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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’

Al Yankovic

Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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
There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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Cut Fine Guy Library Overall Paid Pretty Probably
Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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Honesty Nintendo Pour Salt Snail
Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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Culture Disposable More Pop Gotten
Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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Album Medley Percent Polka Probably
I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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Abuduct Fair Kind Look Space
There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Car No Tape Track
Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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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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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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