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Post by kostgard on Jul 18, 2014 12:36:36 GMT -4
Precisely. He's been a vegetarian since the early 90s and he's never smoked, drank, or done drugs. On his Behind the Music episode Judy Tenuta said his only real vice was dessert. I believe her exact words were, "If you put a cherry pie in his face, he WILL eat it." I remember his Behind the Music episode! It was so hilariously drama-free compared to 99% of the other acts profiled on that show. I read a recent interview with Al where he said that he felt BTM made a bigger deal of the Coolio situation than it actually was, but then he admitted they would have had nothing juicy/dramatic without it. It would have just been "Weird Al is a very nice guy who has enjoyed an extremely successful career and everyone likes him. The end."
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Post by LurkerNan on Jul 18, 2014 16:48:05 GMT -4
His latest is called "Sports Song", which does not parody a specific song that I can think of. It's on Funny or Die, but I can't figure out how to directly link to the video. But here is today's link . His lyrics have gotten a lot more intellectual, right? It's not just me getting dumber?
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Post by enzaemily on Jul 19, 2014 17:07:26 GMT -4
My 4 year old and 6 year old LOVE Weird Al. About a month before the new release I slowly started introducing him to them. Then I bought the 6 year old his "Essential" CD. They are obsessed. Now we spend about 2 hours a night watching his videos on YouTube. Its so much fun!
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Post by luminosa on Jul 19, 2014 19:16:30 GMT -4
I like his backup dancers in the "Handy" video. Especially the guy in the red shirt. Ha! I know the red shirt guy. His name is Justin and he is also the guy in the Hefty commercial from a few months ago with all the hot guys in the white tees and jeans. He is very very funny. I hope he goes far. Meanwhile, Al is a genius. Love him.
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Post by Spinderella on Jul 23, 2014 0:00:07 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 10:40:42 GMT -4
Yay! Going out on a high note!
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Post by kostgard on Jul 23, 2014 14:55:41 GMT -4
Side note: I love UHF. Yes, it's dumb as hell, but it cracks me up.
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Post by LurkerNan on Aug 8, 2014 12:46:06 GMT -4
Petition to get Al to perform at the SuperBowl Halftime . That sounds like a brilliant idea to me. Hopefully there would be a lot of musicians that Al had parodied through the decades that would be willing to join in. Unless the prevailing thought is that to do so would "cheapen" their original work. Nevertheless, Even Al by himself is hugely entertaining, and family friendly. That would be a welcome change.
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Post by mrspickles on Aug 8, 2014 13:26:46 GMT -4
Petition to get Al to perform at the SuperBowl Halftime . That sounds like a brilliant idea to me. Hopefully there would be a lot of musicians that Al had parodied through the decades that would be willing to join in. Unless the prevailing thought is that to do so would "cheapen" their original work. Nevertheless, Even Al by himself is hugely entertaining, and family friendly. That would be a welcome change. If I were a famous musician, I really hope that I would have my head far enough out of my ass to know that a Weird Al parody of one of your songs is pretty much the coolest thing that could happen to you. As the Python's once said, in a delicious parody of Oscar Wilde - "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Off to sign the petition!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 13:39:19 GMT -4
I would love for this to happen, but I think the polite to have done would have been to ask Al if it's something he actually wanted to do and THEN start the petition. The article stated that he would have agreed to do the halftime show if asked back in 2012, but a lot can change in 2 years. The Superbowl halftime show is a massive undertaking.
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