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href="#Musical_style"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Musical style </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Musical_style-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Musical style subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Musical_style-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Parodies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parodies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Parodies </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parodies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polka_medleys" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polka_medleys"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Polka medleys </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polka_medleys-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Original_songs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Original_songs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Original songs </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Original_songs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recurring_themes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recurring_themes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Recurring themes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recurring_themes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music_videos" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music_videos"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.5 Music videos </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music_videos-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reactions_from_original_artists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reactions_from_original_artists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6 Reactions from original artists </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reactions_from_original_artists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Positive" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Positive"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6.1 Positive </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Positive-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Negative" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Negative"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6.2 Negative </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Negative-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Refused_parodies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Refused_parodies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6.3 Refused parodies </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Refused_parodies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Live_performances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Live_performances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.7 Live performances </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Live_performances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy_and_influence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy_and_influence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.8 Legacy and influence </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy_and_influence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_works" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_works"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Other works </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_works-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Other works subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Other_works-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Films" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Films"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Films </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Films-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-UHF" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UHF"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1.1 UHF </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UHF-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1.2 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Live_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Live_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Live television </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Live_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Animation_and_voice_work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Animation_and_voice_work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 Animation and voice work </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Animation_and_voice_work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Web_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Web_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Web media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Web_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Directing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Directing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.5 Directing </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Directing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Books" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6 Books </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.7 Other media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Misattribution_and_imitators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Misattribution_and_imitators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Misattribution and imitators </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Misattribution_and_imitators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fan-driven_campaigns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fan-driven_campaigns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Fan-driven campaigns </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fan-driven_campaigns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_nominations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_nominations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Awards and nominations </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Awards_and_nominations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Awards and nominations subsection 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Online_Film_&_Television_Association_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Online_Film_&_Television_Association_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.4 Online Film & Television Association Awards </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Online_Film_&_Television_Association_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primetime_Emmy_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primetime_Emmy_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.5 Primetime Emmy Awards </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primetime_Emmy_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.6 Producers Guild of America Awards </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Society_of_Composers_&_Lyricists_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Society_of_Composers_&_Lyricists_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.7 Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Society_of_Composers_&_Lyricists_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.8 Writers Guild of America Awards </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Band_members" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Band_members"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Band members </div> </a> <ul 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data-title="ويرد أل يانكوفيك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Arpetan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86" title="ویرد ال یانکوویچ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویرد ال یانکوویچ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Banyumasan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bislama</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BB_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Уиърд Ал Янкович – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уиърд Ал Янкович" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target">Corsu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dolnoserbski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Emiliàn e rumagnòl</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%ABWeird_Al%C2%BB_Yankovic" title="«Weird Al» Yankovic – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="«Weird Al» Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="ویرد ال یانکوویک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویرد ال یانکوویک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%EC%96%B4%EB%93%9C_%EC%95%8C_%EC%96%80%EC%BD%94%EB%B9%85" title="위어드 알 얀코빅 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위어드 알 얀코빅" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingua</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingue</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%9EWeird_Al%E2%80%9C_Yankovic" title="„Weird Al“ Yankovic – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="„Weird Al“ Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A7" title="וירד אל ינקוביק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וירד אל ינקוביק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AA%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98" title="უცნაური ელ იანკოვიჩი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="უცნაური ელ იანკოვიჩი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kernowek</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredus_Yankovic" title="Alfredus Yankovic – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Alfredus Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22D%C4%ABvainais_Els%22_Jenkeviks" title=""Dīvainais Els" Jenkeviks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title=""Dīvainais Els" Jenkeviks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%9EWeird_Al%E2%80%9C_Yankovic" title="„Weird Al“ Yankovic – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="„Weird Al“ Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lombard</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic" title="“Weird Al” Yankovic – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="“Weird Al” Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83" title="ويرد ال يانكوفيك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويرد ال يانكوفيك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="アル・ヤンコビック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アル・ヤンコビック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%ABWeird_Al%C2%BB_Yankovic" title="«Weird Al» Yankovic – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="«Weird Al» Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Piemontèis</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%9EWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic" title="„Weird Al” Yankovic – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="„Weird Al” Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%AD%D0%BB_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Странный Эл Янкович – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Странный Эл Янкович" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sardu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%BBWeird_Al%C2%AB_Yankovic" title="»Weird Al« Yankovic – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="»Weird Al« Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Weird Al Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ślůnski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%84_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%86%DA%A4%DB%8C%DA%86" title="ویرد ئال یانکۆڤیچ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویرد ئال یانکۆڤیچ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BB_%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Вирд Ал Јанковик – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Вирд Ал Јанковик" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title=""Weird Al" Yankovic" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2062" data-file-height="2751" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Yankovic at <a href="/wiki/GalaxyCon" title="GalaxyCon">GalaxyCon</a> in 2024.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Alfred Matthew Yankovic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1959-10-23) October 23, 1959 (age 65) <a href="/wiki/Downey,_California" title="Downey, California">Downey, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lynwood,_California" title="Lynwood, California">Lynwood, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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rock">geek rock</a><a href="#cite_note-Bell-1">[1]</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Singer</li> <li>songwriter</li> <li>musician</li> <li>actor</li> <li>writer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Vocals</li> <li>accordion</li> <li>keyboards</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_discography" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic discography">"Weird Al" Yankovic discography</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1976 (1976)–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n_Roll_Records" title="Rock 'n Roll Records">Rock 'n Roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></li> <li>Placebo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TK_Records" title="TK Records">TK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotti_Brothers_Records" title="Scotti Brothers Records">Scotti Brothers</a></li> <li>Way Moby</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcano_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcano Records">Volcano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://weirdal.com">weirdal.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈjæŋkəvɪk/</a> <span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/1\/15\/En-us-Yankovic.oga\/En-us-Yankovic.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-us-Yankovic.oga"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/En-us-Yankovic.oga/En-us-Yankovic.oga.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"></a><a href="/wiki/File:En-us-Yankovic.oga" title="File:En-us-Yankovic.oga">ⓘ</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">YANG-kə-vik</a>;<a href="#cite_note-Pronounciation_Yankovic-2">[2]</a> born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing <a href="/wiki/Comedy_music" title="Comedy music">comedy songs</a> that often <a href="/wiki/Parody_music" title="Parody music">parody</a> specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style <a href="/wiki/Pastiche" title="Pastiche">pastiches</a> of the work of other acts, as well as <a href="/wiki/Polka" title="Polka">polka</a> medleys of several popular songs, most of which feature his trademark <a href="/wiki/Accordion" title="Accordion">accordion</a>. Since having one of his comedy songs aired on <a href="/wiki/Dr._Demento" title="Dr. Demento">The Dr. Demento Radio Show</a> in 1976 at age 16, Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2015<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic&action=edit">[update]</a>),<a href="#cite_note-Harrington_20070810-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Greenburg_20150226-4">[4]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">needs update</a>] recorded more than 150 parodies and original songs,<a href="#cite_note-catchup-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-catalog-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> and performed more than 1,000 live shows.<a href="#cite_note-livepage-8">[8]</a> His work has earned him five <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> and a further 11 nominations, four <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">gold records</a> and six <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">platinum records</a> in the U.S. His first top ten <a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts">Billboard</a> album (<a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a>) and single ("<a href="/wiki/White_%26_Nerdy" title="White & Nerdy">White & Nerdy</a>") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. His fourteenth studio album, <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a> (2014), became his first number-one album during its debut week. Yankovic's success has been attributed to his effective use of music videos to further parody pop culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves. He has directed some of his own music videos and has also directed music videos for other artists including <a href="/wiki/Ben_Folds" title="Ben Folds">Ben Folds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hanson_(band)" title="Hanson (band)">Hanson</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Crowes" title="The Black Crowes">the Black Crowes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America_(band)" title="The Presidents of the United States of America (band)">the Presidents of the United States of America</a>. With the decline of music television and the onset of social media, he used YouTube and other video sites to publish his videos; this strategy helped boost sales of his later albums. He has not released a full album since Mandatory Fun, opting instead for timely releases of singles. In addition to his music career, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film <a href="/wiki/UHF_(film)" title="UHF (film)">UHF</a> (1989) and the television series <a href="/wiki/The_Weird_Al_Show" title="The Weird Al Show">The Weird Al Show</a> (1997). He has produced two satirical films about his own life, <a href="/wiki/The_Compleat_Al" title="The Compleat Al">The Compleat Al</a> (1985) and <a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> (2022). He has acted in several television shows and web series, in addition to starring in <a href="/wiki/Al_TV" title="Al TV">Al TV</a> specials on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. He has also written two children's books, When I Grow Up (2011) and My New Teacher and Me! (2013). <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 210px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LyNbCRQsck">'Weird Al' Yankovic – Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?</a>, 7:02, <a href="/wiki/Diffuser.fm" class="mw-redirect" title="Diffuser.fm">Diffuser.fm</a><a href="#cite_note-forf-9">[9]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born in <a href="/wiki/Downey,_California" title="Downey, California">Downey, California</a>, on October 23, 1959,<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> the only child of Mary Elizabeth (née Vivalda, 1923–2004) and Nick Yankovic (1917–2004). He was raised in nearby <a href="/wiki/Lynwood,_California" title="Lynwood, California">Lynwood, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a> His father, who was born in the <a href="/wiki/Strawberry_Hill_(Kansas_City,_Kansas)" title="Strawberry Hill (Kansas City, Kansas)">Strawberry Hill</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas</a>, was of <a href="/wiki/Slovene_Americans" title="Slovene Americans">Slovene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Americans" title="Croatian Americans">Croatian</a> descent: Nick Yankovic was the son of Matthew Yankovich (baptized Matija Jankovič, 1887–1969), who was born in <a href="/wiki/Bedenj" title="Bedenj">Bedenj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>,<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-13">[13]</a> and Mary Yankovich (née Braj, 1890–1968), born in Croatia.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Nick Yankovic began living in California after earning two <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Hearts</a> for his service as a medic during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-autopsy-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> He believed "the key to success" was "doing for a living whatever makes you happy" and often reminded his son of this philosophy.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> Yankovic's mother, a <a href="/wiki/Stenographer" class="mw-redirect" title="Stenographer">stenographer</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> of <a href="/wiki/English_Americans" title="English Americans">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Americans" title="Italian Americans">Italian</a> descent, married his father in 1949. She moved to California a decade before Yankovic was born.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Yankovic's first accordion lesson, which sparked his interest in music, took place on the day before his seventh birthday.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> A door-to-door salesman traveling through Lynwood offered his parents a choice of accordion or guitar lessons at a local music school. Yankovic claims that his parents chose the accordion over the guitar because "they figured there should be at least one more accordion-playing Yankovic in the world"; this was in reference to <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic" title="Frankie Yankovic">Frankie Yankovic</a>,<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> to whom he is not related.<a href="#cite_note-Conrad-13">[13]</a> He has also said that they chose the accordion because "they were convinced it would revolutionize rock".<a href="#cite_note-Conrad-13">[13]</a> Since his mother did not let him outside the house often, he had plenty of time to practice the instrument at home.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> He continued lessons at the school for three years before deciding to continue learning on his own.<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a> In the 1970s, Yankovic was a big fan of <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> and cites John's 1973 album <a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Yellow_Brick_Road" title="Goodbye Yellow Brick Road">Goodbye Yellow Brick Road</a> as one of the reasons he "learned to play rock 'n roll on the accordion".<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> As for his influences in comedy and parody music, he has listed artists including <a href="/wiki/Stan_Freberg" title="Stan Freberg">Stan Freberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spike_Jones" title="Spike Jones">Spike Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehrer" title="Tom Lehrer">Tom Lehrer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sherman" title="Allan Sherman">Allan Sherman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shel_Silverstein" title="Shel Silverstein">Shel Silverstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> as well as "all the other wonderfully sick and twisted artists" he found through <a href="/wiki/Dr._Demento" title="Dr. Demento">The Dr. Demento Radio Show</a>.<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Other sources of inspiration for his comedy came from <a href="/wiki/Mad_(magazine)" title="Mad (magazine)">Mad</a> magazine,<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> the British comedy troupe <a href="/wiki/Monty_Python" title="Monty Python">Monty Python</a>,<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Zucker,_Abrahams_and_Zucker" title="Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker">Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker</a> films.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> He had also enjoyed <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a>'s stand-up comedy album <a href="/wiki/FM_%26_AM" title="FM & AM">FM & AM</a> so much that he transcribed it by typewriter.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lynwood_High_School_yearbook_%22Accolade_1976%22,_page_139_(cropped_to_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Lynwood_High_School_yearbook_%22Accolade_1976%22%2C_page_139_%28cropped_to_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic%29.jpg/220px-Lynwood_High_School_yearbook_%22Accolade_1976%22%2C_page_139_%28cropped_to_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Lynwood_High_School_yearbook_%22Accolade_1976%22%2C_page_139_%28cropped_to_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic%29.jpg/330px-Lynwood_High_School_yearbook_%22Accolade_1976%22%2C_page_139_%28cropped_to_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Lynwood_High_School_yearbook_%22Accolade_1976%22%2C_page_139_%28cropped_to_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="331" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Yankovic in his Lynwood High School yearbook, Accolade 1976</figcaption></figure> Yankovic began kindergarten a year earlier than most children and skipped <a href="/wiki/Second_grade" title="Second grade">second grade</a>, later saying, "My classmates seemed to think I was some kind of rocket scientist, so I was labeled a nerd early on."<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> He attended <a href="/wiki/Lynwood_High_School" title="Lynwood High School">Lynwood High School</a>, where his unusual schooling experience meant he was two years younger than most of his classmates. He was not interested in sports or social events but was active in other extracurricular programs, including the <a href="/wiki/National_Forensic_League" class="mw-redirect" title="National Forensic League">National Forensic League</a>-sanctioned public speaking events; a play based on <a href="/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Cause" title="Rebel Without a Cause">Rebel Without a Cause</a>; the yearbook, for which he wrote most of the captions; and the Volcano Worshippers club, which he later said did "absolutely nothing" and was started "just to get an extra picture of [themselves] in the yearbook".<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> He graduated in 1976,<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> and was <a href="/wiki/Valedictorian" title="Valedictorian">valedictorian</a> of his senior class.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> He attended <a href="/wiki/California_Polytechnic_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="California Polytechnic State University">California Polytechnic State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo,_California" title="San Luis Obispo, California">San Luis Obispo</a>, earning a bachelor's degree in architecture.<a href="#cite_note-Conrad-13">[13]</a> After graduation he worked at <a href="/wiki/Westwood_One" title="Westwood One">Westwood One</a>, first in the mail room and then calling stations confirming that paid advertisements had indeed run on air.<a href="#cite_note-2010-06-22_Tiny_Desk_Concerts-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976–1981:_Dr._Demento_and_early_fame">1976–1981: Dr. Demento and early fame</h3></div> Yankovic received his first exposure via syndicated comedy radio personality <a href="/wiki/Dr._Demento" title="Dr. Demento">Dr. Demento</a>'s Southern California-based radio show, later saying, "If there hadn't been a Dr. Demento, I'd probably have a real job now."<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Despite his mother having caught him listening to Dr. Demento's program and banning him from listening to it again, he found ways to hear it discreetly.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> In 1976, Dr. Demento spoke at Yankovic's school, where the 16-year-old Yankovic gave him a homemade <a href="/wiki/Cassette_tape" title="Cassette tape">cassette tape</a> of original and parody songs performed on the accordion in Yankovic's bedroom into a "cheesy little tape recorder". The tape's first song, "Belvedere Cruisin'" (about his family's <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Belvedere#1962–1964" title="Plymouth Belvedere">Plymouth Belvedere</a>) was played on Demento's comedy radio show, launching Yankovic's career. Demento said, "'Belvedere Cruising' might not have been the very best song I ever heard, but it had some clever lines [...] I put the tape on the air immediately."<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-unlabeled_tape-25">[25]</a> Yankovic also played at local coffeehouses, accompanied by fellow dorm resident Joel Miller on bongos.<a href="#cite_note-wapost_feb2017-26">[26]</a> He recalled in 2007: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">It was sort of like amateur music night, and a lot of people were like wannabe <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" title="Dan Fogelberg">Dan Fogelbergs</a>. They'd get up on stage with their acoustic guitar and do these lovely ballads. And I would get up with my accordion and play <a href="/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(Strauss)" class="mw-redirect" title="Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)">the theme from 2001</a>. And people were kind of shocked that I would be disrupting their mellow Thursday night folk fest.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></blockquote> During Yankovic's second year as an architecture student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, he became a disc jockey at <a href="/wiki/KCPR" title="KCPR">KCPR</a>, the university's radio station. Yankovic had been called "Weird Al" originally as a more derogatory nickname from others within the dormitory he shared, as he was seen as the strange outcast compared to other residents.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Though he initially took it as an insult, Yankovic eventually "took it on professionally" as his persona for the station.