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Al Yankovic

Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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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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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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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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He died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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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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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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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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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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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