Eat your hearts out, Avengers: Brad Paisley is "Crushin' It" as a singing superhero

"Completely and totally drawn, animated and created by Brad Paisley." No joke: The multi-platinum musician and dynamic multitasker takes full credit -- or, if you prefer, full blame -- for this hilarious music video, in which he cast himself and a slew of other country superstars (including Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and "George Freakin' Strait") as superheroes fighting for truth, justice and the Grand Ole Opry. (Looks closely, and you'll see cameo appearances by Jimmy Kimmel, Beavis and Butthead, and the Nashville skyline.) 

Could this Paisley's sly but none-too-subtle way of auditioning for a role in the next Avengers movie? Well, if Robert Downey Jr. ever does decide to hang up his Iron Man outfit...

Let's cut Brad Paisley some slack, OK?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions -- and it looks like Brad Paisley and LL Cool J are catching all kinds of hell for "Accidental Racist," their well-intentioned (if somewhat naive) tune about contemporary race relations. But Jeez Louise, folks: Paisley celebrated the election of Barack Freakin' Obama back in "Welcome to Future" -- and then performed it at the White House for the POTUS and the First Lady. So, to paraphrase Eva in Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise: "It's Brad Paisley, and he's a country boy, so bug off!"

Welcome to the Future