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Netflix and Chill With a Michael Bolton Valentine's Day Special

The surreal one-hour comedy tasks the ’80s soft-rock god with saving romance on February 14.
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In 2011, The Lonely Island debuted “” on , an ingenious digital short in which the comedy-music trio asked the soft-rock icon Michael Bolton to provide a hook for their newest track. After a brief, generic introductory verse in which all four hit up a club, Bolton launched into the chorus: a completely disconnected ode to Captain Jack

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