Fresh on the heels of playing schoolyard bully Grover Dill, the sidekick to yellow-eyed Scut Farkus ( Zack Ward) in the film A Christmas Story, Yano Anaya was cast as the child version of Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony in “Hot for Teacher.” At the time, the young actor couldn’t believe his luck.
“I was thirteen years old, and Van Halen was one of my favorite bands at the time, he shared. “I’d done some commercials and a movie, A Christmas Story, before that, so when I got a message from my manager on the answering machine that I had an audition to play the part for Michael Anthony Jr. in an upcoming Van Halen video, I swear to God I was so excited. In my mind, I was thinking, ‘Holy crap, I look just like Michael Anthony – this is my job.’”
Anaya noted that the video shoot, which took place at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz, California, spanned four days and that he spent time with the band in their trailer after boldly knocking on the door. He recalled that when Roth questioned why there was a kid in the trailer, Alex Van Halen told him, “Don’t worry about it, man, he’s part of the cast, he’s hanging out with us.”
In the Classic Rock interview, Anaya admitted to being embarrassed when a director instructed him to grab the leg of one of the bikini-clad “teachers” who was dancing on a table in one scene.
Despite the awkward moments, Anaya has said that the “Hot for Teacher” video was the job of a lifetime.
“I mean, when I got that message that I was going on an audition for Van Halen ‘Hot for Teacher, oh my God, I was like, 'No way.’ So I was super excited about going on the audition, and I rocked it, and I got hired.”
Described as “one of the most famous and creative clips to ever air on MTV, “ the "Hot for Teacher” video was ranked the No. 1 Van Halen video of all time by Ultimate Classic Rock.
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