The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
AL YANKOVICI’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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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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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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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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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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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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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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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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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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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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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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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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