"Weird Al" Yankovic

Hmm… The seven names “lost to time” that Al considered before settling upon “Weird”?

  • “Mediocre”
  • “Mildly Annoyed”
  • “Moderately Eccentric”
  • “Dehydrated”
  • “Irving”
  • “Wait a second, I’ve got something in my eye”
  • “Odd”
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Irving Al Yankovic?

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Nothing says “weird” like adding another first name (same as that of a magic sword) as a non sequitur.

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I guess it’s good he didn’t go as Frankie.

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Yes, that would have been confusing. I think there are still those who think the two are related somehow.

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It doesn’t help that they collaborated a couple of times.

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Could have been worse; “Irving Al” could have collaborated with Irving Berlin.

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@RRRob


I’m definitely getting Mr. Kotter vibes.

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Everyone else: Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna!
Me: This guy as Dr. Demento!

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Came across this and thought I’d share.

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So Mark Mothersbaugh is all, “Weird Al didn’t cover my song, he created a new one similar to it from scratch — and he did it better than me!:rofl:

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Weird Al is a national treasure.

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I remember reading somewhere Mothersbaugh calling that song “More Devo than Devo.”

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Somewhere buried in the Disney Vault® is an unreleased (not unmade, unreleased) animated Star Wars parody series with some original music from Weird Al.

"We were working on a Star Wars musical, that was a third-season show, we were writing songs, and all of a sudden, it was like, 'This is not gonna happen… I don’t know that I’m allowed [to talk about it]. There were, gosh, at least a half a dozen or more songs as part of the musical and the various characters in the show. We actually recorded them singing their songs, and that was about a week before we found out that the show was not happening.”

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The trailer for WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story has dropped:

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have y’all seen Johans UHF tribute? it’s incredible:

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How have I missed this!!!

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AHMAGAWD

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Oh, wow.

Oh, WOW!

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