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> In 1978, he released his first recording (as Alfred Yankovic), "Take Me Down", on the LP Slo Grown, as a benefit for the Economic Opportunity Commission of <a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California" title="San Luis Obispo County, California">San Luis Obispo County</a>. The song mocked famous nearby landmarks such as <a href="/wiki/Bubblegum_Alley" title="Bubblegum Alley">Bubblegum Alley</a> and the waterfall toilets at the <a href="/wiki/Madonna_Inn" title="Madonna Inn">Madonna Inn</a>. In mid-1979, shortly before his senior year, "<a href="/wiki/My_Sharona" title="My Sharona">My Sharona</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Knack" title="The Knack">the Knack</a> was on the charts, and Yankovic took his accordion into the restroom across the hall from the radio station to take advantage of the <a href="/wiki/Echo_chamber" title="Echo chamber">echo chamber</a> acoustics and recorded a parody titled "<a href="/wiki/My_Bologna" title="My Bologna">My Bologna</a>".<a href="#cite_note-takingoff-28">[28]</a> He sent it to Dr. Demento, who played it to good response from listeners. Yankovic met the Knack after a show at his college and introduced himself as the author of "My Bologna". The Knack's lead singer, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Fieger" title="Doug Fieger">Doug Fieger</a>, said he liked the song and suggested that <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> vice president <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Perry" title="Rupert Perry">Rupert Perry</a> release it as a single.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> "My Bologna" was released as a single with "School Cafeteria" as its B-side, and the label gave Yankovic a six-month recording contract. Yankovic, who was "only getting average grades" in his architecture degree, began to realize that he might make a career of comedic music.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> On September 14, 1980, Yankovic was a guest on the Dr. Demento Show, where he was to record a new parody live. The song was called "<a href="/wiki/Another_One_Rides_the_Bus" title="Another One Rides the Bus">Another One Rides the Bus</a>", a parody of <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>'s hit "<a href="/wiki/Another_One_Bites_the_Dust" title="Another One Bites the Dust">Another One Bites the Dust</a>". While practicing the song outside the sound booth, he met <a href="/wiki/Jon_Schwartz_(drummer)" title="Jon Schwartz (drummer)">Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz</a>, who told him he was a drummer and agreed to bang on Yankovic's accordion case to help Yankovic keep a steady beat during the song. They rehearsed the song just a few times before the show began.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> "Another One Rides the Bus" became so popular that Yankovic's first television appearance was a performance of the song on <a href="/wiki/The_Tomorrow_Show" title="The Tomorrow Show">The Tomorrow Show</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Snyder" title="Tom Snyder">Tom Snyder</a> on April 21, 1981.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-Tweet_20210421-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-YouTube_tZkouut-9RQ-31">[31]</a> On the show, Yankovic played his accordion, and again, Schwartz banged on the accordion case and provided comical sound effects. Yankovic's record label, <a href="/wiki/TK_Records" title="TK Records">TK Records</a>, went bankrupt about two weeks after the single was released, so Yankovic received no royalties from its initial release.<a href="#cite_note-takingoff-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1981–1989:_Band_and_fame">1981–1989: Band and fame</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weirdalclassic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Weirdalclassic.jpg/220px-Weirdalclassic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Weirdalclassic.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="242" /></a><figcaption>Yankovic's "classic" look before eye surgery: with glasses, mustache and short, curly hair; used from 1979 to 1998</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg/220px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg/330px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg/440px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_and_Tom_Griffin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2245" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>Yankovic speaking with a concert promoter before a show in 1984</figcaption></figure> 1981 brought Yankovic on tour for the first time as part of Dr. Demento's stage show. His stage act in a <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>, nightclub caught the eye of manager Jay Levey, who was "blown away".<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> Levey asked Yankovic if he had considered creating a full band and doing his music as a career. Yankovic admitted that he had, so Levey held auditions. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jay" title="Steve Jay">Steve Jay</a> became Yankovic's bass player, and Jay's friend <a href="/wiki/Jim_West_(guitarist)" title="Jim West (guitarist)">Jim West</a> played guitar. Schwartz continued on drums. Yankovic's first show with his new band was on March 31, 1982.<a href="#cite_note-livepage-8">[8]</a> Several days later, Yankovic and his band were the opening act for <a href="/wiki/Missing_Persons_(band)" title="Missing Persons (band)">Missing Persons</a>. Yankovic recorded "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_Rocky_Road" title="I Love Rocky Road">I Love Rocky Road</a>" (a parody of "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_Rock_%27n%27_Roll" title="I Love Rock 'n' Roll">I Love Rock 'n' Roll</a>" originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/Arrows_(British_band)" title="Arrows (British band)">The Arrows</a>), which was produced by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Derringer" title="Rick Derringer">Rick Derringer</a>, in 1982. The song was a hit on Top 40 radio, leading to Yankovic's signing with <a href="/wiki/Scotti_Brothers_Records" title="Scotti Brothers Records">Scotti Brothers Records</a>. In 1983, Yankovic's first <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album)" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic (album)">self-titled album</a> was released on Scotti Bros. The song "<a href="/wiki/Ricky_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Ricky</a>" (a parody of <a href="/wiki/Toni_Basil" title="Toni Basil">Toni Basil</a>'s hit "<a href="/wiki/Mickey_(Toni_Basil_song)" title="Mickey (Toni Basil song)">Mickey</a>") was released as a single and the music video received exposure on the still-young <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. "Ricky" broke the top 100 videos on MTV at the time, which Yankovic took as a sign that his career was in music, quitting his job as a mailroom clerk at the local offices of <a href="/wiki/Westwood_One_(1976-2011)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westwood One (1976-2011)">Westwood One</a> to pursue the music career.<a href="#cite_note-wapost_feb2017-26">[26]</a> Yankovic released his second album <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_in_3-D" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D">"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D</a> in 1984. The first single "<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>", a parody of the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Beat_It" title="Beat It">Beat It</a>", became popular, thanks in part to the music video, a shot-for-shot parody of Jackson's "Beat It" music video, and what Yankovic sarcastically described as his "uncanny resemblance" to Jackson.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Yankovic said he felt he had become an overnight success once the video for "Eat It" aired on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, as both the song and video, as well as Jackson's approval for the parody, drew attention to him from other musicians and made it easier for him to obtain permissions to use others' songs.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> "Eat It" was also aided by the first of Yankovic's <a href="/wiki/Al_TV" title="Al TV">Al TV</a> specials that aired on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> on April 1, 1984, the network looking to Yankovic's rising popularity to help fill its programming time.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Peaking at No. 12 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> on April 14, 1984,<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> "Eat It" remained Yankovic's highest-charting single until "<a href="/wiki/White_%26_Nerdy" title="White & Nerdy">White & Nerdy</a>" placed at No. 9 in October 2006.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In Canada, "Eat It" reached No. 5.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> In 1985, Yankovic co-wrote and starred in a <a href="/wiki/Mockumentary" title="Mockumentary">mockumentary</a> of his own life titled <a href="/wiki/The_Compleat_Al" title="The Compleat Al">The Compleat Al</a> (the title being a parody of the 1982 documentary <a href="/wiki/The_Compleat_Beatles" title="The Compleat Beatles">The Compleat Beatles</a>), which intertwined the facts of his life up to that point with fiction. The film also featured some clips from Yankovic's trip to Japan and some clips from the Al TV specials. The Compleat Al was co-directed by Jay Levey, who would direct <a href="/wiki/UHF_(film)" title="UHF (film)">UHF</a> four years later. Also released around the same time as The Compleat Al was The Authorized Al, a biographical book based on the film. The book, resembling a scrapbook, included real and fictional humorous photographs and documents. Yankovic and his band toured as the opening act for <a href="/wiki/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees">the Monkees</a> in mid-1987 for their second reunion tour of North America. Yankovic claims to have enjoyed touring with the Monkees, even though "the promoter gypped us out of a bunch of money".<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In 1988, Yankovic was the narrator on the <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Carlos" title="Wendy Carlos">Wendy Carlos</a> recording of <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf" title="Peter and the Wolf">Peter and the Wolf</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> The album also included a sequel to <a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Camille Saint-Saëns</a>'s composition <a href="/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals" title="The Carnival of the Animals">The Carnival of the Animals</a>, titled "The Carnival of the Animals Part II", with Yankovic providing humorous poems for each of the featured creatures in the style of <a href="/wiki/Ogden_Nash" title="Ogden Nash">Ogden Nash</a>, who had written humorous poems for the original. Yankovic's success led to a deal to make his film UHF, which premiered in July 1989. While the film has since become a cult title, its initial release was against mediocre reviews, and it was up against several other summer blockbusters, including <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade" title="Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade">Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters_II" title="Ghostbusters II">Ghostbusters II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)" title="Batman (1989 film)">Batman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Licence_to_Kill" title="Licence to Kill">Licence to Kill</a>. While Yankovic released an associated soundtrack album, <a href="/wiki/UHF_%E2%80%93_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack_and_Other_Stuff" title="UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff">UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff</a>, it was not as successful as his previous albums. Yankovic fell into a slump over the next three years as a result of the poor performance of the film.<a href="#cite_note-avclub-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–1997:_Revived_career">1990–1997: Revived career</h3></div> Yankovic had returned to the studio to prepare songs for his next album <a href="/wiki/Off_the_Deep_End" title="Off the Deep End">Off the Deep End</a> around 1990. During production, <a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Valtierra" title="Rubén Valtierra">Rubén Valtierra</a> joined the band on keyboards in 1991, allowing Yankovic to concentrate more on singing and increasing his use of the stage space during concerts. Further, Yankovic took over production from <a href="/wiki/Rick_Derringer" title="Rick Derringer">Rick Derringer</a> in 1992. While Derringer had produced six of Yankovic's previous albums, for which he won two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a>, Derringer's drug-related issues had become a problem, along with Yankovic's increasingly more complex musical vision (involving horns and other instruments).<a href="#cite_note-wapost_feb2017-26">[26]</a> By 1992, most of the original songs for Off the Deep End were complete, but Yankovic still did not have a strong parody and was waiting for the next big hit to work from, as he was still in a slump post-UHF. When Jackson released his next album, <a href="/wiki/Dangerous_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)">Dangerous</a>, and its hit single "<a href="/wiki/Black_or_White" title="Black or White">Black or White</a>", Yankovic had quickly written a parody, "Snack All Night", from it, and hoped Jackson would allow him to use the parody. Jackson denied Yankovic this, as Jackson felt "Black or White" carried a serious message that would be undermined by the parody.<a href="#cite_note-drdinterview-39">[39]</a> Again, Yankovic fell into a mood and delayed release of Off the Deep End without a lead parody. Around this time, <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a> and the grunge music scene began to take off. Yankovic wrote a parody of Nirvana's hit "<a href="/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit" title="Smells Like Teen Spirit">Smells Like Teen Spirit</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Smells_Like_Nirvana" title="Smells Like Nirvana">Smells Like Nirvana</a>", and was able to secure the band's permission for the parody; Nirvana's lead singer <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Cobain" title="Kurt Cobain">Kurt Cobain</a> reportedly said that getting Yankovic to parody their work was a sign their band had "made it".<a href="#cite_note-spin_20th-40">[40]</a> "Smells Like Nirvana" became the lead song on Off the Deep End, landing at No. 35 on the Billboard charts, his second top 40 hit in the United States. Off the Deep End reached No. 17 on the Billboard 200, and helped to revitalize Yankovic's career after the failure of UHF. Yankovic's next two studio albums were modest successes in light of Off the Deep End. <a href="/wiki/Alapalooza" title="Alapalooza">Alapalooza</a> was released in 1993, and led with "<a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(song)" title="Jurassic Park (song)">Jurassic Park</a>", a spoof of "<a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Park_(song)" title="MacArthur Park (song)">MacArthur Park</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> while mocking the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">1993 film of the same name</a>. Alapalooza peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200. <a href="/wiki/Bad_Hair_Day" title="Bad Hair Day">Bad Hair Day</a> in 1996 headlined with "<a href="/wiki/Amish_Paradise" title="Amish Paradise">Amish Paradise</a>", a parody of <a href="/wiki/Coolio" title="Coolio">Coolio</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Gangsta%27s_Paradise" title="Gangsta's Paradise">Gangsta's Paradise</a>". "Amish Paradise" reached No. 53 on the top Billboard 100 singles, while the album reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200, and eventually was certified Double Platinum in sales by RIAA, making it one of Yankovic's more successful works. In addition, Yankovic released a number of compilation works during this period, including <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Record:_Al_in_the_Box" title="Permanent Record: Al in the Box">Permanent Record: Al in the Box</a>, a four-CD collection which included most of Yankovic's previous works as well as an informational booklet with contributions from Dr. Demento. Other compilations included <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Volume_II_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Greatest Hits Volume II ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Greatest Hits Volume II</a>, a collection of songs that were not included in Permanent Record, and <a href="/wiki/The_TV_Album" title="The TV Album">The TV Album</a>, featuring songs loosely based on television shows. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998–2014:_New_look">1998–2014: New look</h3></div> On January 24, 1998, Yankovic had <a href="/wiki/LASIK" title="LASIK">LASIK</a> eye surgery to correct his extreme <a href="/wiki/Myopia" title="Myopia">myopia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Yankovic had the surgery for free when he agreed to let <a href="/wiki/KTLA_Morning_News" title="KTLA Morning News">KTLA Morning News</a> broadcast it live on television.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> When <a href="/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Running with Scissors</a> debuted in 1999, he unveiled a radically changed look. In addition to shedding his glasses, he had shaved off his moustache and grown out his hair. He had previously shaved his moustache in 1983 for the video of "<a href="/wiki/Ricky_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Ricky</a>" to resemble <a href="/wiki/Desi_Arnaz" title="Desi Arnaz">Desi Arnaz</a>, in 1989 for segments of the "<a href="/wiki/UHF_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF (song)">UHF</a>" music video and in 1996 for the "Amish Paradise" video. Yankovic reasoned, "If <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a>'s allowed to reinvent herself every 15 minutes, I figure I should be good for a change at least once every 20 years."<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> He parodied the reaction to this "new look" in a commercial for his nonexistent <a href="/wiki/MTV_Unplugged" title="MTV Unplugged">MTV Unplugged</a> special. The commercial featured Yankovic in the short-haired wig from the music video for <a href="/wiki/Hanson_(band)" title="Hanson (band)">Hanson's</a> "River", claiming his new look was an attempt to "get back to the core of what I'm all about", that being "the music".<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Running with Scissors was followed by his next studio album <a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a> in 2003. Poodle Hat was met with average reviews without any standout singles, though the album did peak at number 17 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a>. Yankovic's following album was <a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a> in 2006, which featured the single "White & Nerdy", a parody of "<a href="/wiki/Ridin%27" title="Ridin'">Ridin'</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Chamillionaire" title="Chamillionaire">Chamillionaire</a>. "White & Nerdy" became Yankovic's first Billboard Top Ten single, debuting at No. 29 and peaking at No. 9. "<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Idiot" title="Canadian Idiot">Canadian Idiot</a>", a parody of "<a href="/wiki/American_Idiot_(song)" title="American Idiot (song)">American Idiot</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a>, also charted in the Hot 100. The album as a whole reached No. 10 in the Billboard 200, and by 2008 was Yankovic's first <a href="/wiki/Certified_platinum" class="mw-redirect" title="Certified platinum">certified platinum</a> album, having reached over one million sales. Following Straight Out of Lynwood, Yankovic started to explore <a href="/wiki/Digital_distribution" title="Digital distribution">digital distribution</a> of his songs. On October 7, 2008, Yankovic released to the <a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a> "<a href="/wiki/Whatever_You_Like_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Whatever You Like ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Whatever You Like</a>", a parody of the <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> <a href="/wiki/Whatever_You_Like" title="Whatever You Like">song of the same title</a>, which Yankovic said he had come up with two weeks before. Yankovic said that the benefit of digital distribution is that "I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated—I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately."<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In 2009, Yankovic released four more songs: "<a href="/wiki/Craigslist_(song)" title="Craigslist (song)">Craigslist</a>" on June 16, "<a href="/wiki/Skipper_Dan" class="mw-redirect" title="Skipper Dan">Skipper Dan</a>" on July 14, "<a href="/wiki/CNR_(single)" class="mw-redirect" title="CNR (single)">CNR</a>" on August 4, and "<a href="/wiki/Ringtone_(song)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Ringtone (song)">Ringtone</a>" on August 25. These five digitally released songs were packaged as a digital EP titled <a href="/wiki/Internet_Leaks" title="Internet Leaks">Internet Leaks</a>, with "Whatever You Like" retroactively included in the set.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In 2011, Yankovic completed his thirteenth studio album, titled <a href="/wiki/Alpocalypse" title="Alpocalypse">Alpocalypse</a>, which was released on June 21, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> The album contains the five songs from the previous <a href="/wiki/Internet_Leaks" title="Internet Leaks">Internet Leaks</a> digital download release, a polka medley called "Polka Face", a song called "TMZ", for which <a href="/wiki/Bill_Plympton" title="Bill Plympton">Bill Plympton</a> created an animated music video, and five other new songs.<a href="#cite_note-rs_13th_album-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-coedmag_plympton-49">[49]</a> Yankovic had reported an interest in parodying <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>'s material,<a href="#cite_note-bb-50">[50]</a> and on April 20 announced that he had written and recorded a parody of "<a href="/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)" title="Born This Way (song)">Born This Way</a>" titled "<a href="/wiki/Perform_This_Way" title="Perform This Way">Perform This Way</a>" to be the lead single for his new album. However, upon first submitting it to Lady Gaga's manager for approval (which Yankovic does as a courtesy), he was not given permission to release it commercially.<a href="#cite_note-Gaga_Parody_Permission-51">[51]</a> As he had previously done under similar circumstances (with his parody of James Blunt's "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Beautiful" title="You're Beautiful">You're Beautiful</a>", which was titled "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Pitiful" title="You're Pitiful">You're Pitiful</a>"), Yankovic then released the song for free on the internet. Soon afterwards, Gaga's manager admitted that he had denied the parody of his own accord without forwarding the song to his client, and upon seeing it online, Lady Gaga granted permission for the parody.<a href="#cite_note-Gaga_Parody_Update-52">[52]</a> Yankovic has stated that all of his proceeds from the parody and its music video will be donated to the <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a>, to support the human rights themes of the original song. Yankovic was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Yankovic stated in September 2013 that he was working on a new album,<a href="#cite_note-TMZ_20130930-54">[54]</a> and in 2014, he used social media websites to hint at a July 15 release of the new album.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> The album artwork and title, <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a>, were confirmed by his publisher.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Mandatory Fun was released to strong critical praise and was the No. 1 debut album on the Billboard charts the week of its release, buoyed by Yankovic's approach for releasing eight music videos over eight continuous days that drew viral attention to the album as described below.<a href="#cite_note-billboardnews-57">[57]</a> It became Yankovic's first No. 1 album in his career. Additionally, the song "<a href="/wiki/Word_Crimes" title="Word Crimes">Word Crimes</a>" (a parody of <a href="/wiki/Robin_Thicke" title="Robin Thicke">Robin Thicke</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Blurred_Lines" title="Blurred Lines">Blurred Lines</a>") reached No. 39 on the Top 100 singles for the same week; this is Yankovic's fourth Top 40 single (following "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", and "White & Nerdy") and made him the third musical artist, after <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> and Madonna, to have a Top 40 single in each decade since the 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-bb_word_crimes-58">[58]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–present:_Transition_from_studio_albums">2015–present: Transition from studio albums</h3></div> Yankovic said in an interview promoting Mandatory Fun that, with the end of his recording contract, it was likely his last traditional album, in the sense of recording and releasing that many songs at a time; he said he will likely switch to releasing singles and EPs over the Internet, a method which offers more immediate release opportunities, as Yankovic considers his parodies in particular as something that can become dated by the time of release.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Since Mandatory Fun, Yankovic has not released any additional albums. In a 2017 interview with <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>, Yankovic said, "I can't tell you when any material is coming out. Inspiration could strike tomorrow and I might have something out next month. There's no plan. It's just going to be whenever it winds up being."<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> After several years of fan-driven campaigns, Yankovic received his own star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In March 2018, Yankovic released a new song, "The Hamilton Polka", a polka medley consisting of several songs from the musical <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a>, which were written by <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Yankovic and Miranda had met and became friends prior to the latter's work on Hamilton and had discussed a possible music project together. After the success of Hamilton, Miranda provided Yankovic the score from the musical, hoping that Yankovic would create a few singles from it, but Yankovic ultimately created a full polka medley from it.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> The song holds the distinction of being the first polka song to chart on Billboard's <a href="/wiki/Digital_Songs" title="Digital Songs">Digital Songs</a> Sales Chart.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> After Hamilton had premiered on <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> in July 2020, Yankovic released a video version of "The Hamilton Polka" that synched his song to video clips from the show.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Also in March, Yankovic released two <a href="/wiki/Remixes" class="mw-redirect" title="Remixes">remixes</a> of songs by <a href="/wiki/Portugal._The_Man" title="Portugal. The Man">Portugal. The Man</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Feel_It_Still" title="Feel It Still">Feel It Still</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Live_in_the_Moment_(Portugal._The_Man_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Live in the Moment (Portugal. The Man song)">Live in the Moment</a>".<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> In 2020, he collaborated with the band again on their single "Who's Gonna Stop Me", which was released for <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day_(United_States)" title="Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)">Indigenous Peoples' Day</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Following the release of Mandatory Fun, Yankovic has not recorded many new songs, instead focusing on projects such as his tours, and the 2022 parody biopic <a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a>. That same year, Yankovic told the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> that he was not writing many new parodies because it had become harder to tell which new songs would be big hits, due to what the newspaper described as popular music trending more towards "micro-niche[s]" than a "monoculture".<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Yankovic released a new polka medley, "Polkamania!", on July 19, 2024, featuring his take on "<a href="/wiki/Flowers_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)">Flowers</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Bad_Guy_(Billie_Eilish_song)" title="Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)">Bad Guy</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Road" title="Old Town Road">Old Town Road</a>", among others. Because he had not released a polka in ten years, he considered this the opportunity to include his "white whales", though limited the songs to those that reach #1 on the Billboard charts.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> The single included the release of video created by several animators that Yankovic had worked with in past videos, such as <a href="/wiki/Bill_Plympton" title="Bill Plympton">Bill Plympton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augenblick_Studios" title="Augenblick Studios">Augenblick Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liam_Lynch_(musician)" title="Liam Lynch (musician)">Liam Lynch</a>, and Jarrett Heather as well as new collaborations with artists like <a href="/wiki/Cyriak" title="Cyriak">Cyriak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vivienne_Medrano" title="Vivienne Medrano">Vivienne Medrano</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Yankovic became a vegetarian in 1992 when his girlfriend gave him a copy of the 1987 <a href="/wiki/John_Robbins_(author)" title="John Robbins (author)">John Robbins</a> book <a href="/wiki/Diet_for_a_New_America" title="Diet for a New America">Diet for a New America</a>, which he said "made a very compelling argument for a strict vegetarian diet".