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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.

Al Yankovic

Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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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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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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Avoid Discuss Heat Paper Political Politics Religion Toilet
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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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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Basic Cartoon Natural Variation Voice
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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My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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Melody Rap Song Usually
I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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