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 YANKOVICA lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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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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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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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.
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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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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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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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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 don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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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’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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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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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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