<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-rolling_stone_house-76">[76]</a> When asked how he can rationalize performing shows at events such as the Great American Rib Cook-Off as a vegetarian, he replied, "The same way I can rationalize playing at a college even though I'm not a student anymore."<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In a 2011 interview with <a href="/wiki/OnMilwaukee" title="OnMilwaukee">OnMilwaukee</a>, he clarified his stance on his diet, "I am still a vegetarian, and I try to be a <a href="/wiki/Veganism" title="Veganism">vegan</a>, but I occasionally cheat. If there's a cheese pizza on the band bus, I might sneak a piece."<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> In 1998, Yankovic underwent <a href="/wiki/LASIK" title="LASIK">LASIK</a> (Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis) eye surgery to correct his near-sightedness. As his glasses were part of his signature look prior to the surgery, Yankovic considered wearing fake glasses but decided against it. Around this time, he had also decided to shave off his trademark mustache.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Yankovic married Suzanne Krajewski, a marketing executive with <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a>, after they met in 2001. They were introduced to each other on a <a href="/wiki/Blind_date" title="Blind date">blind date</a> by their mutual friend <a href="/wiki/Bill_Mumy" title="Bill Mumy">Bill Mumy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rolling_stone_house-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Their daughter, Nina, was born in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-NCT-80">[80]</a> They live in Los Angeles, where they own a house previously owned by writer <a href="/wiki/Jack_S._Margolis" title="Jack S. Margolis">Jack S. Margolis</a> and rapper <a href="/wiki/Heavy_D" title="Heavy D">Heavy D</a>.<a href="#cite_note-wired_sept2009-81">[81]</a> In contrast to his stage persona, Yankovic is known by friends and associates to be polite, shy, and introverted, even among family.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> He is a Christian, and a married couple from the church he attends can be seen in the background on the cover of his album Poodle Hat.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> His religious upbringing is reflected in his <a href="/wiki/Abstinence" title="Abstinence">abstinence</a> from profanity, alcohol, and drugs.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> On April 9, 2004, Yankovic's parents were found dead at their home in <a href="/wiki/Fallbrook,_California" title="Fallbrook, California">Fallbrook, California</a>, the victims of accidental <a href="/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_poisoning" title="Carbon monoxide poisoning">carbon monoxide poisoning</a> from their fireplace.<a href="#cite_note-autopsy-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-NCT-80">[80]</a> Hours after his wife notified him of this, he made the decision to go on with his concert in <a href="/wiki/Appleton,_Wisconsin" title="Appleton, Wisconsin">Appleton, Wisconsin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-official_tour_dates-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> He later said, "Since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well ... it would at least give me a break from sobbing all the time."<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Their deaths occurred following the release of Poodle Hat, which was Yankovic's lowest-selling album in 20 years. He considered the Appleton show and subsequent tour dates therapeutic: "If I didn't have anything to distract me, I probably would have spiraled into an even deeper depression. For a couple of hours each night, I could go onstage and put on a big fake smile and pretend like everything was just okay."<a href="#cite_note-wired_sept2009-81">[81]</a> In a 2014 interview, he cited the deaths of his parents as the worst thing that had ever happened to him, adding, "I knew intellectually, that at some point, probably, I'd have to, you know, live through the death of my parents, but I never thought it would be at the same time, and so abruptly."<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_style">Musical style</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic">List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parodies">Parodies</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg/170px-Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg/255px-Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg/340px-Kyle-cassidy-weird-al-yankovic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1335" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Yankovic, photographed by <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Cassidy" title="Kyle Cassidy">Kyle Cassidy</a></figcaption></figure> Yankovic is well known for creating parodies of contemporary radio hits, which typically make up about half of his studio releases. Unlike other parody artists such as <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sherman" title="Allan Sherman">Allan Sherman</a>, Yankovic and his band strive to keep the backing music in his parodies the same as the original, transcribing the original song by ear and re-recording the song for the parody.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In some cases, after Yankovic has requested that the original band allow his parody, the band will offer to help out with the recreation: <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> members <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guy_Fletcher" title="Guy Fletcher">Guy Fletcher</a> perform on "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing/Beverly_Hillbillies*" title="Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*">Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*</a>", Yankovic's parody of <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>", while <a href="/wiki/Imagine_Dragons" title="Imagine Dragons">Imagine Dragons</a> provided Yankovic with advice on how to recreate some of the electronic sounds they used for "Radioactive" in Yankovic's parody "Inactive".<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Yankovic's career in novelty and comedy music has outlasted many of his "mainstream" parody targets, such as <a href="/wiki/Toni_Basil" title="Toni Basil">Toni Basil</a>, <a href="/wiki/MC_Hammer" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Men_Without_Hats" title="Men Without Hats">Men Without Hats</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Yankovic's continued success (including the top 10 single "White & Nerdy" and album <a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a> in 2006) has enabled him to escape the one-hit wonder stigma often associated with novelty music.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Yankovic considers his body of work to primarily feature parodies, rather than satires of the original song or artist, as he found that satire of songs or artists has already been done before.<a href="#cite_note-vulture_wordcrimes-95">[95]</a> Most Yankovic songs consist of the original song's music, with a separate, unrelated set of amusing lyrics. Yankovic's humor normally lies more in creating unexpected incongruity between an artist's image and the topic of the song, contrasting the style of the song with its content (such as the songs "Amish Paradise", "White & Nerdy", and "You're Pitiful"), or in pointing out trends or works which have become pop culture clichés (such as "<a href="/wiki/EBay_(song)" title="EBay (song)">eBay</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Download_This_Song" title="Don't Download This Song">Don't Download This Song</a>"). Yankovic's parodies are often satirical of popular culture, including television (see <a href="/wiki/The_TV_Album" title="The TV Album">The TV Album</a>), films ("<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_Begins" title="The Saga Begins">The Saga Begins</a>"), and food (see <a href="/wiki/The_Food_Album" title="The Food Album">The Food Album</a>). Yankovic claims he has no intention of writing "serious" music. In his reasoning, "There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to <a href="/wiki/Paris_Hilton" title="Paris Hilton">Paris Hilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Federline" title="Kevin Federline">Kevin Federline</a>."<a href="#cite_note-hub-96">[96]</a> Yankovic considered that his first true satirical song was "Smells Like Nirvana", which references unintelligible lyrics in Nirvana's "<a href="/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit" title="Smells Like Teen Spirit">Smells Like Teen Spirit</a>".<a href="#cite_note-avclub_setlist-97">[97]</a> Other satirical songs include "<a href="/wiki/Achy_Breaky_Song" title="Achy Breaky Song">Achy Breaky Song</a>", which refers to the song "<a href="/wiki/Achy_Breaky_Heart" title="Achy Breaky Heart">Achy Breaky Heart</a>", "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long", which refers to the repetitious lyrics in "<a href="/wiki/Got_My_Mind_Set_on_You" title="Got My Mind Set on You">Got My Mind Set on You</a>", and "Perform This Way", set to <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)" title="Born This Way (song)">Born This Way</a>", that drew inspiration from Lady Gaga's outlandish but confident attitude.<a href="#cite_note-vulture_wordcrimes-95">[95]</a> Yankovic is the sole writer for all his songs and, for "legal and personal reasons", does not accept parody submissions or ideas from fans.<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a> There exists, however, one exception to this rule: Madonna was reportedly talking with a friend and rhetorically asked when Yankovic was going to turn her "<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Virgin_(song)" title="Like a Virgin (song)">Like a Virgin</a>" into "<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Surgeon_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Like a Surgeon ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Like a Surgeon</a>". Madonna's friend was a mutual friend of Yankovic's manager, Jay Levey, and eventually Yankovic himself heard the story from Levey.<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> In writing his parodies as well as his original songs, Yankovic spends a great deal of time in deciding the right words that not only match the beat of the original song but that fit the theme of the parody. He says that the lyrics of some songs have taken him weeks to write as he permutes the various choices, sometimes entering a "zombie phase" as he mulls these over in his home. For example, Yankovic believes he could have written a completely different version of "White & Nerdy" based on the alternative choices of lyrics he had come up with and had discarded for the final song. He has also done significant research for other song parodies to get facts and keywords for certain areas of knowledge, such as for "I Think I'm a Clone Now" or hospitals for "Like a Surgeon". Yankovic has documented all these past lyrical attempts, first through binders and then computerized in case he needs to go back for future songs.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polka_medleys">Polka medleys</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_polka_medleys" title="List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys">List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys</a></div> Most of Yankovic's studio albums include a <a href="/wiki/Polka" title="Polka">polka</a> <a href="/wiki/Medley_(music)" title="Medley (music)">medley</a> of about a dozen contemporary songs at the time of the album, with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect. In Yankovic's early career, before recording his first album, he had performed such polka medleys in live shows in California, though then using songs from lesser-known bands like <a href="/wiki/Bad_Brains" title="Bad Brains">Bad Brains</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Plasmatics" title="Plasmatics">Plasmatics</a>. He had been inspired to do so from Spike Jones, who had transitioned from classical music into polka.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> Yankovic said that converting these songs to polka was "...the way God intended".<a href="#cite_note-livedaily_2007-99">[99]</a> Yankovic did not include a medley on his first album, but considered this for his second, In 3-D, recognizing that it would only work if he used well-known songs. The resulting "Polkas on 45", which featured songs from <a href="/wiki/Devo" title="Devo">Devo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berlin_(band)" title="Berlin (band)">Berlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>, was popular, and the polka medley became a staple of all but one of Yankovic's future albums.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> Yankovic said that "fans would be rioting in the streets, I think, if I didn't do a polka medley."<a href="#cite_note-livedaily_2007-99">[99]</a> More current polka medleys feature songs that Yankovic had wanted to parody but which had proved difficult, such as <a href="/wiki/Daft_Punk" title="Daft Punk">Daft Punk</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Get_Lucky_(Daft_Punk_song)" title="Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)">Get Lucky</a>", which lacked sufficient lyrics to parody.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> The polkas are recorded in studio, including the sound effects which are performed live during recording, which Yankovic considered one of his favorite parts of recording.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> In 2018, Yankovic created a medley of songs from the musical <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a>, "The Hamilton Polka". <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_songs">Original songs</h3></div> Yankovic has recorded numerous original humorous songs, such as "<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Love_Me_Anymore_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="You Don't Love Me Anymore ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">You Don't Love Me Anymore</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/One_More_Minute" class="mw-redirect" title="One More Minute">One More Minute</a>".<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a> Many of these songs are style <a href="/wiki/Pastiche" title="Pastiche">pastiches</a> of specific bands with allusions to specific songs. For example, "First World Problems" from Mandatory Fun is a style take on <a href="/wiki/Pixies_(band)" title="Pixies (band)">Pixies</a>, with the opening stanza reminiscent of Pixies' "<a href="/wiki/Debaser" title="Debaser">Debaser</a>".<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Other style parodies includes those of <a href="/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine" title="Rage Against the Machine">Rage Against the Machine</a> with "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Sue_Ya" class="mw-redirect" title="I'll Sue Ya">I'll Sue Ya</a>" (which features many aspects of the hit song "<a href="/wiki/Killing_in_the_Name" title="Killing in the Name">Killing in the Name</a>"), <a href="/wiki/Devo" title="Devo">Devo</a> with "<a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid_(song)" title="Dare to Be Stupid (song)">Dare to Be Stupid</a>", <a href="/wiki/The_B-52%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The B-52's">The B-52's</a> with "Mr. Popeil", <a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads" title="Talking Heads">Talking Heads</a> with "Dog Eat Dog", <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> with "Genius in France", <a href="/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails" title="Nine Inch Nails">Nine Inch Nails</a> with "Germs", and <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> with "Ringtone".<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Some songs are pastiches of an overall <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">genre</a> of music, rather than a specific band (for example, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> with "Good Enough For Now", <a href="/wiki/Charity_record" title="Charity record">charity records</a> with "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Download_This_Song" title="Don't Download This Song">Don't Download This Song</a>" and college fight songs with "Sports Song"). Yankovic stated that he does not have any unreleased original songs, instead coming up and committing to the song ideas he arrives at for his albums and other releases.<a href="#cite_note-spin_2014-102">[102]</a> Yankovic has contributed original songs to several films ("This Is the Life" from <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Dangerously" title="Johnny Dangerously">Johnny Dangerously</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Polkamon" class="mw-redirect" title="Polkamon">Polkamon</a>" from the film <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon:_The_Movie_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Pokémon: The Movie 2000">Pokémon: The Movie 2000</a>; and a parody of the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> title sequence in <a href="/wiki/Spy_Hard" title="Spy Hard">Spy Hard</a>), in addition to his own film, UHF. Other songs of his have appeared in films or television series as well, such as "<a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid_(song)" title="Dare to Be Stupid (song)">Dare to Be Stupid</a>" in <a href="/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie" title="The Transformers: The Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</a>. In 2017, Yankovic made a guest appearance on <a href="/wiki/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver" title="Last Week Tonight with John Oliver">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a>, performing a new song "The North Korea Polka", as part of an episode about the political state of <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recurring_themes">Recurring themes</h3></div> One of Yankovic's recurring jokes involves the number <a href="/wiki/27_(number)" title="27 (number)">27</a>. It is mentioned in the lyrics of several songs, and seen on the covers for <a href="/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Running with Scissors</a>, Poodle Hat<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a>. He had originally just pulled the number 27 as a random figure to use in filling out lyrics, but as his fans started to notice the reuse of the number after the first few times, he began to purposely drop references to 27 within his lyrics, videos, and album covers. He explains that "It's just a number I started using that people started attaching a lot of importance to."<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Other recurring jokes revolve around the names Bob (the Al TV interviews often mention the name,<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Bowe_(actor)" title="David Bowe (actor)">David Bowe</a>'s character in UHF is named Bob, and a song called "<a href="/wiki/Bob_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Bob ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Bob</a>", done in the style of <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, is featured on Poodle Hat), Frank (e.g. "Frank's 2000" TV"), and the surname "Finkelstein" (e.g. the music video for "<a href="/wiki/I_Lost_on_Jeopardy" title="I Lost on Jeopardy">I Lost on Jeopardy</a>", or <a href="/wiki/Fran_Drescher" title="Fran Drescher">Fran Drescher</a>'s character, Pamela Finkelstein, in UHF). A number of songs use the phrase "internal organs". In addition, a <a href="/wiki/Hamster" title="Hamster">hamster</a> called <a href="/wiki/Harvey_the_Wonder_Hamster" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey the Wonder Hamster">Harvey the Wonder Hamster</a> is a recurring character in The Weird Al Show and the Al TV specials, as well as the subject of an original song on <a href="/wiki/Alapalooza" title="Alapalooza">Alapalooza</a>. Other recurring jokes include Yankovic borrowing or being owed $5. In a number of Al TV interviews, he often asks if he can borrow $5, being turned down every time. This motif also occurs in "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?", in which his deceased friend owes him $5. Another recurring joke is his attraction to female nostrils or nostrils in general. This also appears in numerous Al TV interviews as well as in several of his songs (such as "<a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_(song)" title="Albuquerque (song)">Albuquerque</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Wanna B Ur Lovr</a>"). Yankovic also asks his celebrity guests if they could "shave his back for a nickel". This also appears in the song "Albuquerque". Yankovic has also put two <a href="/wiki/Backmasking" title="Backmasking">backmasking</a> messages into his songs. The first, in "Nature Trail to Hell", said "Satan Eats <a href="/wiki/Cheez_Whiz" title="Cheez Whiz">Cheez Whiz</a>"; the second, in "I Remember Larry", said "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands."<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_videos">Music videos</h3></div> While Yankovic's musical parodies generally do not include references to the songs or the artists of the original songs, Yankovic's music videos will sometimes parody the original song's music video in whole or in part.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> Most notably, the video for "Smells Like Nirvana" uses an extremely similar set to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", including using several of the same actors. This video contended with "Smells like Teen Spirit" at the 1992 <a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="MTV Video Music Awards">MTV Video Music Awards</a> for Best Male Video. Other videos that draw directly from those of the original song include "<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing/Beverly_Hillbillies*" title="Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*">Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Bedrock_Anthem" title="Bedrock Anthem">Bedrock Anthem</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Headline_News_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Headline News ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Headline News</a>", "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_About_the_Pentiums" title="It's All About the Pentiums">It's All About the Pentiums</a>", "Amish Paradise", "<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Surgeon" title="Like a Surgeon">Like a Surgeon</a>", and "White & Nerdy". The video for "<a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid" title="Dare to Be Stupid">Dare to Be Stupid</a>" is, as stated by Yankovic, a style parody in general of <a href="/wiki/Devo" title="Devo">Devo</a> videos.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Several videos have included appearances by notable celebrities in addition to Yankovic and his band. <a href="/wiki/Dr._Demento" title="Dr. Demento">Dr. Demento</a> appeared in several of Yankovic's earlier videos, such as "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_Rocky_Road" title="I Love Rocky Road">I Love Rocky Road</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Ricky_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Ricky</a>". Actor <a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Patten" title="Dick Van Patten">Dick Van Patten</a> is featured in both "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Bedrock Anthem"; <a href="/wiki/Drew_Carey" title="Drew Carey">Drew Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emo_Philips" title="Emo Philips">Emo Philips</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_LaMarr" title="Phil LaMarr">Phil LaMarr</a> appeared in "It's All About the Pentiums"; <a href="/wiki/Keegan-Michael_Key" title="Keegan-Michael Key">Keegan-Michael Key</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peele" title="Jordan Peele">Jordan Peele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donny_Osmond" title="Donny Osmond">Donny Osmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judy_Tenuta" title="Judy Tenuta">Judy Tenuta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Green" title="Seth Green">Seth Green</a> appeared in "White & Nerdy"; and <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Buzzi" title="Ruth Buzzi">Ruth Buzzi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Boone" title="Pat Boone">Pat Boone</a> appeared in "Gump". The video for "<a href="/wiki/I_Lost_on_Jeopardy" title="I Lost on Jeopardy">I Lost on Jeopardy</a>" includes an appearance by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kihn" title="Greg Kihn">Greg Kihn</a>, the artist whose song, "Jeopardy", was being parodied, along with <a href="/wiki/Don_Pardo" title="Don Pardo">Don Pardo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Art_Fleming" title="Art Fleming">Art Fleming</a>, Jeopardy's original announcer and host, as themselves. <a href="/wiki/Florence_Henderson" title="Florence Henderson">Florence Henderson</a> plays an Amish seductress in "Amish Paradise". While most videos that Yankovic creates are aired on music channels such as MTV and <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>, Yankovic worked with animation artists to create music videos for release with extended content albums. The <a href="/wiki/DualDisc" title="DualDisc">DualDisc</a> version of Straight Outta Lynwood features six videos set to songs from the release, including videos created by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Plympton" title="Bill Plympton">Bill Plympton</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Kricfalusi" title="John Kricfalusi">John Kricfalusi</a>; one video, "Weasel Stomping Day" was created by the producers of the show <a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken" title="Robot Chicken">Robot Chicken</a>, and aired as a segment of that program. For the 2010 Alpocalypse, Yankovic produced videos for every song; four of those were previously released for each of the songs on the EP <a href="/wiki/Internet_Leaks" title="Internet Leaks">Internet Leaks</a>, with the videos for the remaining songs released via social media sites and included in the deluxe edition of Alpocalypse. These live-action and animated videos were produced by both previous collaborators such as Plympton for "TMZ",<a href="#cite_note-coedmag_plympton-49">[49]</a> video content providers like <a href="/wiki/Jib-Jab" class="mw-redirect" title="Jib-Jab">Jib-Jab</a> and <a href="/wiki/SuperNews!" title="SuperNews!">SuperNews!</a>, and other directors and animators. To help promote his 2014 album Mandatory Fun in social media circles, Yankovic produced eight music videos for the album releasing them over eight consecutive days with release of the album, believing it "would make an impact because people would be talking about the album all week long".<a href="#cite_note-foxnews_8days-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> RCA Records opted not to fund production of any of these videos, and Yankovic turned to various social media portals including <a href="/wiki/Funny_or_Die" title="Funny or Die">Funny or Die</a> and <a href="/wiki/CollegeHumor" title="CollegeHumor">CollegeHumor</a> which he had worked with in the past; these sites helped to cover the production cost of the videos with Yankovic foregoing any ad video revenue. He chose to distribute the videos to different portals to avoid burdening any single one with all of the costs and work needed to produce them. This approach proved to be successful, as the total collection of videos had acquired more than 20 million views in the first week.<a href="#cite_note-adage-111">[111]</a> This release strategy was considered by <a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a> as a "web-enabled precision video delivery operation, and evidence of some serious digital distributional forethought" as it allows the videos to be seen by different sets of audiences for each site.<a href="#cite_note-atlantic-112">[112]</a> The approach was considered to be essential to promoting Mandatory Fun to reach the No. 1 position on the Billboard charts on its debut week.<a href="#cite_note-billboardnews-57">[57]</a> <a href="/wiki/Businessweek" class="mw-redirect" title="Businessweek">Businessweek</a> attributed the sales success of Mandatory Fun to the viral music video campaign.<a href="#cite_note-businessweek-113">[113]</a> <a href="/wiki/ABC_World_News" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC World News">ABC World News</a> elaborated that Yankovic's success is in part due to the Internet's interest in viral and humorous videos catching up with what Yankovic has been doing for his entire career.<a href="#cite_note-world_news-114">[114]</a> Yankovic himself was amazed with the response he got from the album and video releases, stating that "I've been doing the same thing for 30 years and all of a sudden I'm having the best week of my life"<a href="#cite_note-world_news-114">[114]</a> and that he "kind of stumbled on my formula for the future".<a href="#cite_note-adage-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reactions_from_original_artists">Reactions from original artists</h3></div> Under the "<a href="/wiki/Fair_use" title="Fair use">fair use</a>" provision of U.S. <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> law, affirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> in the 1994 case <a href="/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc." title="Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.">Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.