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?
AL YANKOVICWhenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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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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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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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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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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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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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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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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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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