feels that Bob is a "good neighbor and a good friend", he gets easily annoyed in Bob's presence.
He is a tough, no-nonsense father and tends to favor his daughter Laurie (Lisa Robin Kelly & Christina Moore) and foster son Hyde (Danny Masterson) over his son Eric (Topher Grace), whom he considers soft, skinny, twitchy and wimpy. He always sees Laurie as "a giant apple" instead of the mean-spirited, promiscuous person she truly is, but becomes wiser to her in the second season after finding out she lied to him about moving in with a friend when she was really living with a young man. In one episode, Kitty asks Red why he is so tough on Eric, only to have Red respond, "The same reason my old man was so tough on me", indicating that he went through a similar childhood to Eric's. Though Red often puts his own son down because he wants him to "be a man like himself", it cannot be denied that Eric is merely a younger version of his father in the sense that both have a very dry sense of humor and tend to be the sanest persons in their respective circles of friends. On a few occasions in season one, Red shows Eric affection. When the two return from a wrestling match, they wrestle for a bit before Red gave Eric a hug. Later on, when Red's mother dies, Red calls Eric over for a hug with him and Kitty in a family moment. In the final episode of season seven, as Eric is leaving for Africa, Red has a real heart-to-heart talk with Eric, in which he admitted he loved him and that he would miss him, culminating in a hug between father and son. In the season 8 premiere, Kitty tries to get Red to say something nice for Eric on the tape recorder. Red consistently refuses and appears to revel in Eric being gone. However, when Kitty questions his feelings on the matter, Red admitted that he honestly missed Eric. (Unbeknownst to Red, though, Kitty secretly recorded him saying this). Red also seems to respect his son's resistance as shown when he told Eric he respected him for staying with Donna despite Red's efforts.
Most of the time, Red treats Eric's friend Hyde (Danny Masterson), who moved in with the Formans' at the end of the first season, better than he treats his own son; perhaps this is because Red thinks Hyde needs a father figure as his own left him. Red also shows appreciation to Hyde for his mechanical skills, evident from when he opened his own muffler store. Hyde quickly assembles muffler displays, while Eric is putting up decorations. Also, Red often more readily has heart-to-hearts with Hyde than with Eric. When Hyde is arrested for possession of marijuana (which had actually belonged to Jackie), he wanted to throw Hyde out, but soon had a change of heart and let him stay after learning the truth. However, this doesn't stop Red from giving Hyde an extremely long scolding. Hyde assumed the Forman's would want him to move out on his eighteenth birthday because all of Hyde's relatives had to move out of their places when they were eighteen. Red told Hyde that he needed to stay at the Forman's house so he would not end up like his relatives (who were either dead, in jail, or "pumping gas"). Much of this comes from Hyde's troubled background and Red's view that Hyde just needs some direction in life.
On the other hand, a few instances have shown that Red still cares about Eric, and it is clear that Red's being hard on him is Red's way of trying to toughen Eric up to prepare him for the real world (he once stated that, as Eric's father, it was his job to make Eric a man, "which he's not"). Red once told Eric, "I love you", but he was drugged after a visit to the dentist. After Eric later said it back and some awkwardness ensued, Red said that you should only say that when you're drunk, dying or in trouble—"Otherwise, it's just a given".
Like Kitty, Red is often forced to act as a parental figure for Eric's friends Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), Jackie (Mila Kunis), Hyde (Danny Masterson) and Donna (Laura Prepon)—albeit reluctantly. He usually only helps out at Kitty's insistence or simply to get the teens out of his house. Red actually likes Donna, mostly because he thinks that if Eric has a son with her he will be good at sports and both freely and cheerily admits she is too good for his own son, and also that if Eric and Donna get married Eric will leave the house. Red has a low opinion of Kelso and Fez, calling Kelso a "Kettlehead" and referring to Fez as the "foreign kid", and sometimes by the generic names of "Haji", "Sabu", "Ali Baba", "Tutankhamun" or "Anwar". However, he has bonded with them both a few times throughout the series, such as when he cooperated with Kelso to change the Pong electronic game so they can make the paddles smaller, thus making the game more fun. Red also bonded with Fez when he gave Fez advice that it is not a good idea to mix women and alcohol together. Early on, Red stated that Jackie is his favorite out of all of Eric's friends. He says unlike the others, she is "not useless" because she perfectly held a flashlight for him while he worked on his car, while Eric was incapable of this simple task. Jackie has hugged Red on a few occasions, at least half of which he returned.
In the final season, Red takes a liking to Hyde's new friend and co-worker, Randy Pearson (Josh Meyers). Red respects Randy simply because he's the polar opposite of Eric: masculine, crafty and not at all obsessed with Star Wars (though in one episode, it is shown that Randy is indeed a fan). Unlike Kitty, Red had no problem with him starting a relationship with Donna.
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