While working on the movie Wreck-It Ralph, someone at Disney had the bright idea of having Buckner & Garcia sing a song based on the Fix-It Felix Jr. game. So they called up Jerry Buckner and asked if they'd be interested. Of course they're interested! Unfortunately, Gary Garcia had passed away, so Danny Jones did the lead vocals. But it doesn't have the same effect if they don't keep calling the band Buckner & Garcia. Buckner has briefly told the story on YouTube.
The nice thing was that they got to reunite the surviving members of the band from the original Pac-Man Fever album. As mentioned, Garcia was gone, but so, too, was Ginny Whitaker who'd played drums on the album. Buckner also presented some video of the song's recording session. He mentions Jamie Houston as the co-producer, but glosses over the fact that he also composed the music and wrote lyrics. Houston has written a lot of songs for Disney.
As it says up top, the song is "Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph." And there's an Easter egg in it. There's a short instrumental/sound effects break in the song. If you listen closely at the 2:03 mark, you'll hear someone say "Uh!" That's Gary Garcia's voice taken from a recording of "Pac-Man Fever". (Probably the 1999 version.) They figured if they're going to keep calling themselves Buckner & Garcia, he should have a part in it, so he does.
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