</a>, artists such as Yankovic do not need permission to record a parody.<a href="#cite_note-rs_chicken_pot_pie-115">[115]</a> However, as a personal rule and as a means of maintaining good relationships, Yankovic has always sought permission from the original artist before commercially releasing a parody.<a href="#cite_note-rs_chicken_pot_pie-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> Yankovic stated of these efforts: "I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. I don't want to be embroiled in any nastiness. That's not how I live my life. I like everybody to be in on the joke and be happy for my success. I take pains not to burn bridges."<a href="#cite_note-wapost_feb2017-26">[26]</a> The communications are typically handled by his manager Jay Levey, but at times Yankovic has asked the artist directly, such as flying to <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, Colorado, to attend an <a href="/wiki/Iggy_Azalea" title="Iggy Azalea">Iggy Azalea</a> concert and speak to her personally about parodying her song "<a href="/wiki/Fancy_(Iggy_Azalea_song)" title="Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)">Fancy</a>".<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> He claims that only about two to three percent of the artists he approaches for permission deny his requests.<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a> Separately, Yankovic needs to negotiate for <a href="/wiki/Royalty_payment" title="Royalty payment">royalties</a> to the original artists for including their songs within a polka medley, which is considered a cover in copyright law. This created difficulties in recording his first medley "Polkas on 45" since it involved thirteen different royalty schemes, but since then he has established a relationship with most large music publishers to easily secure the license to use their songs.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Positive">Positive</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg/170px-Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg/255px-Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg/340px-Yankovic-TheSagaBegins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="435" data-file-height="663" /></a><figcaption>Yankovic performing "<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_Begins" title="The Saga Begins">The Saga Begins</a>" in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, New Zealand, on March 10, 2007. Both <a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> have reportedly expressed approval of the parody.</figcaption></figure> Many artists parodied by Yankovic have considered this as a rite of passage to show they have made it in the music industry.<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-wapost_feb2017-26">[26]</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> was a big fan of Yankovic, and Yankovic claimed Jackson "had always been very supportive" of his work.<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a> Jackson twice allowed him to parody his songs ("<a href="/wiki/Beat_It" title="Beat It">Beat It</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Bad_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Bad (Michael Jackson song)">Bad</a>" became "<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>", respectively). When Jackson granted Yankovic permission to do "Fat", Jackson allowed him to use the same set built for his own "<a href="/wiki/Badder" class="mw-redirect" title="Badder">Badder</a>" video from the <a href="/wiki/Moonwalker" title="Moonwalker">Moonwalker</a> film.<a href="#cite_note-people_aug2016-118">[118]</a> Yankovic said that Jackson's support helped to gain approval from other artists he wanted to parody.<a href="#cite_note-people_aug2016-118">[118]</a> Though Jackson allowed "Eat It" and "Fat", he requested that Yankovic not record a parody of "<a href="/wiki/Black_or_White" title="Black or White">Black or White</a>", titled "Snack All Night", because he felt the message was too important. This refusal, coming shortly after the commercial failure of Yankovic's film UHF in theaters, had initially set Yankovic back; he later recognized this as a critical time as, while searching for new parodies, he came across Nirvana, leading to a revitalization of his career with "Smells Like Nirvana".<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a> Yankovic has performed a concert-only parody "Snack All Night" in some of his live shows.<a href="#cite_note-setlists-119">[119]</a> Yankovic was one of several celebrities who appeared in the 1989 music video for Jackson's song "<a href="/wiki/Liberian_Girl" title="Liberian Girl">Liberian Girl</a>".<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Grohl" title="Dave Grohl">Dave Grohl</a> of Nirvana said that the band felt they had "made it" after Yankovic recorded "Smells Like Nirvana", a parody of the <a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a> band's smash hit, "Smells Like Teen Spirit".<a href="#cite_note-faq-11">[11]</a> On his Behind the Music special, Yankovic stated that when he called Nirvana frontman <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Cobain" title="Kurt Cobain">Kurt Cobain</a> to ask if he could parody the song, Cobain gave him permission, then paused and asked, "Um... it's not gonna be about food, is it?" Yankovic responded with, "No, it'll be about how no one can understand your lyrics." According to Nirvana bassist <a href="/wiki/Krist_Novoselic" title="Krist Novoselic">Krist Novoselic</a> interviewed for Behind the Music, when the band saw the video of the song, they were laughing hysterically. Additionally, Cobain described Yankovic as "America's modern pop-rock genious [sic]" in his posthumously released personal notebook.<a href="#cite_note-spin_20th-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a> approved Yankovic's parody of the <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>" for use in the film UHF on the provision that Knopfler himself be allowed to play lead guitar on the parody which was later titled "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing/Beverly_Hillbillies*" title="Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*">Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*</a>".<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> Yankovic commented on the legal complications of the parody in the DVD audio commentary for UHF, explaining "We had to name that song 'Money for Nothing "slash" Beverly Hillbillies "asterisk"' because the lawyers told us that had to be the name. Those wacky lawyers! What ya gonna do?"<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Record:_Al_in_the_Box" title="Permanent Record: Al in the Box">Permanent Record: Al in the Box</a> booklet referred to the song's "compound fracture of a title".<a href="#cite_note-booklet-15">[15]</a> When a fan asked about the song's title, Yankovic shared his feelings on the title, replying "That incredibly stupid name is what the lawyers insisted that the parody be listed as. I'm not sure why, and I've obviously never been very happy about it."<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America_(band)" title="The Presidents of the United States of America (band)">The Presidents of the United States of America</a> were so pleased with "Gump", Yankovic's parody of their song "Lump", that they ended the song with his last line instead of their own ("And that's all I have to say about that") on the live recording of "Lump" featured on the compilation album <a href="/wiki/Pure_Frosting" title="Pure Frosting">Pure Frosting</a>. In 2008, Yankovic directed the music video for their song "Mixed Up S.O.B." <a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> was reportedly pleased with "The Saga Begins", a parody of "<a href="/wiki/American_Pie_(song)" title="American Pie (song)">American Pie</a>", and told Yankovic that the parody's lyrics sometimes enter his mind during live performances.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> His parody not only replicates the music from the original <a href="/wiki/Don_McLean" title="Don McLean">Don McLean</a> song, but it replicates the multi-layered rhyming structure in the verses and chorus. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> loved the song and a <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> representative told Yankovic, "You should have seen the smile on his face."<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chamillionaire" title="Chamillionaire">Chamillionaire</a> was also very pleased, even putting Yankovic's parody "White & Nerdy" (a parody of "<a href="/wiki/Ridin%27" title="Ridin'">Ridin'</a>") on his official <a href="/wiki/MySpace" class="mw-redirect" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> page before it was on Yankovic's own page. Chamillionaire stated in an interview, "He's actually <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rapping</a> pretty good on it, it's crazy [...] I didn't know he could rap like that. It's really an honor when he does that. [...] Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you're not doing it big."<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> In September 2007, Chamillionaire credited "White & Nerdy" for his recent Grammy win, stating "That parody was the reason I won the Grammy, because it made the record so big it was undeniable. It was so big overseas that people were telling me they had heard my version of Weird Al's song."<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> In 2011, Yankovic was initially denied permission to parody <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)" title="Born This Way (song)">Born This Way</a>" for his song "Perform This Way" for release on a new album, but through his release of the song on YouTube and subsequent spread via Twitter, Lady Gaga and her staff asserted that her manager had made the decision without her input, and Gaga herself gave Yankovic permission to proceed with the parody's release.<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gaga_Saga-129">[129]</a> Gaga considered herself "a huge Weird Al fan",<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> and she stated that the parody was a "rite of passage" for her musical career and considered the song "very empowering".<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> Yankovic states that his style parodies have also been met with positive remarks by the original artist. He noted that his friends and fellow musicians <a href="/wiki/Ben_Folds" title="Ben Folds">Ben Folds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Hanson" title="Taylor Hanson">Taylor Hanson</a> helped to support their respective style parodies "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" and "If That Isn't Love". He also noted positive reactions he got through friends his band members have, such as from <a href="/wiki/Frank_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Black">Frank Black</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pixies_(band)" title="Pixies (band)">Pixies</a> for "First World Problems" and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Culture_on_the_Skids" title="Southern Culture on the Skids">Southern Culture on the Skids</a> for "Lame Claim to Fame", and a similar praise when he encountered <a href="/wiki/Graham_Nash" title="Graham Nash">Graham Nash</a> of <a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Stills,_and_Nash" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosby, Stills, and Nash">Crosby, Stills, and Nash</a> on the street, and was able to play his recently completed "Mission Statement" for him.<a href="#cite_note-spin_2014-102">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Negative">Negative</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coolio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Coolio.jpg/220px-Coolio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Coolio.jpg/330px-Coolio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Coolio.jpg/440px-Coolio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="802" data-file-height="809" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coolio" title="Coolio">Coolio</a> initially reacted negatively to "<a href="/wiki/Amish_Paradise" title="Amish Paradise">Amish Paradise</a>", feeling it undermined the serious message of <a href="/wiki/Gangsta_Paradise" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangsta Paradise">the original song</a>, but later apologized and said he considered Yankovic's parody "actually funny as shit".</figcaption></figure> One of Yankovic's most controversial parodies was 1996's "Amish Paradise", based on "<a href="/wiki/Gangsta%27s_Paradise" title="Gangsta's Paradise">Gangsta's Paradise</a>" by hip-hop artist Coolio, which, in turn, was based on "<a href="/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>. Reportedly, Coolio's label gave Yankovic the impression that Coolio had granted permission to record the parody, but Coolio maintained that he never did. While Coolio claimed he was upset, legal action never materialized, and Coolio accepted <a href="/wiki/Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalty</a> payments for the song. After this controversy, Yankovic has always made sure to speak directly with the artist of every song he parodied. At the <a href="/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio" title="XM Satellite Radio">XM Satellite Radio</a> booth at the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" title="Consumer Electronics Show">Consumer Electronics Show</a>, Yankovic and Coolio made peace. On his website, Yankovic wrote of this event, "I don't remember what we said to each other exactly, but it was all very friendly. I doubt I'll be invited to Coolio's next birthday party, but at least I can stop wearing that bulletproof vest to the mall."<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> In an interview in 2014, Coolio extended his apology for refusing his permission, stating that at the time "I was being cocky and shit and being stupid and I was wrong and I should've embraced that shit and went with it", and that he considered Yankovic's parody "actually funny as shit".<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Flea_(musician)" title="Flea (musician)">Flea</a> told Behind the Music that he was unimpressed and disappointed by Yankovic's 1993 song "Bedrock Anthem", which parodied the band's songs "<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Bridge" title="Under the Bridge">Under the Bridge</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Give_It_Away_(Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_song)" title="Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)">Give It Away</a>". He was quoted as stating, "I didn't think it was very good. I enjoy Weird Al's things, but I found it unimaginative."<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Refused_parodies">Refused parodies</h4></div> On numerous occasions, <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> refused Yankovic permission to record parodies of his songs. Yankovic had stated in interviews prior to Prince's death in 2016 that he had "approached him every few years [to] see if he's lightened up".<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> Yankovic related one story where, before the <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards" title="American Music Awards">American Music Awards</a> where he and Prince were assigned to sit in the same row, he got a <a href="/wiki/Telegram" class="mw-redirect" title="Telegram">telegram</a> from Prince's management company, demanding he not even make eye contact with the artist.<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a> Among parodies that Yankovic had ideas for included one based on "<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Crazy" title="Let's Go Crazy">Let's Go Crazy</a>" about <a href="/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies" title="The Beverly Hillbillies">The Beverly Hillbillies</a>, "Yellow Snow" as a parody of "<a href="/wiki/Purple_Rain_(song)" title="Purple Rain (song)">Purple Rain</a>", "<a href="/wiki/1999_(Prince_song)" title="1999 (Prince song)">1999</a>" as an <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">infomercial</a> with a call-in number ending in −1999, and parodies of "<a href="/wiki/Kiss_(Prince_song)" title="Kiss (Prince song)">Kiss</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/When_Doves_Cry" title="When Doves Cry">When Doves Cry</a>".<a href="#cite_note-people_aug2016-118">[118]</a> Despite these refusals, Yankovic was able to gain permission to parody the "When Doves Cry" video as part of his music video for the song "UHF".<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> He was also permitted to write the song "Traffic Jam" from his album <a href="/wiki/Alapalooza" title="Alapalooza">Alapalooza</a>, which is in the style of "Let's Go Crazy".<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a> is a self-proclaimed Yankovic fan, but when Yankovic suggested the idea of creating a polka medley of Led Zeppelin songs, Page was "less than thrilled with the prospect, so [Yankovic] didn't pursue it".<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> Yankovic was, however, allowed the opportunity to re-record a sample of "<a href="/wiki/Black_Dog_(Led_Zeppelin_song)" title="Black Dog (Led Zeppelin song)">Black Dog</a>" for a segment of "<a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Drive-Thru" title="Trapped in the Drive-Thru">Trapped in the Drive-Thru</a>".<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, also a Yankovic fan, refused Yankovic permission to record a parody of <a href="/wiki/Wings_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wings (band)">Wings</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(song)" title="Live and Let Die (song)">Live and Let Die</a>", titled "<a href="/wiki/Chicken_Pot_Pie" title="Chicken Pot Pie">Chicken Pot Pie</a>", because, according to Yankovic, McCartney is "a strict vegetarian and he didn't want a parody that condoned the consumption of animal flesh".<a href="#cite_note-rs_chicken_pot_pie-115">[115]</a> Though McCartney suggested possibly changing the parody to "Tofu Pot Pie", Yankovic, who is also a vegetarian, found this would not fit the lyrics he had written, which featured the sound of a chicken throughout the chorus. While never recorded for an album, Yankovic did play parts of "Chicken Pot Pie" as part of a larger medley in several tours during the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-rs_chicken_pot_pie-115">[115]</a> In 2003, Yankovic was denied permission to make a video for "<a href="/wiki/Couch_Potato_(song)" title="Couch Potato (song)">Couch Potato</a>", his parody of <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Lose_Yourself" title="Lose Yourself">Lose Yourself</a>". Yankovic believes that Eminem thought that the video would be harmful to his image.<a href="#cite_note-KingOfPop-141">[141]</a> In 2006, Yankovic gained <a href="/wiki/James_Blunt" title="James Blunt">James Blunt</a>'s permission to record a parody of "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Beautiful" title="You're Beautiful">You're Beautiful</a>". However, after Yankovic had recorded "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Pitiful" title="You're Pitiful">You're Pitiful</a>", Blunt's label, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a>, rescinded this permission, despite Blunt's personal approval of the song.<a href="#cite_note-wired_gaga-117">[117]</a> The parody was pulled from Yankovic's <a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a> because of his label's unwillingness to "go to war" with Atlantic. Yankovic released the song as a free download on his MySpace profile, as well as his official website, and plays it in concert, since it was not Blunt himself objecting to the parody.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> Yankovic referenced the incident in his video for "White & Nerdy" when he depicts himself vandalizing Atlantic Records' Wikipedia article. Yankovic was considering a complete polka medley with only <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> songs, but the band's publisher did not accept the terms.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> Similarly, he had included <a href="/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly_(song)" title="Buddy Holly (song)">Buddy Holly</a>" in a polka medley, but had to pull it when the band's publisher refused to receive partial rates.<a href="#cite_note-avbook_book_excerpt-98">[98]</a> Yankovic had approached <a href="/wiki/Beck" title="Beck">Beck</a> asking for permission to parody his song "<a href="/wiki/Loser_(Beck_song)" title="Loser (Beck song)">Loser</a>", which Yankovic had created called "Schmoozer". At the time, Beck was just entering the music industry, and did not want his reputation to be seen as a one-hit wonder and refused the parody. Beck stated in 2022 that he wished he had given Yankovic permission, saying "I think it would have been an amazing video, I'm actually really sad it didn't happen.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> Yankovic had planned to make a parody based on "<a href="/wiki/Hedwig%27s_Theme" title="Hedwig's Theme">Hedwig's Theme</a>" from the <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_(film_series)" title="Harry Potter (film series)">Harry Potter</a> film series, but had been refused by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures" title="Warner Bros. Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a>. Yankovic said that perhaps if he did a parody based on a franchise, "it's usually better just to do it and ask for forgiveness rather than permission".<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Live_performances">Live performances</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG/220px-Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG/330px-Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG/440px-Atlantic_record_sucks_shirt_your_pitiful_aug_8th_2007_ohio_state_fair.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Weird Al wearing his "Atlantic Records Sucks" shirt during a performance of "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Pitiful" title="You're Pitiful">You're Pitiful</a>", in 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Fair" title="Ohio State Fair">Ohio State Fair</a></figcaption></figure> Yankovic often describes his live concert performances as "a rock and comedy multimedia extravaganza"<a href="#cite_note-yahoo-145">[145]</a> with an audience that "ranges from toddlers to geriatrics".<a href="#cite_note-hub-96">[96]</a> Apart from Yankovic and his band performing his classic and contemporary hits, staples of Yankovic's live performances include a medley of parodies, many costume changes between songs, and a video screen on which various clips are played during the costume changes.<a href="#cite_note-yahoo-145">[145]</a> A concert from Yankovic's 1999 tour, "Touring with Scissors", for the <a href="/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Running with Scissors</a> album was released on VHS in 1999 and on DVD in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-catalog-6">[6]</a> Titled "Weird Al" Yankovic Live!, the concert was recorded at the <a href="/wiki/Marin_County_Civic_Center" title="Marin County Civic Center">Marin County Civic Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California">San Rafael, California</a>, on October 2, 1999.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> For legal reasons, video clips (apart from those for Yankovic's own music videos) could not be shown for the home release, and unreleased parodies were removed from the parody medley for the performance.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> In 2003, Yankovic toured overseas for the first time. Before 2003, Yankovic and his band had toured only the United States and parts of Canada.<a href="#cite_note-livepage-8">[8]</a> Following the success of <a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a> in Australia, Yankovic performed eleven shows in Australia's major capital cities and regional areas in October of that year.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Yankovic returned to Australia and toured New Zealand for the first time in 2007 to support the <a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a> album. On September 8, 2007, Yankovic performed his 1,000th live show at <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Falls,_Idaho" title="Idaho Falls, Idaho">Idaho Falls, Idaho</a>.<a href="#cite_note-livepage-8">[8]</a> Yankovic has invited members of the <a href="/wiki/501st_Legion" title="501st Legion">501st Legion</a> on stage during performances of his Star Wars-themed songs "<a href="/wiki/Yoda_(song)" title="Yoda (song)">Yoda</a>" and "The Saga Begins", recruiting members of local garrisons (club chapters) while on tour. In appreciation, the 501st inducted Yankovic as a "Friend of the Legion" in September 2007.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> He performed his first ever European mini-tour, including an appearance at the <a href="/wiki/All_Tomorrow%27s_Parties_(music_festival)" class="mw-redirect" title="All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)">All Tomorrow's Parties</a> music festival in <a href="/wiki/Minehead" title="Minehead">Minehead</a>, England in December 2010. Yankovic was picked to perform by the Canadian band <a href="/wiki/Godspeed_You!_Black_Emperor" title="Godspeed You! Black Emperor">Godspeed You! Black Emperor</a>, who curated the festival's lineup. Yankovic played three other dates in the UK around his festival appearance before performing a single date in the Netherlands.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> A second concert film, <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_Live!:_The_Alpocalypse_Tour" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic Live!: The Alpocalypse Tour">"Weird Al" Yankovic Live!: The Alpocalypse Tour</a>, aired on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> on October 1, 2011, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD three days later. The concert was filmed at <a href="/wiki/Massey_Hall" title="Massey Hall">Massey Hall</a> in Toronto, Canada, during Yankovic's tour supporting the album Alpocalypse. As before, video clips (apart from those for his own videos) and unreleased songs were edited out for legal reasons. Yankovic performed <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/What_Is_Life" title="What Is Life">What Is Life</a>" at the live-recorded <a href="/wiki/George_Fest" title="George Fest">George Fest</a> (Los Angeles, 2014). DVD and Blu-Ray CD combos of the concert honoring Harrison became available in early 2016. Following the release of Mandatory Fun, Yankovic toured across the United States, Canada, and selected overseas venues in the "<a href="/wiki/Mandatory_World_Tour" title="Mandatory World Tour">Mandatory World Tour</a>" from 2015 through 2016, principally featuring songs from this album. After taking a year off, Yankovic returned to tour in the United States and Canada from February to June 2018 in "<a href="/wiki/The_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent,_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour">The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour</a>". On this tour, he performed mostly original songs (not parodies) and did not use costumes, props, or video screens. Comedian <a href="/wiki/Emo_Philips" title="Emo Philips">Emo Philips</a> was the opening act.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> A further staple of this tour was Yankovic's cover performance of a different famous song at each venue, which Yankovic stated was something he and his band enjoyed doing.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> Starting in June 2019, Yankovic went on his "Strings Attached Tour", where he performed every show backed by a forty-one piece orchestra assembled from local musicians.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> The tour was inspired by a 2016 performance he did with the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl_Orchestra" title="Hollywood Bowl Orchestra">Hollywood Bowl Orchestra</a>, which he considered a "religious experience" and sought to replicate on tour.<a href="#cite_note-billboard_strings_attached-155">[155]</a> The shows were generally much shorter, as under union rules Yankovic could only perform 90 minutes per show with an orchestra, requiring him to select songs that he felt would be ones that he had either long wanted perform to with an orchestra, such as the deep-cut "Harvey the Wonder Hamster" from Alapalooza, or that fit best with the orchestra backing.<a href="#cite_note-billboard_strings_attached-155">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Yankovic had the shows open with the orchestra performing a few instrumental themes, seemingly giving the concert a high-brow quality, before he and his band entered and played his songs backed by the orchestra. The concerts finished with a large flashy production of his <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> songs, including "The Saga Begins" and "<a href="/wiki/Yoda_(song)" title="Yoda (song)">Yoda</a>".<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> Yankovic toured again in 2022, following up from his 2018 tour with the "Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour", focusing on his lesser-known songs. The tour included 133 shows, concluding with Yankovic's first performance at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> in October 2022. Yankovic said "I've loved doing every single incarnation of my live show, but honestly the Vanity tour is the most fun I've ever had on stage, so I've been dying to get back out there and torture everybody with it once again!"<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> On September 20, 2024, Yankovic announced the "Bigger and Weirder Tour", with 65 dates announced on the 23rd. