The music video for " Buddy Holly " was directed by Spike Jonze and filmed at Charlie Chaplin Studios in Hollywood over a single day . The video portrays Weezer performing at Arnold 's Drive-In from the 1970s television show '' Happy Days , '' combining footage of the band with clips from the show . '' Happy Days '' cast member Al Molinaro made a cameo . In the climax , the video 's stylist Casey Storm body doubled , and this allowed Fonzie to dance to the band 's performance . The video also features brief cameos by some members of the band as dancers at Arnold 's . Anson Williams , who played Potsie on '' Happy Days '' , objected to footage of him appearing in the video , but relented after a letter from David Geffen , founder of Geffen Records . According to drummer Pat Wilson , the video was achieved without computer graphics , only " clever " camerawork and editing . The video was met with great popularity , and heavy rotation on MTV . At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards , it won Best Alternative Video , Breakthrough Video , Best Direction and Best Editing at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards , and was nominated for Video of the Year
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
Buddy Holly (song)