 Ted Strickland, the actual governor of Ohio at the time, a TV lawyer known for his absurd commercials, an alumna of MTV's The Real World, among others. When I said back there that the song doesn't take itself too seriously, what I meant to say, I think, was that it is impossible to tell how seriously the song is or isn't taking itself. Some of this is simply because the vocal performances of the involved parties. Most of the people can't sing and don't really try, but...