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy_and_influence">Legacy and influence</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_San_Jose_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2062" data-file-height="2751" /></a><figcaption>Yankovic at <a href="/wiki/GalaxyCon" title="GalaxyCon">GalaxyCon</a> San Jose in 2024</figcaption></figure> With "<a href="/wiki/Word_Crimes" title="Word Crimes">Word Crimes</a>" from Mandatory Fun debuting at No. 39 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> in 2014, Yankovic became the third musical artist after Michael Jackson and Madonna to have a song in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 over each decade since the 1980s, his other Top 40 songs being "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", and "White & Nerdy".<a href="#cite_note-bb2-160">[160]</a> Since then, only <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kenny_G" title="Kenny G">Kenny G</a> have also entered this group.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> Billboard named Yankovic #15 of the top 100 music video artists of all time in an August 2020 compilation, addressing that alongside his musical fame, "his accompanying video parodies are a vital part of the recipe".<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> With his four-decade career, Yankovic's work has also influenced newer artists. <a href="/wiki/Andy_Samberg" title="Andy Samberg">Andy Samberg</a> of the group <a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Island" title="The Lonely Island">The Lonely Island</a> considered Yankovic an influence during his childhood.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> directly credits Yankovic as an influence on his musical <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Television producer <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schur" title="Michael Schur">Michael Schur</a> considered that Yankovic's music represented a "deep egalitarian spirit of our culture" that allowed his comedy writers to reflect on society within his shows.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes_apr2020-17">[17]</a> Certain polka musicians (such as Nick Smyth of <a href="/wiki/The_Dreadnoughts" title="The Dreadnoughts">the Dreadnoughts</a>) have criticized Yankovic's use of polka as comedy, saying that it contributes to the "dumb Euro" stereotype of portraying Central and Eastern European culture as goofy or unintelligent. Smyth says that Yankovic has "unwittingly taught the next two generations that polka is just a mashup comedy style," detracting from and reversing the community-building role that social dance music such as polka has always fulfilled.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> In 2020, Mark Riedl, a researcher at <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech" title="Georgia Tech">Georgia Tech</a>, created an algorithm that generates lyrics to match the <a href="/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" title="Rhyme scheme">rhyme</a> and syllable schemes of preexisting songs. The algorithm was called "Weird <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">A.I.</a> Yankovic" in reference to Yankovic's similar song parodies.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_works">Other works</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="UHF">UHF</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/UHF_(film)" title="UHF (film)">UHF (film)</a></div> In 1989, Yankovic starred in a full-length feature film called UHF, co-written by himself and manager Jay Levey and filmed in <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>. A satire of the television and film industries, also starring <a href="/wiki/Michael_Richards" title="Michael Richards">Michael Richards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran_Drescher" title="Fran Drescher">Fran Drescher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Jackson" title="Victoria Jackson">Victoria Jackson</a>, it brought floundering studio <a href="/wiki/Orion_Pictures" title="Orion Pictures">Orion</a> their highest <a href="/wiki/Test_screening" title="Test screening">test scores</a> since the film <a href="/wiki/RoboCop" title="RoboCop">RoboCop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-robo-165">[165]</a> However, it was unsuccessful in theaters due to both poor critical reception and competition from other summer blockbusters at the time such as <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade" title="Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade">Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_2" title="Lethal Weapon 2">Lethal Weapon 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)" title="Batman (1989 film)">Batman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Licence_to_Kill" title="Licence to Kill">Licence to Kill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> The failure of the film left Yankovic in a three-year slump, which was later broken by his inspiration to compose "Smells Like Nirvana".<a href="#cite_note-spin_20th-40">[40]</a> The film has since become a <a href="/wiki/Cult_film" title="Cult film">cult classic</a>;<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> fans bought it on eBay for high prices before it came out on DVD.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> Yankovic occasionally shows clips from the film at his concerts (to which <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">MGM</a>, the film's current owner, initially objected in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Cease_and_desist" title="Cease and desist">cease and desist</a> letter).<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> In an apparent attempt to make it more accessible to overseas audiences, where the term <a href="/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency" title="Ultra high frequency">UHF</a> is used less frequently to describe TV broadcasts, the film was titled The Vidiot From UHF in Australia and parts of Europe.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> UHF shows the creation of Yankovic's signature food—the Twinkie Wiener Sandwich. The snack consists of an overturned <a href="/wiki/Twinkie" title="Twinkie">Twinkie</a> split open as a makeshift bun, a <a href="/wiki/Hot_dog" title="Hot dog">hot dog</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Easy_Cheese" title="Easy Cheese">Easy Cheese</a> put together and dipped in milk before eating. Yankovic has stated that he has switched to using <a href="/wiki/Tofu" title="Tofu">tofu</a> hot dogs since becoming a vegetarian, but still enjoys the occasional Twinkie Wiener Sandwich.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a></div> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Appel" title="Eric Appel">Eric Appel</a> produced a <a href="/wiki/Funny_or_Die" title="Funny or Die">Funny or Die</a> trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a fictional biographical film that parodies other films based on musicians; Yankovic (played by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Paul" title="Aaron Paul">Aaron Paul</a>) is seen hiding his "weirdness" from his parents (<a href="/wiki/Gary_Cole" title="Gary Cole">Gary Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Steenburgen" title="Mary Steenburgen">Mary Steenburgen</a>), making it big using song parodies with the help of Dr. Demento (<a href="/wiki/Patton_Oswalt" title="Patton Oswalt">Patton Oswalt</a>), falling in and out of love with Madonna (<a href="/wiki/Olivia_Wilde" title="Olivia Wilde">Olivia Wilde</a>), and fading into alcoholism and being arrested, at which point his father finally admits he is "weird" as well. Yankovic himself plays a music producer in the short.<a href="#cite_note-rs_13th_album-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> Yankovic and Appel announced in January 2022 that they would be making a full-length <a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">biopic of the same name</a> based on the trailer, starring <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Radcliffe" title="Daniel Radcliffe">Daniel Radcliffe</a> as Yankovic, <a href="/wiki/Evan_Rachel_Wood" title="Evan Rachel Wood">Evan Rachel Wood</a> as Madonna, and <a href="/wiki/Rainn_Wilson" title="Rainn Wilson">Rainn Wilson</a> as Dr. Demento.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> The film premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto International Film Festival</a> in September 2022, and was released on the Roku Channel in November 2022. <a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story_(soundtrack)" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (soundtrack)">The film's soundtrack album</a> includes several re-recorded parodies featured in the film along with an original song "Now You Know".<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> Among other nominations and awards, the film won the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Television_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie">Best Television Movie</a> at the <a href="/wiki/75th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards" title="75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards">75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Live_television">Live television</h3></div> In 2012, Yankovic extensively featured in the <a href="/wiki/30_Rock_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="30 Rock (season 6)">sixth-season</a> episode of <a href="/wiki/30_Rock" title="30 Rock">30 Rock</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Kidnapped_by_Danger" title="Kidnapped by Danger">Kidnapped by Danger</a>", in which <a href="/wiki/Jenna_Maroney" title="Jenna Maroney">Jenna Maroney</a> desperately tries to come up with a "'Weird Al'-proof" song.<a href="#cite_note-2012-03-23_Huffington_Post-178">[178]</a> In 2014, he performed at the <a href="/wiki/66th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="66th Primetime Emmy Awards">66th Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, singing a comedic medley of songs based on the themes of several Emmy-nominated shows, including <a href="/wiki/Mad_Men" title="Mad Men">Mad Men</a> and <a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2014-08-25_Vulture-179">[179]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Animation_and_voice_work">Animation and voice work</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Detours" title="Star Wars Detours">Star Wars Detours</a></div> Yankovic has done voice-overs for several animated series. He appeared in a 2003 episode of <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a>, singing "The Ballad of Homer & Marge" (a parody of <a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp">John Mellencamp</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Jack_%26_Diane" title="Jack & Diane">Jack & Diane</a>") with his band. The episode, "<a href="/wiki/Three_Gays_of_the_Condo" title="Three Gays of the Condo">Three Gays of the Condo</a>", in which <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a> hires Yankovic to sing the aforementioned song to <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> in an attempt to reconcile their marriage, later won an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)". Yankovic also had a cameo in a 2008 episode, titled "<a href="/wiki/That_%2790s_Show_(The_Simpsons)" title="That '90s Show (The Simpsons)">That '90s Show</a>", during which he records a parody of Homer's grunge hit "Shave Me" titled "Brain Freeze" (Homer's song, "Shave Me", was itself a parody of Nirvana's "<a href="/wiki/Rape_Me" title="Rape Me">Rape Me</a>") making Yankovic one of only a handful of celebrities to appear twice on the show playing themselves. He appeared in the animated <a href="/wiki/Adult_Swim" title="Adult Swim">Adult Swim</a> show Robot Chicken, which provided him with a music video for the song "Weasel Stomping Day".<a href="#cite_note-adult-180">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-about-181">[181]</a> Yankovic is the voice for <a href="/wiki/List_of_characters_in_The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_and_Mandy#Toadblatt's_Summer_School_of_Sorcery" class="mw-redirect" title="List of characters in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy">Squid Hat</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network" title="Cartoon Network">Cartoon Network</a> show <a href="/wiki/The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_%26_Mandy" title="The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy">The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy</a>. He is also the announcer of the cartoon's eponymous <a href="/wiki/The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_%26_Mandy_(video_game)" title="The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)">video game adaptation</a>. Yankovic had a guest appearance voicing Wreck-Gar, a <a href="/wiki/Waste_collection_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Waste collection vehicle">waste collection vehicle</a> Transformer in the <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Animated" title="Transformers: Animated">Transformers: Animated</a> cartoon series;<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> previously, Yankovic's "Dare to Be Stupid" song was featured in the 1986 animated film <a href="/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie" title="The Transformers: The Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</a>, during the sequence in which Wreck-Gar was first introduced; as such, the song is referenced in the episode. He also plays local TV talent show host Uncle Muscles on several episodes of <a href="/wiki/Tim_and_Eric_Awesome_Show,_Great_Job!" title="Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!">Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!</a> along with other appearances on the show. Yankovic has also supplied the voice of one-shot character 'Petroleum Joe' on <a href="/wiki/The_Brak_Show" title="The Brak Show">The Brak Show</a>. He also voiced himself on a <a href="/wiki/Back_at_the_Barnyard" title="Back at the Barnyard">Back at the Barnyard</a> episode, and he appeared as a <a href="/wiki/Ringmaster_(circus)" title="Ringmaster (circus)">ringmaster</a> who helps the regular characters of <a href="/wiki/Yo_Gabba_Gabba!" title="Yo Gabba Gabba!">Yo Gabba Gabba!</a> organize a <a href="/wiki/Circus" title="Circus">circus</a> in a 2007 episode of the children's show. In 2011, Yankovic appeared as himself in the <a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Brave_and_the_Bold" title="Batman: The Brave and the Bold">Batman: The Brave and the Bold</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Bat-Mite" title="Bat-Mite">Bat-Mite</a> Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!"<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> In 2012, he appeared on two episodes of <a href="/wiki/The_Aquabats!_Super_Show!" title="The Aquabats! Super Show!">The Aquabats! Super Show!</a>, playing two different characters as the superhero SuperMagic PowerMan and as the President of the United States. In 2014, he appeared in the <a href="/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 4)">fourth season</a> <a href="/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic" title="My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic">My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Pinkie_Pride" title="Pinkie Pride">Pinkie Pride</a>" as Cheese Sandwich, a rival party planner to Pinkie Pie.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> He later reprised his role in the <a href="/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_(season_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 9)">season 9</a> episode "The Last Laugh".<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> In 2015, Yankovic voiced the supervillain <a href="/wiki/Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Teen_Titans_Go!" title="Teen Titans Go!">Teen Titans Go!</a> episode "Two Parter". He initially speaks with a deep, intimidating voice due to having a cold; after taking a <a href="/wiki/Throat_lozenge" title="Throat lozenge">lozenge</a>, he speaks in his normal voice, and the heroes are no longer afraid of him. <a href="/wiki/Cyborg_(DC_Comics)" title="Cyborg (DC Comics)">Cyborg</a> points out that Darkseid sounds like Yankovic, and the villain replies that he was "a true monster" for "undercutting musicians by subverting their words and compromising their artistic integrity". Cyborg objects to this, and they battle.<a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> In 2016, Yankovic appeared in two episodes of <a href="/wiki/BoJack_Horseman" title="BoJack Horseman">BoJack Horseman</a> as Mr. Peanutbutter's brother, Captain Peanutbutter, and began portraying Milo Murphy in the <a href="/wiki/Disney_XD" title="Disney XD">Disney XD</a> series <a href="/wiki/Milo_Murphy%27s_Law" title="Milo Murphy's Law">Milo Murphy's Law</a>.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a> Yankovic guest voiced as Papa Kotassium in a 2016 episode of Cartoon Network's animated series, <a href="/wiki/Mighty_Magiswords" title="Mighty Magiswords">Mighty Magiswords</a>, which was created by Weird Al fan, musician and accordionist Kyle Carrozza. Carrozza sent a FAQ to Weird Al when Carrozza was in college in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Web_media">Web media</h3></div> In 2008, Weird Al joined <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Nelson" title="Michael J. Nelson">Michael J. Nelson</a> as a guest on the <a href="/wiki/RiffTrax" title="RiffTrax">RiffTrax</a> audio commentary of <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a>. On November 10, 2009, Weird Al was a guest "internet scientist" on <a href="/wiki/Rocketboom" title="Rocketboom">Rocketboom</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Know_Your_Meme" title="Know Your Meme">Know Your Meme</a>" video series, in the installment on the topic of <a href="/wiki/Auto-Tune" title="Auto-Tune">Auto-Tune</a>, hosted by Jamie Wilkinson. Yankovic later appeared in another Funny or Die short alongside <a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis" title="Huey Lewis">Huey Lewis</a> which parodied the ax murder scene in the film <a href="/wiki/American_Psycho_(film)" title="American Psycho (film)">American Psycho</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Christian_Bale" title="Christian Bale">Christian Bale</a>'s character <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Bateman" title="Patrick Bateman">Patrick Bateman</a> discusses the nature of Lewis's musical work before killing his victim.<a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a><a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a> For <a href="/wiki/The_Nerdist_Podcast" class="mw-redirect" title="The Nerdist Podcast">The Nerdist Podcast</a>, Weird Al began hosting a new comedic celebrity interview web series, <a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_with_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="Face to Face with "Weird Al" Yankovic">Face to Face with 'Weird Al' Yankovic</a>, on April 3, 2012. The series features Al TV-esque fake interviews with film stars. Al has appeared on numerous other webshows, including <a href="/wiki/CollegeHumor" title="CollegeHumor">CollegeHumor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_and_Storm" title="Paul and Storm">LearningTown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Some_Jerk_with_a_Camera" class="mw-redirect" title="Some Jerk with a Camera">Some Jerk with a Camera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Team_Unicorn" title="Team Unicorn">Team Unicorn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History" title="Epic Rap Battles of History">Epic Rap Battles of History</a> appearing as <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Sir Isaac Newton</a> in a battle against actors portraying <a href="/wiki/Bill_Nye" title="Bill Nye">Bill Nye</a>, the Science Guy (YouTube star <a href="/wiki/Peter_Shukoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Shukoff">Nice Peter</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson" title="Neil deGrasse Tyson">Neil DeGrasse Tyson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chali_2na" title="Chali 2na">Chali 2na</a> of the group <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_5" title="Jurassic 5">Jurassic 5</a>). Yankovic has collobrated with the <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory Brothers">Gregory Brothers</a> on music videos satirizing American <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates" title="United States presidential debates">presidential election debates</a>. The first music video was released in October 2016, titled "Bad Hombres, Nasty Women," shortly after the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2016#Third_presidential_debate_(University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election debates, 2016">third debate</a> between <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, with Yankovic singing between <a href="/wiki/Autotune" class="mw-redirect" title="Autotune">autotuned</a> snippets from the candidates.<a href="#cite_note-nasty_women-191">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> Yankovic collaborated with the Gregory Brothers on a similar video, titled "We're All Doomed" after the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_debates#First_presidential_debate_(Case_Western_Reserve_University)" title="2020 United States presidential debates">first debate</a> in the 2020 campaign between Trump and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a> In 2024, Yankovic and the Gregory Brothers released "Deja Vu (But Worse)" about the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2024 United States presidential debates">presidential debate</a> in June 2024 between Trump and then-candidate Joe Biden.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a> In 2018, Yankovic performed the theme song for the <a href="/wiki/Dropout_(media_company)" title="Dropout (media company)">Dropout</a> animated web series Cartoon Hell.<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Directing">Directing</h3></div> Yankovic has directed many of his own music videos; he has directed all of his music videos from 1993's "Bedrock Anthem" to 2006's "White & Nerdy". He also directed the end sequence of 1986's "<a href="/wiki/Christmas_at_Ground_Zero" title="Christmas at Ground Zero">Christmas at Ground Zero</a>" (an original piece juxtaposing Christmas with <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">nuclear warfare</a>) from his <a href="/wiki/Polka_Party!" title="Polka Party!">Polka Party!</a> album and the title sequence to Spy Hard, for which he sang the title song.<a href="#cite_note-vidfacts-196">[196]</a> Yankovic wrote, directed and starred in the short 3-D film attraction "Al's Brain: A 3-D Journey Through The Human Brain", a $2.5 million project which was sponsored by and premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Orange_County_Fair_(California)" title="Orange County Fair (California)">Orange County Fair</a> in <a href="/wiki/Costa_Mesa,_California" title="Costa Mesa, California">Costa Mesa, California</a>, in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a> The project included a brief cameo by Sir <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, which Yankovic directed during McCartney's appearance at the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a> Fair CEO Steve Beazley, who supported the project, considered the project a success and explored leasing the exhibit to other fairs; the second appearance of the exhibit was at the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Puyallup_Fair" class="mw-redirect" title="Puyallup Fair">Puyallup Fair</a> in Washington.<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a> He has also directed several videos for other artists, including <a href="/wiki/Hanson_(band)" title="Hanson (band)">Hanson</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a> sequences in "River"), <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Crowes" title="The Black Crowes">The Black Crowes</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Only_a_Fool_(The_Black_Crowes_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Only a Fool (The Black Crowes song)">Only a Fool</a>"), Ben Folds ("<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_the_Suburbs_(song)" title="Rockin' the Suburbs (song)">Rockin' the Suburbs</a>"), <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Foxworthy" title="Jeff Foxworthy">Jeff Foxworthy</a> ("Redneck Stomp" and "Party All Night"), <a href="/wiki/Jon_Spencer_Blues_Explosion" title="Jon Spencer Blues Explosion">Jon Spencer Blues Explosion</a> ("Wail"), and <a href="/wiki/The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America_(band)" title="The Presidents of the United States of America (band)">The Presidents of the United States of America</a> ("Mixed Up S.O.B").<a href="#cite_note-vidfacts-196">[196]</a> He has cameo appearances in his videos for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Hanson (as the interviewer), and Ben Folds (as the producer fixing Folds' "shitty tracks"). On January 25, 2010, Yankovic announced that he had signed a production deal with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> to write and direct a live-action feature film for Cartoon Network.<a href="#cite_note-alyankovic.wordpress.com-200">[200]</a> Although Yankovic previously wrote the script for UHF, this was to be the first film he directed.<a href="#cite_note-alyankovic.wordpress.com-200">[200]</a> Yankovic stated that he would not be starring in the film, as Cartoon Network wanted a younger protagonist. During an interview on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Death-Ray_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy Death-Ray Radio">Comedy Death-Ray Radio</a>, Yankovic revealed that though Cartoon Network "loved" his script, the network decided that they were no longer intending to produce feature films. Yankovic initially stated that he would instead shop the script around to other potential studios,<a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a> but in 2013 revealed that the project had been scrapped as "it was really geared for Cartoon Network" and that he had "cannibalized jokes from that script to use for other projects".<a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3></div> Yankovic wrote When I Grow Up, a children's book released on February 1, 2011, and published by <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>.<a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a> The book features 8-year-old Billy presenting to his class the wide variety of imaginative career possibilities that he is considering. Yankovic stated that the idea for the book was based on his own "circuitous" career path.<a href="#cite_note-cnn_book-204">[204]</a> The book allows Yankovic to apply the humorous writing style found in his music in another medium, allowing him to use puns and rhymes.<a href="#cite_note-cnn_book-204">[204]</a> Yankovic worked with HarperCollins' editor Anne Hoppe—the first time that Yankovic has had an editor—and found her help to be a positive experience.<a href="#cite_note-cnn_book-204">[204]</a> The book is illustrated by Wes Hargis, who, according to Yankovic, has "a childlike quality and a very fun quality and a very imaginative quality" that matched well with Yankovic's writing.<a href="#cite_note-cnn_book-204">[204]</a> The book reached the No. 4 position on <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list">The New York Times Best Seller list</a> for Children's Picture Books for the week of February 20, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-205">[205]</a> Yankovic also wrote a sequel to When I Grow Up, 2013's My New Teacher and Me!. Yankovic became the first guest editor for <a href="/wiki/Mad_(magazine)" title="Mad (magazine)">Mad</a> magazine for their 533rd issue, published in April 2015.<a href="#cite_note-206">[206]</a> Yankovic partnered with <a href="/wiki/Z2_Comics" title="Z2 Comics">Z2 Comics</a> to produce The Illustrated Al: The Songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic, which was released on January 19, 2023. The book takes twenty of Yankovic's songs and illustrates them in comic form, each by different artists. Yankovic selected artists for the book based on past experience in working with the artists, but short of proofing the final work, was otherwise hands-off for various editorial choices.<a href="#cite_note-207">[207]</a> Following publication of The Illustrated Al, Yankovic started working with the illustrators to produce new videos for these older songs, the first which was released in January 2023.<a href="#cite_note-208">[208]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_media">Other media</h3></div> Yankovic competed on a week of <a href="/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(American_game_show)" title="Wheel of Fortune (American game show)">Wheel of Fortune</a> taped at <a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_Hollywood_Studios" title="Disney's Hollywood Studios">Disney's Hollywood Studios</a> in March 1994.<a href="#cite_note-209">[209]</a> He also competed on <a href="/wiki/Rock_%26_Roll_Jeopardy!" title="Rock & Roll Jeopardy!">Rock & Roll Jeopardy!</a> Weird Al joined the band <a href="/wiki/Hanson_(band)" title="Hanson (band)">Hanson</a> in their music video for "<a href="/wiki/Thinking_%27bout_Somethin%27" title="Thinking 'bout Somethin'">Thinking 'bout Somethin'</a>" in which he plays the tambourine. Yankovic contributes backing vocals for the song "Time" on Ben Folds' album <a href="/wiki/Songs_for_Silverman" title="Songs for Silverman">Songs for Silverman</a>. Yankovic was also one of many celebrities who took part in the <a href="/wiki/NOH8_Campaign" title="NOH8 Campaign">NOH8 Campaign</a> against <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8">Proposition 8</a>, which banned <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> in California.<a href="#cite_note-210">[210]</a> Yankovic was approached by a beer company to endorse their product. Yankovic had turned it down because he believed that "a lot of my fans were young and impressionable".<a href="#cite_note-211">[211]</a> Yankovic later posted on his Twitter account that he never regretted the decision.