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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

Al Yankovic

Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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Belly Button Color Huge Maybe Social Taboo
No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Car No Tape Track
You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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Defined Job Need
Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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Bottle Coke End Got Left Nestle Record Stuck Sun Tongue
Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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Fin Yourself Interrupt Moment People Television Think Watch
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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Another Find Involve Just Kind Motivate Movie Property Right Screenplay Tie
I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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Analytical Precise Very
So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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Continue Day Joke That Up Very
Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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All Culture Do Everyone Good Internet Music Now Parody Seem
I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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Bathroom Fantastic Go Hairbrush Live Mirror OK Rock Sing Star Suppose Weird
In 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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Eighty Exposure Game Getting Kind One Only Rotation Town
I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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Been Big Down Hit Idea List Recent Song
I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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Hard Know Label Like Myself Pigeon
Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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Come Horrible Idea Parody
So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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Differently Kind Somebody Thing Tries Upset
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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Country First Great Influence Mad Made Nice Probably Secret Year

So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

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