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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

Al Yankovic

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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Automatic Brand Laser Play Revenge Semi Sight Tonight Try
I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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Anything Base Binge Regular Watch
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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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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Basic Cartoon Natural Variation Voice
People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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Get Better People School
My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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Approval Artist Go Idea Parody Positive Process Record Song
I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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Assimilate Call Culture Gotten More Nerd Think Want
Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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Bean Consume Ingest Magic More
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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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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Continue Day Joke That Up Very
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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Cut Fine Guy Library Overall Paid Pretty Probably
I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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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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I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

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