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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.

Al Yankovic

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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Another Find Involve Just Kind Motivate Movie Property Right Screenplay Tie
I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Actual Best Most Obvious Route Sometimes Try
Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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Advertise Out People Want Some Spread Weird
I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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Effectively Filter Learn Pretty Spam Use
I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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Album Always Come Enjoy Guy People Record Script
If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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Buy Happiness Guess Money Rent Sassy
Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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Come Horrible Idea Parody
Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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Album Medley Percent Polka Probably
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
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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Call Editor Generous Issue Think Throughout Weird
I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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Esteem Hockey Little Lost Made Self Team
Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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Fin Yourself Interrupt Moment People Television Think Watch
You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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Barbecue Down Face Heal Heart Scar Slam
I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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Been Big Down Hit Idea List Recent Song
It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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Articulate Enough Idea Make Movie Parameter Song
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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Appreciate Enjoy Favorite Gitar Kind Music Personal Set Strange Well

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.

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