<a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a> In 2009, Yankovic was a special guest on an episode of <a href="/wiki/G4_(American_TV_network)" title="G4 (American TV network)">G4</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Web_Soup" title="Web Soup">Web Soup</a> where he came as <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gormley" title="Mark Gormley">Mark Gormley</a> at first.<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a> In 2011, Yankovic guest starred as the character "Banana Man" in an episode of <a href="/wiki/Adventure_Time" title="Adventure Time">Adventure Time</a>. The same year, he appeared as himself in the <a href="/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother" title="How I Met Your Mother">How I Met Your Mother</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/Noretta" title="Noretta">Noretta</a>". In 2012, he appeared as himself along with <a href="/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bret_Michaels" title="Bret Michaels">Bret Michaels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Menounos" title="Maria Menounos">Maria Menounos</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_High_Fructose_Adventures_of_Annoying_Orange" title="The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange">The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange</a> for the Christmas special, and sung with Alice, Bret, and Orange. On May 31, 2014, Yankovic won the ACE Award (Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinaire) from the National Cartoonists Society at its awards banquet in San Diego.<a href="#cite_note-214">[214]</a> From 2014 until 2017, Yankovic appeared as a celebrity contestant in eight episodes of the game show <a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Name_Game_(American_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity Name Game (American game show)">Celebrity Name Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a> On November 19, 2014, a <a href="/wiki/RadioShack" title="RadioShack">RadioShack</a> ad was uploaded to YouTube which featured Al in the role of a RadioShack employee.<a href="#cite_note-216">[216]</a> In 2015, Yankovic made an appearance on an episode of <a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(2015_TV_series)" title="The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)">The Odd Couple</a> as a yoga student in the class Felix takes over for one day. Also in 2015, Yankovic was featured as Mad magazine's first ever guest editor for their 533rd issue.<a href="#cite_note-217">[217]</a> In 2016, Yankovic became the bandleader on the <a href="/wiki/IFC_(American_TV_channel)" title="IFC (American TV channel)">IFC</a> series <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Bang!_Bang!_(TV_series)" title="Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)">Comedy Bang! Bang!</a>, on which he had previously guest starred.<a href="#cite_note-218">[218]</a> In the official video for <a href="/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a>'s cover of "<a href="/wiki/Africa_(Toto_song)" title="Africa (Toto song)">Africa</a>" published in September 2018, which itself is parody of Weezer's video for "<a href="/wiki/Undone_%E2%80%93_The_Sweater_Song" title="Undone – The Sweater Song">Undone – The Sweater Song</a>", Yankovic stands in for <a href="/wiki/Rivers_Cuomo" title="Rivers Cuomo">Rivers Cuomo</a> as vocalist and lead guitar.<a href="#cite_note-219">[219]</a> Though he does not appear, Yankovic is mentioned directly by name in the 2021 television series <a href="/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man_(TV_series)" title="Y: The Last Man (TV series)">Y: The Last Man</a> adapted from the 2000s comic book series of the same name, which involves a post-apocalyptic alternative timeline where all the men of the world had died. Whereas the comic book had the characters reflect on the absence of the Rolling Stones, showrunner <a href="/wiki/Eliza_Clark_(American_writer)" title="Eliza Clark (American writer)">Eliza Clark</a> opted to update the references for the show, and used Yankovic as a more modern artist that had been considered a great loss.<a href="#cite_note-220">[220]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Misattribution_and_imitators">Misattribution and imitators</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WeirdAlLimeWire.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/WeirdAlLimeWire.png/170px-WeirdAlLimeWire.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/WeirdAlLimeWire.png/255px-WeirdAlLimeWire.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/WeirdAlLimeWire.png/340px-WeirdAlLimeWire.png 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="578" /></a><figcaption>A screenshot of <a href="/wiki/LimeWire" title="LimeWire">LimeWire</a> PRO, showing a large number of parodies misattributed to Yankovic, as well as numerous misspellings of his surname (February 2007 (2007-02))</figcaption></figure> Songs posted to <a href="/wiki/File_sharing" title="File sharing">file-sharing</a> networks are often misattributed to him because of their humorous subject matter. Often, his surname is misspelled (and thus mispronounced) as "Yankovich", among other variations. Much to the disdain of Yankovic, these misattributed files include songs that are racist, sexually explicit, or otherwise offensive. A young listener who had heard several of these offensive tracks by way of a file-sharing service confronted Yankovic online, threatening a boycott because of his supposedly explicit lyrics.<a href="#cite_note-221">[221]</a> Quite a few of the songs, such as "<a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Cantina_(song)#Parody_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Wars Cantina (song)">Star Wars Cantina</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jonathan_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Jonathan Davis">Mark Jonathan Davis</a> (not, in a double misattribution, his lounge-singer character <a href="/wiki/Richard_Cheese" title="Richard Cheese">Richard Cheese</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Gangsta_Rap" title="Star Wars Gangsta Rap">Star Wars Gangsta Rap</a>", "Yoda Smokes Weed", "Chewbacca", "<a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Went_Down_to_Georgia#Parody_song" title="The Devil Went Down to Georgia">The Devil Went to Jamaica</a>", and several more have a <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> motif.<a href="#cite_note-notalpage-222">[222]</a> Some songs misattributed to him are not songs, but spoken skits, such as "<a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a> on Crack", which is also widely misattributed to <a href="/wiki/Adam_Sandler" title="Adam Sandler">Adam Sandler</a>. A list of songs frequently misattributed to Yankovic can be found at The Not Al Page<a href="#cite_note-notalpage-222">[222]</a> and a list of all commercially released songs recorded by Yankovic can be found on his website.<a href="#cite_note-223">[223]</a> Yankovic cites these misattributions as his only real problem with <a href="/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing" title="Peer-to-peer file sharing">peer-to-peer file-sharing</a> sites: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">If you do a search for my name on any one of those sites, I guarantee you that about half of the songs that come up will be songs I had absolutely nothing to do with. That particularly bothers me, because I really try to do quality work, and I also try to maintain a more-or-less family-friendly image—and some of these songs that are supposedly by me are just, well, vulgar and awful. I truly think my reputation has suffered in a lot of people's minds because of all those fake Weird Al songs floating around the Internet.<a href="#cite_note-224">[224]</a></blockquote> In terms of legitimate parodies of Yankovic, the <a href="/wiki/Mr._Show_with_Bob_and_David" title="Mr. Show with Bob and David">Mr. Show</a> sketch "Superstar Machine" features <a href="/wiki/Bob_Odenkirk" title="Bob Odenkirk">Bob Odenkirk</a> as the character Daffy "Mal" Yinkleyankle. Yankovic was impressed by the parody, and stated that it "zeroed in on everything that's irritating about me".<a href="#cite_note-AVC-225">[225]</a><a href="#cite_note-CH-226">[226]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fan-driven_campaigns">Fan-driven campaigns</h2></div> The Weird Al Star Fund was a campaign started by Yankovic's fans to get him a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>. Their mission was to "solicit, collect, and raise the necessary money, and to compile the information needed for the application to nominate "Weird Al" Yankovic for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame".<a href="#cite_note-starfund-227">[227]</a> Fans worldwide have sent donations to raise the US$40,000 needed for a nomination. In addition to the preferred method of cash donations, many methods were used to raise money for the cause, such as a live benefit show held April 11, 2006, and selling merchandise on the official website and <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>, including T-shirts, calendars, and cookbooks.<a href="#cite_note-cook-228">[228]</a> On May 26, 2006, the campaign hit the then-$15,000 target, just five days before the May 31 deadline to submit the necessary paperwork.<a href="#cite_note-starfund-227">[227]</a> However, Yankovic was not included on the list of inductees for 2007.<a href="#cite_note-229">[229]</a> On February 9, 2007, the Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce raised the price to sponsor a new star to $25,000.<a href="#cite_note-starfund-227">[227]</a> Yankovic's application was resubmitted for consideration in 2007, but he was not included among 2008's inductees.<a href="#cite_note-230">[230]</a> In December 2010, the price was raised again to $30,000.<a href="#cite_note-starfund-227">[227]</a> and in 2017 the price was raised to $40,000.<a href="#cite_note-starfund-227">[227]</a> The campaign raised the new target each time and applications continued to be submitted yearly, until The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced in June 2017 that Yankovic would receive a star on the Walk of Fame as one of the 2018 inductees. In an official induction ceremony on August 27, 2018,<a href="#cite_note-231">[231]</a> Al received the 2,643rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located at 6914 Hollywood Blvd, directly across the street from <a href="/wiki/TCL_Chinese_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="TCL Chinese Theatre">TCL Chinese Theatre</a>. The ceremony was attended by 1,500 fans.<a href="#cite_note-232">[232]</a><a href="#cite_note-233">[233]</a> Similar to the Weird Al Star Fund, a second fan-driven campaign called "Make the Rock Hall 'Weird'" has tried to enshrine him into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, for which he has been eligible since 2004.<a href="#cite_note-rockhallgoal-234">[234]</a> Previous attempts to raise awareness for the campaign and support Yankovic's nomination included a petition drive from 2006 to 2007, which raised over 9000 signatures; an art competition in 2005; additionally, a documentary film about the campaign is currently being developed.<a href="#cite_note-235">[235]</a><a href="#cite_note-rockhallhelp-236">[236]</a> In addition to these efforts, an ongoing campaign is underway in which supporters of Yankovic's nomination are requested to send "sincere, thoughtful" letters to the Rock Hall Foundation's headquarters in New York.<a href="#cite_note-rockhallhelp-236">[236]</a> The Hall has not considered Yankovic for nomination since the campaign started in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-rockhallgoal-234">[234]</a> A 2009 Rolling Stone poll named Weird Al as the top artist that should be nominated for the Hall of Fame, followed by <a href="/wiki/Rush_(band)" title="Rush (band)">Rush</a> (who were inducted in 2013) and <a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues">The Moody Blues</a> (inducted in 2018) in the top ten.<a href="#cite_note-RSList-237">[237]</a> A smaller ongoing effort has been made by fans to have Yankovic perform at the halftime show of a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> game.<a href="#cite_note-238">[238]</a> This inspired Yankovic to write the <a href="/wiki/Fight_song" title="Fight song">fight song</a> parody "Sports Song" for Mandatory Fun to help round out his repertoire.<a href="#cite_note-239">[239]</a> Subsequent to the success of Mandatory Fun, another fan-driven campaign pushed for Yankovic to headline the then-upcoming <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIX" title="Super Bowl XLIX">Super Bowl XLIX</a> at the highlight of the artist's career, which was noticed by many media outlets, including <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a>, though the decision for this selection would reside within the management of the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> (who instead chose <a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a> for that position).<a href="#cite_note-240">[240]</a><a href="#cite_note-241">[241]</a><a href="#cite_note-242">[242]</a> Yankovic believed that he would never be selected as a standalone act for the Super Bowl, but could see other bands include him as a special guest if they were selected.<a href="#cite_note-243">[243]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="font-size:88%; vertical-align:middle;"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:110%;">"Weird Al" Yankovic awards and nominations</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_(45212532085)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_%2845212532085%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_%2845212532085%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_%2845212532085%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_%2845212532085%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_%2845212532085%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_at_the_Lin-Manuel_Miranda_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_ceremony_%2845212532085%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="1205" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table collapsible collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#d9e8ff; font-size:100%;">Awards and nominations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#EEEEFF; padding:1px; font-weight: normal; text-align:center;;padding:0;"><div style="background:#d9e8ff; width:100%; padding:1px;">Award</div></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="width:60px; background:#9F9; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;;padding:0;"> <div style="background:#cec; width:100%; padding:1px;">Wins</div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="width:60px; background:#FDD; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;;padding:0;"> <div style="background:#ecc; width:100%; padding:1px;">Nominations</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#EEEEFF; padding:1px; font-weight: normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards" title="American Music Awards">American Music Awards</a></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="width:60px; background:#9F9; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"> 0</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="width:60px; background:#FDD; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"> 0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#EEEEFF; padding:1px; font-weight: normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy</a></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="width:60px; background:#9F9; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"> 5</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="width:60px; background:#FDD; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"> 17</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#d9e8ff;">Totals<a href="#cite_note-244">[a]</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%; font-weight:normal; text-align:center;;background:#9F9;">Wins</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:center;;background:#9F9;">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:50%; font-weight:normal; text-align:center;;background:#FDD;">Nominations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:center;;background:#FDD;">16</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background:#d9e8ff; text-align:center;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">Note</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-244"><a href="#cite_ref-244">^</a> Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. </li> </ol></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/27th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="27th Annual Grammy Awards">1984</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Best Comedy Recording</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center" rowspan="17"><a href="#cite_note-245">[244]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="28th Annual Grammy Awards">1985</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid" title="Dare to Be Stupid">Dare to Be Stupid</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/30th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="30th Annual Grammy Awards">1987</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polka_Party!" title="Polka Party!">Polka Party!</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/31st_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="31st Annual Grammy Awards">1988</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Concept_Music_Video" title="Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video">Best Concept Music Video</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Album_for_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Album for Children">Best Recording for Children</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_%26_the_Wolf_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_and_Wendy_Carlos_album)" title="Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic and Wendy Carlos album)">Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Best Comedy Recording</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Even_Worse" title="Even Worse">Even Worse</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/35th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="35th Annual Grammy Awards">1992</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Off_the_Deep_End" title="Off the Deep End">Off the Deep End</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/37th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="37th Annual Grammy Awards">1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Music_Video" title="Grammy Award for Best Music Video">Best Short Form Music Video</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(song)" title="Jurassic Park (song)">Jurassic Park</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/46th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="46th Annual Grammy Awards">2003</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Best Comedy Album</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/49th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="49th Annual Grammy Awards">2006</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Surround_Sound_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album">Best Surround Sound Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/52nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="52nd Annual Grammy Awards">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Best Comedy Album</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Internet_Leaks" title="Internet Leaks">Internet Leaks</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/54th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="54th Annual Grammy Awards">2011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Music_Video" title="Grammy Award for Best Music Video">Best Short Form Music Video</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Perform_This_Way" title="Perform This Way">Perform This Way</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Best Comedy Album</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpocalypse" title="Alpocalypse">Alpocalypse</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/57th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="57th Annual Grammy Awards">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/61st_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="61st Annual Grammy Awards">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Boxed_or_Special_Limited_Edition_Package" title="Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package">Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_Box:_The_Complete_Works_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic">Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/66th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="66th Annual Grammy Awards">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Compilation_Soundtrack_for_Visual_Media" title="Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media">Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story_(soundtrack)" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (soundtrack)">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hollywood_Critics_Association_TV_Awards">Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Hollywood_Critics_Association_TV_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards">2023</a> </td> <td>Best Writing in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-246">[245]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Hollywood_Critics_Association_Creative_Arts_TV_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts TV Awards">2023</a> </td> <td>Best Original Song </td> <td>"Now You Know" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-247">[246]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Awards">Hollywood Music in Media Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Awards" title="8th Hollywood Music in Media Awards">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Award_for_Best_Original_Song_in_an_Animated_Film" title="Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film">Best Original Song – Animated Film</a> </td> <td>"Captain Underpants Theme Song" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-248">[247]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/13th_Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Awards" title="13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards">2022</a> </td> <td>Best Original Song – Streamed Film (No Theatrical Release) </td> <td>"Now You Know" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><a href="#cite_note-249">[248]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Online_Film_&_Television_Association_Awards">Online Film & Television Association Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Ex-Girlfriend" title="Crazy Ex-Girlfriend">Crazy Ex-Girlfriend</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-250">[249]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primetime_Emmy_Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="75th Primetime Emmy Awards">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie">Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><a href="#cite_note-251">[250]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/75th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards" title="75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Television_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie">Outstanding Television Movie</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Original_Music_and_Lyrics" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics">Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics</a> </td> <td>"Now You Know" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards">Producers Guild of America Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="34th Producers Guild of America Awards">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Producers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Streamed_or_Televised_Movie" title="Producers Guild of America Award for Best Streamed or Televised Movie">Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-252">[251]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Society_of_Composers_&_Lyricists_Awards">Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Composers_%26_Lyricists" title="Society of Composers & Lyricists">2022</a> </td> <td>Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production </td> <td>"Now You Know" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-253">[252]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="75th Writers Guild of America Awards">2022</a> </td> <td>TV & New Media Motion Pictures </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_West-254">[253]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Band_members">Band members</h2></div> Current members <ul><li>"Weird Al" Yankovic – lead vocals, <a href="/wiki/Accordion" title="Accordion">accordion</a>, keyboards, occasional live percussion (1976–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Schwartz_(drummer)" title="Jon Schwartz (drummer)">Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz</a> – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1980–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_West_(guitarist)" title="Jim West (guitarist)">Jim "Kimo" West</a> – guitar, <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolin</a>, backing vocals, occasional banjo (1983–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jay" title="Steve Jay">Steve Jay</a> – bass, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, backing vocals, occasional live keyboards (1983–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Valtierra" title="Rubén Valtierra">Rubén Valtierra</a> – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, occasional live percussion (1991–present)</li></ul> Former members <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Derringer" title="Rick Derringer">Rick Derringer</a> – production, additional guitar, occasional mandolin, backing vocals (1982–1990)</li></ul> Timeline <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_p0sd88h6qtzlj9vd45t2q5rg95v51pg"></map><img usemap="#timeline_p0sd88h6qtzlj9vd45t2q5rg95v51pg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/p0sd88h6qtzlj9vd45t2q5rg95v51pg.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_discography" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic discography">"Weird Al" Yankovic discography</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic">List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic</a></div> Studio albums <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album)" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic (album)">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_in_3-D" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D">"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid" title="Dare to Be Stupid">Dare to Be Stupid</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polka_Party!" title="Polka Party!">Polka Party!