LA Rams use White Stripes in 'Napoleon Dynamite'-style schedule video

With Meg White on drums and Jack White on guitar, Detroit's own White Stripes rock the Masonic Temple in Detroit on the first night of a three-night stand on Friday, September 30, 2005.

The Los Angeles Rams aren't playing the Lions in the upcoming NFL season, but the team's schedule release video is set to a Detroit favorite.

The Rams video, released Thursday, uses the the White Stripes' "We're Going to Be Friends" as its soundtrack.

The video is an homage to the opening credits of "Napoleon Dynamite," the 2004 comedy hit about an outsider high school student in the middle of nowhere, Idaho. The movie's opening sequence also utilized the White Stripes song, which hails from the band's 2001 album "White Blood Cells."

The "Napoleon Dynamite" homage continues through the end of the Rams video, with the Rams' mascot, Rampage, playing tetherball alone, which is similar to how "Napoleon Dynamite" closes.

Watch the video here:

What do the White Stripes or "Napoleon Dynamite" have to do with the Rams? Not much. But schedule release videos have become a creative form of expression in recent years, short films unto themselves, maximized for virality.

As for the Lions' schedule release video, it sticks to the basics. No frills, no gimmicks, just coach Dan Campbell getting down to brass tacks, over the voices of the team's critics.

The Lions and the Rams met in the regular season the last two years, and faced off in the Wild Card round of the playoffs in 2023.

In other White Stripes news, some of the band's memorabilia — including the white dress Meg White wore on the cover of the band's 2003 album "Elephant" — is currently being auctioned by Julien's Auctions.