Family Tackles Thanksgiving With 'All About That Baste'

The Holderness family is back with another parody video in time for the holiday

ByABC News
November 18, 2014, 11:15 AM

— -- What happens when a dad tries his hand at cooking Thanksgiving dinner?

For the Holderness family of Raleigh, N.C., cooking the turkey becomes, “all about that baste about that baste more butter.”

The family, who became viral stars last Christmas with their “Christmas Jammies” holiday video, are now the stars of a parody of the Meghan Trainor hit song, “All About That Bass.”

In the version performed by the family - dad Penn, mom Kim, 7-year-old daughter Lola, and four-year-old son Penn Charles – the song becomes “All About That Baste” with funny lyrics to match.

“On Thanksgiving day... I think its pretty true…us dads cant make it make it... like we're supposed to do…the dining room room... we have no taste…we put all the wrong forks in all the wrong places,” Penn Holderness sings.

According to Holderness’ wife, Kim, the family knew they were going to use the song as early as last summer when they first heard “All About That Bass” and realized it was “such an obvious parody.”

It also helped that, like Penn sings, his wife really does keep him out of the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day.

“He’s always one of those people that wants to try new things and that’s just not going to happen on my watch,” Kim Holderness told ABC News. “I’m very traditional.”

On the menu for the 19 people Holderness is cooking for this Thanksgiving are turkey, pies, sweet potato pie, gravy and casseroles.

“I stick to the basics,” she said. “Everybody has their job to do.”

More than 200,000 people have already viewed the Holderness’ latest video, which was shot last weekend at their home.

While the Holderness family plans their Thanksgiving and the regular holiday bustle that is to come, they have one more thing that most people do not hanging over their heads: how to outdo their “Christmas Jammies” video from last year.

“We have no idea what we’re doing for the Christmas video this year and it gives my husband panic,” Holderness said.