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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.

Al Yankovic

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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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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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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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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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.

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