I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
AL YANKOVICMy 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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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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It’s hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of the Magazine so they don’t have to actually pay artists or writers to come up with new stuff.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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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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I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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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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