[2] After the song was recorded,[3] it was slowed by one-third, giving the desired and unusual effect, also making the voice more masculine.
[4] His face is distorted into many different shapes, such as a balloon, a cube and an ice cream cone.
The song is original,[5] made specifically for this short film, and the lyrics depict a metaphorical description of someone's face by using musical vocabulary to describe the beauty of their features.
[8][9][10] A variation of this short was used as the couch gag on The Simpsons's 29th season episode "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage", with Homer Simpson's face replacing the original man, and Dan Castellaneta singing the vocals.
[12] The short was restored and uploaded to Bill Plympton's YouTube channel on August 23, 2024.