</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Even_Worse" title="Even Worse">Even Worse</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UHF_%E2%80%93_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack_and_Other_Stuff" title="UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff">UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Off_the_Deep_End" title="Off the Deep End">Off the Deep End</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alapalooza" title="Alapalooza">Alapalooza</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Hair_Day" title="Bad Hair Day">Bad Hair Day</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Running with Scissors</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpocalypse" title="Alpocalypse">Alpocalypse</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a> (2014)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tours">Tours</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent,_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent%2C_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg/220px-%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent%2C_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent%2C_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg/330px-%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent%2C_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent%2C_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg/440px-%E2%80%9CWeird_Al%E2%80%9D_Yankovic_performing_with_accordion_while_on_The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent%2C_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>"Weird Al" performing in 2022</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album)#Promotion_and_tour" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic (album)">An Evening of Dementia with Dr. Demento in Person Plus "Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1983)</li> <li>Tour of the Universe in 3-D (1984)</li> <li>The Stupid Tour (1985)</li> <li>The Off the Deep End Tour (1992)</li> <li>The Alapalooza Tour (1994)</li> <li>The Al-Can Tour (1995)</li> <li>The Bad Hair Tour (1996–1997)</li> <li>Touring with Scissors (1999–2000)</li> <li>The Poodle Hat Tour (2003–2004)</li> <li>The Straight Outta Lynwood Tour (2007–2008)</li> <li>The Internet Leaks Tour (2010–2011)</li> <li>The Alpocalypse Tour (2011–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_World_Tour" title="Mandatory World Tour">The Mandatory World Tour</a> (2015–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent,_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour" title="Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour">The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strings_Attached_Tour" title="Strings Attached Tour">Strings Attached Tour</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent,_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour" title="The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour">The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour</a> (2022–2023)</li> <li>Bigger & Weirder (2025)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Videography">Videography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_videography" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic videography">"Weird Al" Yankovic videography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tapeheads" title="Tapeheads">Tapeheads</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Gun:_From_the_Files_of_Police_Squad!" title="The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!">The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UHF_(film)" title="UHF (film)">UHF</a></td> <td>George Newman, Jed Clampett, "Let Me Be Your Hog" Singer</td> <td>Also screenwriter<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Gun_2_1/2:_The_Smell_of_Fear" class="mw-redirect" title="The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear">The Naked Gun <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>2+1⁄2: The Smell of Fear</a></td> <td>Police Station Thug</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Naked_Gun_33_1/3:_The_Final_Insult" title="Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult">Naked Gun <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">33+1⁄3: The Final Insult</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hard" title="Spy Hard">Spy Hard</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Also composed the film's opening credits song </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Safety_Patrol_(film)" title="Safety Patrol (film)">Safety Patrol</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>Nothing Sacred</td> <td>Clothing Store Customer</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>Desperation Boulevard</td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haunted_Lighthouse" title="Haunted Lighthouse">Haunted Lighthouse</a></td> <td>Waiter</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halloween_II_(2009_film)" title="Halloween II (2009 film)">Halloween II</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al%27s_Brain" title="Al's Brain">Al's Brain</a></td> <td>Himself / Phineaus Cage</td> <td>Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batman_vs._Robin" title="Batman vs. Robin">Batman vs. Robin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dollmaker_(character)" title="Dollmaker (character)">Dollmaker</a></td> <td>Voice<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Popstar:_Never_Stop_Never_Stopping" title="Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping">Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping</a></td> <td>Hammerleg Lead Singer</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Wexler" title="Sandy Wexler">Sandy Wexler</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>A Witches' Ball</td> <td>Jax</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/How_to_Be_a_Latin_Lover" title="How to Be a Latin Lover">How to Be a Latin Lover</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teen_Titans_Go!_vs._Teen_Titans" title="Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans">Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gentleman_Ghost" title="Gentleman Ghost">Gentleman Ghost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a></td> <td>Voice<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted_Face_the_Music" title="Bill & Ted Face the Music">Bill & Ted Face the Music</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Cameo<a href="#cite_note-256">[255]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb_the_Movie:_Candace_Against_the_Universe" title="Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe">Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe</a></td> <td>Shirt Cannon Guy</td> <td>Voice<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Tim:_King_for_a_Day" title="Tiny Tim: King for a Day">Tiny Tim: King for a Day</a> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-257">[256]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Scotti" title="Tony Scotti">Tony Scotti</a></td> <td>Also co-writer and producer </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of live-action appearances on television </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Stories_(1985_TV_series)" title="Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)">Amazing Stories</a></td> <td>The Cabbage Man</td> <td>Episode: "Miss Stardust" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>Seriously...<a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a></td> <td>Jeffrey Taglentini's boss</td> <td>Television film for CBS </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Square_One_Television" title="Square One Television">Square One Television</a></td> <td>Murray the Mouth</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Mathnet#ep28" title="Mathnet">The Case: Off the Record</a>", segment: "<a href="/wiki/Mathnet" title="Mathnet">Mathnet</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost_Coast_to_Coast" title="Space Ghost Coast to Coast">Space Ghost Coast to Coast</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Banjo" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995, 1998</td> <td>The Eddie Files</td> <td>Waiter Man Interrogated Bones McDuff</td> <td>"Fractions: Any Way You Slice It" "Geometry: Invasion of the Polygons" "Charts & Graphs: The Dessert Derby" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Weird_Al_Show" title="The Weird Al Show">The Weird Al Show</a></td> <td>Himself / various</td> <td>13 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Drew Between the Rock and a Hard Place" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_and_Eric_Awesome_Show,_Great_Job!" title="Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!">Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!</a></td> <td>Simon / Uncle Muscles</td> <td>7 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother" title="How I Met Your Mother">How I Met Your Mother</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Noretta" title="Noretta">Noretta</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/30_Rock" title="30 Rock">30 Rock</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Kidnapped_by_Danger" title="Kidnapped by Danger">Kidnapped by Danger</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Aquabats!_Super_Show!" title="The Aquabats! Super Show!">The Aquabats! Super Show!</a></td> <td>President Stuncastin Super Magic Power Man!</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Aquabats!_Super_Show!_episodes#ep9" title="List of The Aquabats! Super Show! episodes">Pilgrim Boy!</a>" "<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Aquabats!_Super_Show!_episodes#ep13" title="List of The Aquabats! Super Show! episodes">Showtime!</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Bang!_Bang!_(TV_series)" title="Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)">Comedy Bang! Bang!</a></td> <td>Himself / Mike Cankers</td> <td>25 episodes Guest star (season 1–4); bandleader/co-host (season 5) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Childrens_Hospital" title="Childrens Hospital">Childrens Hospital</a></td> <td>Young Michael</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Childrens_Hospital_episodes#ep49" title="List of Childrens Hospital episodes">Country Weekend</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Today" title="Good Morning Today">Good Morning Today</a></td> <td>Sir Alfred Yankovic</td> <td>Episode 1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014, 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drunk_History" title="Drunk History">Drunk History</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> / <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann" title="Adolf Eichmann">Adolf Eichmann</a></td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/@midnight" title="@midnight">@midnight</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episodes 2.10, 2.64, 2.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Hotwives_of_Orlando" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hotwives of Orlando">The Hotwives of Orlando</a></td> <td>Coach Cliff Bonadenturo</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Hotwives#ep5" title="The Hotwives">Staycation</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Name_Game_(American_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity Name Game (American game show)">Celebrity Name Game</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>8 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015–16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galavant" title="Galavant">Galavant</a></td> <td>Confessional Monk</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(2015_TV_series)" title="The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)">The Odd Couple</a></td> <td>Steve</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Odd_Couple_(2015_TV_series)_episodes#ep10" title="List of The Odd Couple (2015 TV series) episodes">Enlightening Strikes</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Game_Night" title="Hollywood Game Night">Hollywood Game Night</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Everything's Coming Up Rosie" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wet_Hot_American_Summer:_First_Day_of_Camp" title="Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp">Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp</a></td> <td>Jackie Brazen</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaming_Show_(In_My_Parents%27_Garage)" title="Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)">Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "The Power Up 1000" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Goldbergs_(2013_TV_series)" title="The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)">The Goldbergs</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Weird Al" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ask_the_StoryBots" title="Ask the StoryBots">Ask the StoryBots</a></td> <td>Spud Spa Yogi</td> <td>Episode: "Where Do French Fries Come From?" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bajillion_Dollar_Propertie$" title="Bajillion Dollar Propertie$">Bajillion Dollar Propertie$</a></td> <td>Tug Friendly</td> <td>Episode: "Amir vs Dean" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/My_Brother,_My_Brother_and_Me#TV_show" title="My Brother, My Brother and Me">My Brother, My Brother and Me</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Candlenights & Vape Ape" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver" title="Last Week Tonight with John Oliver">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "President-Elect Trump"<a href="#cite_note-Oliver_Trump-258">[257]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lady_Dynamite" title="Lady Dynamite">Lady Dynamite</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Little Manila" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver" title="Last Week Tonight with John Oliver">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "North Korea"<a href="#cite_note-Oliver_NKorea-259">[258]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carpool_Karaoke:_The_Series" title="Carpool Karaoke: The Series">Carpool Karaoke: The Series</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "'Weird Al' Yankovic & <a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Island" title="The Lonely Island">The Lonely Island</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Ex-Girlfriend" title="Crazy Ex-Girlfriend">Crazy Ex-Girlfriend</a></td> <td>Bernie</td> <td>Episode: "I Have a Date Tonight" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Ruins_Everything" title="Adam Ruins Everything">Adam Ruins Everything</a></td> <td>Shop Owner / The Devil</td> <td>Episode: "Adam Ruins Games" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Work_in_Progress_(TV_series)" title="Work in Progress (TV series)">Work in Progress</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Eric_Andre_Show" title="The Eric Andre Show">The Eric Andre Show</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Lizzo Up" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aunty_Donna%27s_Big_Ol%27_House_of_Fun" title="Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun">Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun</a></td> <td>Himself/Lindsay</td> <td>Episodes: "Treasure", "Night-time!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020–22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reno_911!" title="Reno 911!">Reno 911!</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nugent" title="Ted Nugent">Ted Nugent</a></td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Muppets_Mayhem" title="The Muppets Mayhem">The Muppets Mayhem</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Track 5: Break On Through" </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of voice performances on television </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eek!_The_Cat" title="Eek! The Cat">Eek! The Cat</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "The FugEektive" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sabrina:_The_Animated_Series" title="Sabrina: The Animated Series">Sabrina: The Animated Series</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Brak_Show" title="The Brak Show">The Brak Show</a></td> <td>Petroleum Joe</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Feud_(The_Brak_Show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Feud (The Brak Show)">Feud</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003, 2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch:_The_Series" title="Lilo & Stitch: The Series">Lilo & Stitch: The Series</a></td> <td>Singing Minstrel</td> <td>Episode: "Tank: Experiment 586" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–05</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_%26_Mandy" title="The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy">The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy</a></td> <td>The Squid Hat</td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bravo" title="Johnny Bravo">Johnny Bravo</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Johnny Makeover"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken" title="Robot Chicken">Robot Chicken</a></td> <td>Himself / Kevin</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken_(season_2)#ep32" class="mw-redirect" title="Robot Chicken (season 2)">The Munnery</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008, 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers_Animated" class="mw-redirect" title="Transformers Animated">Transformers Animated</a></td> <td>Wreck-Gar, Technician</td> <td>2 episodes<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Back_at_the_Barnyard" title="Back at the Barnyard">Back at the Barnyard</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Get Bessy/A Beautiful Freddy" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yo_Gabba_Gabba!" title="Yo Gabba Gabba!">Yo Gabba Gabba!</a></td> <td>The Ringmaster</td> <td>Episode: "Circus" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Brave_and_the_Bold" title="Batman: The Brave and the Bold">Batman: The Brave and the Bold</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011–16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Time" title="Adventure Time">Adventure Time</a></td> <td>Banana Man</td> <td>3 episodes<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_High_Fructose_Adventures_of_Annoying_Orange" title="The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange">The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Generic Holiday Special" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal_Man#In_other_media" title="Animal Man">Animal Man</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal_Man" title="Animal Man">Animal Man</a></td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/WordGirl" title="WordGirl">WordGirl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_WordGirl_characters#The_Learnerer" class="mw-redirect" title="List of WordGirl characters">The Learnerer</a></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/WordGirl_(season_3)#ep75" class="mw-redirect" title="WordGirl (season 3)">The Learnerer/Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam</a>" "<a href="/wiki/WordGirl_(season_4)#ep82" class="mw-redirect" title="WordGirl (season 4)">Hard-Learned Money/Gift Pony</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mad_(TV_series)" title="Mad (TV series)">Mad</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Superman_(DC_Extended_Universe)" title="Superman (DC Extended Universe)">Superman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krang" title="Krang">Krang</a></td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Mad_episodes#ep100" title="List of Mad episodes">Mad's 100th Episode Special</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014, 2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic" title="My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic">My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic</a></td> <td>Cheese Sandwich</td> <td>2 episodes<a href="#cite_note-260">[259]</a><a href="#cite_note-261">[260]</a><a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallykazam!" title="Wallykazam!">Wallykazam!</a></td> <td>Wizard Jeff</td> <td>Episode: "Mustache Day"<a href="#cite_note-262">[261]</a><a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Grandpa" title="Uncle Grandpa">Uncle Grandpa</a></td> <td>Pal.0/Weird Pal</td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Uncle_Grandpa_episodes#ep67" title="List of Uncle Grandpa episodes">Pal.0</a>"<a href="#cite_note-263">[262]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gravity_Falls" title="Gravity Falls">Gravity Falls</a></td> <td>Probabilitor</td> <td>Episode: "Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wander_Over_Yonder" title="Wander Over Yonder">Wander Over Yonder</a></td> <td>Dr. Screwball Jones</td> <td>2 episodes<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015, 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teen_Titans_Go!" title="Teen Titans Go!">Teen Titans Go!</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a></td> <td>2 episodes<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mr._Pickles" title="Mr. Pickles">Mr. Pickles</a></td> <td>Additional voices</td> <td>Episode: "Vegans" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016, 2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/BoJack_Horseman" title="BoJack Horseman">BoJack Horseman</a></td> <td>Captain Peanutbutter</td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milo_Murphy%27s_Law" title="Milo Murphy's Law">Milo Murphy's Law</a><a href="#cite_note-264">[263]</a></td> <td>Milo Murphy</td> <td>Main role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_7D" title="The 7D">The 7D</a></td> <td>Shapeshifter</td> <td>Episode: "Shapeshifter"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Voltron:_Legendary_Defender" title="Voltron: Legendary Defender">Voltron: Legendary Defender</a></td> <td>Blumfump</td> <td>Episode: "Depths" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Star_vs._the_Forces_of_Evil" title="Star vs. the Forces of Evil">Star vs. the Forces of Evil</a></td> <td>Preston Change-O</td> <td>Episode: "Trickstar" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pig_Goat_Banana_Cricket" title="Pig Goat Banana Cricket">Pig Goat Banana Cricket</a></td> <td>Mr. Ding-a-Ling</td> <td>Episode: "The Ding-A-Ling Circus"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danger_%26_Eggs" title="Danger & Eggs">Danger & Eggs</a></td> <td>Polka Sven</td> <td>Episode: "Finding Cheryl/The Trio" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Magiswords" title="Mighty Magiswords">Mighty Magiswords</a></td> <td>Papa Kotassium</td> <td>Episode: "Do You Know the Muffin King?"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Bare_Bears" title="We Bare Bears">We Bare Bears</a></td> <td>Lewis</td> <td>Episode: "The Fair" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robot_Chicken" title="Robot Chicken">Robot Chicken</a></td> <td>Kaiju / Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Hey I Found Another Sock" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Big_Awesome" title="Little Big Awesome">Little Big Awesome</a></td> <td>Mr. Sun</td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_(TV_series)" title="The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (TV series)">The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>2 episodes<a href="#cite_note-265">[264]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Happy!_(TV_series)" title="Happy! (TV series)">Happy!</a></td> <td>Smoking Man Baby</td> <td>Episode: "19 Hours and 13 Minutes" <a href="#cite_note-266">[265]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Archibald%27s_Next_Big_Thing" title="Archibald's Next Big Thing">Archibald's Next Big Thing</a></td> <td>Jasper</td> <td>Episode: "Glide & Gobble/Wheelie, No Hands" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F" title="Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?">Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "Attack of the Weird Al-Osaurus!"<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_Waldo_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Where's Waldo (TV series)">Where's Waldo</a></td> <td>Wizard Artbeard</td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blaze_and_the_Monster_Machines" title="Blaze and the Monster Machines">Blaze and the Monster Machines</a></td> <td>The Litter Critter</td> <td>Episode: "Recycling Power!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Close_Enough" title="Close Enough">Close Enough</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "The Canine Guy" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Dad!" title="American Dad!">American Dad!</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Episode: "First, Do No Farm" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars" title="Lego Star Wars">LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation</a></td> <td>Vic Vankoh</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> Special<a href="#cite_note-267">[266]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamster_%26_Gretel" title="Hamster & Gretel">Hamster & Gretel</a></td> <td>Wacko Wally</td> <td>Episode: "U.F. UH-OH! Part I" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Velma_(TV_series)" title="Velma (TV series)">Velma</a></td> <td>Dandruff Tuba</td> <td>4 episodes<a href="#cite_note-btva2-255">[254]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hailey%27s_On_It!" title="Hailey's On It!">Hailey's On It!</a></td> <td>Chip Dingle, Himself</td> <td>2 episodes<a href="#cite_note-LP-268">[267]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mulligan_(TV_series)" title="Mulligan (TV series)">Mulligan</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Cameo appearance<a href="#cite_note-269">[268]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim_Takes_Off" title="Scott Pilgrim Takes Off">Scott Pilgrim Takes Off</a></td> <td>Documentary Announcer</td> <td>Episode: "Lights. Camera. Sparks?!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Firebuds" title="Firebuds">Firebuds</a></td> <td>Latch</td> <td>Episode: "Woodland Wiley/P.I. Piston" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_EarthSpark" title="Transformers: EarthSpark">Transformers: EarthSpark</a></td> <td>Cosmos</td> <td>Episode: "The Butterfly Effect" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Grim_Adventures_of_Billy_%26_Mandy_(video_game)" title="The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)">The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy</a></td> <td>Announcer </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pinball">Pinball</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity</td> <td>Himself </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Web_series">Web series</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/RiffTrax" title="RiffTrax">Rifftrax</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td> <td>"Jurassic Park" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>"RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Funny_or_Die" title="Funny or Die">Funny or Die</a></td> <td>Music Producer</td> <td>"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story"<a href="#cite_note-270">[269]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/5-Second_Films" title="5-Second Films">5-Second Films</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Himself</td> <td>"Weird Owl"<a href="#cite_note-271">[270]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Funny_or_Die" title="Funny or Die">Funny or Die</a></td> <td>"American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al Yankovic"<a href="#cite_note-272">[271]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History" title="Epic Rap Battles of History">Epic Rap Battles of History</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a></td> <td>"Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye"<a href="#cite_note-273">[272]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CollegeHumor" title="CollegeHumor">CollegeHumor</a></td> <td rowspan="3">Himself</td> <td>"Weird Al Gets Whiplashed" <a href="#cite_note-274">[273]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hot_Ones" title="Hot Ones">Hot Ones</a></td> <td>Season 7, Episode 12<a href="#cite_note-275">[274]</a><a href="#cite_note-276">[275]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Game_Grumps" title="Game Grumps">Guest Grumps</a></td> <td>Episode: "Wheel of Fortune w/ Special Guest WEIRD AL"<a href="#cite_note-Guest_Grumps-277">[276]</a> Episode: "Mom Hid My Game w/ Special Guest WEIRD AL"<a href="#cite_note-Guest_Grumps2-278">[277]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theater">Theater</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gutenberg!_The_Musical!" title="Gutenberg! The Musical!">Gutenberg! The Musical!</a></td> <td>Producer</td> <td>Cameo </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Bell-1"><a href="#cite_ref-Bell_1-0">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBell2013" class="citation news cs1">Bell, Mike (26 April 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160422/http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/festival-guide/Weird+Yankovic+leads+parade+geek+music+Calgary+Comic+Expo/8293568/story.html">"Weird Al Yankovic leads parade of geek music at Calgary's Comic Expo"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Herald" title="Calgary Herald">Calgary Herald</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1197-2823">1197-2823</a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2021218683">2021218683</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1082200547">1082200547</a>. 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Retrieved 7 November 2022. <q>Not so with Weird Al Yankovic, the true, unabashed and remarkably enduring king of a now growing genre of nerd rock — a man who's had a pretty remarkable 30-year career wearing his uncoolness on his accordion strap.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Calgary+Herald&rft.atitle=Weird+Al+Yankovic+leads+parade+of+geek+music+at+Calgary%27s+Comic+Expo&rft.date=2013-04-26&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1082200547&rft.issn=1197-2823&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2021218683&rft.aulast=Bell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calgaryherald.com%2Fentertainment%2Ffestival-guide%2FWeird%2BYankovic%2Bleads%2Bparade%2Bgeek%2Bmusic%2BCalgary%2BComic%2BExpo%2F8293568%2Fstory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pronounciation_Yankovic-2"><a href="#cite_ref-Pronounciation_Yankovic_2-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/yz/#y">"NLS Other Writings: Say How, Y-Z"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Library_Service_for_the_Blind_and_Print_Disabled" title="National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled">National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled</a>. <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>. n.d. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220924132142/https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/yz/">Archived</a> from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022. <q>Yankovic, "Weird Al" (YANG-kə-vik)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Library+Service+for+the+Blind+and+Print+Disabled&rft.atitle=NLS+Other+Writings%3A+Say+How%2C+Y-Z&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Fnls%2Fabout%2Forganization%2Fstandards-guidelines%2Fyz%2F%23y&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harrington_20070810-3"><a href="#cite_ref-Harrington_20070810_3-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrington2007" class="citation news cs1">Harrington, Richard (10 August 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080900305.html">"Weird Al's Imitation: A Funky Form of Flattery"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286">0190-8286</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/2269358">2269358</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190402153027/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080900305.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2022. <q>Masterful mockery: Rewriting lyrics since 1979, "Weird Al" Yankovic has sold 12 million albums.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Weird+Al%27s+Imitation%3A+A+Funky+Form+of+Flattery&rft.date=2007-08-10&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F2269358&rft.issn=0190-8286&rft.aulast=Harrington&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F08%2F09%2FAR2007080900305.