Synopsis

Shot in black and white, the video turns "Driveway to Driveway" into a period romantic comedy. At a grand Southern mansion, Mac McCaughan plays a scruffy outsider competing with Jon Wurster's polished rich suitor for Laura Ballance's attention. Jim Wilbur appears as the butler, while the entire band also performs as the house's tuxedo-clad musicians. The formal setting, exaggerated character roles, and dryly comic tone contrast with the song's bruised, hazy account of drunkenness and confused romantic memory.

Factoids & Trivia

• The concept was designed as a spoof of classic Hollywood romantic comedies, particularly the 1940 film "The Philadelphia Story."

• The mansion seen in the video was actually a fraternity house on the University of North Carolina campus.

• The video uses a deliberately formal black-and-white style, with the band dressed in tuxedos and styled to resemble characters from an older studio-era film.

• The members play fictional roles in the story as well as appearing as the performing band: Jon Wurster is the wealthy buffoon, Mac McCaughan is the scrappy rival, Laura Ballance is the romantic focus, and Jim Wilbur is the butler.

• Superchunk later recalled that this video and the related "The First Part" clip were made during two production weekends around Chapel Hill.

• The song's imagery came from a real night at a large English music festival, where McCaughan remembered drinking too much, sleeping in the rain, wandering through a graveyard, and driving between locations in golf carts.