As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
AL YANKOVICI 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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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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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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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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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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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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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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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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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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