ɪnˈɪʃəli, sˈoʊni mjˈuːzɪk dɪdnˌɑːt ɐlˈaʊ ðə vˈɪdɪoʊ təbi plˈeɪst ˌɔn tɛnˈeɪʃəs dˈiːz wˈɛbsaɪt ænd ɪnstˈɛd ɪt wʌz plˈeɪst ɔnðə wˈɛbsaɪt ʌvðə bˈiːsti bˈɔɪz ˈoʊnd ɹˈɛkɚd lˈeɪbəl ɡɹˈænd ɹˈɔɪəl bˌʌt sˈoʊni lˈeɪɾɚ ɹɪlˈɛntᵻd ænd ðˈɛn ɐlˈaʊd θɹˈiː dˈɪfɹənt fˈɔːɹmæts təbi mˌeɪd pˈʌblɪkli ɐvˈeɪləbəl, ðɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl ʌnsˈɛnsɚd flˈæʃ vˈɜːʒən wˌɪtʃ kʊd biː vjˈuːd ɔnðə tɛnˈeɪʃəs dˈiː wˈɛbsaɪt bˌʌt wʌz nˌɑːt dˈaʊnloʊdəbəl, æn .ˌiːˌɛksˈiː vˈɜːʒən wˌɪtʃ wɛn klˈɪkt ˈoʊpənd ˌɪntʊ ɐ sˈɛlfˈɛksᵻkjˌuːɾɪŋ flˈæʃ plˈeɪɚ wˌɪtʃ wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ ʌnsˈɛnsɚd ænd dˈaʊnloʊdəbəl, ænd ɐ wˈɪndoʊz ænd ɹˈiːəl plˈeɪɚ vˈɜːʒənz wˌɪtʃ wɜː sˈɛnsɚd bˌʌt dˈaʊnloʊdəbəl ɔːlbˈiːɪt ɪn ɐ lˈoʊɚ kwˈɔlᵻɾi.
Initially, Sony Music did not allow the video to be placed on Tenacious D's website and instead it was placed on the website of The Beastie Boys owned record label Grand Royal but Sony later relented and then allowed three different formats to be made publicly available, the original uncensored Flash version which could be viewed on the Tenacious D website but was not downloadable, an .exe version which when clicked opened into a self-executing Flash Player which was also uncensored and downloadable, and a Windows and RealPlayer versions which were censored but downloadable albeit in a lower quality.