I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
AL YANKOVICI do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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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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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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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?
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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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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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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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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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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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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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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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 know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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