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Greenburg_20150226-4"><a href="#cite_ref-Greenburg_20150226_4-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreenburg2015" class="citation magazine cs1"><a href="/wiki/Zack_O%27Malley_Greenburg" title="Zack O'Malley Greenburg">Greenburg, Zack O'Malley</a> (26 February 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2015/02/26/weird-al-yankovics-business-plan-no-more-albums/?sh=54c4a5c021fd">"Weird Al Yankovic's Business Plan: No More Albums"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0015-6914">0015-6914</a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/sf86091533">sf86091533</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/6465733">6465733</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210123083931/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2015/02/26/weird-al-yankovics-business-plan-no-more-albums/?sh=40c64e3e21fd">Archived</a> from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022. <q>The musician, who had just won his fourth Grammy—and has sold over 12 million records in his 39-year career—was not an arena rocker or Vegas crooner, but Alfred Matthew Yankovic, better known as Weird Al.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forbes&rft.atitle=Weird+Al+Yankovic%27s+Business+Plan%3A+No+More+Albums&rft.date=2015-02-26&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F6465733&rft.issn=0015-6914&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2Fsf86091533&rft.aulast=Greenburg&rft.aufirst=Zack+O%27Malley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fzackomalleygreenburg%2F2015%2F02%2F26%2Fweird-al-yankovics-business-plan-no-more-albums%2F%3Fsh%3D54c4a5c021fd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-catchup-5"><a href="#cite_ref-catchup_5-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070922002829/http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?f=39&g=b738d4f6-1921-4e6f-9836-1ce2b2b0850c&p=autvshows_authecatchup&t=m2556&mediaid=77139">"Weird Al Yankovic's latest send-ups on The Catch-up"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?f=39&g=b738d4f6-1921-4e6f-9836-1ce2b2b0850c&p=autvshows_authecatchup&t=m2556&mediaid=77139">the original</a> on September 22, 2007. 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Al's grandparents on his father's side were Yugoslavian.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Frequently+Asked+Questions&rft.pub=%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic+official+website&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fweirdal.com%2Farchives%2Ffaq%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.matricula-online.eu/sl/slovenia/ljubljana/adlesici/03746/?pg=103">Taufbuch</a>. Adlešiči. 1875–1902. p. 100. 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Al's Blog | The web log of "Weird Al" Yankovic. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110423010155/http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/the-gaga-saga/">Archived</a> from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2022. <q>As of this posting, I still don't know specifically what kind of problem she has with the song (obviously I take a few jabs at her, but y'know, it's satire – that's how it's supposed to work). And I'm especially confused as to why she waited until I actually recorded the song (at her insistence!) before saying no. It's not like there were any surprises in the finished song that she couldn't have foreseen by, you know, READING THE LYRICS.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Al%27s+Blog+%7C+The+web+log+of+%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic&rft.atitle=The+Gaga+Saga&rft.date=2011-04-20&rft.aulast=Yankovic&rft.aufirst=Al&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Falyankovic.wordpress.com%2Fthe-gaga-saga%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%22Weird+Al%22+Yankovic" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gaga_Parody_Update-52"><a href="#cite_ref-Gaga_Parody_Update_52-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYankovic2011" class="citation web cs1">Yankovic, Al (April 20, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/">"Gaga Update"</a>. 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Derringer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album)" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic (album)">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_in_3-D" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D">"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid" title="Dare to Be Stupid">Dare to Be Stupid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polka_Party!" title="Polka Party!">Polka Party!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Even_Worse" title="Even Worse">Even Worse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UHF_%E2%80%93_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack_and_Other_Stuff" title="UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff">UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Off_the_Deep_End" title="Off the Deep End">Off the Deep End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alapalooza" title="Alapalooza">Alapalooza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Hair_Day" title="Bad Hair Day">Bad Hair Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Running with Scissors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" title="Straight Outta Lynwood">Straight Outta Lynwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpocalypse" title="Alpocalypse">Alpocalypse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtrack albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story_(soundtrack)" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (soundtrack)">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">EPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Another_One_Rides_the_Bus_(EP)" title="Another One Rides the Bus (EP)">Another One Rides the Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Leaks" title="Internet Leaks">Internet Leaks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic%27s_Greatest_Hits" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits">Greatest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Yankovic" class="mw-redirect" title="The Best of Yankovic">The Best of Yankovic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Food_Album" title="The Food Album">The Food Album</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Record:_Al_in_the_Box" title="Permanent Record: Al in the Box">Permanent Record: Al in the Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Volume_II_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_album)" title="Greatest Hits Volume II ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)">Greatest Hits Vol. II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_TV_Album" title="The TV Album">The TV Album</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic">The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_Box:_The_Complete_Works_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic">Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic">Songs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Bologna" title="My Bologna">My Bologna</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_One_Rides_the_Bus" title="Another One Rides the Bus">Another One Rides the Bus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ricky_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Ricky ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Ricky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_Rocky_Road" title="I Love Rocky Road">I Love Rocky Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Lost_on_Jeopardy" title="I Lost on Jeopardy">I Lost on Jeopardy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Surgeon" title="Like a Surgeon">Like a Surgeon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yoda_(song)" title="Yoda (song)">Yoda</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/List_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_polka_medleys#"Hooked_on_Polkas"" title="List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys">Hooked on Polkas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid_(song)" title="Dare to Be Stupid (song)">Dare to Be Stupid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Want_a_New_Duck" title="I Want a New Duck">I Want a New Duck</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_with_a_Hernia" title="Living with a Hernia">Living with a Hernia</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_at_Ground_Zero" title="Christmas at Ground Zero">Christmas at Ground Zero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing/Beverly_Hillbillies*" title="Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*">Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chicken_Pot_Pie" title="Chicken Pot Pie">Chicken Pot Pie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smells_Like_Nirvana" title="Smells Like Nirvana">Smells Like Nirvana</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Love_Me_Anymore_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="You Don't Love Me Anymore ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">You Don't Love Me Anymore</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(song)" title="Jurassic Park (song)">Jurassic Park</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bedrock_Anthem" title="Bedrock Anthem">Bedrock Anthem</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Achy_Breaky_Song" title="Achy Breaky Song">Achy Breaky Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Headline_News_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Headline News ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Headline News</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Amish_Paradise" title="Amish Paradise">Amish Paradise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spy_Hard_(song)" title="Spy Hard (song)">Spy Hard</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Night_Santa_Went_Crazy" title="The Night Santa Went Crazy">The Night Santa Went Crazy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Saga_Begins" title="The Saga Begins">The Saga Begins</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_About_the_Pentiums" title="It's All About the Pentiums">It's All About the Pentiums</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/List_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_polka_medleys#"Polka_Power!"" title="List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys">Polka Power!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Fly_for_a_Rabbi" title="Pretty Fly for a Rabbi">Pretty Fly for a Rabbi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_(song)" title="Albuquerque (song)">Albuquerque</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bob_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Bob ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Bob</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Couch_Potato_(song)" title="Couch Potato (song)">Couch Potato</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/EBay_(song)" title="EBay (song)">eBay</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Pitiful" title="You're Pitiful">You're Pitiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Download_This_Song" title="Don't Download This Song">Don't Download This Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/White_%26_Nerdy" title="White & Nerdy">White & Nerdy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pancreas_(song)" title="Pancreas (song)">Pancreas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Idiot" title="Canadian Idiot">Canadian Idiot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Drive-Thru" title="Trapped in the Drive-Thru">Trapped in the Drive-Thru</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whatever_You_Like_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_song)" title="Whatever You Like ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)">Whatever You Like</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Craigslist_(song)" title="Craigslist (song)">Craigslist</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Perform_This_Way" title="Perform This Way">Perform This Way</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tacky_(song)" title="Tacky (song)">Tacky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Word_Crimes" title="Word Crimes">Word Crimes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Foil_(song)" title="Foil (song)">Foil</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Handy_(song)" title="Handy (song)">Handy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/First_World_Problems_(song)" title="First World Problems (song)">First World Problems</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_TV" title="Al TV">Al TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Compleat_Al" title="The Compleat Al">The Compleat Al</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UHF_(film)" title="UHF (film)">UHF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_Video_Library" title="The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library">The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alapalooza:_The_Videos" title="Alapalooza: The Videos">Alapalooza: The Videos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Hair_Day:_The_Videos" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad Hair Day: The Videos">Bad Hair Day: The Videos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Weird_Al_Show" title="The Weird Al Show">The Weird Al Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic:_The_Ultimate_Video_Collection" class="mw-redirect" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection">"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_Live!:_The_Alpocalypse_Tour" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic Live!: The Alpocalypse Tour">"Weird Al" Yankovic Live!: The Alpocalypse Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album)#Promotion_and_tour" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic (album)">An Evening of Dementia with Dr. Demento in Person Plus "Weird Al" Yankovic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_World_Tour" title="Mandatory World Tour">Mandatory World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent,_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour" title="Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour">Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strings_Attached_Tour" title="Strings Attached Tour">Strings Attached Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Unfortunate_Return_of_the_Ridiculously_Self-Indulgent,_Ill-Advised_Vanity_Tour" title="The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour">The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_discography" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_videography" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic videography">Videography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_polka_medleys" title="List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys">Polka medleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_%26_the_Wolf_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_and_Wendy_Carlos_album)" title="Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic and Wendy Carlos album)">Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weird:_The_Al_Yankovic_Story" title="Weird: The Al Yankovic Story">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a href="/wiki/Category:%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title="Category:"Weird Al" Yankovic">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_and_Darlene_Edwards_in_Paris" title="Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris">Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jo_Stafford" title="Jo Stafford">Jo Stafford</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Weston" title="Paul Weston">Paul Weston</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Button-Down_Mind_Strikes_Back!" title="The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!">The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Newhart" title="Bob Newhart">Bob Newhart</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Mike_Nichols_and_Elaine_May" title="An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May">An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Family_(album)" title="The First Family (album)">The First Family</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Meader" title="Vaughn Meader">Vaughn Meader</a> (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)" title="Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)">Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sherman" title="Allan Sherman">Allan Sherman</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Started_Out_as_a_Child" title="I Started Out as a Child">I Started Out as a Child</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Why_Is_There_Air%3F" title="Why Is There Air?">Why Is There Air?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonderfulness" title="Wonderfulness">Wonderfulness</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge_(Bill_Cosby_album)" title="Revenge (Bill Cosby album)">Revenge</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_Russell,_My_Brother,_Whom_I_Slept_With" title="To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With">To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_(Bill_Cosby_album)" title="Sports (Bill Cosby album)">Sports</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Made_Me_Buy_This_Dress" title="The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress">The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress</a> – <a href="/wiki/Flip_Wilson" title="Flip Wilson">Flip Wilson</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/This_Is_a_Recording_(Lily_Tomlin_album)" title="This Is a Recording (Lily Tomlin album)">This Is A Recording</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM_%26_AM" title="FM & AM">FM & AM</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Cochinos" title="Los Cochinos">Los Cochinos</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong" title="Cheech & Chong">Cheech & Chong</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Small" title="Let's Get Small">Let's Get Small</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Wild_and_Crazy_Guy" title="A Wild and Crazy Guy">A Wild and Crazy Guy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> (1978)</li> <li>Reality...What a Concept – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>No Respect – <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" title="Rodney Dangerfield">Rodney Dangerfield</a> (1980)</li> <li>Rev. Du Rite – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Live on the Sunset Strip</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy:_Comedian" title="Eddie Murphy: Comedian">Eddie Murphy: Comedian</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1984)</li> <li>Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording) – <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Those_of_You_with_or_Without_Children,_You%27ll_Understand" title="Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand">Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Met" title="A Night at the Met">A Night at the Met</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning,_Vietnam" title="Good Morning, Vietnam">Good Morning, Vietnam</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/1712_Overture_and_Other_Musical_Assaults" title="1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults">1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oedipus_Tex_and_Other_Choral_Calamities" class="mw-redirect" title="Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities">Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Radio" title="WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio">WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Music_for_an_Awful_Lot_of_Winds_and_Percussion" title="Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion">Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammin%27_in_New_York" title="Jammin' in New York">Jammin' in New York</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_from_Hell" title="Live from Hell">Live from Hell</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Kinison" title="Sam Kinison">Sam Kinison</a> (1994)</li> <li>Crank(y) Calls – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Winters" title="Jonathan Winters">Jonathan Winters</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh_Is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Other_Observations" title="Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations">Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</a> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roll_with_the_New" title="Roll with the New">Roll with the New</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Year_Old_Man" title="2000 Year Old Man">The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigger_%26_Blacker" title="Bigger & Blacker">Bigger & Blacker</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brain_Droppings" title="Brain Droppings">Brain Droppings</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napalm_and_Silly_Putty" title="Napalm and Silly Putty">Napalm & Silly Putty</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2001)</li> <li>Robin Williams: Live on Broadway – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_(The_Book)" title="America (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> and the cast of <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Never_Scared" title="Never Scared">Never Scared</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Performance" title="The Carnegie Hall Performance">The Carnegie Hall Performance</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Black" title="Lewis Black">Lewis Black</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Distant_Future" title="The Distant Future">The Distant Future</a> – <a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords" title="Flight of the Conchords">Flight of the Conchords</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Bad_for_Ya" title="It's Bad for Ya">It's Bad for Ya</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Colbert_Christmas:_The_Greatest_Gift_of_All!" title="A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!">A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stark_Raving_Black" title="Stark Raving Black">Stark Raving Black</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Black" title="Lewis Black">Lewis Black</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilarious_(film)" title="Hilarious (film)">Hilarious</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blow_Your_Pants_Off" title="Blow Your Pants Off">Blow Your Pants Off</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fallon" title="Jimmy Fallon">Jimmy Fallon</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calm_Down_Gurrl" title="Calm Down Gurrl">Calm Down Gurrl</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Griffin" title="Kathy Griffin">Kathy Griffin</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (2014)</li> <li>Live at Madison Square Garden – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2015)</li> <li>Talking for Clapping – <a href="/wiki/Patton_Oswalt" title="Patton Oswalt">Patton Oswalt</a> (2016)</li> <li>The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2017)</li> <li>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sticks_%26_Stones_(2019_film)" title="Sticks & Stones (2019 film)">Sticks and Stones</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Black Mitzvah – <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Haddish" title="Tiffany Haddish">Tiffany Haddish</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sincerely_Louis_CK" title="Sincerely Louis CK">Sincerely Louis CK</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Closer_(2021_film)" title="The Closer (2021 film)">The Closer</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2022)</li> <li>What's In a Name? – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Physical</a> – <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a> (1982)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1983–1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Girls_on_Film" title="Girls on Film">Girls on Film</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Like_the_Wolf" title="Hungry Like the Wolf">Hungry Like the Wolf</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jazzin%27_for_Blue_Jean" title="Jazzin' for Blue Jean">Jazzin' for Blue Jean</a>" – <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World">We Are the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/USA_for_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="USA for Africa">USA for Africa</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" title="Brothers in Arms (song)">Brothers in Arms</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Concept_Music_Video" title="Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video">Best Concept Music Video</a> (1987−1988)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Land_of_Confusion" title="Land of Confusion">Land of Confusion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1989–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_Me_Alone_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song)">Leave Me Alone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Opposites_Attract" title="Opposites Attract">Opposites Attract</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paula_Abdul" title="Paula Abdul">Paula Abdul</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Losing_My_Religion" title="Losing My Religion">Losing My Religion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Digging_in_the_Dirt" title="Digging in the Dirt">Digging in the Dirt</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Steam_(Peter_Gabriel_song)" title="Steam (Peter Gabriel song)">Steam</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Strong" title="Love Is Strong">Love Is Strong</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Michael_Jackson_and_Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)">Scream</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Free_as_a_Bird" title="Free as a Bird">Free as a Bird</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone" title="Got 'til It's Gone">Got 'til It's Gone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ray_of_Light_(song)" title="Ray of Light (song)">Ray of Light</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Freak_on_a_Leash" title="Freak on a Leash">Freak on a Leash</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Korn" title="Korn">Korn</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Learn_to_Fly" title="Learn to Fly">Learn to Fly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Foo_Fighters" title="Foo Fighters">Foo Fighters</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Weapon_of_Choice_(song)" title="Weapon of Choice (song)">Weapon of Choice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fatboy_Slim" title="Fatboy Slim">Fatboy Slim</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins">Bootsy Collins</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Without_Me_(Eminem_song)" title="Without Me (Eminem song)">Without Me</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)" title="Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)">Hurt</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(U2_song)" title="Vertigo (U2 song)">Vertigo</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lose_Control_(Missy_Elliott_song)" title="Lose Control (Missy Elliott song)">Lose Control</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fatman_Scoop" title="Fatman Scoop">Fatman Scoop</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_It_Goes_Again" title="Here It Goes Again">Here It Goes Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/OK_Go" title="OK Go">OK Go</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God%27s_Gonna_Cut_You_Down" title="God's Gonna Cut You Down">God's Gonna Cut You Down</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pork_and_Beans_(song)" title="Pork and Beans (song)">Pork and Beans</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boom_Boom_Pow" title="Boom Boom Pow">Boom Boom Pow</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Romance" title="Bad Romance">Bad Romance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep" title="Rolling in the Deep">Rolling in the Deep</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Found_Love_(music_video)" title="We Found Love (music video)">We Found Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Harris" title="Calvin Harris">Calvin Harris</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Suit_%26_Tie" title="Suit & Tie">Suit & Tie</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_(Pharrell_Williams_song)" title="Happy (Pharrell Williams song)">Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Blood_(Taylor_Swift_song)" title="Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)">Bad Blood</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Formation_(song)" title="Formation (song)">Formation</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Humble_(song)" title="Humble (song)">Humble</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Childish Gambino</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Road" title="Old Town Road">Old Town Road</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lil_Nas_X" title="Lil Nas X">Lil Nas X</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus" title="Billy Ray Cyrus">Billy Ray Cyrus</a> (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brown_Skin_Girl" title="Brown Skin Girl">Brown Skin Girl</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ivy_Carter" title="Blue Ivy Carter">Blue Ivy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Wizkid" title="Wizkid">Wizkid</a> (2020)</li> <li>"Freedom" – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Batiste" title="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Too_Well:_The_Short_Film" title="All Too Well: The Short Film">All Too Well: The Short Film</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Only_Sleeping" title="I'm Only Sleeping">I'm Only Sleeping</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (2023)</li></ul> 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