So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
AL YANKOVICI’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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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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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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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
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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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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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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’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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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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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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