Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
AL YANKOVICIn the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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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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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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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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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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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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