A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
AL YANKOVICI’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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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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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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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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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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I’m an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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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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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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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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