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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.

Al Yankovic

Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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Country First Great Influence Mad Made Nice Probably Secret Year
Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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Culture Disposable More Pop Gotten
My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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Approval Artist Go Idea Parody Positive Process Record Song
If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Enough Good People See Something
No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Car No Tape Track
I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
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Attention Crave Look Person Probably Stuff Therapy
I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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Comedy Geek Important Inside Thing
I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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Art Humble Know Million Time
In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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Eighty Exposure Game Getting Kind One Only Rotation Town
I tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
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Always Character Drawback Easily Enunciate People Pretty Recognize Seem Tenth Voice
You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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Block Kid Kids New Play Scholar Some
I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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Actual Life Long Onstage Pick Possible Realize Rest Song Studio Time Work
In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
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Album Based Eighty Every Fear Forget Mostly People Put Think Virtual Year
I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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Claim Obvious One Rapper Real
How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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Audience Bore Cheer Do Parody Something
It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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Album Best Done Go Important Next Self Thing Time

It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.

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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.

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